GNOME 3.4 and KDE Software Compilation 4.8 are included!

Apr 17, 2012 15:21 GMT  ·  By

Delayed two weeks, the Beta version of the upcoming Fedora 17 Linux operating system has been released a few minutes ago, April 17th.

Dubbed Beefy Miracle and powered by Linux kernel 3.3, Fedora 17 Beta brings GNOME 3.4 and KDE SC 4.8 desktop environments. For more details you can read the official release notes.

Fedora 17 Beta is distributed as an installable DVD and Live CDs with the latest stable version of the GNOME 3.4 desktop environment and KDE Software Compilation 4.8, as well as the lightweight Xfce and LXDE desktop environments, all for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures.

Click here to see the Fedora 17 Beta GNOME Live CD screenshot tour!

Click here to see the Fedora 17 Beta KDE Live CD screenshot tour!

Download Fedora 17 Beta Installable DVD right now from Softpedia.

Download Fedora 17 Beta GNOME Live CD right now from Softpedia.

Download Fedora 17 Beta KDE Live CD right now from Softpedia.

Download Fedora 17 Beta Xfce Live CD right now from Softpedia.

Download Fedora 17 Beta LXDE Live CD right now from Softpedia.

Remember that this is an beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. If you encounter bugs please report them to the Red Hat Bugzilla.

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