Fwd: Announcing Red Hat Linux "Pinstripe" - a Beta release

[Adam Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Announcing...

>                      Red Hat Linux "Pinstripe"
>                            a Beta release

> Red Hat. Inc. presents a beta release of Red Hat Linux for your
> hacking pleasure.  First, the regular drill:

>    This is a beta release of Red Hat Linux.  It is not intended for
>    mission critical applications.  It's not even intended for
>    non-mission critical applications.  Important data should not be
>    entrusted to Pinstripe, as it may eat it and make loud belching
>    noises.

> Significant changes have been made since the last version of Red Hat
> Linux.  We need your help to find and report bugs.  Search for
> existing bug reports for problems you find by using bugzilla at:

>   http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/

> Attach patches if you're motivated!

> This beta includes so much cutting edge software, the binary packages
> come on two iso images.  The installation program now handles reading
> packages from multiple CDs.

> *  Where can I get this release?

> Pinstripe can be downloaded from our public FTP site at:

>    ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/beta/pinstripe

> With the support of volunteers ftp site administrators, Pinstripe is
> available from several mirrors.  The following have complete copies of
> Pinstripe, please use a mirror close to you:

> North Carolina, USA:
>   ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/beta/pinstripe/
>   http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> California, USA:
>   ftp://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/
>   http://ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> California, USA:
>   ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Connecticut, USA:
>   ftp://ftp.uselinux.org/pub/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Indiana, USA:
>   ftp://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/redhat/beta/pinstripe/
>   http://csociety-ftp.ecn.purdue.edu/pub/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Michigan, USA:
>   
ftp://mrhankey.bizserve.com/pub/linux/redhat/ftp.redhat.com/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> New York, USA:
>   ftp://ftp.ee.cornell.edu/pub/linux/redhat/beta/pinstripe

> Pennsylvania, USA:
>   
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Pennsylvania, USA:
>   ftp://cronus.res.cmu.edu/pub/linux/ftp.redhat.com/beta/pinstripe/

> Tennessee, USA:
>   ftp://sunsite.utk.edu/pub/linux/redhat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/
>   http://sunsite.utk.edu/ftp/pub/linux/redhat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Australia:
>   ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/beta/pinstripe/
>   http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Germany:
>   ftp://ftp.gmd.de/mirrors/redhat.com/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Germany:
>   ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/redhat/beta/pinstripe/
>   http://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Norway:
>   (ISO images only)
>   
ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/redhat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Peru:
>   ftp://sajino.terra.com.pe/pub/linux/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> Japan:
>   ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/Linux/packages/RedHat/redhat/beta/pinstripe/

> *  What's new in this beta?

>    General system improvements:
>      o FHS compliant packaging of files
>        /usr/man is now /usr/share/man
>        /usr/doc is now /usr/share/doc
>        /usr/info is now /usr/share/info
>        See http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ for more information

>      o Document roots for Apache and anonymous FTP are removed from
>        /home so it may be automounted.

>      o Packages with services are automatically restarted on live
>        upgrades

>      o Expanded LDAP integration

>      o Expanded Kerberos integration

>    Core system components:
>      o glibc 2.1.91
>      o XFree86 4.0.1, XFree86 4.0.1 runtime environment
>      o XFree86 3.3.6 X servers included for maximum hardware 
compatibility
>      o GNOME 1.2
>      o kernel 2.2.16
>      o GCC 2.96

>    Expanded hardware support:
>      o Basic USB support (mouse and keyboards)
>      o Expanded hardware accelerated 3-D support

>    System service changes:
>      o inetd replaced by xinetd
>      o BSD lpr replaced by LPRng

>    A sampling of package upgrades:
>      o GIMP 1.1.24
>      o Perl 5.6.0
>      o Tcl/Tk 8.3.1

>    A sampling of Package additions:
>      o SDL, smpeg
>      o SANE
>      o gphoto
>      o MySQL
>      o AbiWord
>      o dia
>      o ispell has been replaced by aspell
>      o XEmacs

>    Next generation development library previews included:
>      o pango: Unicode font rendering
>        See http://www.pango.org/
>      o Inti: C++ foundation libraries including GTK+ GUI toolkit classes
>        See http://sources.redhat.com/inti/

> Enjoy!

> The OS Development Team
> Red Hat, Inc.

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