Fedora 14 Alpha Has Linux Kernel 2.6.35 and KDE SC 4.5

Dennis Gilmore proudly announced last evening the release of Fedora 14 Alpha. Dubbed Laughlin, this first pre-release version comes with bleeding-edge components, such as Linux kernel 2.6.35 and KDE Software Compilation 4.5.

Fedora 14 (Laughlin) will be officially released in November. Until then, users can test this alpha release, and the beta version, due for release next month.

"Fedora 14 is named in honor of distinguished physicist Robert B. Laughlin, whose fields of research have included, among other things, the topic of emergence."

"We need your help to make Fedora 14 the best release yet, so please take a moment of your time to download and try out the Alpha and make sure the things that are important to you are working." - said Dennis Gilmore in the official release announcement.

Highlights of Fedora 14 Alpha:

· Linux kernel 2.6.35;
· KDE SC 4.5;
· GNOME 2.31.2 desktop environment;
· Session and system management;
· Desktop virtualization;
· Faster JPEG compression and decompression;
· Updated and new programming languages;
· Better utilities for developers;
· Sugar 0.90 desktop environment;
· Better netbook experience with MeeGo;
· Fedora EC2 images;
· IPMI server management made simple;
· SCAP (Security Content Automation Protocol) support;
· Perl 6 support with Rakudo;
· Powerful data analysis tools.

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Release Schedule:

August 24th, 2010 - Alpha release
September 28th, 2010 - Beta release
October 19th, 2010 - Release Candidate
November 2nd, 2010 - Fedora 14 Final release

The Fedora Project is a Red-Hat-sponsored and community-supported open-source project. It was originally based on Red Hat, but now serves as a proving ground for new technology that may eventually make its way into Red Hat products.

Fedora is not a supported product of Red Hat. The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community in order to build a complete, general-purpose operating system exclusively from free software.

Download Fedora 14 Alpha right now from Softpedia.

Remember that this is an alpha release and it should NOT be installed on production machines. It is intended to be used for testing purposes only. Please report bugs to the Red Hat Bugzilla.