Download Fedora 11 Beta

The developers of Fedora have released the first beta version of the 11 series. Fedora 11 ships with Gnome 2.26, KDE 4.2.1, gcc 4.4, Python 2.6, and Xfce 4.6.0, among others. In addition, the new release series provides support for the Ext4 and Btrfs file systems and improves virtualization handling within the distribution. More information about the new beta version of Fedora 11 is in this document to read. The final of Fedora 11 is currently scheduled for release on May 25.

Beta is accompanied by installable live CDs of both the GNOME and KDE desktops. With a Live CD users can perform testing and demonstration without installing any software to the hard disk. As the Beta release is largely targeted at developers and contains many bleeding edge packages, this is the best method for less experienced users who want to get involved with testing. The Live CDs also have an option to install Fedora to the hard disk for the more intrepid users.

The best way to download Fedora 11 Beta is through BitTorrent — visit the Fedora torrent server for a listing of available images. Beta images can also be downloaded from any of our mirrors. Remember that live images can be used on USB media via the livecd-iso-to-disk utility available in the livecd-tools package on existing Fedora systems. Refer to the USB How-to for more instructions. You can also use Jigdo to download the i386, x86_64or ppc version.