Fedora 19 Alpha Released · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @07:34PM from the code-names-with-umlauts dept.

hypnosec writes "Following delays due to UEFI, the alpha version of Fedora 19 'Schrödinger's Cat' has been released. The alpha version brings with it all the features of Fedora 19, including the updated desktop options – GNOME 3.8, KDE Plasma 4.10 and MATE 1.6. Other new features include Developer's Assistant – a tool that would allow developers to code easily with ready templates, samples and more; OpenShift Origin – through which users will be able to deploy their own Platform-as-a-Service infrastructure; Ruby 2.0.0; Scratch; Syslinux – provides for simplified booting of Fedora; systemd Resource Control – which allows for modification of service settings without requiring a reboot; and Checkpoint & Restore. Downloads and release notes available at the Fedora Project site."

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Re:You lost me at... by MancunianMaskMan · 2013-04-23 20:31 · Score: 4, Informative

Gnome 3.8 comes with "Classic mode" which re-introduces features like the top-left App menu and the window switcher panel at the bottom of the screen, but built on Gnome3 technology.
It's a bit like Windows 8.1 re-introducing the Start menu.
Maybe one day we'll wake up and the Gnome shell and Windows 8 were all a bad dream.
Re:You lost me at... by Ignacio · 2013-04-23 20:35 · Score: 4, Informative

No one offers GNOME 2 because it's effectively dead. MATE is the replacement.