-- Best regards, Misha Shnurapet, Fedora Project Contributor https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Shnurapet shnurapet AT fedoraproject.org, GPG: 00217306 19.04.2011, 23:50, "Dennis Gilmore" dennis@ausil.us: > The clock is ticking. The days are counting down. The release of > Fedora 15, codenamed "Lovelock," is scheduled for release in late > May. Fedora is the leading edge, free and open source operating > system that continues to deliver innovative features to users > worldwide, with a new release every six months. > > We are delighted to announce the availability of the Beta release > of Fedora 15. > > "I beta one American dollar that you will love this release!" > > Come see why we love Fedora so much. We are betting you will, > too. Download it now: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease?wkanF15b > > == What is the Beta Release? == > > The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 15. Only > critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading to the general > release of Fedora 15 in May. We invite you to join us in making > Fedora 15 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 can be seen on > the Common F15 bugs page, at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F15_bugs. > > If you find a bug that's not found on that page, be sure it gets > fixed before release by reporting your discovery at > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ Thank you! > > == Features == > > Desktop enthusiasts and end users of all sorts can look forward to: >     * Gnome Shell and the Gnome 3 desktop. Gnome 3 is the next major >       version of the Gnome desktop. After many years of a largely >       unchanged Gnome 2.x experience, GNOME 3 brings a fresh look >       and feel with GNOME Shell. >     * LibreOffice Productivity Suite. LibreOffice is a fork of >       OpenOffice, with the support of the OpenOffice.org community. >       All of the applications you know and love are still there, >       including apps for spreadsheets, document creation, and presentations. >     * Desktop environments a-plenty. The Xfce and LXDE spins have >       been updated, and the Fedora Spins SIG has other offerings >       tailored to a wide variety of user needs. > > Sysadmins will love features such as: >     * Appliance building. BoxGrinder creates appliances (virtual >       machines) from simple plain text appliance definition files >       for various virtual platforms, and is great for building >       appliances for use in a Cloud environment. >     * Dynamic Firewall. The dynamic firewall mode aims to make it >       possible to change firewall settings without the need to restart >       the firewall and to make persistent connections possible. > > Coders have lots of new development tools to try out, including: >     * Updates to popular languages. Python 3.2, Rails 3.0.3, and >       OCaml 3.12 are all included in Fedora 15. >     * Project tooling. Maven 3 is a Java project management, project >       comprehension, and build system tool. >     * Compiling and debugging. GDB gets an update to 7.3, and GCC >       4.6 is included. (Fedora 15 has also been rebuilt using GCC 4.6!) > > And that's only the beginning. A more complete list and details of > all the new features in Fedora 15 is available here: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/15/FeatureList > > We have nightly composes of alternate spins available here: > http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ > > == Contributing == > > 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 at 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!