Fedora Core is een Linux-distributie die voortvloeit uit een samenwerking tussen Red Hat en Fedora, en is gebaseerd op de technologie van Red Hat. De eerste testversie van Fedora Core 5 is sinds kort beschikbaar en bevat een groot aantal wijzigingen. Zo maakt het gebruik van Linux Kernel 2.6.15-rc1-git3, PUP in plaats van het Red Hat Network-applet, OpenOffice.org 2.0, Gnome 2.12 en KDE 3.4. De aankondiging die door Warren Togami de wijde wereld is ingestuurd ziet er als volgt uit:
For some, it will be a day of thanksgiving - a day to be grateful for the many blessings they have. For others, it will be a day of mourning. For Fedora Core fans, however, it will be a day of rejoicing and installing, for we are proud to announce:
Fedora Core 5 Test1 Now Available
The Fedora Project announces the first release of the Fedora Core 5 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and PPC/PPC64 architectures. Beware that Test releases are recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts or for technology evaluation, as many parts are likely to be broken and the rate of change is rapid.
Test2 is scheduled for release before Christmas giving us less than a month of rapid development. This aggressive schedule makes vitally important your help in testing, reporting and suggesting fixes for bugs. Please direct bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com, Product Fedora Core, Version fc5test1. As always, be sure that your bug is not already fixed by updates and search for existing bugs before filing.
Thanks to all in the Fedora Project who have contributed to this release. Your continued efforts is what makes Fedora possible.
Notable Features of FC5 Test1Important Warnings:
- Modular X.org
- Vastly improved Asian language input support with SCIM
- Kernel based on 2.6.15-rc1-git3
- GCC 4.0.2
- GNOME 2.12
- KDE 3.4.92
- Xen 3.0 snapshot for i386
- Improved Open Source Java including gcj, classpath, tomcat, jonas, eclipse, and much more
- 1600+ Extras packages conveniently available via yum
- Major installer changes to use yum for package handling
- Pup!
Please see this page for an updated list of important notes for FC5test1 in order to avoid common problems and troubleshoot problems that you may see.Have fun testing this release, and please be safe.
- Fresh Installs Only. Upgrades are not supported (or even implemented). If you want to test Upgrade capability, please wait until FC5test2.
- NX (No Execute) capable processors (all AMD64 and 2nd and later steppings of EM64T) installing the i386 arch of FC5test1 may experience an inability to boot the SMP kernel after install. Please try the Uniprocessor kernel or kernel parameter "mem=nopentium" in order to boot for now.
- No DVD is Available, CD or Network Install Only
- Hard drive install is broken
- Minimal install with everything deselected may crash.