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= Fedora 7 Test 1 Release Notes =

Welcome to Fedora 7 Test 1
Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and platform based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever.

You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora if you file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests for more information about bugs. Thank you for your participation.

To find out more general information about Fedora, refer to the following Web pages:


 * Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview)


 * Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ)


 * Help and Support (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate)


 * Participate in the Fedora Project (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted)


 * About the Fedora Project (http://fedora.redhat.com/About/)

Official Announcement
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-February/msg0000

Translations of Release Notes
Due to the rapidly changing nature of test releases, translations of release notes for test releases are not practical. The initial goal is to have a translation of the release notes included in test3, so that it gets the benefit of community viewing and fixing before it is final. As always, the final release is translated following the established practices for localization (l10n) and internationalization (i18n), which result in comprehensive, high-quality release notes in a variety of languages.

Note on Intended Audience for Test Releases
Test 1 is targeted for developers, who use it "at your own risk", and contains many half-baked items.

Test 2 is for early adopters, most things should work and we REALLY NEED YOUR HELP to find what is broken.

Test 3 is for for beta users. This is the time when we MUST HAVE full community participation; otherwise, when it is released and doesn't work on your hardware, it is you who suffers the most.

Quality Assurance for Test Releases
The Fedora Project has a process in place for ensuring the highest possible quality even in our test releases. Many bugs are identified, prioritized and fixed during the testing process. Refer to this page  for more details.

New in Fedora 7 Test 1
This test release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora.

Merger of Core and Extras

 * The distinction between core and extras disappears in Fedora 7.


 * Fedora 7 Test 1 is packaged initially as a GNOME desktop implementation.


 * Many more packages are available in the development repositories.

Live CD

 * This test release includes an i386 ISO for a Desktop Live CD.

Desktop

 * This test release features GNOME 2.17.90.


 * KDE and xfce are definitely included in the final release. For now, they are included in the development repositories, but not on the media.

Performance

 * System performance may increase or decrease as the testing process continues.

System Administration

 * System administration tools may be modified under the testing process.

System Level Changes

 * Fedora 7 Test 1 features a 2.6.19 based kernel.