Fedora Core 5 Test 2 released

Fedora Core 5 Test 2 released

Michael Stanclift on 17 January 2006 - 13:29 · 36 comments & 10178 views

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The Fedora Project announces the second release of the Fedora Core 5 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and PPC/PPC64 architectures. Beware that Test releases are recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts or for technology evaluation, as many parts are likely to be broken and the rate of change is rapid.

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#1 powerlifter450 on 17 Jan 2006 - 13:41

all right lets here it for FC5!

(1 reply) #2 Pwn3r on 17 Jan 2006 - 13:45

Goodness, what a facelift.

#2.1 quintesse on 17 Jan 2006 - 17:10

Dunno, looks pretty much the same to me. Of course the background is different, but that's to be expected and they changed the window decorations but that's a subtle change IMO. The icons are still the same ugly ones though and with the new window decoration they look even more out of place. But then again this is only Test 2, things can still change.

#3 markjensen on 17 Jan 2006 - 13:45

In addition to the new additions of Mono and Beagle to the standard packages included, I just read today that Fedora will be including the OpenVZ virtualization. (though it was not clear from the article if it would end up in the FC5 release, or in the betas for FC6)

Lots of new inclusions in the immediate future for Fedora.

#4 Crimson Tide on 17 Jan 2006 - 13:50

Here a link to the torrents.

http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/

#5 kirk26 on 17 Jan 2006 - 13:51

Thank NeoBeta.net!

(4 replies) #6 DJ Prem on 17 Jan 2006 - 14:19

Wish they add support for WPA within the OS then have to configure wpa_sufficant which for me was nightmare and I return back to windows

#6.1 Wheazel on 17 Jan 2006 - 15:35

Exactly the same reason why I changed back aswel.

#6.2 markjensen on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:06

Yes, it would be nice if the hardware vendors either supplied their own Linux drivers (under open or closed source), or if they allowed enough technical data out about their hardware to allow the Open Source community to write code to support their hardware for them...

Linux will need to have more desktop marketshare than 1%-3% for this to really start happening, though.

#6.3 Aaron on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:24

This what you are talking about?
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmana...y/msg00042.html

#6.4 mr_demilord on 18 Jan 2006 - 10:16

wpa was up here in a second, and works without a glitch

(1 reply) #7 Mathachew on 17 Jan 2006 - 14:24

So I guess by the end of the year, we can expect FC6 and by the end of Summer 07, FC7?

#7.1 Shadrack on 17 Jan 2006 - 17:31

they are on a 6 month schedule so we should see FC6 2nd or 3rd quarter of this year, actually.

#8 jagedEdge on 17 Jan 2006 - 14:34

Fedora Core 5 is really shaping up nicely. Can't wait to see the final!

#9 Troll on 17 Jan 2006 - 14:35

Looks nice! I might have to check it out on another computer to see how it runs

(2 replies) #10 Dr.Jones on 17 Jan 2006 - 14:43

sigh, still with gnome. I hate gnome

#10.1 markjensen on 17 Jan 2006 - 14:57

Good thing you can select Gnome, KDE, XFCE, fluxbox, e17, IceWM or one of a multitude of other Window Managers with any Linux distro.

#10.2 quintesse on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:57

Well, although what you say is factually correct the "problem" is that all RedHat/Fedora tools are written for Gnome so they kinda stand out on a KDE desktop for example. And they work differently from all other KDE apps of course. So I use KDE-alternatives whenever I can, but that's not always possible.

Of course even if they would suddenly start supporting KDE in the same way as Gnome you can hardly expect them to go and make two versions of each program (even if the difference is mosltly GUI-related of course).

(4 replies) #11 DigeratiPrime on 17 Jan 2006 - 15:30

I have been looking forward to the next Fedora release and this looks great! The Clearlooks Theme looks alot like Royale.

I just wish they would make a single cd version and a livecd, because i hate big downloads and 'loaded distros'.

#11.1 Marshalus on 17 Jan 2006 - 15:34

I don't think that is Clearlooks.

#11.2 Aaron on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:09

The theme is Clearlooks 2, and darn spiffy.

#11.3 Marshalus on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:20

Ah!

#11.4 DigeratiPrime on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:40

Thanks Marshalus.

[edit] I was able to find a theme for KDE and XFCE
http://www.stellingwerff.com/
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?conte...d9382a7824988d8

(1 reply) #12 Ashl on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:26

That does look really nice.. where can i find the system requirements, i think i might try that on an old pc.

#12.1 markjensen on 17 Jan 2006 - 17:32

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-note...n-hardware-reqs

I would recommend more than their "recommended" values, due to my personal preferences for responsiveness. 700MHz with 512MB would be fine, I think. (versus their 400MHz, 256MB recommendation)

(2 replies) #13 Ravensworth on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:28

How is Linux with ATI video cards these days? Last time I tried (about a year ago) support was rather poor.

#13.1 markjensen on 17 Jan 2006 - 16:37

About the same, I think... ATI promised a renewed effort to support their hardware on Linux, but I haven't seen an awful lot of improvement (enough to bring them on par to nVidia, anyhow).

#13.2 Shadrack on 17 Jan 2006 - 17:37

If all you are wanting is to do is use common desktop applications, then ATI's drivers are sufficient. If you want to get into gaming at all (DOOM 3, UT2004..etc.), ATI's drivers perform really sub-par compared to running the same games in Windows.

#14 Alvin on 18 Jan 2006 - 02:07

What repo can I use this with? Can I use this with FC4 repo?

(1 reply) #15 thagame on 19 Jan 2006 - 01:08

installed nicely but gnome 2.13 is a nightmare. gaim segfaults the second i try to run it over and over and over. and gnome-panel just keeps crashing non stop. good thing i only made a small 100gb partition for it, oh well back to gentoo

#15.1 bednarjm on 26 Jan 2006 - 06:25

a "small" 100 GB partition, are you crazy. personally i have not had any problems with test 2, maybe you need to update your sytem?

#16 GamblerFEXonlin on 19 Jan 2006 - 16:54

Does Fedora Core 5 support 3d desktop accelleration like Vista? I'd love responsive windows and no tearing.

(1 reply) #17 xxdesmus on 21 Jan 2006 - 16:56

how is Core 5 with laptop built in wireless? ...i would much rather not use a wrapper if at all possible.

#17.1 bednarjm on 26 Jan 2006 - 06:23

I have the intel pro wireless 2200bg on Fedora 4 and it has always worked fine. I'm using the drivers that come with the distro too and firmware from the apt repositories, a few key strokes and its up.

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