Fedora Core 5

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From: Fedora Project <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:18:16 -0500
Subject: Announcing the release of Fedora Core 5

Hi, my name is Fedora Core "Bordeaux", and today I am 5.  When I
turned 4 last year, they got a funny salesman to talk about me like I
was a toy.  I like toys.  But today Teacher said I am a big kid, and I
should talk about myself.  I can do lots of big kid stuff now, and
everyone tells me that I play really well with all the other kids in
class, even the ones who are mean like bullies.  I always try and
share, which is what Teacher says is the best thing.

Sharing is a really good thing to do.  I like to share all my toys and
books and stuff with all the other kids so that they can play with
them and even learn things, too.  I have a lot of neat stuff to share,
so I made this cool list to tell you all about it.  Teacher gave me
some things to put in the list, but since I'm a big kid I think I
should get to say what I want, too.

* GNOME 2.14

"Improved speed and usability, and new and better features for power
management, file sharing, user help, system administration,
teleconferencing, picture browsing, and networking."  I think it's
easy enough for even my little brother to use, but Mommy and Daddy
like it a lot too.

* OpenOffice 2.0.2

"Enhanced productivity features, extensive compatibility with other
popular office software, database connectivity functions, and improved
use of system libraries for faster loading and better responsiveness
overall."  Mommy says she can make slide shows for work even easier
than before, and Daddy uses it to organizes all our books, music, and
movies in databases.

* KDE 3.5.1

"New and exciting features for users and developers, including stylish
and attractive applets, educational and entertaining games, incredibly
standards-compliant Internet tools, and enhanced multimedia and
usability."  Plus it looks REALLY cool, especially when my big sister
fixes it just the way she likes.

* Mono

"Support for .NET means a new generation of dynamic and powerful
cross-platform applications, with some already included, such as
Tomboy for note-taking, F-Spot for photo management, and Beagle for
content searching and indexing."  See, I told you I'm really good at
sharing!  Plus, I don't ever have a problem remembering or finding
things, like pictures, homework, or messages.  Mommy says she's really
proud of me.

* Yum-based Package Tools

"Installation and software management tools are all based on the
flexible and powerful yum utility for easy selection and upgrade of
new and existing software."  And soon, I'll even be able to get my own
special software at install time!

* Xen Virtualization

"The best framework yet for installation, management, migration, and
monitoring of software-based virtual domains, allowing system owners
to effectively leverage and force-multiply existing hardware for
maximum efficiency, scalability, redundancy, and flexibility."
Teacher says I get more work done faster than any other kid in our
class, too.

* Apache HTTP Server 2.2

"Enhanced authentication, database support, proxy facilities, and
content filtering, all built on the most stable and customizable
platform for Web services."

* Enhanced Security

"Support for SELinux binary policy modules means that users and
developers can now ship their own specialized policies with affected
software.  GCC's best of breed features, such as stack protection, NX,
PIE, and compile-time buffer checks, pile on additional layers of
assurance to effectively block illegal ingress."  I know all my safety
rules, and Mommy and Daddy say that it's really, REALLY hard for
monsters to get in our house!


So at school, I got awards for "Best Attendance," "Teacher's Pet,"
"Honor Roll," and "Good Manners," plus Teacher lets me stay after to
clean the erasers until Daddy comes to pick me up.  He always tells me
how good I am compared to the other kids he knows and that he's really
proud of me.  He says it's because I'm 100% free and open source, and
because I always try to do the right thing just like he and Mommy
taught me.

I told him I didn't just learn it from him, but from all the nice
people at Red Hat and the Fedora community, who teach me new things
all the time.  They're all different kinds of people -- users,
developers, writers, translators, testers, editors, and so many other
things I can't even write it all.  They're the people who make it
possible to build a complete Linux platform from open source software.

But they say we're not done yet, and we can ALWAYS use more friends to
help, so if you think this sounds neat, you should definitely visit:

  * http://fedoraproject...wiki/HelpWanted

All right, I have to go now.  There's always more things to learn and
do and I am a very, extremely busy kid.  'Bye!
- - -

Mirror-uri .ro:
ftp://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/pub/mirrors/fedo...hat.com/core/5/
http://ftp.idilis.ro.../fedora/core/5/
ftp://ftp.idilis.ro/mirrors/fedora/core/5/
http://fedora.mirror...a/linux/core/5/
ftp://fedora.mirrors.lug.ro/fedora/linux/core/5/
ftp://ftp.rdsor.ro/pub/Linux/Distributions/Fedora/5/
http://ftp.iasi.roed...hat.com/core/5/

Și să nu încercați o instalare din rețea că vă prindeți urechile în RELEASE-NOTES-urile, lipsă, xm-urile care nu sunt unde trebuie sau declarațiile lipsă din alte xml-uri

later edit: Și n-am reușit să găsesc butonul de install all sau minimal nici mort.

Edited by mufă, 21 March 2006 - 12:27.

L-am instalat pe 21, cu mici probleme, dar s-au rezolvat, merge. Instalarea e cam saraca in optiuni, tinde spre simplitatea Windows.
Pina acum am impresia ca merge mai repede decit FC4. Revin.

apache 2.2??? s-au prostit???

downloading...

O scurtă impresie după prima instalare. Scuzaţi limba engleză folosită.

"So, Fedora Core 5 is out. Why don't you try to install it on a computer, to see how it looks and feels?" said my boss this morning. (21st of March)
After getting the ISO files I taught that burning some CDs and installing from them is much too easy. Why not creating a Fedora 5 repository and install using http method?
In order to accomplish this task, I created base and os directories. I copied the RPM files from all 5 ISO files to os folder. I copied base folder from first cd. I created Fedora directory with 2 symlinks in it (base to base and RPMS to os). I runned "repodata ." command to create repodata folder at the same level with Fedora, os and base.
I put the first image on a cd, boot from it, linux askmethod at boottime, evertyhing went smoothles untill selection of package: "error, traceback error, bla bla". Usually I am not into reading error messages, but this time I did it. It was complaining about not being able to read some RELASE-NOTES files. RELEASE-NOTES-en_US,  RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.html, RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.UTF-8 and RELEASE-NOTES-en_US.UTF-8.html to be more specific. Hmm, strange, I have only RELEASE-NOTES and RELEASE-NOTES-en.html files.  Well, no problem, there is a ln command file I can use it. After making those links, I tried to install it again. My intention was to try an installation in text mode, so I took out the mouse. Surprise: the installation starts in graph mode even without a mouse. Great, another failure. No problem, boot again with text option, choose a language and a keyboard, partition a harddisk, NEXT and... of course, another "error, traceback error, bla bla". This time it was complaining about not having any groups. Hmm, ok, now I really have to read the docs, especially the "how to create a Fedora mirror part". Guess what? Sometimes, reading the docs, it really helps. I found out that I need to make an xml file containg the groups. Again, /usr/bin/repodata is my friend. And finally no installation errors

Few words about installation: I couldn't find a "minimal installation" buton or an "install everything" button. Also it takes a very long time to check for dependencies. Even when I manually (remember the lack of install everything) selected all packeges took like an eternity to check the dependencies.

După cum ziceam şi la începutul mesajului, scuzaţi limba engleză folosită şi eventualele greşeli

Edited by mufă, 23 March 2006 - 11:16.

Mai Mufa, ai cumva blog?

i_m_meen, on Mar 23 2006, 14:25, said:

N-am, de ce?

Mi s-a parut ca ai scos de pe vreun blog al tau in engleza, ca tot te scuzai

i_m_meen, on Mar 23 2006, 22:33, said:

Nu. Doar am făcut crossposting între SP și fedoraforums

Merge mai bine decat FC4 dar instalarea nu prea imi place chiar daca selectez eu pachetele el tot face tot felul de dependinte , dar in rest e bine .
Poate in viitor o sa puna si optiunea sa fac partitiile xfs si nu ext3 , ca sa nu mai trebuiasca sa stau sa il prostesc eu.

infernal, on Mar 25 2006, 17:48, said:

Merge, dar trebuie să citești documentația
http://www.fedorafaq.org/#reiserjfs

mufă, on Mar 25 2006, 18:24, said:

Pai stiu asa am si facut dar mai trebuiesc facute niste chestii

infernal, on Mar 25 2006, 18:27, said:

Recunosc că sunt pe deplin mulțumit de ext3, așa că n-am testat altceva.

mufă, on Mar 21 2006, 13:26, said:

de aia pt mine Fedora sux,instalarea e *mult* prea simplista,dai clicuri ca la windows,fara sa te puna prea mult sa gandesti . "lasa-te pe mana noastra,stim noi ce e mai bine pt tine !"

reallove, on Mar 29 2006, 10:31, said:

Ai exact atîta libertate cît linux știi. Iar valoarea unei distribuții în mod cert nu e dată de gradul de complexitate al instalării.

Nu stiu cum se face ca , daca sux cum spui tu ca atatea site-uri gen kernel.org , wikipedia si multi altii sunt pe Fedora.
Dar mufa avea dreptate .

Edited by infernal, 30 March 2006 - 00:20.

Un mail interesant trimis de ESR pe fedora-devel mailing list.