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<b>BetaNews<br>
</b><i>Linux distro Fedora 22 Beta now available</i><br>
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Fedora is an awesome Linux distribution. Not only is this my
distro of choice, and the favorite of many other users, but more
importantly, it is the operating system that Linus Torvalds uses.
Yes, the father of Linux and overall open source champion uses
Fedora. The OS is notable for being the foundation and testing
grounds of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) too. No matter how you
slice it, Fedora is both important and popular.<br>
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Today is finally the day, fellow Fedora lovers; after a long wait,
the first beta of version 22 is here. Not only does this signal
that the final release is getting closer, but it means we get to
play with the latest beta too. So what are you waiting for? It's
time to download!<br>
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"We’re pleased to announce that Fedora 22, the latest version of
the Fedora operating system, is now available in beta. A free,
Linux-based operating system developed and maintained by the
Fedora Project's global community, Fedora 22 continues to follow
the path of the Fedora.next initiative delivering three distinct
editions of Fedora 22: Fedora 22 Cloud Beta, Fedora 22 Server Beta
and Fedora 22 Workstation Beta", says The Fedora Team.<b><br>
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</b><snip><br>
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<b>Softpedia<br>
</b><i>Fedora 22 Beta Is Out with Better GNOME Notifications and
Improved Wayland Support</i><br>
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href="http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-22-Beta-Is-Out-with-Better-GNOME-Notifications-and-Improved-Wayland-Support-Gallery-478996.shtml">http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-22-Beta-Is-Out-with-Better-GNOME-Notifications-and-Improved-Wayland-Support-Gallery-478996.shtml</a><b><br>
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</b>Red Hat announced just a few moments ago that Fedora 22 Beta
is now available for download and testing, making this one of the
fastest release cycles in the past few years.<br>
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The previous Fedora 21 release was made in December, 2014, and now
we're already testing Fedora 22 Beta. Just a couple of delays were
registered by the project, which is a really good thing. The
project was known for its numerous delays and for the weeks that
were just added to the final release date. The team seems to have
a much better grip on the situation and the devs are much more
constant.<br>
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The Fedora project was split into three different flavors that
need to cater to the needs of different users, and those flavors
are Cloud, Server, and Workstation. The third one would be for
desktop users if you were wondering. As you can expect, this is
still under development, but it has progressed very well in the
last few weeks.<br>
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<b><br>
MaximumPC<br>
</b><i>Fedora 22 Hits the Ground Running in Beta Form</i><br>
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href="http://www.maximumpc.com/fedora_22_hits_ground_running_beta_form_2015#null">http://www.maximumpc.com/fedora_22_hits_ground_running_beta_form_2015#null</a><b><br>
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Much of what we cover on Maximum PC revolves around Microsoft's
Windows operating system, though lest anyone forget, there's this
alternative called Linux. And of course there are many varieties
of Linux to choose from, including Fedora 22 beta, which is now
available. According to the Fedora Project, desktop and
workstation users may not notice huge changes, but will see better
performance behind the scenes in managing updates.<br>
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Furthermore, Fedora users who manage applications using the
command line will note that the updated package manager for
RPM-based Linux distributions called "DNF" is faster while still
keeping CLI compatibility with Yum for most tasks.<br>
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There are three distinct editions of Fedora 22, all in beta form.
They include Fedora 22 Cloud, which includes a Vagrant image for
Fedora 22 Atomic Host Beta along with the addition of the Atomic
command to provide a single point for managing host updates and
container; Fedora 22 Server, which adds the new Database Server
role through Rolekit and updates to the Cockpit management
application; and Fedora 22 Workstation, which offers a refined
Fedora desktop experience with better GNOME alerts, expanded use
of Wayland, and some other tweaks.<br>
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You should always consider beta software carefully since it likely
still contains bugs that need eradicated, though reports around
the web is that Fedora 22 is pretty polished, as was the Alpha
release.<br>
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ITWorld<br>
</b><i>Fedora 22 Beta Released</i><br>
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href="http://www.itworld.com/article/2912447/linux/fedora-22-beta-released.html">http://www.itworld.com/article/2912447/linux/fedora-22-beta-released.html</a><b><br>
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</b>The Fedora developers have been busy working on their next
release, and now you can download the beta version of Fedora 22
Workstation for testing purposes.<br>
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The Fedora Project site has details in the beta announcement:<br>
<br>
"The Beta release contains all the exciting features of Fedora
22's editions in a form that anyone can help test. This testing,
guided by the Fedora QA team, helps us target and identify bugs.
When these bugs are fixed, we make a Beta release available. A
Beta release is meant to be feature complete and bears a very
strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final
release of Fedora 22 is expected in May.<br>
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Faster and better dependency management: Yum has been replaced
with dnf as the default package manager. Dnf has very similar
command line options and configuration files compared to yum but
also has several major internal changes including using libsolv in
coordination with friends from the openSUSE project for faster and
better dependency management. dnf-yum provides automatic
redirection from yum to dnf in the command line for compatibility.
The classic yum command line tool renamed to yum-deprecated as a
transitional step for tools still using it."<br>
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LinuxVeda<br>
</b><i>Beta of Fedora 22 is Here</i><br>
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href="http://www.linuxveda.com/2015/04/21/beta-2-of-fedora-22-is-here/">http://www.linuxveda.com/2015/04/21/beta-2-of-fedora-22-is-here/</a><b><br>
</b><br>
The Fedora Project has announced the release of the beta of Fedora
22. The beta gives a nice glimpse of what to expect from Fedora 22
which is slated to be released next month.<br>
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Fedora has split in different editions so users can get a lean and
‘crisp’ Fedora experience instead of a bloated system. There are
three editions of Fedora each targeted at a particular segment:
Fedora Cloud, Fedora Server and Fedora Workstation. Each edition
comes with packages and tools needed for that segment.<b><br>
<br>
</b>...<br>
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Fedora is among the greatest desktop distros and it does offer a
nice Gnome experience. However there I one think that I miss in
it. I think they can further improve the user experience if they
pre-install the Gnome Tweak Tool. Tweak Tool is one of the most
critical pieces of the Gnome jigsaw puzzle and without it you
won’t enjoy the great Gnome experience.<br>
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If you want to see what’s new in Fedora 22, download the latest
betas from the Fedora download page and give it a try. I will be
writing a ‘beta’ review of this beta soon.<br>
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<b><br>
OSTATIC<br>
</b><i>Fedora 22 Beta Arrives with Plasma 5 & GNOME 3.16</i><br>
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href="http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-22-beta-arrives-with-plasma-5-gnome-3-16">http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-22-beta-arrives-with-plasma-5-gnome-3-16</a><b><br>
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</b>Red Hat and The Fedora Project Team today announced the
release of Fedora 22 Beta, the last developmental release before
Final. The default Workstation ships with GNOME 3.16 but spins are
available with KDE Plasma 5, Xfce, LXDE, MATE, and Sugar in 32-bit
and 64-bit. There are even spins for gaming, robotics, security,
media creation, ARM, Docker, and more not counting the Server and
Cloud images. If you can't find a Fedora to fit, then you don't
need Linux.<br>
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Fedora 22 Beta replaces Yum with DNF that will provide higher
performance and better dependency management. dnf-yum redirects
users from Yum to DNF and classic Yum has been renamed to
yum-deprecated. The Cloud image includes "the latest versions of
rpm-ostree and rpm-ostree-toolbox, the latter of which can be used
to generate Atomic hosts," Vagrant support, and Atomic command.
The Server features a Database Server Role "that provides a stable
D-Bus interface to manage the deployment of server roles" and an
updated Cockpit management.<b><br>
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<b>LinuxGizmos<br>
</b>Ubuntu 15.04 gets touchy and Snappy<b><br>
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href="http://linuxgizmos.com/ubuntu-15-04-gets-touchy-and-snappy/">http://linuxgizmos.com/ubuntu-15-04-gets-touchy-and-snappy/</a><br>
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<b>Fedora 22 goes beta</b><br>
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Red Hat’s Fedora project also announced a major update today as it
released the first Beta version of Fedora 22. Like Ubuntu, Fedora
Linux is a favorite among Linux developers, especially those
willing to try out the bleeding edge of new Linux developments.
This upstream “sandbox” version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(RHEL), the leading server-oriented Linux distribution, is
available in server, cloud, and workstation versions.<br>
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The Fedora 22 workstation version takes a further step toward
replacing the X window system with Wayland. The login screen is
now defined by Wayland, and the libinput library is now used for
both X11 and Wayland for consistent input device handling, says
the Fedora Project. While most of the Linux world is moving from X
to Wayland, Ubuntu is moving from X to its own homegrown Mir,
which will fully debut in Unity 8.<br>
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Fedora 22 Beta also provides improved GNOME system event
notifications. In addition, the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool
(ABRT) now features better notifications and gives users
additional control over the information sent via the GNOME privacy
control panel.<br>
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