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Zonk
on from the new-hat-for-you-sir? dept.
gmaestro writes "Fedora Core 4 Test 2 is up on the servers. New features in Fedora Core 4 test 2 include GNOME 2.10, KDE 3.4, as well as a preview of GCC 4.0 and support for the PowerPC architecture. Use a mirror or torrent and help with testing!"
I'm not sure if they've done this, but they REALLY need to compress their distro down a lot! 3 - 4 cd's to get a usable desktop is terrible. They should get a gnome desktop, and office suite onto cd 1, then development tools on cd 2, etc. last time i tried fedora, i needed to download 3 cd's just to get a desktop.
Q: How will The Fedora Project be made available to the public?
A: Fedora Core releases will be available as ISO images for both CDs and DVDs, and will also be available through other channels such as third-party online sales of physical media; distribution at Linux User Groups, included in magazines and in books, and maybe even handed out at trade shows. The bits may be actively pushed into content sharing networks such as BitTorrent. (Not all mechanisms will be used for each release, except that ISOs will be freely available for each release.)
Or, google the words fedora dvd. There are a few scripts floating around to compose a DVD from the ISOs or the distribution tree itself.
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Go with a smaller distro. This is linux. You have the choice. Choose a distro that comes with everything. Choose a distro that fits on one CDROM. Choose!
Work with the Fedora team to produce a netinstall version of Fedora (or pay someone else to do it for you.
Get a friend with a faster internet connection to download it for you
just create an account, then at the end of the process tell them how many live or install cd's you want.
Re:For The Bandwidth Challenged
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The+Madpostal+Worker
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Fedora does do a netinstall. 1) Download the Boot CD
2) Boot with the aguments askmethod
3) Choose HTTP/FTP
4) Enter http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/i386/os/ as the source
5) Profit.
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Re:For The Bandwidth Challenged
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Pros_n_Cons
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· Score: 2, Informative
But fedora does have a net install, over NFS, FTP, HTTP, etc. get the boot.iso ftp://fedora.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/co re/test/3.91/i386/os/images/boot.iso
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Re:Leave your Gentoo advocacy in another thread
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lilo_booter
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Heh, I'm a programmer and I can't be bothered learning about how to use command line partitioning tools or setting up stuff from scratch.
I just want a distro that I can install quickly, has the development environment I need so I can start working immediately.
As a result, I lean toward distros which do have GUI installers.
Re:Leave your Gentoo advocacy in another thread
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youknowmewell
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· Score: 3, Insightful
What if I want to use a GUI anyway, despite knowing how "things work"? I know how to./configure make make install, but I'd rather use rpms when I can. I know how to navigate the directory structure of a Linux box using the command line, but I'd rather use a filesystem manager like Nautilus instead. I know how to copy, move and delete files using the commandline, but I find it easier to use the GUI. I could configure my system using only text files, but I'd rather use a GUI.
Knowing how to a computer works, like knowing how a car works, is nice-to-know, but not need-to-know and I think it should stay that way. I don't want to spend my entire life just learning how things work, I'd actually like to do some work with those things.
Re:Leave your Gentoo advocacy in another thread
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youknowmewell
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· Score: 3, Insightful
Good, you have the nice-to-know knowledge of commandlines. Now please, don't force the need of that knowledge on me or anybody else just to satisfy some desire for "more intelligent average users".
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I'm not sure if they've done this, but they REALLY need to compress their distro down a lot! 3 - 4 cd's to get a usable desktop is terrible. They should get a gnome desktop, and office suite onto cd 1, then development tools on cd 2, etc.
last time i tried fedora, i needed to download 3 cd's just to get a desktop.
i wish i was but oh well
http://fedora.redhat.com/about/faq/
Q: How will The Fedora Project be made available to the public?
A: Fedora Core releases will be available as ISO images for both CDs and DVDs, and will also be available through other channels such as third-party online sales of physical media; distribution at Linux User Groups, included in magazines and in books, and maybe even handed out at trade shows. The bits may be actively pushed into content sharing networks such as BitTorrent. (Not all mechanisms will be used for each release, except that ISOs will be freely available for each release.)
Or, google the words fedora dvd. There are a few scripts floating around to compose a DVD from the ISOs or the distribution tree itself.
To-do List: Receive telemarketing call during a tornado warning. Check.
Yep!
codegolf.com - smaller *is* better.
If you are bandwidth challenged (as I was until recently) then you have a number of options.
Disclaimer: Some options may be overly expensive or impractical due to your geographical location. Don't winge. Pick a different option.
Heh, I'm a programmer and I can't be bothered learning about how to use command line partitioning tools or setting up stuff from scratch.
I just want a distro that I can install quickly, has the development environment I need so I can start working immediately.
As a result, I lean toward distros which do have GUI installers.
What if I want to use a GUI anyway, despite knowing how "things work"? I know how to ./configure make make install, but I'd rather use rpms when I can. I know how to navigate the directory structure of a Linux box using the command line, but I'd rather use a filesystem manager like Nautilus instead. I know how to copy, move and delete files using the commandline, but I find it easier to use the GUI. I could configure my system using only text files, but I'd rather use a GUI.
Knowing how to a computer works, like knowing how a car works, is nice-to-know, but not need-to-know and I think it should stay that way. I don't want to spend my entire life just learning how things work, I'd actually like to do some work with those things.
It was moved to Fedora Extras:
n ux /extras/development/SRPMS/
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/li
Good, you have the nice-to-know knowledge of commandlines. Now please, don't force the need of that knowledge on me or anybody else just to satisfy some desire for "more intelligent average users".