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The Fedora 21 alpha release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free
and open source technology under development. Take a peek inside!
http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease
*** What is the Alpha Release? ***
The Alpha release contains all the exciting features of Fedora 21's products
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 code-complete and bears a very
strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of
Fedora 21 is expected in November.
We need your help to make Fedora 21 the best release yet, so please take some
time to download and try out the Alpha and make sure the things that are
important to you are working. If you find a bug, please report it – every
bug you uncover is a chance to improve the experience for millions of Fedora
users worldwide. Together, we can make Fedora a rock-solid distribution.
Together, we can make Fedora a rock-solid distribution. We have a culture of
coordinating new features and pushing fixes upstream as much as feasible and
your feedback will help improve not only Fedora but Linux and free software
on the whole. At the end of this announcement you can find more information
on how to help.
== Changes ==
Fedora prides itself on bringing cutting-edge technologies to users of open
source software around the world, and this release continues that tradition.
No matter what you do, Fedora 21 has the tools you need to help you get
things done.
To see how Fedora 21 is evolving from Fedora 20, see the accepted changes
here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/2 1 /ChangeSet
== Fedora.Next and Fedora 21 Products ==
As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 will boast three products:
cloud, server, and workstation.
=== Fedora 21 Base ===
Each of the products will build on the "base" set of packages for Fedora. For
instance, each product will use the same packages for the kernel, RPM, Yum,
systemd, Anaconda, and so forth.
The Base Working Group develops the standard platform for all Fedora
products, which includes the installer, compose tools, and basic platform
for the other products. Base is not a full product intended for use on its
own, but to be kept as a small, stable platform for other products to build
on.
=== Fedora 21 Cloud ===
The Fedora Cloud Working Group and Special Interest Group (SIG) has been busy
leading up to Fedora 21. Cloud is now a top-level product for Fedora 21, and
will include images for use in private cloud environments like OpenStack, as
well as AMIs for use on Amazon, and a new image streamlined for running
Docker containers.
==== Modular Kernel Packaging for Cloud ====
Space is precious, and there's little reason to include any kernel modules
that aren't used in the cloud. As part of the work for Fedora 21, the cloud
SIG and kernel team split the kernel into two packages. One package contains
the minimum modules for running in a virtualized environment, the other
contains the larger set of modules for a more general installation.
==== Fedora Atomic Host ====
In early April, Red Hat announced Project Atomic, an effort to provide the
tools and patterns for a streamlined operating system to run Docker
containers. The Fedora 21 release will be the first to offer an "Atomic"
host for Fedora, which includes a minimal set of packages and an image
composed with rpm-ostree.
While using the same RPMs as other Fedora offerings, the Atomic host will
allow users to roll back updates (if necessary) as one atomic unit -- making
update management much easier.
For users and organizations looking to run Docker containers, the Atomic host
will be ideal.
=== Fedora 21 Server ===
The Fedora Server product is a common base platform that is meant to run
featured application stacks, which are produced, tested, and distributed by
the Server Working Group. Want to use Fedora as a Web server, file server,
database server, or platform for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service? Fedora 21
Server is for you.
==== Fedora Server Management Features ====
The Fedora Server product introduces new Server management features aimed at
making it easier to install discrete infrastructure services. The Fedora
Server will introduce three new technologies in Fedora to handle this task,
rolekit, Cockpit and OpenLMI.
* Rolekit is a Role deployment and management toolkit that provides a
consistent interface to administrators to install and configure all the
packages needed to implement a specific server role.
* Cockpit is a user interface for configuring and monitoring your server
or servers. It is accessible remotely via a web browser.
* OpenLMI is a remote management system built atop DMTF-CIM. It can be used
for scripting management functions across many machines as well as querying
for capabilities and monitoring for system events.
==== Domain Controller Server Role ====
As part of the server role offerings available for Fedora 21, the server
product ships with a role deployment mechanism. One of the roles offered in
21 is the Domain Controller Service.
* The Domain Controller Service packages up the freeIPA integrated Identity
and Authentication solution for Linux/UNIX networked environments. A FreeIPA
server provides centralized authentication, authorization and account
information by storing data about user, groups, hosts and other objects
necessary to manage the security aspects of a network of computers.
=== Fedora 21 Workstation ===
The Fedora Workstation product is a reliable, user-friendly, and powerful
operating system for laptops and PC hardware. Fedora 21 Workstation is aimed
at providing a platform for development of server side and client
applications that is attractive to developers of all stripes. Whether you're
a student or hobbyist, or a developer working in a corporate environment,
Fedora Workstation is for you.
==== Latest GNOME ====
Fedora 21 Workstation includes the latest GNOME desktop. Fedora 21 is
tracking GNOME 3.14, which is due to be released in late September. GNOME
3.14 includes many new features such as integration of Picasaweb and DNLA
media server support in GNOME Photos, a new game called Hitori similar to
Sudoku, and much more.
==== DevAssistant ====
Fedora 21 Worsktation includes the new DevAssistant tool by default.
DevAssistant helps developers set up environments for their projects, so
they can concentrate on writing code. For more information on DevAssistant,
visit the website at
http://devassistant.org .
== Issues and Details ==
This is an alpha release. As such, we expect that you may encounter bugs or
missing features. To report issues encountered during testing, contact the
Fedora QA team via the test mailing list or in #fedora-qa on freenode.
As testing progresses, common issues are tracked on the Fedora wiki:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F20_bugs
For tips on reporting a bug effectively, read "How to File a Bug Report:"
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report .
You can join the Fedora QA team mailing list here:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
== Note on performance ==
Fedora development releases use a kernel with extra debug information to help
us understand and resolve issues faster; however, this can have a
significant impact on performance. Refer to the kernel debug strategy page
for more details:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KernelDebugStrategy
You can boot with slub_debug=- or use the kernel from nodebug repository to
disable the extra debug info.
*** Contributing ***
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, design and do artwork, 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
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