Fedora 22 Alpha Release Announcement ====================================

The Fedora 22 Alpha release for the AARCH64 and POWER 64 secondary architectures has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development. Take a peek inside!

• Get Fedora 22 Alpha Server https://getfedora.org/en/server/prerelease/

• https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/test/22_Alpha/Ser...

What is the Alpha release? ==========================

The Alpha 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 code-complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora 22 is expected in May.

We need your help to make Fedora 22 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 well. 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 22 another rock-solid release. 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.

Fedora 22 Server ================

The Fedora 22 Server Edition brings several changes that will improve Fedora for use as a server in your environment.

• Database Server Role: Fedora 21 introduced Rolekit, a daemon for Linux systems that provides a stable D-Bus interface to manage deployment of server roles. The Fedora 22 release adds onto that work with a database server role based on PostgreSQL.

• Cockpit Updates: The Cockpit Web-based management application has been updated to the latest upstream release which adds many new features as well as a modular design for adding new functionality.

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 Common F22 Bugs page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F22_bugs

For tips on reporting a bug effectively, read "how to file a bug report:" https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_file_a_bug_report

Release Schedule ================

The full release schedule is available on the Fedora wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule

The current schedule calls for a beta release in the middle of April, and a final release in the second half of May.

These dates are subject to change, pending any major bugs or issues found during the development process.