Scientific Linux 7.6 BETA 2 x86_64
These are the notes for the "BETA" of Scientific Linux 7.6
Please also review TUV's 7.6 Release Notes for major upstream changes.
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http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/7rolling/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso
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Major Differences from SL 7.5
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sl-release is updated to use the 7rolling repos.
PackageKit has initial support for notification of SL7 minor release
upgrades.
This requires features present in the BETA release. These will be
backported Nov 26.
If you wish to test this, please edit /etc/redhat-release and set
it the version to 7.4
Then run gpk-update-viewer
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Major Differences from SL 7.6 BETA1
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xorg-x11-server was rebuilt to better utilize the new hardware support
enabled by 7.6
grub2 was rebuilt to correctly update efi boot areas used by SL7.
- Thanks for the report Orion!
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KNOWN ISSUES
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Cinnamon desktop from EPEL7 prevents upgrades due to caribou and
gnome-shell
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