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Fedora Core Release 3 Released

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-play-with dept.

anyweb writes "Fedora Core Release 3 is out now, Heidelberg, 2.6.9-1.667 kernel, Firefox included ! Gnome 2.8 and more. Here are some screenshots" New release includes Gnome 2.8, KDE 3.3, Kernel 2.6.9, Firefox PR1, Thunderbird 0.8, Ximian Evolution 2.0 and more. Here is a Mirror List and Bit Torrent

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  1. firefox pr1 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why didn't they wait 1 more day for the 1.0 final?

  2. That's the point by 3770 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They are using you to test the system so that their enterprise customers will get the quality that they expect.

    It is a really cheap way of doing quality control.

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    1. Re:That's the point by cpn2000 · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Thats one way to look at it.

      The way I look at it is ...
      - I get a free OS (beer & speech).
      - Updates from a source I can trust (Redhat)
      Now, if it does help RedHat get some things done for their paying corporate customers it seems like a fair deal to me.

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  3. Screenshots? by Jukashi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whats with all these screenshots for distro releases - what exactly are people looking at? All I see is gnome or kde that could be running on anything. Are the distro-specific wallpapers that intresting?

  4. why is it necessary to post screenshots? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    when most of the time more or less of all linux distributions look the same,if they are all customized the same. And here on Slashdot I'm sure everyone already know what things look like in almost all the different window managers.

    Despite this, we still decide to slashdot their screenies site!

    1. Re:why is it necessary to post screenshots? by Goo.cc · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Look dude, Screenshots equals geek porn.

  5. Linux Screenshots by stratjakt · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's always a fancy desktop with cute icons, a shot of OpenOffice, one of GIMP, and then the rest are all of a thousand xterms opened up.

    They end up showcasing the lack of good linux desktop applications, it's pretty funny if you're not a zealot.

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  6. Re:Fedora moves too fast by pomakis · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The dissapointing thing is how often Fedora major releases come out. Makes the lives of those of us who have to keep up with it quite difficult. We just got used to FC2 and now FC3's out! :-)

    Then upgrade every two versions (e.g. RH9 to FC2 to FC4). That's what I do. There's no requirement for you to upgrade with every release that comes out.

  7. Does FC do net installs? by meanfriend · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is it possible to install FCx with some sort of net installer so you dont need to download the full iso set? ie. get a small iso that contains a bare install and download the rest as you go?

    If you want to set up a thin desktop with only a limited number of apps (GUI, browser, openoffice, email client, XMMS), it seems a waste to download 2+ GB of iso's full of stuff you will probably never use. And because FC is so bleeding edge, by the time you do need package XYZ, there is likely an updated version in the repository anyways...

    Other distros (eg. Debian, Suse) do this and it's very convienent. I like to try out different distros but the idea of downloading a full CD set for something I'll only kick around for fun turns me off.