Re: [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 18 Beta!

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Hi,

It would be nice to get netinst torrent - it's not easy to find this image.

BTW. Fedora 18? :)

2012/4/17 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@xxxxxxxx>:
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> Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... the Beta
> release of Beefy Miracle! Flying 'round the world at the speed of the
> intertubes, delivering progress, mustard, and freedom to the masses.
>
> We are delighted to announce the availability of the Beta release of
> Fedora 17.  Want to get a taste of the future?  Download it now:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease
>
> == What is the Beta Release? ==
>
> The Beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 17.  Only
> critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading to the general
> release of Fedora 17 in May. We invite you to join us in making Fedora
> 17 a solid release by downloading, testing, and providing your valuable
> feedback.
>
> Of course, this is a beta release, meaning that some problems may still
> be lurking. A list of the problems we already know about is found at
> the Common F17 bugs page, seen here:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs
>
> == Features ==
>
> This release of Fedora includes a variety of features both over and
> under the hood that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing
> state of free software.  Here are just a few of the new features:
>
> On the desktop: GNOME 3.4 introduces many user experience improvements,
> including new search capabilities in the activities overview, improved
> themes, and enhancements to the Documents and Contacts applications.  A
> new application, GNOME-boxes, provides easy access to virtual
> machines. Additionally, GIMP 2.8, the newest version of the GNU Image
> Manipulation Program, brings new improvements such as single-window
> mode, layer groups, and on-canvas editing.
>
> For developers: You never sausage a great array of development tools!
> Fedora 17 includes a pre-release of Juno, the release of the Eclipse
> SDK expected in June 2012.  Java 7 (and OpenJDK 7) is the default Java
> runtime and Java build toolset, and GCC 4.7.x is now the primary
> compiler in Fedora.  Other language refreshes include shipping Ruby
> 1.9.3, the latest stable version of the Ruby language, PHP 5.4, the
> latest PHP stack, and Erlang has also been updated to the R15 release.
>
> Under the hood, and in the cloud: The Cluster stack in Fedora includes
> numerous and significant updates for both high availability and
> load-balancing applications.  Fedora 17 utilizes Linux kernel 3.3, with
> improved btrfs and ext4 filesystems, GMA (poulsbo) graphics and
> Broadcom wireless chipset support, and numerous other bug fixes and
> enhancements. Firewalld is now the default firewall solution in Fedora,
> providing dynamic firewall configuration capabilities.  Finally,
> OpenStack, a collection of services that can be used to set up and run
> cloud compute and storage infrastructure, has been updated to the
> latest release, 2012.1 (Essex).
>
> And that's only the beginning. A more complete list and details of all
> the new features in Fedora 17 is available here:
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/FeatureList
>
> We have nightly composes of alternate spins available here:
>
> http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/
>
> == Contributing to Fedora ==
>
> For more information on common and known bugs, tips on how to report
> bugs, and the official release schedule, please refer to the release
> notes:
>
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org
>
> There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help
> translate software and content, test and give feedback on software
> updates, write and edit documentation, help with all sorts of
> promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions
> of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit
> http://join.fedoraproject.org today!
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