Fedora 15 Alpha released

["Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net>]

Some preview notes...
Inside:
* systemd replaces SysVinitd (this time for sure)
* DNSSEC support for workstations
* 4K sector disk support
* New eth port naming
   See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConsistentNetworkDeviceNaming)
* RPM 4.9, GCC 4.6, GDB 7.3, Maven 3, Python 3.2, Rails 3.0.3
* Setuid-free distribution for security
Outside:
* Libreoffice replaces Openoffice
* Firefox 4
* GNOME 3
* KDE 4.6
* Xfce 4.8

The new GNOME may be the most controversial. Those who switched to GNOME in frustration with KDE 4.0 may return in frustration. The new GNOME-shell is all new, bare bones and lacks the widgets many of us GNOMErs have come to love and depend upon like gnome-panel and nautilus. Purists are saying "Patience, Grasshopper. Those will come." In this user's opinion the glass is half full.

At any rate, if you want to try it save the attached to /usr/local/bin, chmod it to 755, and edit the LOCAL_DEST and LOCAL_USER variables. If you need Steve's linkdups utility, send a private note to him or me.

Looking ahead:
Beta release:    April 12
Final release:    May 17

--Doc Savage
  Fairview Heights, IL

rsync-15Alpha.sh

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