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Lot's of people submitted each of these, but the quick summary is that there are new GNOME 0.99.2 RPMs available at the usual places. Not enough for ya? How about a new Apache? 1.3.4 is now out. And if that isn't enough stuff to keep you busy, the Linux 2.2pre7 Kernel has also been released.

25 comments

  1. GNOME 0.99.2 RPMS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Does anyone know if the GNOME 0.99.2 RPMS for RH5.2 are stable, or if they work correctly? The 0.99.1 RPMS were just a mess... wrong dependencies, conflicting files, etc...

  2. pre7 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Where the heck is pre7? I can't find it to mirror on ns3.sinister.com!

  3. Ooo new Gnome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0


    I need the new Gnome so that my background image
    of the giant topless Amazon wrestling with the
    the huge red serpent can look better.

    Better yet, maybe RedHat has paid Rasterman and
    co. more money to improve the giant useless icons on the panel. My 52 inch monitor looks so great
    with all this awesome eye candy.

    1. Re: Ooo new Gnome by Gleef · · Score: 1

      Anonymous Troll wrote:

      I need the new Gnome so that my background image of the giant topless Amazon wrestling with the the huge red serpent can look better.

      Nope, GNOME can only really make images inside gnome-canvas look better. It won't help with your topless Amazon background image unless someone writes a gnomecanvasroot application.


      Better yet, maybe RedHat has paid Rasterman and co. more money to improve the giant useless icons on the panel.

      For one thing, Rasterman doesn't do the panel, he does Enlightenment, Imlib and Electric Eyes. For another thing, most of what you see in screenshots of the panel aren't icons at all, they are active programs. Yes they are big, but if you want a mini-panel, you are free to make one.


      My 52 inch monitor looks so great with all this awesome eye candy.

      I'm glad you're happy. If you've got a spare 52" monitor laying around, I'm willing to take it off your hands :-)

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  4. No, pre7-test1 is out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You can find a file called 'pre7' in the 'testing' subdirectory. I don't think this will be the final pre7. Linus released it so that people could test some MM updates.

    Run your favorite MM benchmark in low and high memory and send it to the kernel list! Compare with pre5! Compare with pre6!

  5. Is the kernel news somekind of a hoax? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So it seems.
    The pre7 is nowhere to be found.
    or it is somesort of insider info,
    meant only to clog the ftp before it get mirrored.
    only god (and linus) knows.

  6. Ooo new Gnome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I prefer the theme with the "Aliens" monster against the purple and black space background and the forged-metal resize icons.

    But I've only got a 25" monitor running 1600X1200.

    :>

  7. mmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    [linux.kernel.org]

    The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.0.36
    The latest beta version of the Linux kernel is: 2.1.132
    The latest prepatch (alpha) version *appears* to be: 2.2.0-pre6

  8. Uh, Wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    According to finger information and linuxhelp.org the current pre-release is still 2.2.0pre6.

    You've probably confused this with the pre-pre release test patches.

  9. Apostrophes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    AARGH! Apostrophe-Man stikes again! "Lots of people" is merely a plural (no ownership), so there should be no apostrophe!

  10. What about debs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    um, the name of the Debian package format references the "Debian" name, does it not?

  11. What about debs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately, names are sometimes going to get in the way. They do have "marketing" value.
    It would be great if Debian and Redhat could get together (sort of like what the LSB is doing with lib names) and agree on a common package format with a nuetral name.

  12. 2.2 Pre or 2.1.13x ?? by John+Campbell · · Score: 1

    > I know everyone is all excited about the 2.2 release of the Linux kernel

    My guess is that that's exactly why they went to the 2.2.0pre* releases. The more people get excited about these pre-patches, the more people will try them out, and the faster the remaining bugs will get squashed, and the faster we'll have a final 2.2.0. Hopefully, it'll also help reduce the *.0 version syndrome...

  13. 2.2 Pre or 2.1.13x ?? by Hall · · Score: 1
    I know everyone is all excited about the 2.2 release of the Linux kernel, but at this point, why didn't they just continue naming them 2.1.xxx until they're done?

    I've read both Linus and Alan Cox mention that 2.2 would be out around Christmas. Did they do this (start releasing PRE kernels) to at least come close to hitting their "ship date"? I certainly hope not! From the sounds of it, these PRE kernels are still just bug fixes. Didn't they call a feature freeze around 2.1.130 or so?

    Me? I'm waiting for 2.2.1 !! :-)

  14. pre7 by Nate+Fox · · Score: 1
    according to ftp.kernel.org:

    ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.2/LATEST- IS-2.2.0-pre6

    think someone pulled a fast on on Rob here...

  15. 2.2.0pre7 out? by Matthew+Kirkwood · · Score: 1

    Really? There's a pre-patch for it, but no final release.

  16. Up-to-date Gnome mirror by itamar · · Score: 1

    The Gnome mirrors are always two days out of date at least (terrible, isn't it :). Anyone know a mirror that already has 0.99.2? ftp.gnome.org is always flooded.
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  17. pre6 by Luyseyal · · Score: 1

    DAMN! i just dl'd pre6. it's compiling on my powermac right now.

    fun fun.

    -l

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  18. GNOME 0.99.2 RPMS by Prothonotar · · Score: 1

    I had 0.99.0 and I had to install with --nodeps because of a few old library dependancies (apparently rpm can install packages in the proper order, but won't uninstall correctly if any of the old packages depend on old packages you're trying to replace)
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  19. What about debs? by jpick · · Score: 1

    I should have some out tomorrow for sure.

    (Accept my apologies for missing my own deadlines on them so far)

    Cheers,

    - Jim

  20. 2.2 Pre or 2.1.13x ?? by itp · · Score: 1

    This has already been publically explained. Picture the 2.1 series as an alpha test. 2.2.0pre series is then the beta test, encouraging a wider audience to try out the kernel, because hey, it _almost_ says 2.2! With a wider range of machines testing the kernel, the last bugs are more likely to be flushed out, leaving 2.2.0 as perfect as possible. So the short version is, they _want_ more people using 2.2.0pre, so that's why they named it something other than 2.1.xxx.

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  21. Apache mod_access problem in 1.3.4 by Ex+Machina · · Score: 1

    Anyone else have this



    order deny,allow
    deny from .gov
    deny from .mil
    deny from .fed.us
    deny from .gov.us
    deny from .arpa
    allow from all



    and it didn't work for poop.... but it did b4


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  22. What about debs? by NaTaS777 · · Score: 1

    What about gnome deb files.....I hate rpms.
    NaTaS

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  23. uhh . . . pre7? Where'd you find that? by PDG · · Score: 1

    I checked all the mirrors, not to mention the MAIN download site and there is no mention of pre7 anywhere.


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  24. Verified by PDG · · Score: 1

    Yep, thats a 10-4 good buddy

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