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Yesterday, we finally released the ALPHA that will become our next release. There still will be some testing needed before we can release it as stable but it’s a first step to that. Og Maciel wrote to the mailinglist:
It is with great pleasure that I announce the release of Foresight 2.5.0 ALPHA 1 GNOME Edition!
This alpha release, is from our QA branch, and is intended mostly to receive feedback on brand new installs from end-users!
Well known for being a desktop operating system featuring an intuitive user interface and a showcase of the latest desktop software, this release brings you the latest GNOME 2.32 release, a newer Linux kernel 2.6.35.10, Xorg-Server 1.8, Conary 2.2 and a ton of updated applications!
If you want to test the ALPHA release, you have different options. End Users can try the desktop edition.
| Release | Media | Size | SHA1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5.0 Alpha 1 (32-bit) | DVD | 1.68 GB | 27cdeb87b82fb653f36725ddcca0c1ef292f20b9 |
| 2.5.0 Alpha 1 (64-bit) | DVD | 1.86 GB | b845276b35f5fd8f68ef017f3c348f3ef9d9dd89 |
More experienced users can try these images that use all packages from our unstable/ devel branch.
| Release | Media | Size | SHA1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5.0 Alpha 1 (32-bit) | DVD | 1.68 GB | 53f96867199bdf081e87462aaf4a3d1fb11101eb |
| 2.5.0 Alpha 1 (64-bit) | DVD | 1.86 GB | 2d4832cb599d08cd5680c5b0a9f7e9b0a85e15d0 |
Developers can use these images, that include many development packages.
| Release | Media | Size | SHA1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5.0 Alpha 1 (32-bit) | DVD | 2.19 GB | 27cdeb87b82fb653f36725ddcca0c1ef292f20b9 |
| 2.5.0 Alpha 1 (64-bit) | DVD | 2.40 GB | 78487b46a26704d8076370cd83d4560a55ef27c1 |
Enjoy testing Foresight Linux and report issues Foresight’s issue tracker (FITS), that is available at https://issues.foresightlinux.org
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