> Announcing... > Red Hat Linux "Fisher" > (a beta release) > > Red Hat, Inc. presents a beta release of Red Hat Linux for your > hacking pleasure. First, the regular drill: > > This is a beta release of Red Hat Linux. It is not intended for > mission critical applications. It`s not even intended for > non-mission critical applications. Important data should not be > entrusted to Fisher, as it may eat it and make loud belching > noises. > > Significant changes have been made since the last version of Red Hat > Linux, including a shift to a 2.4-based kernel. We need your help to > find and report bugs. You can enter bug reports for any problems you > might find by using bugzilla at: > > http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/ > > PLEASE SEARCH FOR EXISTING BUG REPORTS BEFORE YOU ENTER A NEW REPORT! > Patches are always appreciated, so include them if you can. > > As in Red Hat Linux 7, this beta is large enough that the binary > packages have been split between two ISO images. The installation > program handles reading packages from multiple CDs. > > * Where can I get this release? > > Fisher can be downloaded from our public FTP site at: > > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/beta/fisher > > With the support of volunteers ftp site administrators, Fisher is > available from several mirrors. The following sites have complete > copies of Fisher, so please use a mirror close to you: > > Indiana, USA: > http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/redhat/beta/fisher > ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/redhat/beta/fisher > > Minnesota, USA: > ftp://ftp.mn-linux.org/linux/redhat/beta/fisher > > Buffalo, New York, USA: > ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/mirror/Linux/redhat/beta/fisher > > Pennsylvania, USA: > >http://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/beta/fisher > >ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/beta/fisher > rsync://carroll.cac.psu.edu/redhat-beta/fisher > > Australia: > ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/beta/fisher > http://www.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/beta/fisher > > Please also see our official mirror list: > http://www.redhat.com/download/mirror.html > > as more of the mirror sites may have picked up the beta by the time > you read this. > > * What's new in this beta? > > General system improvements: > o Itanium(tm) architecture support is included > o Installer has many improvements and fixes, including basic > firewall configuration > o Workstation installs are network-secure (services are off by > default) > o Japanese support fully integrated > o Graphical kickstart configuration program included > > Core system components: > o kernel 2.4.0 + many fixes > o glibc 2.2.1 > o XFree86 4.0.2 > o XFree86 3.3.6 X servers included for maximum hardware > compatibility > o KDE 2.1 beta release snapshot > o GNOME libs 1.2.8, core 1.2.4 > o GCC 2.96-RH > > Expanded hardware support: > o Improved USB > o IDE UltraDMA 66/100 > o IEEE1394 (FireWire(tm)) > o ATM networking > o WiFI wireless ethernet cards > o ESS Maestro3 and newer Crystal audio > > System service changes: > o New network-transparent configuration subsystem > o Configuration tools for BIND, Apache, and printing > > A sampling of package upgrades: > o GIMP 1.2.1 > o Tcl/Tk 8.3.2 > o BIND 9.1.0 > o Pine 4.32 > o Vim 6.0 prerelease > o XMMS 1.2.4 > > A sampling of Package additions: > o OGG/Vorbis audio encoder/decoder > o Mozilla > > * Status of Red Hat Network: > > rhn_register, the registration client for Red Hat Network, is > included, but registrations for the beta will not be accepted. > > However, up2date will be fully functional in anonymous mode, and > we encourage people to make use of this functionality. We will > be attempting to synchronize our fixes with Update Agent on a > nightly basis, so if you report a problem and it gets fixed, you > can get a new version of that particular package on the following > day. > > * Major known issues: > > o PCMCIA support is touch-and-go; upgrading computers reliant on > PCMCIA may not work at all. > > o Systems that include both floppy and IDE ZIP devices will fail > to install; a fixed boot disk has been made available to > correct this problem: > >ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/beta/fisher/en/updates/images/fisher-upddsk1.img > > A README file describing how to use the update is also in that > directory. > > o Minimal installs do not support NFS out of the box. Install > the portmap package afterwards if you require this > functionality. > > o Partitionless installs and upgrades are not currently working. > > o Applications using dlopen() to load threaded libraries (such as > kdm) may crash with the i686 version of glibc. Additionally, > the i686 version of glibc only supports 2.4-based kernels. > > If you are experiencing problems such as the one described > above, or need to run a 2.2-based kernel, install the i386 > version of glibc by running: > > rpm -Uvh --force glibc-2.2.1-3.i386.rpm > > o X and KDE have known failures on Itanium. > > Enjoy! > > The Linux OS Development and QA Teams > Red Hat, Inc. > >-- > Preston Brown > Linux OS Development > Red Hat, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Reynald I. Ngo Express Internet, Inc. Express Telecoms Co., Inc. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
