Download Fedora 10 Beta

The developers of Linux distribution Fedora have released the first beta of Fedora 10 codenamed “Cambridge” via the mailing list. New features include Linux kernel 2.6.27, Gnome 2.24, KDE 4.1, and RPM 4.6. In addition, Netbeans IDE has been added by default and multimedia codecs are installed automatically. The announcement of this latest release looks like this:

Fedora 10 Beta: Cambridge’s foundations are laid

Just on the heels of the Fedora Project’s fifth anniversary, the Beta of Fedora Linux version 10 (code-named Cambridge) is now available.

There is also a Beta contest! Test five things in the Beta that are important to you as a user. If you find a bug *and* report it, you get the free attention of a package maintainer on a problem personally important to you!

Do your part to make Fedora 10 that much better.

Among the new, fun, and interesting features:

• New NetworkManager with connection sharing
• Improved printer handling
• Remote virtualization and easier virtual storage
• Sectool, an auditing and security testing framework
• RPM 4.6, the first big RPM change in several years

… and more …

• New version of PackageKit for managing software, with more fixes and enhancements (which benefits all distributions)
• New version of PulseAudio (which benefits all distributions)
• Kernel 2.6.27, including better support for WiFi
• Better support for the EFI for Apple Macintosh hardware
• Faster graphical start-up by Plymouth, replacing the venerable RHGB
• Better support for webcams through the hard work in kernel 2.6.27 (which benefits all distributions)
• New icon theme “Echo”, to be completed with the theme graphic “Solar” in the Fedora 10 release
• Gnome 2.24
• KDE 4.1
• Adding the NetBeans IDE
• Eclipse 3.4
• Automatic installation of multimedia codecs
• Better HDTV support in X.org
• “Sugar” graphical environment (from OLPC) available for use, testing, and development

A more complete list and details of each new cited feature is available.

For release information, including common and known bugs, please see our release notes.

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Jesse Keating
Fedora — Freedom² is a feature!