I case you missed this. There is a KDE Live-CD version. You had mentioned that you would be interested in one. Jeremy Katz wrote: > Welcome to Fedora 7 Test 3. > > I am please to announce the third of four test releases for Fedora 7. > > Downloads > ======== > DVD and network installation are available. > > http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ > The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site. > > http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html > HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors > listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time. > > > New in Fedora 7 Test 3 > ======== > This test release includes significant new versions of many key components and > technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major > changes from the last release of Fedora. > > Merger of Core and Extras > ======== > * The Fedora Core and Extras software repositories are being merged, > resulting in a shared infrastructure and a single repository of packages to > which everyone is invited to contribute. > > * Fedora 7 Test 3 is packaged initially as a Desktop/Development > Workstation/Server implementation, called "Prime". This spin is delivered in > DVD iso format only as a trial, see > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-February/msg00993.html > for the discussion on this. > > * Many more packages are available in the development repositories. > > Live CD > ======== > * This test release includes an i386 ISO for a Desktop Live CD. This Live > CD features the ability to install to a hard disk using the same graphical > Anaconda installer as the non-live CD variant. > > * This test release also includes an x86_64 ISO for a Desktop Live > image. Due to size, this will require a DVD. As with the i386 Live > image, the ability to install to a hard disk is available. > > * This test release features a new i386 ISO for a KDE Live CD. Note > that as of this writing, this ISO is only available via bittorrent. It > should be available via the mirrors in the near future. > > Desktop > ======== > * This test release features GNOME 2.18 > > * A brand new Echo icon theme is included as the default in this release. > This icon theme is incomplete, but with appropriate feedback and progress, > may become the default in the general release. > > * Fast User Switching is now available via the fast-user-switch-applet. > See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFastUserSwitching for more > details. > > Performance > ======== > * System performance is generally slower in the test releases as compared > to the general release since we enable several options that help with > debugging. > > System Administration > ======== > * System administration tools may be modified under the testing process. > > System Level Changes > ======== > * Fedora 7 Test 3 features a 2.6.21rc5 based kernel. Current release > information is being tracked on the kernel release notes source page. > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Kernel) > > Amanda > > Users who upgrade from older releases need to read the amanda.conf and > amanda-client.conf man pages to learn about the the new syntax for calling > amandad, as well as edit the /etc/xinetd.d/amanda configuration file to > follow the new syntax. > > Road Map And Release Schedule > ======== > * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/ > > Intended Audience for Test Releases > ======== > Test 1 is targeted for developers, who use it "at their own risk", and > contains many bleeding edge packages. > > Test 2 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your help > to find what is broken. > > Test 3 is for early adopters. Most things should work and we need to your help > to find what is broken. > > Test 4 is for beta users. This is the time when we must have full community > participation. Without this participation both hardware and software > functionality suffers. > > Quality Assurance for Test Releases > ======== > The Fedora Project has a process in place for ensuring the highest possible > quality even in our test releases. Many bugs are identified, prioritized and > fixed during the testing process. We also have a list of known bugs in this > release. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/7/Test3TreeTesting for > more details. > > Translations of Release Notes > ======== > Due to the rapidly changing nature of test releases, translations of release > notes for test releases are not practical. The initial goal is to have a > translation of the release notes included in the test4 release and to allow > community review and correction before the general release. As always, the > general release is translated following the established practices for > localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n) > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N), which result in comprehensive, > high-quality release notes in a variety of languages. > > About Fedora > ======== > Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the > contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people who > strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software > and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and platform > based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, > now and forever. > > You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora if you > file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests for more information. > Thank you for your participation. > > To find out more general information about Fedora, refer to the following Web > pages: > > * Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview) > * Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ) > * Help and Support (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate) > * Participate in the Fedora Project > (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted) > -- David
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