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Fedora Core 3, Test 3 available 25

Posted by timothy from the and-the-count-is-three-and-three dept.
Allen Zadr writes "Today, the Fedora team has released Fedora Core 3 - Test 3. Just a little behind schedule. It's available for AMD Opteron and Intel i386, with CD or DVD images. To get it, join the torrent. Core 3, Test 2 was previously discussed."
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  • Release notes (Score:4, Informative)

    by dtfinch ( 661405 ) * on Monday October 11, 2004 @03:01PM (#10496566) Journal
    I didn't see a link in the announcement.

    Release Notes [redhat.com]

    Not that much in the release notes have changed since Test2.

    According to diff:
    Kernel and e2fsprogs support for online growing of ext3 file systems.

    C++ and TCL bindings are no longer contained in the compat-db package.
    Applications requiring these bindings must be ported to the
    currently-shipping DB library.

    Fedora Core 2.92 Test 3 has switched from a static /dev/ directory to one
    that is dynamically managed via udev. This allows device nodes to be
    created on demand as drivers are loaded.

  • Front Page? (Score:2, Interesting)

    by poofyhairguy82 ( 635386 )
    With this site being so pro-linux, I'm amazed this stuff isn't put on the front page. Would be nice, the torrent could use some more!

    • Re:Front Page? (Score:3, Informative)

      by dtfinch ( 661405 ) *
      Non-Fedora users complained about the last one, that such small updates (like test1->test2 or test2->test3) to a single distribution shouldn't be front page material.

      If you go into your preferences, you can make it appear on your front page.
      • Is it easy to update the distro from within the distro? Can you run a script?

        I would like to see the GUI for YUM have this feature, personally. Be able to stay current 100% from the yum application
        • Must... resist... urges....

          emerge -u world

          AHHH GODDAMNIT!
          • The Ubuntu version of Synaptic(i believe), the graphical package manager for Apt, is as easy as any version I have seen. It is comparable, in my opinion, to Freebsd's ports system is ease of use and options. Very nice software, I wish we would either have Synaptic support source-based and rpm packages as well, or move to .debs... These standards should just happen, redhat needs to bite the bullet and give up on rpm, if they can'r release good, graphical easy-to-use software for it(like yum, which again, imo
        • I would suspect it goes something like this:

          1) Edit your /etc/yum.conf to point to the new repository.
          2) yum -ty update

          Then hope for the best, and check the mailing list archives for fixes to problems others have run across using this method.
  • I looking forward for the final release!! Evolution 2.0, GTK and Gnome to name just a few! =)

    Keep up the exceeding well done work!!!

  • Wha? That's 3 Fedora core major versions released in 1 year, and 2004 still has 2 months left. This pace is insanely fast.

    • wow, you're right! when i first read your comment i doubted its correctness. so i went to check myself.

      http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/

      fedora core 1 was released Nov 5, 2003, core 2 on May 18, 2004, and core 3 (final) is scheduled for Nov 1, 2004.

      that's slightly over 2 releases per year, average (and 3 releases within a 365-day period)!

  • so, what about "that issue" (Score:4, Interesting)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 11, 2004 @06:01PM (#10498165)
    Sure, you'll mod me down as a troll for this, but I'll ask.

    I use Fedora core 1 and 2 myself, but I don't recommend FC2 to anyone for a simple reason: it will erase your windows XP partition tables.

    Sure you can (usually) get it back, but when I'm trying to introduce people to Linux the last thing I need to do is get them scared to do anything because they 'might' erase their stuff.

    At the time, this was acknowledged as a problem in the Kernel used in the install process and that it wasn't limited to Fedora. Fine, but nobody fixed it. In fact, when I would ask if it's been fixed, the usual response is jokes about "what, that's a GOOD thing it erases M$-WINDOZE!!!11"

    So I've asked it before and I'll ask it again, does Fedora Core 3 have "that issue" fixed? The trolls and jokes will form at the end of this post.

    • Re:so, what about "that issue" (Score:5, Informative)

      by rdieter ( 112462 ) <rdieter.math@unl@edu> on Monday October 11, 2004 @09:18PM (#10499708) Homepage Journal

      I use Fedora core 1 and 2 myself, but I don't recommend FC2 to anyone for a simple reason: it will erase your windows XP partition tables.


      To be precise, the problem was limited to FC2's boot/install kernel, and it only corrupted partition tables for folks not using LBA (and it was fixable, by the way). For the record, all subsequent kernels (including what FC3 uses) has the issue fixed.

    • Linux NOT for Idiots (yet)! (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward
      Arghhh, the secondary effects of MS's two-click installation, and Linux buying into it.

      Since when are "introductions" effortless, especially when dealing with an operating system? But a bit of googling and reading will go a long way.

      Simple solution: don't use a test distribution to introduce people to linux. There are plenty of newbie distros in the wild, and if support is required and you are stuck on Fedora buy the commercial version of Fedora -> RH.

  • they need to just put out the damn final relase damn i hate waiting

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