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Hi All,
Any of you know when we're likly to see fedora core 2 on release. i know its in beta at the moment.

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Quick update tied to 's April 7, 2004 question and 's schedule link: Fedora Core 2 (codename "Tettnang") was officially released on May 18, 2004. Final ISOs were distributed via the usual mirrors and BitTorrent rather than remaining in beta. Fedora Core 2 FAQ (Unofficial) (Wikipedia summary). (fedorafaq.org)

Notable changes brought in FC2 and things that commonly affected installs: it shipped with the 2.6 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.6 and KDE 3.2.x, included SELinux (shipped but disabled by default because of early policy/compatibility issues), and moved from XFree86 to the X.Org server. These platform shifts caused some driver and install quirks worth knowing before upgrading. (en.wikipedia.org)

Practical pointers (from the FC2 era) for anyone reading this thread later: prefer yum/mirrors over up2date for updates; import the Fedora GPG key before trusting packages; expect to use third‑party repos (livna, dag, etc.) for proprietary graphics drivers; and read the FC2 release notes if upgrading from a beta or from FC1 — some bootloader/partition quirks showed up for dual‑boot systems. Example commands that were commonly used then: 

rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-2/RPM-GPG-KEY*
yum install nvidia-glx kernel-module-nvidia-`(uname -r)`

For downloads and quick troubleshooting see the community FAQ and the official release notes. (fedorafaq.org)

Timeline/context: the original question was asked April 7, 2004; the Fedora Project released FC2 on May 18, 2004 (Tettnang). The schedule link posted earlier correctly pointed to the project timeline—this post simply records the final release date and highlights the common upgrade/driver pitfalls that appeared right after launch. (fedorafaq.org)

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cheers for that, cant belive i couldnt find it before.

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