Re: Announcing the release of Fedora 17 Beta!

[Dennis Gilmore]

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Lets try again.  its really Fedora 17 Beta, we have not yet entered a
time vortex and skipped ahead,  But now is a great time to work on or
see what will be coming next in Fedora 18 :)

El Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:17:02 -0500
Dennis Gilmore <dennis(a)ausil.us&gt; escribió:
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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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