The Fedora Project Team announced yesterday, April 28th, the release of Fedora 11 (Leonidas) Preview. There are quite a lot of changes and updates since the Beta. First of all, to the relief of many and probably due to the mostly negative reactions, there is a new wallpaper! The Greek Acropolis one that was default in the Beta is not even available as an option anymore. Instead, the new one features a flock of birds in flight on top of a dark blue background with wavy ribbons. Definitely a better choice and in tone with the new boot menu and loading screen.

Fedora 11 Preview comes with the latest and greatest desktop environments. If in the Beta there was only GNOME 2.26 RC, now GNOME 2.26.1 deservingly took its place. KDE fans also have reasons to rejoice, as Fedora 11 Preview defaults to KDE 4.2.2.

Applications included in Fedora 11 Preview GNOME & KDE:

· Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 · Palimpsest Disk Utility 0.3 · Pidgin 2.5.5 · GNOME 2.26.1 · The GIMP 2.6.6 · Nautilus 2.26.2

· KDE 4.2.2 · K3B 1.0.5 · KOffice Workspace 1.6.3 · KAddressBook 4.1 · Dolphin 1.2.1 · Konversation 1.1

In the end, we've compiled a brief screenshot tour for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!

Fedora 11 Preview GNOME Edition

Fedora 11 Preview KDE Edition

The Fedora 11 (codename Leonidas) development will conclude with the final release at the beginning of June. Fedora 11 will be available for download as GNOME and KDE Live CD editions for 32-bit and 64-bit platforms, and the usual installable DVD editions. Spins with the latest Xfce 4.6.1 desktop environment will also be available for both processor architectures.

Fedora 11 Release Schedule:

· February 5th, 2009 - Fedora 11 Alpha Release
· March 24th, 2009 - Fedora 11 Beta Release
· April 28th, 2009 - Fedora 11 Preview Release
· June 2nd, 2009 - Fedora 11 Final Release

Download Fedora 11 Preview right now from Softpedia. Remember that this is a development release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. Please test it and report bugs to the Fedora Bug Tracker.