| Fedora Core 6 Test 1 beckons |
Jun. 29, 2006
The Fedora Project wants to know if you've got the right stuff to take Fedora Core 6 Test 1 and fly it into near space. This first release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and ppc/ppc64 architectures, including MacIntels, is now available for download.
You really do need the right stuff. Specifically, this test release is recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts, as many parts are likely to be broken and the rate of change is rapid.
The next version of Fedora Core, which won't be a lot more stable, is due out on July 19. This will be the feature-freeze version of the distribution. If a given feature isn't in the test version, it won't be making it into Fedora on this go-around. All other builds after the July 19th one will be devoted to bug fixes and other improvements.
So far, the following new features are in the current test version of Fedora Core 6: IPV6 support in the installer; a "puplet" applet for update notifications; and a new printing system. This system is based on a new system-config-printer mechanism, CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) 1.2, and a new GTK+ graphical library for its printing improvements.
For an interface, your choices are the latest and greatest from the desktop designers -- GNOME 2.15 and KDE 3.5.3. In addition, more than 1,600 other programs are available via the yum software package manager.
You can obtain Fedora Core 6 Test 1 both by BitTorrent and HTTP or ftp.
-- Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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