Fedora Core 4 released

[crimson117]

Fedora Core is a completely free, user friendly, and secure general purpose platform based on Linux. The Fedora Project is an open source project that pioneers leading edge technology and concepts sponsored by Red Hat and supported by the Fedora community.

What's New in FC4

fedora.redhat.com

Torrents from duke.edu

Fedora Installation Guide

Slashdot article

 

[shud]

Looks sexy. May go with this over Debian in a few weeks when I do my first Linux install.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Yay!

 

[crimson117]

I have Fedora Core 3 on a Dell 420SC (runs teamspeak, browses to help pages while other computer is in pieces ), and I'm amazed at how when you run the update utility, it updates almost EVERYTHING, all apps, etc; compared to Windows Update which just handles the OS and IE and WMP updates.

 

[neuralfx]

Thanks for the heads up!
-neural

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: crimson117
I have Fedora Core 3 on a Dell 420SC (runs teamspeak, browses to help pages while other computer is in pieces ), and I'm amazed at how when you run the update utility, it updates almost EVERYTHING, all apps, etc; compared to Windows Update which just handles the OS and IE and WMP updates.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

*wait a few minutes*

Everything is updated

 

[crimson117]

? doesn't work on my fedora box... do I need to install something first?

 

[magomago]

Ahhh i was waiting for FC4 to come, and had installed FC3 to play around with, and then did a few of the FC4 Tests and Release Candidates. I had also installed FC2 in the past, and FC1, as well as thinking that starting release 8, Redhat was the top dog out there...

and then I tried Ubuntu and what things were like on the debian side of things...

and that was the end of that

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: crimson117
? doesn't work on my fedora box... do I need to install something first?

Yeah, you need to install aptitude .

It's debian package system, used by ubuntu as well.

 

[Mesix]

Originally posted by: crimson117
? doesn't work on my fedora box... do I need to install something first?

Haha! No no. Thats the Debian based linux updater.

 

[Nothinman]

Haha! No no. Thats the Debian based linux updater.

And Debian just happens to package a whole helluva lot more than FC. There's over 15,000 packages in sarge.

 

[Megatomic]

I downloaded the FC4 iso files but I'm kinda happy with Kubuntu. Can anyone tell me why I should try Fedora in the place of Kubuntu?

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I downloaded the FC4 iso files but I'm kinda happy with Kubuntu. Can anyone tell me why I should try Fedora in the place of Kubuntu?

you shouldn't

Honestly, there is no harm in trying it out though. Distros of Linux are like different makes of cars, the only way to know if you will like it is to try it out. They all have their own quirks and features. Take recommendations into consideration, but don't let them change your mind without giving the distro a test drive.

 

[spherrod]

I've got ubuntu running at the moment but may give FC4 a try on another partition

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: MCrusty

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I downloaded the FC4 iso files but I'm kinda happy with Kubuntu. Can anyone tell me why I should try Fedora in the place of Kubuntu?

you shouldn't

Honestly, there is no harm in trying it out though. Distros of Linux are like different makes of cars, the only way to know if you will like it is to try it out. They all have their own quirks and features. Take recommendations into consideration, but don't let them change your mind without giving the distro a test drive.

Before I tried Kubuntu I tried Knoppix, Mandriva, and Ubuntu. I tried to install Gentoo but I am a n00b and gave up on it. My Kubuntu build is tweaked really nice now and I like it, but I'm dismayed to be getting the same error frequently. I can't remember what it says at this moment and I'm away from that system until later tonight. If I try Fedora it will be because I can't make those error messages stop.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Megatomic

Originally posted by: MCrusty

Originally posted by: Megatomic
I downloaded the FC4 iso files but I'm kinda happy with Kubuntu. Can anyone tell me why I should try Fedora in the place of Kubuntu?

you shouldn't

Honestly, there is no harm in trying it out though. Distros of Linux are like different makes of cars, the only way to know if you will like it is to try it out. They all have their own quirks and features. Take recommendations into consideration, but don't let them change your mind without giving the distro a test drive.

Before I tried Kubuntu I tried Knoppix, Mandriva, and Ubuntu. I tried to install Gentoo but I am a n00b and gave up on it. My Kubuntu build is tweaked really nice now and I like it, but I'm dismayed to be getting the same error frequently. I can't remember what it says at this moment and I'm away from that system until later tonight. If I try Fedora it will be because I can't make those error messages stop.

When you get a chance, make a post about it. Im sure drag, n0cmonkey, or Nothinman will be able to fix it for you

 

[Megatomic]

Yeah, those guys are really knowledgeable. I just hate looking like a n00b and having to ask for help. I'm usually the one with the advice, at least in real life I am. I'll try some googling too.

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: Megatomic
Yeah, those guys are really knowledgeable. I just hate looking like a n00b and having to ask for help. I'm usually the one with the advice, at least in real life I am. I'll try some googling too.

Trust me, looking like a n00b now and getting your problems fixed will help look like less of a n00b in the future . Just make sure you post in teh right forum

 

[Megatomic]

Always. I don't think I've ever had a topic be the target of the wrong forum police.

 

[crimson117]

edit: bittorrent under linux question moved to its own topic.

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

Nice! Time to upgrade from FC3

 

[timswim78]

The new version of GNOME is looking sweet. I can't wait to D/L and U/G tonight.

 

[TGS]

I would recommend RH/FC though everytime I try a new distro, I always run into RH/FC specific problems that no other distros *seem to* have. IE, ATI video drivers, QMail setup.

 

[Armitage]

Just finished the download :thumbsup:
Will try upgrading my FC2 box at home this weekend.

My RH9 box at work is getting a bit long in the tooth - if all goes well, I may upgrade that also.

 

[sourceninja]

I wonder how it works in ADM64 mode. If they have tweaked their system to not require installing 32 bit apps in a chroot like debian/ubuntu/gentoo/etc does, I might concider switching.

Currently only suse seems to not require a chroot (to my knowlege). But you can't get the newest version of suse from their ftp.