Red Hat Previews 'Roswell'

Maintaining plausible deniability, Red Hat has yet to confirm or deny the existence of Roswell, the latest beta, version 7.1.93, of its popular Linux operating system. Available for both x86 and ia64 architectures, this latest release includes several new features and optimizations.

Red Hat has provided an overview of the additions to its flagship OS, which include support the 2.4.6 Linux kernel, XFree86 4.1.0, KDE 2.2pre, GNOME 1.4, and support for the ext3 journaling file system. A more detailed listing can be found in the beta's release notes, and a mailing list has been set up to keep the public aware of development updates. It should be noted that users upgrading systems from Red Hat 6.x through 7.1 may encounter difficulty upgrading if Ximian GNOME is installed.

Users are encouraged to all report bugs through the company's Bugzilla Web site. For beta testing purposes, the up2date program has been modified to recognize an alternate server. Updated packages can be obtained throughout the duration of the test, but the server will go dark upon the conclusion of the beta.

To locate Roswell download mirrors, visit the Red Hat beta site.