De ontwikkelaars van Fedora hebben de eerste bètaversie van de 11-serie beschikbaar gesteld. Fedora 11 wordt onder meer met Gnome 2.26, KDE 4.2.1, gcc 4.4, Python 2.6 en Xfce 4.6.0 geleverd. Verder biedt de nieuwe versiereeks ondersteuning aan de Ext4- en Btrfs-bestandssystemen en is de virtualisatie-afhandeling binnen de distributie verbeterd. Meer informatie over de nieuwe bètaversie van Fedora 11 is in dit document te lezen. De final van Fedora 11 staat vooralsnog gepland voor een release op 25 mei.
Beta is accompanied by installable live CDs of both the GNOME and KDE desktops. With a Live CD users can perform testing and demonstration without installing any software to the hard disk. As the Beta release is largely targeted at developers and contains many bleeding edge packages, this is the best method for less experienced users who want to get involved with testing. The Live CDs also have an option to install Fedora to the hard disk for the more intrepid users.
The best way to download Fedora 11 Beta is through BitTorrent -- visit the Fedora torrent server for a listing of available images. Beta images can also be downloaded from any of our mirrors. Remember that live images can be used on USB media via the livecd-iso-to-disk utility available in the livecd-tools package on existing Fedora systems. Refer to the USB How-to for more instructions. You can also use Jigdo to download the i386, x86_64, or ppc versions.
