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Second Fedora Core test release

From:  Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>
To:  redhat-watch-list@redhat.com
Subject:  Updated Fedora Core test release: Severn
Date:  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 14:39:18 -0400

And now, the Fedora Project presents....

  We're tired, we're droopy
    We're all a little loopy
  A Fedora Core Test Release
    Is invading your PC!
    
  New features - interesting!
    The code could use some testing
  That's why we are requesting
    new bug reports quickly!
  
  On our ftp site is the place where you will see
  The stuff that we've been working on since 1993!
  We're tired, we're droopy
    We're all a little loopy
  It's a Fedora Core Test Release
    Come and join the fun!
   
  (And now our song is done.)
  
Yes, it's an update of SEVERN, the Fedora Core test release.

As always, test releases are not intended for use on production
environments. Use of test releases in production environments could
lead to disastrous results, such as spontaneous musical theatre
from your engineers. Be afraid.

Problems with SEVERN should be reported via bugzilla, at:

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

Please report bugs against 'Fedora Core', release 'test2'.

Technical note: There are some issues with the SMP kernel; on
 SMP machines after installation, you may need to boot the
 uniprocessor kernel for stability. We'll have a fixed kernel
 in the next day or three; please update as soon as one
 is available.

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

  http://fedora.redhat.com/

For discussion of SEVERN, send mail to:

  fedora-test-list-request@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 SEVERN at redhat.com, specifically:

  ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/beta/severn/

Or the following mirrors:

 North America:
  United States:
    - ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/RedHat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - http://redhat.secsup.org/beta/severn/
    - ftp://mirrors.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/beta/severn/
    - ftp://redhat.dulug.duke.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - http://www.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - rsync://rsync.gtlib.cc.gatech.edu/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://limestone.uoregon.edu/redhat/beta/severn/

 Canada:
    - ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/ftp.redhat.com/linux/beta/severn/

 South America:
  Chile:
    - ftp://ftp.tecnoera.com/Linux/redhat-beta/severn/

 Europe:
  Czech Republic:
    - ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/redhat/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ultra.linux.cz/MIRRORS/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
  Estonia
    - ftp://redhat.linux.ee/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
  Germany:
    - ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/redhat-ftp/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
  Netherlands:
    - ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/redhat/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/ftp.redhat.com/beta/severn/
  United Kingdom:
    - http://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/
    - ftp://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/
    - rsync://zeniiia.linux.org.uk/ftp/pub/distributions/redhat/beta/severn/
       
 Asia/Pacific:
  Australia:
    - http://planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/redhat/linux/beta/severn/
    - http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/linux/severn/
    - ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/linux/severn/

One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the
availability of SEVERN via BitTorrent.
 
  http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/severn2-binary-iso.torrent
  http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/severn2-source-iso.torrent
  
  RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.3 through 9 of BitTorrent are available from:
  http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/btrpms/
        
  Usage is simple:
  btdownloadcurses.py --url http://URL.torrent
               
  Allow incoming TCP 6881 - 6889 to join the torrent swarm.
  http://torrent.dulug.duke.edu/


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Nice to see a little humour

Posted Sep 25, 2003 19:53 UTC (Thu) by dwalters (subscriber, #4207) [Link]

It's refreshing to see a publicly traded company with a little sense of humour.

With the constant bombardment of news about threats to open source and free software (SCO, patents, DRM, etc), a little lightheartedness in Red Hat's press releases is more than welcome.

Nice to see a little humour

Posted Sep 25, 2003 20:10 UTC (Thu) by Los__D (subscriber, #15263) [Link]

RedHat humour in beta releases is not uncommon... I think it was the 7.0 beta release that said somthing along "it might chew up your harddrive with loud belching noises"... (English is not my primary language, so I'm sorry if my memory was far off, and produced strange sentences!)

Dennis

Nice to see a little humour

Posted Sep 26, 2003 13:57 UTC (Fri) by csigler (subscriber, #1224) [Link]

>It's refreshing to see a publicly traded company with a little
>sense of humour.

And with props to the always entertaining (but now seemingly forgotten) Animaniacs, no less :)

Clemmitt

Nice to see a little humour

Posted Oct 10, 2003 23:21 UTC (Fri) by scott (subscriber, #581) [Link]

Not to be rude or anything, but that was the Tiny Toons (equally great and equally forgotten) theme song.

-Scott

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