Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of a new development release of Fedora. The new release, Fedora 23 Alpha, is the first testing snapshot of the Fedora 23 series. The new testing release features packages built with extra protection against memory corruption. Fedora 23 Alpha also offers support for Unicode 8.0, a preview of GNOME 3.18 and LibreOffice 5.0. "Naturally, GNOME is getting an upgrade, with Fedora 23 containing a preview of the upcoming GNOME 3.18 release, which is easier to use than ever. There are also many enhancements on the way, such as improvements to Wayland toward making it the default graphical server in a future release; support for ambient backlight drivers for a more responsive display on laptops; and changes to the Software application so it can update system firmware, and be smarter about metered Internet connections. Users that are trying to get a little work done on Fedora will be happy to see LibreOffice 5 in Fedora 23, which includes a lot of new features and improvements: style previews in the sidebar, Word-compatible text highlighting, built-in image crop, UI for data bars in Calc, support for Time-Stamp Protocol in PDF export, support for Adobe Swatch Exchange color palettes, import of Apple Pages files, improved support for HiDPI screens, and significantly improved support for MS Office formats."