Announcing Fedora 12 Alpha

[Andre Robatino]

Jay Mistry wrote:

> Also, what's the fastest way (http / ftp) to download the DVD ISO from
> the mirrors; I am on a cable connection @ 256 kbps (not particularly
> fast, would take about 30 + hours at that speed to get the full 4 GB
> DVD ISO).

I've been providing DVD deltaisos at

http://thepiratebay.org/user/andre14965/

which would normally save more than half of the download size going from
Fedora N to Fedora (N+1) Alpha, except that the recent payload
compression change from gzip to XZ prevents it from being useful
upgrading from F11.  However, with that and the package rebuild
finished, it should be clear sailing from now on.  Once you have F12
Alpha downloaded, you should be able to upgrade Alpha -> Beta -> Preview
-> Final with each step requiring only a fraction of the size of the
full ISO.  Even going straight from N Final to (N+1) Final will save
roughly half the size.  Just hang onto your old images (either ISO files
or DVDs will work) so you can use them to upgrade later.

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