PR: Announcing Fedora Core 3 Test 2

Coming soon to a site near you... for the first time, it's the new, digitally remastered, Fedora Core 3 Test 2!

Now, you can take home this never before seen four-disc set, chock full of new software and exciting bonus features! Includes hundreds of new and updated packages over the original edition, including:

• a minor change to the device model, switching from a static /dev to a dynamic /dev provided by udev
• SELinux enablement
• the GNOME 2.8 release candidate
• KDE 3.3.0
• X.org X11 6.8.0

Please report problems at:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla

File bugs against product 'Fedora Core', release 'fc3test2'.

For more information on just waht the Fedora Project and Fedora Core is, please see:

http://fedora.redhat.com/

Fedora Core 3 Test 2 is available at the following sites:

• North America:
  • USA East:
    • ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • http://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://mirror.cs.princeton.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • http://ftp.dc.aleron.net/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • ftp://ftp.dc.aleron.net/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • rsync://ftp.dc.aleron.net::fedora-linux-core-test/2.91/
    • ftp://redhat.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/2.91
    • http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/test/2.91
    • ftp://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • http://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/core/test/2.91
    • http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/core/test/2.91
    • rsync://rsync.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/2.91
    • ftp://mirror.eas.muohio.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core-test/2.91/
    • http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://mirror.linux.duke.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/2.91/
  • USA West:
    • http://fedora.cat.pdx.edu/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://fedora.cat.pdx.edu/fedora-linux-core-test/2.91/
  • Canada:
    • ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
• Europe:
  • Austria:
    • ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.91/
    • http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.91/
  • Czech Republic:
    • ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/2.91/ (IPv6)
    • ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/test/2.91/
    • http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/test/2.91/
    • rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ultra.linux.cz/pub/fedora/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp1.skynet.cz/pub/linux/fedora/test/2.91
  • Denmark:
    • ftp://klid.dk/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
  • Finland:
    • http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
      • i386 only
    • ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
      • i386 only
    • http://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
      • i386 only
    • ftp://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
      • i386 only
  • France:
    • ftp://ftp.ciril.fr/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
  • Germany:
    • ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/2.91
    • http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/2.91
    • ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/2.91/
    • http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/2.91/
    • http://download.atrpms.net/mirrors/fedoracore/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.stw-bonn.de/pub/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • http://ftp.stw-bonn.de/pub/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • rsync://rsync.uni-bayreuth.de/fedora-linux-core/test/2.91
    • ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • rsync://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/fedora-linux-core-test/2.91/
  • Ireland:
    • http://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • ftp://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • rsync://ftp.esat.net/mirrors/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
  • Netherlands:
    • ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/fedora/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.eu.uu.net/pub/linux/fedora/test/2.91/
  • Poland:
    • ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.wsisiz.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
  • Portugal:
    • http://tux.cprm.net/pub/ftp.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • ftp://tux.cprm.net/pub/ftp.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
  • Romania:
    • http://ftp.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
  • United Kingdom:
    • http://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/fedora-linux-core/test/2.91/
• Asia/Pacific:
  • Australia:
    • http://planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/fedora-linux-core-test/2.91/
  • Japan:
    • ftp://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/core/test/2.91/
    • http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://ftp.riken.jp/fedora/core/test/2.91/
    • ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/2.91/
    • http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/2.91/
    • rsync://ftp.kddilabs.jp/fedora/core/test/2.91/
  • Taiwan:
    • http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/2.91
    • ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/2.91

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-test2-binary-i386.torrent
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC3-test2-binary-x86_64.torrent

See http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/ for other forms, including SRPMS and the DVD iso. RPMS for 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.

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