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| 2004-03-03 |
NEW • Swapping Red Hat for a Fedora |
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The Star of Malaysia has published a review of the Fedora Project: "I feel that Fedora is more a change of concept and mindset for Red Hat users and developers rather than being merely a Linux distribution. This new structure helps ensure that improvements are churned out a lot faster as Red Hat doesn't have to deal with the headache of solely finding the solution for every user's problems and can concentrate on making the best possible software. Although Red Hat doesn't offer support for it, this doesn't mean there isn't any help. From personal experience, I think it's safe to say that the community backing Fedora is great and as helpful, if not more so, than Red Hat." The full story.
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| About Fedora
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| The Fedora Project is an openly-developed project designed by Red Hat, open for general participation, led by a meritocracy, following a set of project objectives. The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from open source software. Development will be done in a public forum. The project will produce time-based releases of Fedora about 2-3 times a year, with a public release schedule. The Red Hat engineering team will continue to participate in building Fedora and will invite and encourage more outside participation than in past releases. By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system more in line with the ideals of free software and more appealing to the open source community.
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| 2013-05-28 |
Development Release: Fedora 19 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 19: "We've opened the box for the Fedora 19 'Schrödinger's Cat' beta release and confirmed it's alive! Ready to purr at the latest free and open source technology?" Some of the features include: "3D modelling and printing are enabled through a variety of tools, including OpenSCAD, Skeinforge, SFACT, Printrun, and RepetierHost; OpenShift Origin; Ruby 2.0.0; MariaDB, a community-developed fork of MySQL; Federated VoIP; Developer's Assistant; Syslinux optional boot tool integration; systemd Resource Control; GNOME 3.8, KDE 4.10, MATE 1.6...." Continue to the release announcement for further information. Download links (SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (951MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (888MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-LXDE-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (712MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-MATE-Compiz-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (693MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-XFCE-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (630MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-04-23 |
Development Release: Fedora 19 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the alpha release of Fedora 19, the first development build of the popular Red Hat-sponsored Linux distribution: "The Fedora 19 'Schrödinger's Cat' alpha release has arrived with a preview of the latest fantastic, free, and open-source technology currently under development." Some of the more interesting features of this release include: "Developer's Assistant - a tool that helps you to get started on a code project with templates, samples and toolchains for the languages of your choice; Syslinux optional boot tool integration brings simplified booting; systemd Resource Control lets you modify service settings without a reboot; GNOME 3.8; KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.10, MATE Desktop 1.6..." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download (torrents, SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-19-Alpha-1.iso (997MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-19-Alpha-1.iso (888MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-XFCE-x86_64-19-Alpha-1.iso (755MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-01-15 |
Distribution Release: Fedora 18 |
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Fedora 18, the latest stable version of the Red Hat-sponsored community distribution of Linux, has finally arrived: "The Fedora project is incredibly delighted to announce the release of Fedora 18. What's new? The user interface for Fedora's installation software, Anaconda, has been completely re-written from the ground up. Making its debut in Fedora 18, the new UI introduces major improvements to the installation experience. It uses a hub-and-spoke model that makes installation easier for new users, offering them concise explanations about their choices. Advanced users and system administrators are of course still able to take advantage of more complex options. The general look and feel of the installation experience has been vastly upgraded, providing modern, clean, and comprehensible visuals during the process." See the release announcement and release notes for a detailed description of new features. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (916MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (831MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2012-11-27 |
Development Release: Fedora 18 Beta |
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The much-delayed beta release of Fedora 18 is finally ready for testing: "The Fedora project team is excited to announce the beta release of its free, fully-functional Linux operating system, Fedora 18, code-named 'Spherical Cow.' Explore what's new in the Fedora 18 beta, including these highlighted release features: Fedora 18 offers a brand-new version of the GNOME desktop, version 3.6, straight from the upstream development process; updates have also been made to the KDE, Xfce and Sugar desktop environments; additionally, the MATE desktop is available for the first time in Fedora; Fedora's new installer user interface enhances the anaconda installer with improvements in ease of use and installation." Read the full press release for more details. Download (torrents): Fedora-18-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (757MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-18-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (786MB, SHA256, torrent). Live images featuring KDE, LXDE, Xfce and SoaS (Sugar on a Stick), as well as installation DVDs, are also available. |
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| 2012-09-18 |
Development Release: Fedora 18 Alpha |
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The delayed alpha build of Fedora 18 has been released: "The Fedora 18 'Spherical Cow' alpha release is plumping up! This release offers a preview of some of the best free and open-source technology currently under development. Features: NetworkManager hotspots improve the ability to use a computer's WiFi adapter to create a network hot spot; the redesigned installation system adds flexibility to the installation process while simplifying the user interface; desktop updates galore - GNOME 3.6, KDE Plasma Workspace 4.9, Xfce 4.10, Sugar 0.98, and the introduction of the MATE Desktop in Fedora." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download (torrents): Fedora-18-Alpha-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (747MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-18-Alpha-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (775MB, SHA256, torrent). Live images featuring KDE, LXDE, Xfce and SoaS (Sugar on a Stick), as well as installation DVDs, are also available. |
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| 2012-05-29 |
Distribution Release: Fedora 17 |
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Robyn Bergeron has announced the release of Fedora 17, the latest stable version of the Red Hat-sponsored community distribution of Linux: "The 'Beefy Miracle' hath arrived. We believe this is the beefiest release ever - chock full of features to customize your experience to your tastes. On the desktop, GNOME 3.4 introduces 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 brings new improvements, such as single-window mode, layer groups, and on-canvas editing." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-17-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (646MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-i686-Live-KDE.iso (695MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (645MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (692MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2012-04-17 |
Development Release: Fedora 17 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 17: "We are delighted to announce the availability of the beta release of Fedora 17. 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. 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 brings new improvements such as single-window mode, layer groups, and on-canvas editing." Here is the release announcement. Download (torrents): Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (647MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (685MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (646MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (682MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2012-02-28 |
Development Release: Fedora 17 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the initial public test release of Fedora 17 - featuring the GNOME 3.4 and KDE 4.8 desktops, a development build of GIMP 2.8, and the controversial placement of system files in /usr: "The Fedora 17 'Beefy Miracle' alpha release is available! This release offers a preview of some of the best and meatiest free and open source technology currently under development. End users will see numerous improvements in Fedora 17: GIMP has been updated to the long awaited 2.8 release, with an abundant list of new features, such as the single window mode, layer groups, and on-canvas text editing; improved language and font support - a number of Lohit fonts, enabling Indian script, have been added." The release announcement and release notes are good documents to read while getting the CD images. Download (torrents): Fedora-17-Alpha-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (643MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (688MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Alpha-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (639MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (684MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-11-08 |
Distribution Release: Fedora 16 |
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Fedora 16, the latest version of the popular community Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, has been released: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 16 'Verne'. As always, Fedora continues to develop and integrate the latest free and open source software. The following are major features for Fedora 16: enhanced cloud support including Aeolus Conductor, Condor Cloud, HekaFS, OpenStack and pacemaker-cloud; KDE Plasma workspaces 4.7 and GNOME 3.2; a number of core system improvements including GRUB 2 and the removal of HAL; an updated libvirtd, trusted boot, guest inspection, virtual lock manager and a pvops-based kernel for Xen all improve virtualization support." See the release announcement and release notes for a detailed list of new features and other relevant information. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-16-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (605MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-i686-Live-KDE.iso (697MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (604MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (696MB, SHA256, torrent).
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