Fedora Core 3 Test 1 has been released for download. This release includes still GNOME 2.6 and KDE 3.2 instead of GNOME 2.7 and KDE 3.3.

Problems with Fedora Core 3 test 1 should be reported via bugzilla, at:

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/

Please report bugs against 'Fedora Core', release 'test1'.

For more information on just what the Fedora Project and Fedora Core is, please see:

http://fedora.redhat.com/

As always, you can get Fedora Core test releases at redhat.com, specifically:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

Or on the following mirrors:

* North America

* USA East

* http://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://mirror.linux.duke.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* rsync://mirror.linux.duke.edu/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/
* ftp://mirror.cs.princeton.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* http://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://mirror.hiwaay.net/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* rsync://mirror.hiwaay.net/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.net.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* http://redhat.secsup.org/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://redhat.secsup.org/pub/linux/redhat/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://fedora.mirrors.tds.net/pub/fedora-core/test/2.90/
* http://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* rsync://linux.nssl.noaa.gov/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* http://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* rsync://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

* USA West

* ftp://mirror.stanford.edu/pub/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

* Canada

* ftp://less.cogeco.net/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.nrc.ca/pub/systems/linux/redhat/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* http://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/mirror/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

* South America

* Chile

* ftp://mirror.netglobalis.net/pub/fedora/

* Europe

* Austria

* http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/fedora/core/test/2.90/

* Czech Republic

* http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/
* ftp://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/pub/fedora/
* ftp://ultra.linux.cz/pub/fedora/
* rsync://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora/fedora/
* ftp://ftp6.linux.cz/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

* Finland

* ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.ipv6.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

* Germany

* ftp://ftp.uni-bayreuth.de/pub/linux/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* rsync://rsync.uni-bayreuth.de/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/pub/linux/distributions/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* rsync://ftp.join.uni-muenster.de/fedora-linux-core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/pub/linux/Mirror/ftp.redhat.com/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/fedora.redhat.com/linux/core/test/2.90/
* http://ftp.uni-koeln.de/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.uni-koeln.de/mirrors/fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

* Netherlands

* ftp://ftp.quicknet.nl/pub/Linux/download.fedora.redhat.com/
* ftp://alviss.et.tudelft.nl/pub/fedora/core/test/2.90/

* Poland

* ftp://ftp.wsisiz.edu.pl/mirror/download.fedora.redhat.com/

* Spain

* ftp://ftp.cica.es/fedora/linux/core

* Asia/Pacific

* Japan

* http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/fedora/core/test/2.90/
* rsync://ftp.kddilabs.jp/fedora/

* Taiwan

* http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/
* ftp://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Linux/Fedora/linux/core/test/2.90/

More mirrors will come online in the near future; check:

http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html

for a list of mirrors that carry Fedora Core.

One additional feature provided by the Linux community is the availability of Fedora Core releases via BitTorrent.

http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC3-test1-binary-i386.torrent
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/FC3-test1-binary-x86_64.torrent

http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/FC3-test1-binary-i386.torrent
http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz/fedora-torrent/FC3-test1-binary-x86_64.torrent

See http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/ and http://sunsite.mff.cun.cz/fedora-torrent/ for other forms, including SRPMS and the DVD iso.

RPMS for Red Hat Linux 7.3 through 9 and Fedora Core 1 of BitTorrent are available from:
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/btrpms/

Usage is simple:

btdownloadcurses.py --url http://URL.torrent

Allow incoming TCP 6881 - 6889 to join the torrent swarm.
http://torrent.linux.duke.edu/