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2007-03-01 Development Release: Fedora 7 Test 2
Jesse Keating has announced the second development release of Fedora 7: "I am pleased to announce the second test release for Fedora 7. This test release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The Fedora Core and Extras software repositories are being merged, resulting in a shared infrastructure and a single repository of packages to which everyone is invited to contribute. Fedora 7 Test 2 is packaged initially as a Desktop / Development Workstation / Server implementation, called ’Prime’. This spin is delivered in DVD ISO format only as a trial. Many more packages are available in the development repositories." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Live and rescues CDs, as well as installation "Prime" DVDs are available for download via BitTorrent or from one of these mirror servers: F-6.91-i386-DVD.iso (3,041MB, SHA1), F-6.91-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,724MB, SHA1).
2007-02-01 Development Release: Fedora Desktop 7 Test 1
Jesse Keating has announced the availability of Fedora Desktop 7 Test 1, a 3-CD, GNOME-only variant of the first development build of Fedora 7: "Fedora 7 Test 1 has been released today. For this particular release, we only did a Desktop spin of the package collection. We are still fine tuning targeted spins of the collection as part of the merger of Core and Extras. We also produced a live CD that has the ability to install to your hard drive, should you wish." That’s all we know about the release, since the release announcement gives away very little information and no release notes have been published. Interested beta testers should download the CD and DVD images from Fedora’s torrent server or directly from these mirror sites: FD-6.90-i386-DVD.iso (1,948MB, SHA1), FD-6.90-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,133MB, SHA1).
2006-12-23 Distribution Release: Fedora Core 6 Live CD
David Zeuthen has announced the release of an official Fedora 6 live CD: "After lots of feedback, bug fixing and testing of the beta live CD announced 3 weeks ago, I’m pleased to announce the first official Fedora live CD. This live CD is based on packages from the Fedora Core 6 (code named ’Zod’) and Fedora Extras package collections and is 100% free software. At a glance, the live CD features: Linux 2.6.18, GNOME 2.16 desktop environment, GStreamer 0.10 multimedia framework, X.Org 7.1, AIGLX and Compiz for 3D desktop, lots of applications including, but not limited to Beagle (desktop search), F-Spot (photo management), Evolution (email and calendering), Firefox (web browsing), Ekiga (IP telephony)...." Read the complete release announcement for additional details. Download via BitTorrent or directly from Red Hat’s server: FC-6-i386-livecd-1.iso (683MB, SHA1).
2006-10-24 Distribution Release: Fedora Core 6 "Live-Spin"
The Fedora Unity project has announced the release of Fedora Core 6 "Live-Spins", a set of Fedora live CDs and DVDs for the i386 and x86_64 architectures: "The Fedora Unity Project is proud to announce the initial release of several Fedora Core 6 Live-Spin CD and DVD ISO images. These Live-Spins are based on the 24 October initial release of Fedora Core 6." The set consists of a GNOME live CD with GNOME 2.16.0 and related applications, a KDE live CD with KDE 3.5.4, a server live CD with Apache, MySQL, PHP and various server administration utilities, and a comprehensive live DVD with GNOME, KDE, XFce and a number of packages from the "extras" repository. For more details please see the release announcement. The CD and DVD images are available for download via BitTorrent only; quick links to the two DVD torrent files: FC-6-i386-LiveDVD-Unity-20061024 (3.33GB), FC-6-x86_64-LiveDVD-Unity-20061024 (3.51GB).
2006-10-24 Distribution Release: Fedora Core 6
Fedora Core 6, code name "Zod", has been formally announced and officially released: "Tremble, Earthlings, for Zod is released from the confines of testing. Zod intends to hammer the servers of the world ... starting TODAY!" On a more serious note, Fedora Core 6 includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies, including improved look and feel for various international languages, the Compiz window manager, GNOME 2.16 and KDE 3.5.3 desktop environments, a refreshing new "DNA" theme, Dogtail - a graphical test and automation framework for the desktop, the GnuCash 2.0 accounting application, and many other enhancements. Please read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: FC-6-i386-DVD.iso (3,362MB, SHA1), FC-6-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,899MB, SHA1). The CD and DVD images are also available via BitTorrent.
2006-09-14 Development Release: Fedora Core 6 Test 3
Jeremy Katz has announced the third and final test release of Fedora Core 6: "The Fedora Project announces the third and final test release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle. Notable Features of Fedora Core 6: support for installation from multiple repositories at install-time; GNOME 2.16.0; KDE 3.5.3; an improved look and feel for various non-English languages; new desktop eye candy provided by the Compiz window manager using AIGLX; notification of available software updates via notification bubbles; improved start-up performance of applications; improved speed of various package management utilities; further improvements in the Xen virtualization technology...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. The CD and DVD images for three architectures are available from these download mirrors/> and also via BitTorrent; quick links to the i386 and x86_64 DVD images: FC-6-Test3-i386-DVD.iso (3,339MB) or FC-6-Test3-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,861MB).
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