Fedora 27 is a planned stable release of community driven, open source operating system supported by Red Hat Inc. Keeping the tradition of the project, Fedora 27 brings latest and greatest open source technologies for the users. It ships with emerging technologies like GNOME 3.26, Wayland and more. Fedora 27 Beta, first and only development release of Fedora 27 was released on 3rd October 2017. It gives a clear idea on what we can expect from upcoming Fedora 27 release.
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First impression of Fedora 27 Workstation beta. It features a blue shaded wallpaper. On top, there is transparent panel as part of GNOME 3.26. |
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About Fedora 27. This window is a part of GNOME Control Center. In previous releases, it was named as system details. |
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Full screen application menu. The default experience from GNOME |
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Multitasking Overview helps to select between currently active windows and workplaces. |
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Alt + Tab window switching is a desired feature in modern desktop operating systems. |
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Nautilus file manager |
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GNOME Terminal |
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Mozilla Firefox Web browser |
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Totem movie player (aka GNOME Videos) |
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Rhythmbox Music Player |
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LibreOffice Writer |
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Shotwell Photo Manager |
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Resource usage on idle state. It is quite disappointing that, operating system takes around 1 GB of memory on idle state. This measurement is taken after loading operating system from bootable drive & waiting for a moment to settle down background operations. |
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GNOME Clocks applications help to keep track of time on different regions of world. |
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TODO application helps to a maintain a todo list with tentative expiry date. |
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GNOME Calendar App |
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GNOME 3.26 brings a redesigned control center which provides easier navigation between different sections |
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Background selection in Fedora 27 beta |
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Calendar cum Notification widget will show a simple calendar with times added on clock application. It will also show notifications from different applications if any |
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System Menu provides different options like sound & brightness control, wifi selection, bluetooth configuration, battery info, and other quick shortcuts. |
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Power Off confirmation dialog asks whether to power off or restart the system. |
I wanted to take a few more screenshots like Firefox loading a web page, Weather App, GNOME Software, GNOME Maps ..etc. Unfortunately, I was not able to do it because of crash introduced by network connection on live session. Hopefully, I can capture and publish those screenshots for the Fedora 27 stable release.
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