The final version of Fedora 22 to land on May 26

May 21, 2015 14:33 GMT  ·  By

Red Hat announced just a few moments ago that Fedora 22 RC2 is now available for download and testing, making this last development version to be released before the final version is made available next week.

Ever since the Fedora project has been split into Cloud, Workstation, and Server, the development seems to have picked up. Fedora's release schedule and numerous delays really affected the way the Linux distribution was perceived, but that is changing right now.

The previous Fedora 21 release was made in December, 2014, so the fact that we now have an almost completed Fedora experience to play with a great sign that the project is back on track. Fedora needs to be successful because it's one of the old distros in the Linux ecosystem and it would be a shame to see it fade away, although that's not going to happen as long as Red Hat will be around to use it as their base.

You can download Fedora 22 RC2 right now from Softpedia and give it a spin. Please keep in mind that this is not a stable version, and it should not be used on productions machines. Best to use something like VirtualBox, for example, although other solutions might work as well.