Announcing Fedora Core 3 Test 1

[Bill Nottingham]

  [ witty or not-so-witty reference ]

Yes, it's time for the [number] test release of Fedora Core [number].
Fedore Core [number] includes various new features, such as
KDE [version], GNOME [version], and the [version] kernel.

[call for testing]

[admonition about production use]

Problems with Fedora Core [number] test [number] should be reported via
bugzilla, at:

  http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/

Please report bugs against 'Fedora Core', release 'test1'.

For more information on just what the Fedora Project and
Fedora Core is, please see:

   http://fedora.redhat.com/

For discussion of Fedora Core test releases, send mail to:
           
   fedora-test-list-request(a)redhat.com

with

   subscribe

in the subject line. You can leave the body empty. Or see:
       
   https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list/
                
As always, you can get Fedora Core test releases at redhat.com, specifically:
		
   http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

Or on the following mirrors:

* North America

	* USA East
	
	* http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* rsync://mirror.linux.duke.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://mirror.cs.princeton.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://ftp.net.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://redhat.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/2.90/
	* http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	* rsync://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	*
http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...
	*
ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub...
	*
rsync://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/p...
	
	* USA West
	
	* ftp://mirror.stanford.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	
	* Canada
	
	* ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	
* South America
	
	* Chile
	
	* ftp://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fedora/
	
* Europe
	
	* Austria
	
	* http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	
	* Czech Republic
	
	* http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/
	* ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/
	* ftp://ultra.linux.cz/pub/fedora/
	* rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/
	* ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	
	* Finland
	
	* ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/...
	* ftp://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/...
	
	* Germany
	
	* ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* rsync://rsync.uni-bayreuth.de/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* rsync://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/
	*
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/linux/Mirror/ftp.redhat.com/fed...
	* ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/...
	* http://ftp.uni-koeln.de/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	
	* Netherlands
	
	* ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/
	* ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	
	* Poland
	
	* ftp://ftp.wsisiz.edu.pl/mirror/download.fedora.redhat.com/
	
	* Spain
	
	* ftp://ftp.cica.es/fedora/linux/core
	
* Asia/Pacific
	
	* Japan
	
	* http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/2.90/
	* rsync://ftp.kddilabs.jp/fedora/
	
	* Taiwan
	
	* http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
	* ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

More mirrors will come online in the near future; check:

	http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html

for a list of mirrors that carry Fedora Core.

One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the
availability of Fedora Core releases via BitTorrent.

   http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC3-test1-binary-i386.torrent
   http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC3-test1-binary-x86_64.torrent
   
   http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/FC3-test1-binary-i386.torrent
   http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/FC3-test1-binary-x86_64.torrent

See http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/ and
http://sunsite.mff.cun.cz/fedora-torrent/ for other forms, including
SRPMS and the DVD iso.

RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.3 through 9 and Fedora Core 1 of BitTorrent are
available from:
   http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/btrpms/
           
Usage is simple:

   btdownloadcurses.py --url http://URL.torrent
	                       
Allow incoming TCP 6881 - 6889 to join the torrent swarm.
  http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/