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Fedora Core 3 Test 1 Released

Posted by michael on from the i-feel-lucky dept.

Gudlyf writes "Notice just went out to the Fedora Announce List about the availability of Fedora Core 3 Test 1. Things expected in FC3 include Linux kernel 2.6.7, GCC 3.4, GNOME 2.8, KDE 3.3, and Evolution 2.0. As always, you can get Fedora Core test releases at redhat.com, specifically here and (for a torrent) here."

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  1. Bittorrent by StarHeart · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Always have the cd isos and working on the dvd iso with a 10mbit pipe. :)

    Suprised to see FC3 Test1 so soon.

    --
    Havoc Penington, the bane of my Linux desktop.
  2. WMP54G by jeffkjo1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Will this work out of the box with the Linksys WMP54G 802.11G wireless card? Or will I still have to fsck around with ndiswrapper?

    Anyone?

  3. Fun stats on the BT tracker by ScytheBlade1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Fun stats on the BT tracker --> http://torrent.linux.duke.edu:6969/

  4. Re:Anybody else have problems? by ROOK*CA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Could just be my take on it, but isn't that the whole point of Fedora ? more a less the "unstable branch" for RHEL ?

    One would think that they would want to move the Fedora "branch" as far along as possible (and field test as much as possible) in between RHEL releases in order to incoporate as many stable features & fixes as possible into RHEL.

    I'm not a big Red Hat user (prefer Gentoo myself) but that was my take on the Fedora projects goals.

  5. Too Fast For Me -- Moved To Debian by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I had to upgrade a few RedHat 9.0 internal development servers. I thought the Fedora release cycle was too rapid and Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) was too expensive for internal development servers. I plan to use RHEL for the production machines. But for internal use I decided to use Debian instead for the following reasons:

    * slow stable release cycle
    * easier upgrades
    * server management and configuration tools

    One drawback of the slow release cycle of Debian is that software versions are somewhat old. If you need a newer version of a particular package Debian Backports can help with using newer software with stable Debian releases.

  6. Fedora Can Go As Fast As They Want IIF by EXTomar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The Fedora Crew can go as fast and agressive as they want if and only if they provide smooth upgrade paths by yum/up2date/"insert your favorite updating method here".

    My FC2 install is only 1.5 months old. It took me that long to decide to upgrade since the old software was working great. When I did finally buckle down to do it I had to do a CD install. I would rather do a "yum upgrade-distribution" or something else entirely.

    Between Debian's slowness of "it will be done when its done" and the neckbreaking speed of Fedora I keep hoping to find some sort of middle ground. I like software to be as progressive as anyone but upgrading is a major pain. If they solve that problem, then the world will beat a path to their door.