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Announcing the release of Fedora 14 Beta
Mark your calendars, and get ready to break out and have some fun: Fedora 14 will launch in early November. Fedora is the leading-edge, community- developed, free and open source operating system that continues to deliver innovative features to users worldwide, with a new release every six months. But... what's that, you say? November is oh, so, far away? Never fear - Beta is here! Checking out the latest and greatest in Fedora's cutting-edge technologies is just a click away. Stand out from the crowd. Get your taste of Fedora 14 ''now,'' by trying out our Beta release: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease?anF14b == What is the Beta Release? == The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 14. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading up to the general release of Fedora 14, scheduled to be released in early November. We invite you to join us and participate in making Fedora 14 a solid release by downloading, testing, and providing your valuable feedback. Of course, this is a beta release, some problems may still be lurking. A list of the problems we already know about is found at the [[Common F14 bugs]] page. 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: * '''Faster loading and saving of JPEG images.''' The libjpeg-turbo feature nearly halves the time to load and save JPEG images on most modern machines - meaning you'll be seeing your digital photos even faster. * '''Easier virtualization for end users.''' From the creators of KVM comes Spice (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments). This framework allows end-users to enjoy the features they enjoy, such as accelerated 2D graphics, encryption, and audio playing and recording, all while working in a virtualized environment. Are you a sysadmin? Check out the new features we have for you! * '''Additional IPMI support.''' Enjoy using IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) to manage your servers? The new ipmiutil feature adds more functionality to existing IPMI capabilities, including SOL (Serial-over- LAN) and identity LED management. * '''Tech preview of systemd.''' Looking to the future? Check out systemd, a next-generation replacement for Upstart and SystemV init. With faster boot times, the ability to track processes, daemons, and sockets, and system state snapshotting, this preview of systemd will have you prepped for the future. Coders have lots of new development tools to try out, including: * '''D Programming.''' Statically typed and compiling directly to machine code, the D systems programming language combines the power and performance of languages like C and C++ with the productivity of languages like Ruby and Python. * '''GNUstep''' is a GUI framework based on the Objective-C programming language, and is a reimplementation of the NextStep environment. * '''Memory debugging tools.''' Unique to Fedora 14, the gdb-heap package allows developers to get a breakdown of how a process is using dynamic memory - and can do unplanned memory usage debugging by attaching to runaway memory hogs, mid-process. * '''Python 2.7''' capabilities increases Fedora's commitment to improving portability and migration paths for developers to move to Python 3. Enhanced debugging and integration with GCC continue to be available in Fedora 14, and Python-related enhancements such as fixing common problems with GObject introspection and SWIG are also introduced. * '''Rakudo Star''' is the most actively developed implementation of Perl 6, and is based on the Parrot virtual machine. Perl 6 is a major revision to this sysadmin and developer toolbox standby, introducing elements of many modern and historical languages. And that's only the beginning. A more complete list and details of all the new features onboard Fedora 14 is available here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/14/FeatureList?wka... We have nightly composes of alternate spins available here: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/?wk... ''Fedora 14 / Beta is for Carotene / Let's Push for Final!'' == Contributing == For more information including common and known bugs, tips on how to report bugs, and the official release schedule, please refer to the release notes: http://docs.fedoraproject.org?wkanF14b 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! -- announce mailing list announce@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce (Log in to post comments)
Announcing the release of Fedora 14 Beta Posted Sep 28, 2010 19:33 UTC (Tue) by parimi (subscriber, #5773) [Link]
Tried installing beta from iso using vmware workstation, but ran into error even before installer started:
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The following problem occurred on line 65 of the kickstart file:
Section does not end with %%end.
install exited abnormally [1/1]
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Announcing the release of Fedora 14 Beta Posted Sep 28, 2010 20:28 UTC (Tue) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link] Did you report this at Bugzilla, as requested? Creating an account there is easy...
Announcing the release of Fedora 14 Beta Posted Sep 28, 2010 21:36 UTC (Tue) by parimi (subscriber, #5773) [Link]
I just realized it was user-error :( I was booting off a different iso image. Serves me right for trying to do some beta testing
Announcing the release of Fedora 14 Beta Posted Oct 1, 2010 2:54 UTC (Fri) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link] Don't worry, I've commited such fatfingering too. Plus my full share of random brainos ;-) Thanks for making Fedora (and Linux) better!
Announcing the release of Fedora 14 Beta Posted Oct 26, 2010 3:52 UTC (Tue) by phx (guest, #70827) [Link]
I met the same problem, how to fix this? I'm waiting for the answer,thanks.
Announcing the release of Fedora 14 Beta Posted Nov 3, 2010 10:32 UTC (Wed) by oranda (guest, #70982) [Link]
I'm getting the same with vmware fusion. I reported it on bugzilla and was told it was a known problem with vmware.
If there is a solution I'd love to know too.
Announcing the release of Fedora 14 Beta Posted Nov 4, 2010 8:24 UTC (Thu) by oranda (guest, #70982) [Link]
Vmware fusion - Go into your VMWare Device Profile and remove the second CDROM device that has "Using autoinst.iso".
This was passed onto me from klank-rno at linuxquestions.org
worked for me :-)
Stop that trend (releasing, releasing, releasing) Posted Sep 29, 2010 18:43 UTC (Wed) by carlitos.esquer (guest, #70384) [Link]
I think that Fedora Community must stop this releasing trend wich only affects Linux.
Consider this, i tried to install from Fedora 11 to Fedora 13 in my computer but never get my Wireless card functioning. Nevertheless, if i use my own compiled LFS based Linux i can use all the hardware my computers (3 different ones) have. The default ath5k driver damages for a few minutes my wireless card (ok, maybe a kernel problem but i use 2.6.28 with no problem), making it unusable for 5 or 10 minutes after. I turn off my computer, wait for some minutes and then i can get online in a hurry. No problems with wicd, no problems with pass keys, NO problems at all. Besides, every time i tried to install Fedora, i cannot get my ReiserFS file systems up, my question is why they not include ReiserFS, Ubuntu does, Debian does, even Mandriva does.
That's my story, i'm sorry
Stop that trend (releasing, releasing, releasing) Posted Sep 29, 2010 22:53 UTC (Wed) by luya (subscriber, #50741) [Link]
Please, there are enough people here who want to try latest technologies instead of living into inertia.
You post about wireless card without mentioning its name so readers will be see what you are talking about. It could be an obscure version very few heard.
ReiserFS is not officially supported by Fedora Project due to its inability to use SELinux as required. You can use it at the installer prompt:
linux selinux=0 reiserfs
Be in mind you will be on your own. The last thing a project wants to do is to expose users to unsupported partition.
Stop that trend (releasing, releasing, releasing) Posted Sep 30, 2010 12:35 UTC (Thu) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] Fedora is not Debian stable, or CentOS... and this is a good thing, because those things are already available. (As for ReiserFS... after hearing someone's horror story about what happened when they fsck'd a ReiserFS volume that held a file containing a ReiserFS filesystem image, I promised myself I would never use it.)
Stop that trend (releasing, releasing, releasing) Posted Sep 30, 2010 12:53 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
Although I can't advocate using it, Fedora does actually have the ability to use reiserfs during installation time. At installation boot prompt, type linux selinux=0 reiserfs. You get whatever upstream provides. No explicit testing or support.
A common man's Wireless Card Posted Sep 30, 2010 16:54 UTC (Thu) by carlitos.esquer (guest, #70384) [Link]
It's a TP-LINK WN651G, and i told you before, this card works vey fine in Ubuntu, Debian an My Own Linux based on Linux From Scratch (6.3 a very old one) I use a vanilla Kernel 2.6.28 that i compiled myself...
If i can make it Work, Why Fedora Cannot?
About ReiserFS (Version 3.6), it is fast and very reliable until now (Two years after)... Never mind fscks, never mind monthly checks and all that Ext3, Ext4 stuff i hate.
A common man's Wireless Card Posted Oct 1, 2010 12:48 UTC (Fri) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link] If i can make it Work, Why Fedora Cannot? Distribution maintainers are human, and therefore sometimes make mistakes. Did you file a bug report?
A common man's Wireless Card Posted Oct 14, 2010 21:17 UTC (Thu) by ebiederm (subscriber, #35028) [Link]
Does this work in 2.6.32? 2.6.36?
I can't tell from your comments if there is a regression in the driver
From the sounds of it, someone did something that caused the driver to regresss in more recent kernels and that just hasn't been addressed yet.
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