| Fedora Desktop 7 test 1 |
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| Written by Administrator | ||||||||||||||
| Monday, 12 February 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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FC 1 Yarrow FC 2 Tettnang
FC 3 Heidelberg
FC 4 Stentz FC 5 Bordeaux FC 6 Zod F 7 ?
Hurray ! I've got my Fedora 7 test 1 DVD iso file after 16 hours of downloading, despite an erratic internet connection speed. The connectivity was still somehow slightly affected by the damaged submarine cable near Taiwan, as a result of the recent earthquake. I have had numerous experiences of having bad downloads whenever the downloads went to a near stand-still. Lucky me, the sha1sum verification was okay. The Fedora 7 test 1 DVD which i made also passed the media checks !
Kudos to the Fedora project and its volunteers ! They are the heroes amongst us. I had only realized that it had been 3 years since the release of Fedora core 1 when i was eagerly waiting for the Fedora 7 test 1 download to complete. Just a recap, FC 6 was released last October 2006. Fedora 7 should be out by April 2007. Meaning that the project has kept their promise of a 6-monthly release of a new version. For you information, Fedora core 1 was released in Nov 2003.
Actually, I started meddling with Redhat, when it was at version 7.3. After 1-2 years, i had to turn to the affordable Fedora when Redhat changed its subscription model. No more Redhat Network access for me ! Somehow, open source spirits saved the day. RHEL rebuilds, Cent0S, soothed my soul. The thing was that the exchange rate was just too expensive for me to own a Redhat Enterprise Desktop.
Till today, i still have strong admiration for Redhat's logo and simple artwork. Well, I did find some consolations in Fedora core. This is because, it was being bundled with latest stable packages. The bleeding edge (rawhide) packages are also very attractive. This incident is not surprising at all. Not only Fedora core was an all-rounder, it was also the honourable testbed for RHEL. In order words, Redhat's enterprise distro's quality depended on Fedora core. It has to journey into new frontier in order to justify its existence.
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