Fedora项目是一份由
Red Hat策划的开放开发项目，它向普通参与者开放并由精英管理者领导，沿着一系列项目目标而前进。Fedora项目的目标是与Linux社区协作，只从开放源码
软件来创建一份完整的、通用的
操作系统。其开发过程是以公开
论坛的形式进行的。项目将按时间计划，每年作两到三次Fedora Core的发布，并提供一份公开的发布日程表。
Red Hat工程组将继续参与Fedora Core的开发，并且将比以往更多地邀请和鼓励外界的参与。通过采用这样一种更加开放的过程，我们希望能提供一份更加符合自由
软件理念并且对开放源码社区更具吸引力的
操作系统。
' W8 Q3 F+ {) [5 X/ D. V1 I( lWill Woods has announced the availability of the fourth and final test release of
Fedora 7: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of the fourth and final test release of Fedora 7! Release notes: This test release includes three live images - an i386 Desktop live CD, an x86_64 Desktop live DVD, and an i386
KDE live CD; this test release features GNOME 2.18; the new Echo icon theme is no longer the default;
KDE and Xfce, among several other packages, are included in the development repositories, but not on the media; Fast User Switching is now available; the Internet messaging program called 'Gaim' is now known as 'Pidgin'...." Read the
release announcement and
release notes for more details. The new test CD/DVD images are available for download from
Fedora mirrors and also
via BitTorrent; quick links to the installable live images:
F-6.93-i386-Live.iso (693MB,
SHA1),
F-6.93-x86_64-Live.iso (778MB,
SHA1).
