14 DAY TRIAL // The Fedora Project has announced that Fedora 20 “Heisenbug” is now available for download, just in time to celebrate the 10th anniversary since the Project’s creation. Unfortunately, the 20th release of Fedora is dedicated to Seth Vidal, a developer who passed away this year.
“On July 8, the Fedora Project lost Seth Vidal, a dedicated, tireless, and brilliant contributor. Seth was a lead developer of Yum and the Fedora update repository system. He worked to ensure that the technical and community infrastructure of Fedora worked well and consistently for users and contributors around the world.
“Seth touched the lives of hundreds of Fedora contributors directly and millions of others indirectly by improving the experience of using and updating Fedora. The Fedora Project dedicates the Fedora 20 release to Seth and asks that you join us in remembering his generous spirit and incredible work that helped make Fedora what it is today. We miss you, Seth,” reads the official announcement.
This has to be one of the biggest releases made by the Fedora project, and it incorporates a lot of spins which are already available along with the base version.
Highlights of Fedora 20 “Heisenbug”:
• GNOME has been updated to version 3.10, which comes with several new applications and features, including a new music application (gnome-music), a new maps application (gnome-maps), and much more; • KDE Plasma Workspaces has been updated to version 4.11 and it features better Nepomuk indexing, improvements to Kontact, KScreen integration in KWin, Metalink/HTTP support for Kget, and a few others; • Ruby on Rails has been updated to version 4.0; • NetworkManager is getting several improvements in Fedora 20 that will be welcome additions for power users and system administrators; • systemd journal now takes the place as the default logging solution for minimal and other selected installation methods.
Check the official announcement for more details about this release. Download Fedora 20 right now from Softpedia.