The CentOS Project is pleased to announce the public beta release of CentOS Linux 7 (1503) for i686 compatible hardware.

Known issues:

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1. The GNOME desktop logout and exit functions do not work as long as exit confirmation is set, see CentOS Bug:

http://bugs.CentOS.org/view.php?id=8834

2. If installing on a QEMU (kvm) i386 VM, you must modify the VM cpu to use “copy host cpu”, see CentOS Bug:

http://bugs.CentOS.org/view.php?id=8748

3. If using the LiveGnome install media, the rescue kernel is set as default booting kernel, see CentOS Bug:

http://bugs.CentOS.org/view.php?id=8846

Installation
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Install media is available here:
http://buildlogs.CentOS.org/CentOS/7/isos/i386/

The boot iso for network installs is also available here:
http://buildlogs.CentOS.org/CentOS/7/os/i386/images/

Please report any bugs at http://bugs.CentOS.org/ and please specify the i386 (or i686) architecture in the bug report.