[ witty or not-so-witty reference ] Yes, it's time for the [number] test release of Fedora Core [number]. Fedore Core [number] includes various new features, such as KDE [version], GNOME [version], and the [version] kernel. [call for testing] [admonition about production use] Problems with Fedora Core [number] test [number] should be reported via bugzilla, at: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ Please report bugs against 'Fedora Core', release 'test1'. For more information on just what the Fedora Project and Fedora Core is, please see: http://fedora.redhat.com/ For discussion of Fedora Core test releases, send mail to: fedora-test-list-request redhat com with subscribe in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or see: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list/ As always, you can get Fedora Core test releases at redhat.com, specifically: http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ Or on the following mirrors: * North America * USA East * http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * rsync://mirror.linux.duke.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/ * ftp://mirror.cs.princeton.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.net.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://redhat.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/2.90/ * http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * rsync://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * rsync://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * USA West * ftp://mirror.stanford.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * Canada * ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * South America * Chile * ftp://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fedora/ * Europe * Austria * http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * Czech Republic * http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/ * ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/ * ftp://ultra.linux.cz/pub/fedora/ * rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/ * ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * Finland * ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * Germany * ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * rsync://rsync.uni-bayreuth.de/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * rsync://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/linux/Mirror/ftp.redhat.com/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/2.90/ * http://ftp.uni-koeln.de/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * Netherlands * ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/ * ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * Poland * ftp://ftp.wsisiz.edu.pl/mirror/download.fedora.redhat.com/ * Spain * ftp://ftp.cica.es/fedora/linux/core * Asia/Pacific * Japan * http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/2.90/ * rsync://ftp.kddilabs.jp/fedora/ * Taiwan * http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ * ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/ More mirrors will come online in the near future; check: http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html for a list of mirrors that carry Fedora Core. One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the availability of Fedora Core releases via BitTorrent. http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC3-test1-binary-i386.torrent http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC3-test1-binary-x86_64.torrent http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/FC3-test1-binary-i386.torrent http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/FC3-test1-binary-x86_64.torrent See http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/ and http://sunsite.mff.cun.cz/fedora-torrent/ for other forms, including SRPMS and the DVD iso. RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.3 through 9 and Fedora Core 1 of BitTorrent are available from: 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. http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/