The final release of Fedora 17 is expected in May 2012

Dec 13, 2011 18:41 GMT  ·  By

While Fedora fan enjoy the newly released Fedora 16 operating system, the developers are working hard on the next release, Fedora 17, due for release sometime in Summer 2012.

Fedora 17 will be dubbed Beefy Miracle and will have an Alpha version scheduled for release at the end of February and a Beta release sometime in April, before the final version in mid Autumn. Without any further introduction, let's have a look at the release schedule:

February 28th, 2012 - Fedora 17 Alpha release April 3rd, 2012 - Fedora 17 Beta release May 8th, 2012 - Fedora 17 final release

This is the official Fedora 17 release schedule, but everyone knows that it will (without a doubt) change in time, and the final version could be delayed a few weeks.

Take a look at the list of features for the upcoming Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle) operating system.