Should I get FC5B3 or Wait?

[Michael Favia]

Shuai King wrote:
> Hi,
> I want to minimize my download times, so should I get FC5 Beta 3 or wait 
> for March 15?
> Thank you
It isn't a beta it is a test. You are welcome to download it but if this 
is a production or necessary machine to you i would suggest waiting. 
Most of the churn and big changes (xorg7, gcc4.1, mono, most of gnome 
changes) seem behind us for this release but some still lie ahead (gnome 
final, kernel .16 final, etc.). i am not a developer so i don't speak 
with any authority on that. Basically i'm saying this. If you know what 
you are doing in terms of package management then the ride isn't 
terribly bumpy for non-eccentric hardware computers at this time. If 
this is your first ride on fedora wait for the next stop (fc5 final). 
But in terms of download minimization times the churn of development 
automatically means that you'll be getting more download by tracking 
fc5t3 -> fc5 final. Good luck.

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