Re: [Tao-i386] Tao 4 Beta available

On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 05:08:00PM -0500, David L. Parsley wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Despite calling it 'beta', I think this should be quite runnable.  I
> still plan on working on the release notes more, and hopefully dropping
> in some new artwork, before shipping a final.  I'll also fix any issues
> found.

David:
Thanks for doing so much work to make this available, I appreciate it!

Are the md5sums for tao-4 available somewhere?

Fred
> 
> Notes:
> - Tao 4 uses yum-2.2.x.  I have not yet ported the 'protectbase' patch
> forward, since I am still getting used to the new codebase and
> features.  If I find I can get satisfactory behavior with current
> features, I may not port the patch.
> - I didn't integrate up2date & rhn-applet, though I'll almost certainly
> put builds in 'contrib'.  These packages require their own, separate
> configuration file, and don't use 'yum.conf', so are much less than
> ideal.  There is code in progress that may give the updates alerts for
> desktop users in a yum-specific way.
> - I added a good deal of documentation, available in the 'graphical
> internet' group (since you need a browser for it).  Perusing the docs,
> I'm really very happy with the quality and quantity, and hope others
> find it useful as well.
> 
> The mirrors haven't picked it up yet - if they have anything at all,
> it's probably not what you want.  For now you can get the beta from:
> ftp://dist.taolinux.org/pub/taolinux/tao-4/i386/isos/
> Note that source isos are in tao-4/srpms/isos.
> 
> Also, if you do install the beta, most likely 'yum update' will be able
> to take you up to final.
> 
> regards,
> 	David



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