Try installing F12 Alpha early | Linux Today

Try installing F12 Alpha early

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 23, 2009

“This is a chance to shake out some of the new features in the
Anaconda installation application that have come in over the past
couple of months. The more testing we can get on the installer
early, the more bulletproof we can make it for our final release by
the time code is frozen in the fall.

“I find that the easiest way to do installation testing is to
maintain a local Rawhide mirror — a copy of the Rawhide
repository on a machine on my home network, shared out via the
Web.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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