The hard working team behind the Fedora project announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability of Fedora 10 Beta. This version brings many improvements, features and fixes over previous releases. Dubbed Cambridge, Fedora 10 Beta introduces the newly released GNOME 2.24 desktop environment, an improved NetworkManager, RPM 4.6, KDE 4.1, and the famous Linux kernel 2.6.27 (with better webcam and wireless network support). The development cycle of Fedora 10 will continue with the preview release in two weeks, and will conclude with the final release somewhere at the end of October 2008. Below are some of the highlights of Fedora 10 Beta:

• Linux kernel 2.6.27 (with improved webcam and WiFi support);
• GNOME 2.24;
• KDE 4.1;
• Eclipse 3.4;
• RPM 4.6;
• An enhanced version of the PackageKit package manager;
• An updated PulseAudio sound server;
• Improved Apple Macintosh hardware support;
• Improved HDTV support in X.Org;
• A new icon theme called Echo;
• The old RHGB was replaced by Plymouth for a faster graphical start-up;
• Remote virtualization;
• Sectool and NetBeans IDE were added.

Here a few screenshots of Fedora 10 Beta. Enjoy!




Unfortunately, it appears that the developers didn't had time to update the system to GNOME 2.24... it is still 2.24 Beta 2. Therefore, you will see PackgeKit on the tray area, notifying you about almost 400 updates! After this big update process, the system will be updated to GNOME 2.24.0.1.

Fedora 10 Release Schedule:

August 5th, 2008 - Fedora 10 Alpha release
September 30th, 2008 - Fedora 10 Beta release
October 10th, 2008 - Fedora 10 Preview release
October 28th, 2008 - Fedora 10 Final release

Fedora 10 will be available as GNOME and KDE Live CD editions for 32bit and 64bit platforms, and the usual DVD edition.

Download Fedora 10 Beta right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a beta release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. Please test the hardware compatibility, hibernation functionality, missing software and report bugs to the Fedora Bug Tracker.