Fedora 15 Beta Available: Feedback Wanted
Announced today on the Fedora announce mailing list, the Fedora 15 (Lovelock) beta is now available for download.
The Fedora 15 beta release is still a development release and users are cautioned that bugs may still exist; however, the Fedora community welcomes anyone who would like to help make this release of Fedora as solid as possible by downloading, testing, and providing feedback. Users who wish to help test the beta release are encouraged to read the list of known bugs and asked to file any new bugs they may encounter.
New features such as the GNOME 3 desktop, LibreOfffice, BoxGrinder, and more can be seen in the Fedora 15 beta.
More information on how users can help test the beta release can be found on the Fedora website.
Issue 171/2015
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