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The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the first official Fedora live CD. This live CD is based on packages from the Fedora Core 6 (codenamed “Zod”) and Fedora Extras package collections. Fedora Core 6 provides various improvements on the desktop, including a new default font and theme, the latest releases of GNOME and KDE, update notifications, and additional options in window managers.

This live CD features:

• Linux kernel 2.6.18
• GNOME 2.16 desktop environment
• GStreamer 0.10 multimedia framework
• X.org 7.1
• AIGLX and Compiz for 3D desktop
• Lots of applications including, but not limited to
• Beagle (Desktop Search)
• F-Spot (Photo Management)
• Evolution (Email and Calendering)
• Firefox (Web Browsing)
• Ekiga (IP telephony)
• Rhythmbox (Music Player)
• Totem (Movie Player)
• Games (Games)
• The Gimp (Graphics)
• Inkscape (Vector Graphics)
• Abiword (Word Processor)
• Gnumeric (Spreadsheet)
• nautilus-open-terminal (For the adult in you)
• Assistive Technology including the Orca screen reader
• NetworkManager is on by default
• VPN connectivity software including vnpc and OpenVPN
• Partition editing via GParted
• SELinux targeted mode including the SELinux trouble shooter
• Many many fonts; almost 100% coverage
• All the localizations included in FC6 and FC6
• All the input methods (SCIM) present in FC6
• Exclusive live CD wallpaper you won’t find in FC6 or FE6!
• R/W file system so you can install software on the running live CD
• Ability to run from RAM if you have 1GB or more of memory
• and lots and lots more..

Fedora 6 Zode live CD is currently only available for i386 architectures. You can download the Fedora 6 Zode live CD from http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/projects/live/FC-6-i386-livecd-1.iso or get on the Torrent using http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/torrents/Zod-livecd-1-i386.torrent

For more information about this Fedora Core 6 Zod release, refer to the release notes.