PR: Fedora Core 4 Test 3 Available

May 10, 2005, 15:30 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Bill Nottingham)

The Fedora Project would like to announce the release of Fedora Core 4 test 3; currently scheduled to be the final test release before Fedora Core 4.

Included in this release are many various bugfixes, updated translations, and package updates.

Please report problems at:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla

File bugs against product 'Fedora Core', release 'fc4test3'.

Fedora Core 4 Test 3 is available for x86, x86_64, and PPC architectures. It is available from:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/

and at the following mirrors:

• North America:
  • USA East:
    • http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core-test/3.92/
    • ftp://mirror.newnanutilities.org/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://mirrors.playboy.com/fedora/test/3.92
    • http://mirrors.playboy.com/fedora/test/3.92
    • http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/core/test/3.92
    • http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/fedora.redhat/linux/core/test/3.92
    • rsync://rsync.gtlib.gatech.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/3.92
    • http://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
  • USA Mid-West:
    • ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/3.92/
    • http://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/3.92/
    • http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
  • USA West:
    • http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.uci.edu/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • http://fedora.cat.pdx.edu/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://fedora.cat.pdx.edu/linux/core/test/3.92/
  • Canada:
    • http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/3.92/
• South America:
  • Chile:
    • ftp://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fedora/test/3.92/
    • http://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fedora/test/3.92/
  • Brazil:
    • ftp://ftp.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • rsync://rsync.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
• Europe:
  • Russia:
    • http://ftp.rhd.ru/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.rhd.ru/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • http://ftp.chg.ru/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://ftp.chg.ru/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
  • Switzerland:
    • ftp://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
  • Spain:
    • http://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/fedora.redhat/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.rediris.es/mirror/fedora.redhat/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.es6.egwn.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
  • Austria:
    • ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linx/fedora/test/3.92/
    • http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linx/fedora/test/3.92/
    • rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linx/fedora/test/3.92/
  • Czech Republic:
    • ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/test/3.92/
    • http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/test/3.92/
    • rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp1.skynet.cz/pub/linux/fedora/test/3.92/
  • Slovakia:
    • ftp://ftp.upjs.sk/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • http://ftp.upjs.sk/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
  • Denmark:
    • ftp://klid.dk/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • http://klid.dk/homeftp/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
  • Finland:
    • http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • http://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
  • France:
    • http://www-ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/test/3.92/
    • http://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/test/3.92/
  • Germany:
    • http://dl.atrpms.net/mirrors/fedoracore/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • http://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de::fedora-linux-core-test/3.92/
    • http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.92/
    • http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • http://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://rsync.uni-bayreuth.de/fedora-linux-core/test/3.92/
  • Netherlands:
    • ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/fedora/core/test/3.92/
    • http://ftp.surfnet.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.surfnet.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/test/3.92
    • rsync://ftp.surfnet.nl/fedora/test/3.92
    • http://ftp.nluug.nl/ftp/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/fedora/test/3.92
    • rsync://ftp.nluug.nl/Fedora/test/3.92
  • Poland:
    • http://ftp.ps.pl/pub/linux/fedora-test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.ps.pl/pub/linux/fedora-test/3.92
  • Norway:
    • ftp://ftp.uninett.no/linux/Fedora/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://ftp.uninett.no/linux/Fedora/core/test/3.92/
  • Romania:
    • http://ftp.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
• Asia/Pacific:
  • Australia:
    • ftp://ftp.netcraft.com.au/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • http://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/redhat/fedora/test/3.92/
    • ftp://mirror.pacific.net.au/linux/redhat/fedora/test/3.92/
    • rsync://mirror.pacific.net.au::fedora-linux-core/test/3.92/
    • http://www.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.92
    • rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/fedora-linux-core-test/3.92
  • Japan:
    • ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/3.92/
    • http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/3.92/
    • rsync://ftp.kddilabs.jp/fedora/core/test/3.92/
  • Taiwan:
    • http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/
    • ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/3.92/

Other mirrors will come online in the near future. See:

http://mirrors.tds.net/fedora/fc4test3.html

for the current list of test3 mirrors, and:

http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html

for the list of mirrors that carry Fedora Core. Thanks to Shane Brath for generating the mirror the mirror list.

Fedora Core 4 Test 2 is also available via BitTorrent:

http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test3-binary-i386.torrent
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test3-binary-x86_64.torrent
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test3-binary-ppc.torrent

For DVD and other formats, see http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/
BitTorrent can be installed from Fedora Extras:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/

and also from:

http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/btrpms/

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• OSNews: Impressions of Fedora Core 4 Test 2(Apr 30, 2005)
• LinuxPlanet: Fedora Core 4 Test 2--Plenty to Look Forward to in FC4(Apr 25, 2005)