Hello, We have released the fourth Alpha of Scientific Linux 6. The release is at http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/ DVD and Net Install downloads are at http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/i386/iso/ http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6rolling/x86_64/iso/ ***CHANGED SINCE ALPHA 3*** redhat-logos change - Changed background - Changed background on gdm - change kdm theme Plymouth change - Generic (non-graphical) startup now has blue instead of red. Packages Added - OpenAFS 1.6.0 Added - liveusb-creator 3.9.2 Added Packages Changed, but have the same name (This is done as we check our packages against The Upstream Vendors packages, find differences, and fix those differences.) adaptx bcel filesystem flute ibus jakarta-commons-beanutils jakarta-commons-httpclient javacc jcommon-serializer junit ldapjdk libbase libfonts libformula liblayout libloader librepository librsvg2 libwmf mutt pentaho-libxml pentaho-reporting-flow-engine python-imgcreate sac xml-commons-apis ocaml-camomile removed - This was put in so that another package could build. Since The Upstream Vendor does not want to support it, we do not plan on supporting it just to build one package. ***KNOWN ISSUES*** Packages that haven't been built, and aren't in the release. perl-Sys-Virt If you install openafs during the install, you do not get the firstboot screen that asks you which cell you want. We have not put in any external repos, such as EPEL or rpmforge. We expect to add these when we move to Beta ***CHANGES PLANNED FOR ALPHA 5 / BETA 1*** We are planning on SL6 Alpha 5 or BETA 1 to be released Friday January 14, 2011 Expected Updates for Alpha 5 / Beta 1 - We will continue to compare our packages against The Upstream Vendor's packages, comparing everything in them. We still have about 30 packages left. - Hopefully the last trouble rpm's will be in the release. - Add yum repositories (not installed by default) - Finishing touches on graphics and overall look. - get openafs firstboot to run correctly Thanks to everyone who has tested and helped thus far. The Scientific Linux Development Team