GoOSe Linux 6.0 Beta Release Candidate 5 (RC5) is now available for testing. Visit http://get.gooseproject.org/ to obtain the download.

Once you arrive at the above link, the downloads are under /releases/6.0/Beta-RC5/GoOSe/<arch>/.

The GoOSe Project is always interested in feedback around its project. Please feel free to drop us a line about this release.

Comments/Questions:

• Send us an email goose-linux@googlegroups.com
• Contact us on irc.freenode.net at #gooseproject
• Leave a comment on this blog post

Issues with GoOSe 6.0

If you find yourself having trouble installing, using or managing GoOSe Linux, please let us know. The best way is to file issues at our main project site on github, but we’re happy to have the information in any of the ways listed above.

Testing can be done by anyone. Please feel free to check our new testing wiki page for information on what tests need to be run and which have already passed. If you have interest in helping us test, thank you, thank you, thank you for the help!

GoOSe Beta-RC5 will be available for 1 week from today. At such time the GoOSe team will decide whether it will be the first Golden GoOSe release. This will be based upon feedback provided, so please do tell us what you think!

Cheers,

herlo

Once you arrive at the above link, the downloads are under /releases/6.0/Beta-RC4/GoOSe/<arch>/.

The GoOSe Project is always interested in feedback around its project. Please feel free to drop us a line about this release.

Comments/Questions:

• Send us an email goose-linux@googlegroups.com
• Contact us on irc.freenode.net at #gooseproject
• Leave a comment on this blog post

Issues with GoOSe 6.0

If you find yourself having trouble installing, using or managing GoOSe Linux, please let us know. The best way is to file issues at our main project site on github, but we’re happy to have the information in any of the ways listed above.

GoOSe Beta-RC4 will be available for 2 weeks from today. At such time the GoOSe team will decide whether it will be the first Golden GoOSe release. This will be based upon feedback provided, so please do tell us what you think!

Cheers,

herlo

Note: The links below are provided by the Fedora Project as a useful pointer to tests the GoOSe Project should be be performing. Please do not modify content on the links below, they are only for reference. It is expected that the GoOSe Project will build its own tests based upon the great tests provided below.

Installation:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Installation_Test

Base:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Current_Base_Test

Ideally, all Alpha, Beta, and Final priority test cases for
Installation [1], and Base [2] should pass in order to meet the Final Release Criteria [3]. Help is available on #gooseproject on irc.freenode.net.

[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Installation_validation_testing
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Base_validation_testing
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_17_Final_Release_Criteria

The GoOSe Project thanks the Fedora Project for providing such good testing information and allowing us to ‘stand upon shoulders of giants’ as we grow and learn.

Just released today is the second Release Candidate (Beta-RC2) for GoOSe 6.0 – You can find it here. In addition to the DVD, netinstall and CD installation images, you will now find a Live Desktop ISO.

Please help us by downloading and using the ISO images. File any bugs you find. It’s incredibly easy to become a contributor!! (If you are not a contributor yet, please email bugs to the goose-linux mailing list.)

Cheers,

herlo

From the announcement by Jesse Keating:

The countdown is on: Fedora 13, "Goddard," is set to launch in mid-May.
Fedora is the leading edge, free and open source operating system that
continues to deliver innovative features to users worldwide, with a new
release every six months.

But wait! What's that? You can't wait a whole month to try out the
latest and greatest in Fedora's leading-edge technologies? You want to
be the first to see what's new? Well, you're in luck. The Fedora 13 Beta
release is available NOW. Hop on board and take a tour of the rocking
new features.

Get it here!!

I’m downloading the LiveCD version right now to try out on my laptop.  Consider helping out by testing the new Fedora Beta as well.

Cheers,
Herlo

From the mouth of the daring Mike McGrath:

The beta is live.  Go out, get people and try to crash the servers!  The
challenge is on :-P

http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease

Personally, I’ve been on Rawhide (the development tree) since February.  While there have been some bumpy roads, most of it has been smooth sailing.  These Fedora guys really know what they are doing :)

Tell me what you think of the latest and greatest of Linux releases?

Cheers,

Herlo

UPDATE: Feel free to digg this article if you like the beta

http://digg.com/linux_unix/The_Fedora_Project_releases_Fedora_9_Beta