The first public step towards the release of Fedora 17, code-named Beefy Miracle, was taken yesterday with the release of Fedora 17 alpha.

Fedora fans are encouraged to download, install and report bugs to the Fedora QA team. From the test installation of this alpha release that I have made, bug hunters will be very busy. I know I will be.

But now that a beta edition has been released, here are some screen shots from test installations of the KDE and GNOME 3 editions.

The first alpha of Fedora 16 was released yesterday (August 23, 2011). As you might expect, this is buggy, really buggy. While bug hunting is in progress, here are a few screenshots from the KDE and GNOME editions.

Jesse Keating has announced the availability of Fedora 9 Alpha, the first development release of Fedora 9.The Alpha release provides the first opportunity for the wider community to become involved with the testing of Rawhide

Fedora 16 is more than two months away from final, stable release, but pre-Alpha installation ISO images have been floating around. News from the Fedora camp have already indicated that btrfs will be the default file system on Fedora 16, joining the ranks of MeeGo, the first (Linux) distribution to use btrfs as the default file system.

"The Fedora 13 'Goddard' alpha release is Now available. Now it supports automatic Printer Installation, You can Plug and Play your USB Printers in Fedora 13

According to this posting to the fedora-test-list by Liam, there's going to be some installation testing for the Fedora 12 (Constantine) Alpha candidate next week, on Wednesday July 29.

After some minor delays (like all rawhide flights grounded for a few
days of repair...), the Fedora Project is proud to announce the releaseof Fedora 9 Preview!

The Fedora project needs a slogan for their next release of Fedora, Fedora 13, they need it as quick as possible so that it can be include it in the alpha release of Fedora 13 that’s coming out on March 9.