Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 09:19:54 -0400 From: Matt Wilson <msw@redhat.com> To: redhat-announce-list@redhat.com Subject: Announcing Red Hat Linux "Pinstripe" - a Beta release 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.