Linux Fedora 10 Released ! - Discussion Thread

[viridian]

Was checking the site all day. The final version was released at 10 am EST. Get your copies while they're hot.

Torrent Server for the Fedora Project

Plymouth looks promising.

 

[Dark Star]

Fedora 10 Cambridge Released​

The Fedora Project, a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration project, today announced the availability of Fedora 10, the latest version of its free, open source operating system distribution.

The new release offers the latest stable version of GNOME 2.24 and KDE 4.1, faster boot experience (powered by Plymouth), better printing, better webcam support, improved wireless network connection sharing, better software maintenance and update (powered by PackageKit and RPM 4.6), and virtualization storage. Plus, it adds a new security tool for IDS (Intrusion Detection System) called SecTool. In Fedora 10, users will enjoy a brand new theme called "Solar," and a new lightweight desktop environment called LXDE. Developers and system administrators will enjoy the power of Eclipse 3.4 and NetBeans IDE.

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Highlights of Fedora 10:

• Linux kernel 2.6.27 (with improved webcam and WiFi support);
• GNOME 2.24;
• KDE 4.1;
• Eclipse 3.4;
• RPM 4.6;
• Faster boot;
• An enhanced version of the PackageKit package manager;
• An updated PulseAudio sound server;
• Improved Apple Macintosh hardware support;
• Improved HDTV support in X.Org;
• A new icon theme called Echo;
• Remote virtualization.

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Download : Fedora Project
Release Notes : Fedora Project, sponsored by Red Hat
Fedora Wiki : Fedora Project, sponsored by Red Hat
Home Page : Fedora Project
Screenshot Tour : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/Fedora10/Screenshots

 

[Dark Star]

Huh Its hardly few hours and F10 gets a review / The LXF Test: Hands on with Fedora 10 :: Linux Format :: The website of the UK's best-selling Linux magazine | Rock-solid Fedora 10 brings salvation to Ubuntu weary ? The Register | Fedora 10 Review | bin-false.org |Fedora 10 released, brimming with new features

 

[spynic]

so did u get ur hands on this?

 

[Dark Star]

No not yet .. downloading something else Will download the KDE LIVE CD soon

 

[spynic]

i finally found a working mirror running at optimum speeds... torrents wer too slow...

 

[cricfan]

stuck with suse download....will wait for some magazine to carry it..

 

[vishalrao]

The Solar theme is certainly a very good one...

About the Register link "salvation for the Ubuntu weary", its funny and sad... Fedora used to be the buggy one during it's "Core" days because they used to release cutting edge stuff... now Ubuntu seems to be unreliable even though they dont release as cutting edge packages but Fedora has been stable ever since they dropped the "Core" from the release names...

I read a blog post (cant recall the link now) where Fedora are claiming highest user base of about 9 million while Ubuntu's 1-year old claim is at 8 million users... will be interesting to see if Fedora overtakes Ubuntu in the coming weeks and months...

edit: found the link: yokozar: Estimating our user base makes me want to contribute more

 

[spynic]

got it... will install and update.

 

[The Sauron]

Download with download managers like flashget /Getright for maximum speed.

 

[cool_cat]

I will download it soon.sadly ,my BB is got some problems though

 

[spynic]

finished installing...

a few things you would need to know.

I dont prefer using NetworkManager.
To uninstall:

# yum remove NetworkManager

system-config-network somehow doesn't save the settings well.

If you plan to configure your network, do it via the command line

to edit your DNS:

# gedit /etc/resolv.conf

to edit IP,Subnet Mask, Gateway:

# gedit /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0

Installing Nvidia drivers:

get the rpmfusion repository: (merged livna, freshrpms, dribble)

# rpm -Uvh [url]http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm[/url] [url]http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm[/url]

# yum update

# yum install kmod-nvidia

Restart
Fedora 10 apparently automatically sets the display settings, you wont find the usual /etc/X11/xorg.conf
I guess you wudnt need to set any thing.

Althoug if you need to create it, try:

# Xorg -configure :1

thats as far i've gone for now.. will update more sooner.

 

[vishalrao]

At least a couple of people facing issues:

Alphatek - Steven’s Tech Blog Blog Archive Fedora 10 x86-64, Flash 10 and sound

peter_lemenkov - Fedora 10 - issues

peter_lemenkov - Fedora 10 - issues (cont.)

peter_lemenkov - Fedora 10 - issues (cont.)

peter_lemenkov - Fedora 10 - issues (cont.)

peter_lemenkov - Fedora 10 - issues (cont.)

Is there a "known issues" link/thread somewhere like Ubuntu has on their forums?

 

[spynic]

i guess no plymouth for Nvidia users..

 

[vishalrao]

@spynic: try the suggested kernel boot option "vga=0x318" , it worked for me (at least for the preview release) on my 8800gt

 

[spynic]

thnx vishalrao.. works!

found this link:
Fetzig.Org Main - vesafb Modelist

Resolution|8bits|16bits|24bits
320x200|330|30e|30f
320x240|334|335|336
320x400|331|332|333
640x400|300|33d|33e
640x480|301|311|312
768x480|362|-|-
800x600|303|314|315
1024x768|305|317|318
1280x1800|360|-|361
1280x1024|307|31a|31b
1400x1050|347|348|349
1440x900|364|-|365
1600x1200|345|346|34a
1680x1050|368|-|369
1920x1200|37c|-|37d
2048x1536|-|-|352

 

[vishalrao]

One happy F10 user: I think I am in l-o-v-e Lillian’s Blog

 

[chip_0]

Looks promising, I am downloading the KDE-live media. I hope Plymouth runs with my 8600gt.

 

[viridian]

Running from a 4GB usb stick. Works like a charm. Plymouth works on i915 by default. Bootup seems (marginally) faster than Ubuntu. No bugs encountered yet.

 

[vishalrao]

"Omega 10" announcement: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00007.html

Basically a re-spin of Fedora 10 with codecs pre-installed to allow for playback of mp3s and commercial DVDs etc...