Fedora 22 Beta Round-Up (Day 1)

Wed Apr 22 16:44:04 UTC 2015

*BetaNews
*/Linux distro Fedora 22 Beta now available/
http://betanews.com/2015/04/21/linux-fedora-22-beta/*
*
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.

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!

"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.*

*<snip>

*Softpedia
*/Fedora 22 Beta Is Out with Better GNOME Notifications and Improved 
Wayland Support/
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-22-Beta-Is-Out-with-Better-GNOME-Notifications-and-Improved-Wayland-Support-Gallery-478996.shtml*

*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.

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.

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.

<snip>
*
MaximumPC
*/Fedora 22 Hits the Ground Running in Beta Form/
http://www.maximumpc.com/fedora_22_hits_ground_running_beta_form_2015#null*
*
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.

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.

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.

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.

<snip>
*
ITWorld
*/Fedora 22 Beta Released/
http://www.itworld.com/article/2912447/linux/fedora-22-beta-released.html*

*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.

The Fedora Project site has details in the beta announcement:

"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.

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."

<snip> *

LinuxVeda
*/Beta of Fedora 22 is Here/
http://www.linuxveda.com/2015/04/21/beta-2-of-fedora-22-is-here/*
*
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.

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.*

*...

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.

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.

<snip>
*
OSTATIC
*/Fedora 22 Beta Arrives with Plasma 5 & GNOME 3.16/
http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-22-beta-arrives-with-plasma-5-gnome-3-16*

*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.

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.*

*<snip>

*LinuxGizmos
*Ubuntu 15.04 gets touchy and Snappy*
*http://linuxgizmos.com/ubuntu-15-04-gets-touchy-and-snappy/

*Fedora 22 goes beta*

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.

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.

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.

<snip>

-- 
John Terrill
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Red Hat
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