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Fedora Core 4 Test 1 has been released. This release comes with prereleases of GNOME 2.10, KDE 3.4, OpenOffice.org 2 as well the latest server software like MySQL 4.1.10 and PHP 5.0.3.

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?
i386: CD #1, CD #2, CD #3, CD #4, DVD
x86_64: CD #1, CD #2, CD #3, CD #4, CD #5, DVD
ppc (mac): CD #1, CD #2, CD #3, CD #4, CD #5, DVD

Release notes



Here a mirror list:

* North America:

* USA East:

* http://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp.ndlug.nd.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://redhat.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/3.90
* http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/test/3.90
* rsync://fedora.secsup.org/core/test/3.90/
* http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core-test/3.90/
* ftp://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* http://mirror.clarkson.edu/pub/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp.net.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90
* ftp://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90
* http://ftp.ale.org/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90
* http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* rsync://mirror.linux.duke.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/3.90/

* USA West:

* ftp://mirror.stanford.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90
* http://mirror.stanford.edu/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90
* http://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/test/3.90
* ftp://limestone.uoregon.edu/fedora/test/3.90
* rsync://limestone.uoregon.edu/ftp/fedora/test/3.90

* USA Mid-West:

* ftp://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* http://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* rsync://mirror3.cs.wisc.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/3.90
* http://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/3.90

* Canada:

* ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* rsync://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/ - i386 only
* http://www.muug.mb.ca/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/ - i386 only
* rsync://rsync.muug.mb.ca/fedora-linux-core-test/3.90/ - i386 only

* South America:

* Chile:

* ftp://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fedora/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp.tecnoera.com/pub/fedora/linux/test/3.90/
* http://ftp.tecnoera.com/pub/fedora/linux/test/3.90/
* rsync://ftp.tecnoera.com/pub/fedora/linux/test/3.90/

* Europe:

* Austria:

* ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/3.90/
* http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/3.90/
* rsync://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/3.90/

* Czech Republic:

* ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.90/
* rsync://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.90/ (IPv6)
* ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/test/3.90/
* http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/test/3.90/
* rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp1.skynet.cz/pub/linux/fedora/test/3.90

* Denmark:

* ftp://klid.dk/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90

* Finland:

* http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/ - i386 only
* ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/ - i386 only
* http://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/ - i386 only
* ftp://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/ - i386 only

* France:

* ftp://ftp.proxad.net/mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/

* Germany:

* ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/linux/Mirror/ftp.redhat.com/fedora/core/test/3.90
* ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.90
* http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/ftp/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.90
* ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.90/
* http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora-core/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90
* rsync://rsync.uni-bayreuth.de/fedora-linux-core/test/3.90
* ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/3.90/
* http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/3.90/
* rsync://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/3.90
* http://download.atrpms.net/mirrors/fedoracore/test/3.90/

* Netherlands:

* ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/fedora/core/test/3.90/

* Poland:

* ftp://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* rsync://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/Linux/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/

* Portugal:

* http://tux.cprm.net/pub/ftp.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90
* ftp://tux.cprm.net/pub/ftp.redhat.com/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90

* Romania:

* http://ftp.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/

* Spain:

* ftp://ftp.cica.es/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/

* Asia/Pacific:

* Australia:

* http://planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* rsync://rsync.planetmirror.com/fedora-linux-core-test/3.90/

* China:

* ftp://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/
* http://ftp.hostrino.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/3.90/

* Japan:

* ftp://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/core/test/2.91/
* http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/core/test/2.91/
* rsync://ftp.riken.jp/fedora/core/test/2.91/

* Taiwan:

* http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/3.90
* ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/3.90

For a full list of mirrors check:

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


One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the availability of Fedora Core releases via BitTorrent.
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test1-binary-i386.torrent
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test1-binary-x86_64.torrent
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC4-test1-binary-ppc.torrent

See http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/ for other forms, including SRPMS and the DVD iso. RPMS for 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.