Should I get FC5B3 or Wait?

Thomas Taylor linxt at comcast.net
Sat Feb 25 00:26:44 UTC 2006


On Friday 24 February 2006 11:27, Michael Favia wrote:
> Shuai King wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I want to minimize my download times, so should I get FC5 Beta 3 or wait
> > for March 15?
> > Thank you
>
> It isn't a beta it is a test. You are welcome to download it but if this
> is a production or necessary machine to you i would suggest waiting.
> Most of the churn and big changes (xorg7, gcc4.1, mono, most of gnome
> changes) seem behind us for this release but some still lie ahead (gnome
> final, kernel .16 final, etc.). i am not a developer so i don't speak
> with any authority on that. Basically i'm saying this. If you know what
> you are doing in terms of package management then the ride isn't
> terribly bumpy for non-eccentric hardware computers at this time. If
> this is your first ride on fedora wait for the next stop (fc5 final).
> But in terms of download minimization times the churn of development
> automatically means that you'll be getting more download by tracking
> fc5t3 -> fc5 final. Good luck.
>
> --
> Michael Favia          michael.favia at insitesinc.com
> Insites Incorporated  http://michael.insitesinc.com

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HTH,
Tom

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