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== GET FEDORA ==
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The Alpha release provides the first opportunity for the wider community to become involved with the testing of Rawhide:
 
* Alpha represents a sanitized snapshot of Fedora's development branch, which sees rapid changes and becomes the next major release
* The Alpha should boot on the majority of systems, providing:
** A look at what new features are to be included in the next release
** A way to provide feedback and bug reports to help ensure that the next release is as good as possible.


http://get.fedoraproject.org


== WHAT'S NEW? ==
== WHAT'S NEW? ==


To read about all the latest changes, visit: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/
Some highlights of Fedora 10 Alpha:


For a summary, visit:  
* Many improvements, bugfixes, and enhancements from upstream
* New graphical boot environment
* Wireless connection sharing
* Audio improvements to remove glitches
* Security audit tool
* Improved webcam support
* Better IR remote control support
* RPM 4.6
* OCaml
* Haskell
 
For more information:


http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/Alpha/ReleaseNotes
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/Alpha/ReleaseNotes
== WHAT TO TEST ==
Test status is being tracked here:
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https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/TestResults/Fedora10Install/Alpha
'''Check out this page before reporting problems, including looking throuth the bug trackers as linked on that page.'''
For a more detailed list of installation tests:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/TestPlans/Fedora10Install
== GET FEDORA ==
The Alpha release is available both through our mirroring system and via bittorrent.
For direct http access to a local mirror:
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/10-Alpha/
For a list of mirrors carrying the content and the various protocols they support:
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/10-Alpha/
For bittorrent:
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/


== JOIN US! ==
== JOIN US! ==

Revision as of 16:50, 4 August 2008

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The Alpha release provides the first opportunity for the wider community to become involved with the testing of Rawhide:

  • Alpha represents a sanitized snapshot of Fedora's development branch, which sees rapid changes and becomes the next major release
  • The Alpha should boot on the majority of systems, providing:
    • A look at what new features are to be included in the next release
    • A way to provide feedback and bug reports to help ensure that the next release is as good as possible.


WHAT'S NEW?

Some highlights of Fedora 10 Alpha:

  • Many improvements, bugfixes, and enhancements from upstream
  • New graphical boot environment
  • Wireless connection sharing
  • Audio improvements to remove glitches
  • Security audit tool
  • Improved webcam support
  • Better IR remote control support
  • RPM 4.6
  • OCaml
  • Haskell

For more information:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/Alpha/ReleaseNotes

WHAT TO TEST

Test status is being tracked here:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/TestResults/Fedora10Install/Alpha

Check out this page before reporting problems, including looking throuth the bug trackers as linked on that page.

For a more detailed list of installation tests:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/TestPlans/Fedora10Install

GET FEDORA

The Alpha release is available both through our mirroring system and via bittorrent.

For direct http access to a local mirror:

http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/10-Alpha/

For a list of mirrors carrying the content and the various protocols they support:

http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/10-Alpha/

For bittorrent:

http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/

JOIN US!

To find ways you can help and participate, visit:

http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora