It's time for the first test release in the Fedora Core 4 development cycle. FC4test1 is available for i386, x86_64, and (for the first time) PPC/PPC64! You can download it via BitTorrent from http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/ (recommended) or via HTTP/FTP from http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/ or any of the fine Fedora mirrors listed at http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html Notable features of FC4test1 include: . gcc 4.0 as the primary system compiler . GNOME 2.10.0 Beta 2 included . The Eclipse IDE included along with some featured plugins . A solid foundation of Java packages for developers (ant, gcj, tomcat, struts, more classpath stuff) and the ability to possibly run Java apps through gij. . Lots of package updates . Started movement of packages to Fedora Extras . Did I mention PowerPC support? That said, this IS a test release, and I guarantee that there will be bugs that will be annoying. Your help is needed to find and report those bugs in bugzilla (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/). Please also try updating packages from the development tree, to see if the bugs are already fixed there. Questions? Comments? Rotten tomatoes? Send them my way! -- Elliot
