For login, maybe we could just nab one of the old Ubuntu GDM themes
and recolour it/shove in a BlueCurve gear icon.
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Scientific Linux 5.6 RC 1 is now available.
>
> We have pushed out the latest update to SL 5.6.
> There is both network install images as well as DVD images.
>
> The network install images are boot.iso in
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/i386/images/
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/x86_64/images/
> The DVD images are at
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5rolling/iso/
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Changed since BETA 3
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> - SL 5.6 has a new graphical theme called "Atom Shine" provided by
> Shawn Thompson
>
> - sl-release and yum-conf were updated to point to 56 instead of 5rolling.
>
> - R was updated to 2.13.0
>
> - On the distribution servers there is now a directory 56. For i386 and
> x86_64 there are links to 5rolling. This does not mean that 56 is released,
> it is only in release candidate. It is setup this way so that we can test.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Known Issues
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> - The GDM login screen still has the old graphics instead of the new Atom
> Shine graphics. This will be fixed in the next Release Candidate.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Future Info
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> - We expect SL 5.6 RC2 out in two weeks.
>
> -Scientific Linux Development Team
>
