war59312 Posted August 7, 2006 Share Posted August 7, 2006 The Fedora Project announces the second release of the Fedora Core 6development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and ppc/ppc64architectures, including Intel based Macintosh computers. Beware thatTest releases are recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts or forthe technology evaluation, as many parts are likely to be broken and therate of change is rapid.Download Mirrors:http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fed...core/test/5.91/Another mirror (Including DVD):http://coblitz.planet-lab.org/pub/f...core/test/5.91/Another mirror:ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora...core/test/5.91/Fouth Mirror (Including DVD):http://mirrors.xmission.com/fedora/core/test/5.91/Last Mirror (Including DVD):http://fedora.cat.pdx.edu/linux/core/test/5.91/Notable Features of FC6 Test 2==============================* All packages recompiled (minus Thunderbird) - Introduction of DT_GU_HASH, a far more efficient symbol lookup table for dynamic linking. Improves dynamic linking performance by up to 50% - Packages built with new build system based on Mock. - Packages now have proper BuildRequires* Ability to install from additional yum repositories during anaconda installations and kickstarts.* Functional Java applet plugin for Firefox due to gcjwebplugin* A new default font, DejaVu, replaces Vera.* Numerous package updates and upgrades* 1600+ Extras packages conveniently available via yumSource: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test...t/msg00086.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted August 8, 2006 Share Posted August 8, 2006 (edited) Oooh... Me likey very muchlyIs it me or is this odd..."Test 3 is scheduled for release September 11, marking the continualfreeze point of the Fedora Core 6 release."... Edited August 8, 2006 by undeadsoldier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigeratiPrime Posted August 9, 2006 Share Posted August 9, 2006 The Fedora releases have pretty much always been on time give a day.Beware that Test releases are recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts or for the technology evaluation, as many parts are likely to be broken and the rate of change is rapid.Yeah I've had issues with the Test releases before BTW Screenshots from FC6 T2http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slidesho...t+2+screenshots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywoodb Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 FC6 Test3 has some new artwork, is shaping up nicely.http://fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?p=606949 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted September 22, 2006 Share Posted September 22, 2006 have they put standard mp3 support in yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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