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Fedora Core 1 Released

Posted by timothy on from the pudding-to-prove dept.

EvilAlien writes "The Fedora Project has released Fedora Core 1, aka Yarrow. The release was expected on November 3rd, but was briefly delayed. The release notes has quite a bit of good detail, and is worth checking out for any preliminary questions you may have. Download options include BitTorrent in addition to the traditional collection of FTP mirrors."

9 of 566 comments (clear)

  1. Is this the one . . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    . . . that people should be using Windows instead of? Maybe Red Hat can clarify that for us.

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    1. Re:Is this the one . . . by yomegaman · · Score: 3, Funny

      Microsoft has been advertising on Slashdot for many months at least. I guess it shows you how effective banner ads are if you're just now noticing it. :-)

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  2. Slashdot editors are the best. by VAXGeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    Usually, I'd just expect some vague headline, like "Fedora Core released", but our editors have gone ABOVE AND BEYOND the call of duty and attached a brief synopsis of what Fedora is and why this is an important news item. I'm glad they didn't just say "Fedora released" and call it that.

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  3. crappy desktop by madHomer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hear the desktop is pretty bad. I'll just stick with windows :)

  4. Theme Song by use_compress · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're tired, we're droopy
    We're all a little loopy
    A Fedora Core Test Release
    Is invading your PC!

    New features - interesting!
    The code could use some testing
    That's why we are requesting
    new bug reports quickly!

    On our ftp site is the place where you will see
    The stuff that we've been working on since 1993!
    We're tired, we're droopy
    We're all a little loopy
    It's a Fedora Core Test Release
    Come and join the fun!

    -- http://lwn.net/Articles/50994/

  5. Re:Now the question is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    > where can I buy a boxed set of it?

    Simple. To purchase a boxed copy, simply mail your $699 to:

    The SCO Group
    355 South 520 West, Suite 100
    Lindon, Utah 84042
    USA.

  6. can't install linux on a VIDEO CAMERA by positive · · Score: 5, Funny

    this is a funny story. I have a new asus motherboard with firewire built in. I was running windows (just to test the hardware, mind you..) and then finally got around to trying to install linux on a separate hard disk.

    linux (redhat 6.x and latest gentoo) and even freebsd refused to install! huh? never saw THAT happen before.

    well, turns out that I had my firewire camera (not a real camera but a canopus firwire media bridge that looks like a FW camera) connected and all I can think of is that the funny asus bios considered THAT a 'disk' and when linux and bsd scanned the 'installable devices' via a probe, it found the camera device but wasn't smart enough to know it wasn't a disk/storage device. so the install hung hard.

    removing the firewire cable allowed the installs to continue (all of them).

    the very thought of linux or bsd trying to install itself on a VIDEO CAMERA just makes me laugh. imagine the design issues of that - when the system boots up, does it display titles on the video camera eyepiece? if it fscks, does it have to rewind the tape often? does it have the 1024 cylinder limit if you boot from mini-DV? ;)

    just kinda funny, I guess. the new motherboard bios' are trying to abstract the media type and say 'disks are disks, no matter if ide or scsi or firewire'. ha!

  7. Inadequate version number. by ChangeOnInstall · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't honestly expect me to "upgrade" from Linux 9.0 to Linux 1.0 do you? At this rate we'll never catch Windows 2000.

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    What has *science* done?!? -- Dr. Weird (ATHF)
  8. The real reason behind rh / fedora... by fo0bar · · Score: 3, Funny
    RHL was at version 9, and now they're switching to Fedora Linux 1.0. There's only one logical reason for this. Apple has patented the use of "10" (or "X") in versions. Think about it... how many software projects have gotten to version 10 without chaning their version number system (to "2006", "GP", "Supa-Dupa")? Very few, and those that chose to use version 10 are licensing the technology from Apple.

    I know this is true. I heard it from a guy on the internet.