Download Leonidas Fedora 11 beta

The Fedora 11 beta, code-named Leonidas was online yesterday evening. For this new major version, the developers have added many new features, in addition to the usual new versions of components.

Here is a list of the main novelties:

• GNOME 2.26
• KDE 4.2.1
• Xfce 4.6.0
• The file system is now used Ext4 default
• The experimental system files Btrfs
• A new unified management of sound in GNOME
• New session "Guest" limited rights and amendments erased when closing the session
• Adding DNSSEC Security Extensions
• PackageKit could be used in Fedora 10 for installing codecs on demand. In Fedora 11, this capacity has been extended to firmwares.
• Virtualization: Virtual Console new, improvements in VNC authentication, the ability to add mandatory access controls in a virtual machine, ability to assign PCI devices to the system prompt, the integration of SELinux into virtual machines and updated Xen
• Preprint MinGW compiler that can compile the code for Windows without the need of it during development
• GCC 4.4
• NetBeans 6.5
• Python 2.6
• Git 1.6.2

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Helllo , Read The Official Press From Fedora Team

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Twice a year, the Fedora Project releases a distribution that combines recent innovations in free software with the polish, usability and stability for which our community has become so widely known. The Fedora 10 release in November 2008 has garnered a number of glowing reviews from users and press, who call it “fast, stable and definitely worth the upgrade” and “seasoned and solid.”

At the end of May 2009, the next release of this groundbreaking distribution, Fedora 11 — codename “Leonidas” — will be available, with a feature list that dwarfs any previous release. This release will include innovations such as:
Further improvements to the boot process that include NVidia, ATI, and Intel video adapters, using the revolutionary kernel mode setting feature in an effort to cut boot time and provide pleasing visuals.
Additional enhancements to the PackageKit cross-distribution package manager that support on-demand font and file support, extending the free desktop into a level of support that compares favorably to any proprietary systems.
New virtualization features such as a new management console with enhanced mouse support on the display and larger screen real estate, integration of SELinux for guest virtual machines, access to PCI bus devices from guests, and authentication for VNC remote access.
Support for cross-compiling Windows applications directly on Fedora using the MinGW environment.

Before each final release, Fedora produces a set of test phases that involve a growing community to find and squash bugs and issues, so the distribution will be as polished as possible. Our Alpha release from February, for instance, is meant only for a small audience of developers and community members, and is used to simply ensure that a minimum number of quality targets are being met. Nevertheless, the Fedora 11 Alpha release has already generated over 40,000 downloads in just over a month!

But today’s Beta release is meant for a much wider audience. Anyone can download the Beta as an installation medium or a Live image to try it on their system. The larger open source community, beyond just developers and Fedora contributors, can download, test, and report issues, which should substantially improve the final release. Fedora even provides convenient Live images that testers can write to either CD/DVD, or to a USB key. Windows users can also make Live USB keys using the easy LiveUSB Creator application.

Fedora seeks to create more and better opportunities for collaboration. Our upstream-friendly policy ensures that when we find issues and solutions, they are shared equally with other open source communities. Our project hosting facilities offer the ability to create open source projects with any of a number of source code management systems. And our user base, participation and membership keep rising as we’ve made it easier for people to become part of the global open source movement.

Do you want to see the future of Linux? It’s here today. Download Fedora 11 Beta and take it for a spin.

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hello , The kernel for the beta is based on a pre-release version of the recently released Linux version 2.6.29. In a change to the original plan, the 32 bit x86 version of Fedora 11 will not install an x86-64 kernel where it detects a 64 bit x86 CPU. Although Fedora 11 will, as planned, use Ext4, the Ext3 successor, as its default file system. The Fedora development team have, however, incorporated some of the changes to Ext4 planned for Linux version 2.6.30 in order to reduce the risk of data loss through delayed allocation.

For developers there are all sorts of goodies Like

• Python 2.6 - This new version in Fedora is a precursor to Python 3000 (3.0), including many compatibility measures to help developers get their code prepared for the next generation of Python.
  
• NetBeans 6.5 - NetBeans IDE 6.5 is a significant update of NetBeans IDE 6.1 that includes improved JavaScript, AJAX, Ruby, and database support.
  
• gcc 4.4 - The gcc compiler suite has been updated to the latest version, featuring better error detection for the latest in safety and execution.
  
• Eclipse profiling tools - Add the power of various native profiling tools into the Eclipse IDE and integrate with the rest of the development environment.

Hello check the Complete Feature List From Here http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList On stability, speed, convenience is what Fedora compared to Ubuntu . At the moment I hear a lot about Fedora I ask this because the 9.04 will be released almost simultaneously. I say if Fedora is better why not migrate.

Hello , Indeed I am tempted by fedora 11 because it is impossible to install evolution-mapi connectivity to exchange on the 2007 release 10, I really know why, but it requires a lot of things not implemented in FC10. Also if a charitable soul could help me ... I replace the bootscreen with the gnome kde (more aesthetic) and the selection of sessions, gnome does not appear.
So I have no access to Gnome