“Fedora 7 Test 1 has been released today. For this particular release, we only did a Desktop spin of the package collection. We are still fine tuning targetted spins of the collection as part of the merger of Core and Extras. We also produced a LiveCD that has the ability to install to your harddrive.”
Looks like the folks asking for a slimmer install set are finally going to get their wish.
kudos to the Fedora development team and contributors for their excellent work, I for one can’t wait to try out Fedora 7
/me starts downloading.
… and for those claiming that Fedora’s been copying Ubuntu again: Mepis did that first.
“… and for those claiming that Fedora’s been copying Ubuntu again: Mepis did that first.
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Actually, Demolinux did it first, IIRC. Web page says 10 Sept 1999.
http://www.demolinux.org/
Looks like it hasn’t been updated since 2002, though.
>>”… and for those claiming that Fedora’s been copying Ubuntu again: Mepis did that first.
”
>Actually, Demolinux did it first, IIRC. Web page says 10 Sept 1999.
http://www.demolinux.org/
Looks like it hasn’t been updated since 2002, though.
But where does it say that this live disk was installable (maybe I missed it)? I was referring to installable live disks.
It’s under the Available Versions, Version 3 submenu.
Now I see, you’re right, it’s installable.
A bit limited, a swap file, a boot floppy needed, I guess some decompressing will be needed when booting, but it would be unfair to compare this to 2007 live cds. Might be interesting to compare this method to the way DSL installs itself to hard disks these days.
@Don T. Bothers, I agree that live cds are not ideal for those that want to install the disk anyway. On the other hand, for a lot of people it’s very convenient to see
– if what’s inside is worth upgrading in the first place;
– if all drivers needed are there, and the network is propery configured.
This gives a lot of people a good feeling about the particular OS they’re running live for a while. Which is, in itself, a good thing.
Obviously, for installing a server, or if you already know that you’re going to install the OS in any case, such live cds are a waste of time.
Aaarrggg, I hate installable live-disks. Why not just stream line the installation process to take 10-15 minutes like Debian and FreeBSD manage to do? It takes 10-15 minutes to generally boot up live-disks. When using Ubuntu, I personally always download the alternate text installer.
Wow already, it doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that FC6 came out.
That is the beauty of a 6 month release cycle
Wow already, it doesn’t seem like it was that long ago that FC6 came out.
The time between Test1 and final release is always dissapointingly long (in a nice way)
Doug
ah can’t wait for this to go final, this version is suppose to have the really fast boot up time.
anyone tried it and know if its already been implemented?
Thanks for the news… downloading right now…
I downloaded the live-CD, and it did not work on either of my two computers. Other Linux live-CDs have worked just fine. On the first computer, it did a kernel panic. On the second computer, it warned that it could not find the root file system and then hung.
Same here. I really liked the root filesystem error. “Cannot find root filesystem. Please symlink /dev/root.” Terrific, symlink it where? Fedora amazes me in that every test release is a big steaming pile and yet somehow the final releases come out with very few issues.
It suprises me some distros seem to be in a hurry to poop out the releases.
It’s beta product. Not yes ready for the end-user.
w00t http://shots.linuxquestions.org/?linux_distribution_sm=Fedora%2…
The Test1 release evidently haven’t changed the artwork, it still looks like FC6. If you want to follow the ongoing work on what Fedora 7 might look like, follow the fedora-art mailing list or have a look at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/FC7Themes/Fc7ThemeProposalFly…
Jesus!!! That design-theme is EXTREMELY ugly and amateurish to be honest. Haven’t they learned anything about design during all those years?
FC5 stressed the eyes and made fonts almost unreadable.
FC6 shipped a dark, depressing look.
FC7 resembles a kindergarden theme.
Best theme the Red Hat/Fedora guys made yet: Red Hat 9.
JMHO.
I suggest that you join the fedora-art mailing list and start helping them. I think the time for submitting completely new suggestions is over, but there is a lot to improve in the current draft. I would say that more people with usability skills should be more involved. When it comes to designing themes. It’s not only about what looks good on an artistic level.
I think the FC6 theme was/is quit nice though, even if it was a bit dark.
Is the iconset shown on the screenshots available anywhere? Is it the new bluecurve?
It’s the new echo theme that replaces bluecurve.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/EchoDevelopment
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/EchoDiscussion
I don’t know if I like it or not. It looks too cartoonish.
Edited 2007-02-02 07:59
Thanks! Yeah, it’s a bit cartoonish but somewhat refreshing compared to bluecurve. Again, thanks for the info.
What’s the plan for KDE ? Will we get a real functional desktop in this version like in any other distribution or will we get the troubled Red Hat/Fedora version ?
Please read
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureFedoraKDE
Will we get a real functional desktop in this version like in any other distribution or will we get the troubled Red Hat/Fedora version
Hmm. I Use Fedora 6 to do all my school work, research, etc. I never realized I was using a troubled OS. It seems to work pretty well for me. It looks nice, runs smoothly and is easy to update with Yum.
I’m not talking about the OS in general, even though Fedora 6 doesn’t boot on my machine, but about the way they customised the KDE version to something inconsistent and barely usable. I’m talking about the default set of applications (like evolution for the mail reader) and overall configuration.