Fedora Core 4 Test 2 available
Friday, May 16th, 2008Fedora Core 4 Test 2 is now available for download. This release includes GNOME 2.10, KDE 3.4, OpenOffice.org 1.9.89, PHP 5.0.4, and MySQL 4.1.10a. Raleigh, NC (HC) - The Fedora Project today announced the second test release of Fedora Core 4, bringing new technology to Linux users everywhere, and the first release of Fedora Core to support PPC out of the box.
Designed as a general purpose operating system for a variety of uses, Fedora Core 4 Test 2 offers various improvements over Fedora Core 3. People who have used Test 1 will notice the following improvements:
- GNOME updated to 2.10 final
- KDE updated to 3.4.0 final
- Firefox updated to 1.0.2
- OpenOffice.org update to 1.9.89
- many various bugfixes
Users were cautioned against using Fedora Core Test 2 in production environments. Reminding the users that it’s a test release, Otto said “There’s no guarantee that it won’t eat your data or fail to install. It could even cause an alien takeover of your humble town.”
Please report problems at:
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla
File bugs against product ‘Fedora Core’, release ‘fc4test2′.
FTP download:
href="ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/linux/fedora/core/test/3.91/i386/iso/">Download for i386
href="ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/linux/fedora/core/test/3.91/ppc/iso/">Download for ppc
href="ftp://ftp.tuwien.ac.at/pub/linux/fedora/core/test/3.91/x86_64/iso/">Download for x86_64
BitTorrent:
Here a full mirror list. Please note that not all mirrors are open yet.
* North America:
* USA East:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://redhat.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/3.91
*
target=_blank>http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/test/3.91
* rsync://fedora.secsup.org/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core-test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.net.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
*
target=_blank>http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://mirror.linux.duke.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/3.91/
* USA West:
*
target=_blank>http://mirror.stanford.edu/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
*
target=_blank>http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/test/3.91
* rsync://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/test/3.91
* USA Mid-West:
*
target=_blank>ftp://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>http://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>http://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/3.91
* Canada:
*
target=_blank>http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://rsync.muug.mb.ca/fedora-linux-core-test/3.91/ - i386 only
* South America:
* Chile:
* rsync://ftp.tecnoera.com/pub/fedora/linux/test/3.91/
* Europe:
* Austria:
*
target=_blank>http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/3.91/
* Czech Republic:
* rsync://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/test/3.91/
* rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/test/3.91/
* Denmark:
*
target=_blank>ftp://klid.dk/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
* Finland:
* France:
* Germany:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
* rsync://rsync.uni-bayreuth.de/fedora-linux-core/test/3.91
* rsync://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/3.91
*
target=_blank>http://download.atrpms.net/mirrors/fedoracore/test/3.91/
* Netherlands:
* Poland:
*
target=_blank>http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* Portugal:
* Romania:
* Spain:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.cica.es/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* Asia/Pacific:
* Australia:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/fedora-linux-core-test/3.91/
* China:
*
target=_blank>http://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* Japan:
* rsync://ftp.riken.jp/fedora/core/test/2.91/
* Taiwan:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
For a full list of mirrors check:
One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the availability of Fedora Core releases via BitTorrent.
target=_blank>http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test1-binary-x86_64.torrent
target=_blank>http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test1-binary-ppc.torrent
See
target=_blank>http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/
href="http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/btrpms/" target=_blank>http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/btrpms/
Usage is simple:
btdownloadcurses.py –url http://URL.torrent
Allow incoming TCP 6881 - 6889 to join the torrent swarm. Here a mirror list:
* North America:
* USA East:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://redhat.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/3.91
*
target=_blank>http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/test/3.91
* rsync://fedora.secsup.org/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core-test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.net.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
*
target=_blank>http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://mirror.linux.duke.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/3.91/
* USA West:
*
target=_blank>http://mirror.stanford.edu/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
*
target=_blank>http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/test/3.91
* rsync://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/test/3.91
* USA Mid-West:
*
target=_blank>ftp://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>http://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>http://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/3.91
* Canada:
*
target=_blank>http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://rsync.muug.mb.ca/fedora-linux-core-test/3.91/ - i386 only
* South America:
* Chile:
* rsync://ftp.tecnoera.com/pub/fedora/linux/test/3.91/
* Europe:
* Austria:
*
target=_blank>http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/3.91/
* Czech Republic:
* rsync://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/test/3.91/
* rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/test/3.91/
* Denmark:
*
target=_blank>ftp://klid.dk/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
* Finland:
* France:
* Germany:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.91/
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
* rsync://rsync.uni-bayreuth.de/fedora-linux-core/test/3.91
* rsync://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/3.91
*
target=_blank>http://download.atrpms.net/mirrors/fedoracore/test/3.91/
* Netherlands:
* Poland:
*
target=_blank>http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* Portugal:
* Romania:
* Spain:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.cica.es/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* Asia/Pacific:
* Australia:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/fedora-linux-core-test/3.91/
* China:
*
target=_blank>http://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.91/
* Japan:
* rsync://ftp.riken.jp/fedora/core/test/2.91/
* Taiwan:
*
target=_blank>ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/3.91
For a full list of mirrors check:
One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the availability of Fedora Core releases via BitTorrent.
target=_blank>http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test2-binary-x86_64.torrent
target=_blank>http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test2-binary-ppc.torrent
See
target=_blank>http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/
href="http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/btrpms/" target=_blank>http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/btrpms/
Usage is simple:
btdownloadcurses.py –url http://URL.torrent
Allow incoming TCP 6881 - 6889 to join the torrent swarm.