Fedora Core Archive

A test release of Fedora Core 3 for PowerPC systems has been announced, more info here.

Here's yet another review of Fedora Core 3, this time at NewsForge.

For this article, I chose to take a slightly different approach than the standard "Linux distribution review". As I have written not just one, but two reviews of Fedora Core 2 for this site, I want to base my review of Fedora Core 3 on my experiences with its direct predecessor. Update: FC3 shots here.

I've been using Linux since the Redhat days. Since then, it has grown from a curious look to a hobby, and more recently to my main operating system. Due to starting out with Redhat, I admit to being partial to the Redhat/Fedora series. Don't let that concern you though, as I've tried all of the mainstream distributions, even Lycoris and Linspire.

Fedora Core 3, codenamed Heidelberg, was released this morning. FC3 features Gnome 2.8, KDE 3.3, and Linux kernel 2.6.9, as well as the introduction of Firefox and Thunderbird in Fedora. The ISO's can be found on the many mirrors, and the torrent is here.

Fedora Core 3 release candidate is available for testing; Interested parties can find it here or here.

Fedora Core 3 Test2 was released today, and so here's a chance to preview the software. I've been eager to try out Gnome 2.8 and KDE 3.3, so I tried to install them on my Core 2 box, which resulted in a severe package dependency crisis, so since Test 2 was released today I figured I would just reformat and install it for kicks, and to get my KDE 3.3. Screenshots from FC3-T2 can be found here.

From the Fedora site: "The second test release of Fedora Core 3 is now available from Red Hat and at distinguished mirror sites near you, and is also available in the torrent. This test release is available for both x86-64 and i386. Please file bugs via Bugzilla, Product Fedora Core, Version fc3test2, so that they are noticed and appropriately classified. Discuss this test release on fedora-test-list."

Colin Charles released a PDF, showing us what's new in Fedora Core 3.

Despite its description as a technology proving ground, Fedora II provides Linux users with a good Linux desktop experience. For veteran Linux users, Fedora II will provide you with the productivity tools you need and the latest stable open-source technology. You can even use the Red Hat up-to-date service for free to keep your desktop current. Read Tom Adelstein's product review of Fedora Linux Core II.

"Getting FC2 to a state of desktop readiness is a task that requires a medium amount of skill and will probably take close to a full day for the first workstation (assuming that you have a high-speed Internet connection). Subsequent installs should go more quickly; indeed, I intend for my students to get most of it done during their first three-hour class." Read the article here.

I've been using Fedora Core 1 (FC1) for a few months now and have been quite happy with it. It is a good distribution with a minimal number of bugs (if any) that have caused me problems. Of course, it took some tweaking to get it just right, but I can accept that for the price.

After you have installed FC2, here's how to enrich it with more applications like Flash, Java and mp3.

There have been many FC2 reviews, littered all over the net. I thought I would do my own, because I have some things I feel Fedora 2 should be praised for, and a few things I think it should reconsider.