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Fedora 12 Team Taking Codename Suggestions

by Rahul Sundaram

Hi http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-12-team-taking-codename-suggestions "It seems like just yesterday Fedora 11's development team codenamed it's bouncing bundle of joy "Leonidas" (after the Spartan King, of course). Contributing members of the Fedora community are putting their heads together again to come up with a codename for Fedora 12, and if you've got a good suggestion you've only got until May 23rd to shout it out." Rahul

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Draft of Tomorrow's news/podcast with Ajax

by Jack Aboutboul

Oops, sorry I forgot to send this out sooner. -------------- Kernel Mode Setting with Adam Jackson For the fourth podcast in our Fedora 11 podcast series, we turn to the magic that is our display system. One of the coolest new features in Fedora 11 is the ability to do kernel based mode setting for the display. Kernel mode setting [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting] allows the kernel to set certain parameters for the display and moves this functionality out of the X server itself and out of user space. This enables cool things such as quicker graphical boot up and fancier eye candy. For more information I caught up with Fedora X and diaplay guru Adam Jackson. Adam is a lifer on the X scene and knows more about displays than you, I and probably he himself want to know. Kernel Mode Setting with Adam Jackson [http://jack.fedorapeople.org/Kernel%20Mode%20Setting%20-%20Adam%20Jackson...] In the interview, Adam talks about the hidden underbelly of Linux and X graphics and displays and how previous version of Fedora may, or may not have been able to trigger seizures. Adam also expands the possible inclusion of a kernel crash screen of death (yes it comes with flaming eyes), how collaborating with other distros and upstreams has helped him achieve great things and how that helps others, and finally, about the upcoming Boston area concert calendar.

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OLPC goes the full Fedora

by Rahul Sundaram

Hi, http://www.h-online.com/open/OLPC-goes-the-full-Fedora--/news/113315 "Unlike previous releases, the developers are planning to use a full Fedora desktop build which will boot into Sugar, the open source learning platform used on the XO laptops, and also give users "the option to switch into the standard GNOME install instead." The option is mainly intended for older students, such as those in high school." Rahul

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Linux is not an OS (Link) Ctrl-F "Fedora"

by Frank Murphy

In case of any relevance http://www.nuxified.org/article/linux_not_os "What I believe we should focus on instead is designation of what we used to call "distros" as operating systems in their own right. We could call them "Linux based" operating systems to denote the fact that they have Linux as the core. FSF fans can call it "GNU based" if they wish, but the distro itself is the actual OS, not "Linux" or "GNU/Linux". So when we try to get people to switch, I believe we would be FAR more effective to just pick one OS on the market and promote that one on its own merits. If you pick Fedora then call it a Linux based Fedora OS and brag about all of the things that make Fedora great, not all of the things that make Linux or GNU great - alas both GNU and Linux are a part of Fedora, but it is still this unique product and user experience we can have with it that is what we are interested in, not the parts." Frank -- msn: frankly3d skype: frankly3d Mailing-List Reply to: Mailing-List Still Learning, Unicode where possible

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Fedora 11 Podcast Series #3 - General Overview of F11 with Tom 'Spot' Callaway

by Jack Aboutboul

Continuing on in our series of Fedora 11 podcasts, we present an interview of the series with Tom 'Spot' Callaway. In case you don't know Spot, he's been making Fedora happen since before Fedora was called Fedora. Spot is a Red Hat Engineer, the Fedora Engineering Manager, and of course an active and knowledgeable community member. With keen insights and an eagle-eye view of the Fedora release process, the community, and our history and roadmap, you can be sure that any chat with Spot is worth your while. Fedora 11 General Overview and Insights with Tom Spot Callaway [http://jack.fedorapeople.org/Fedora%2011%20Overview%20-%20Spot%20Callaway...] In the interview, Spot covers much ground, with everything from features in the upcoming release such as 20 Second Startup [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/20SecondStartup] and Kernel Mode Setting [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/KernelModesetting] to the future Fedora artists movement. Spot also talks about the importance and benefit of Fedora's upstream oriented developer process, the recent enhancements to Fedora's QA process, and the addition of members to the Fedora QA team. Finally Spot takes a nostalgic trip down Memory Lane, with a discussion of the long history behind Fedora, what he thinks Fedora as a community has to offer contributors, and why Fedora is the very best place to be.

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Re: OLPC X0-1.5 and Fedora 11

by Kam Salisbury

-----Original Message----- From: Steven Moix <steven.moix(a)axianet.ch> Subj: Re: OLPC X0-1.5 and Fedora 11 Date: Sat May 16, 2009 9:22 am Size: 1K To: For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base<fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com> Rahul, herlo made a series of screenshots of this Sugar release on F11 if you want to transmit it to your contacts: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Screenshot_Tour Steven On 05/16/2009 01:48 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > http://blog.printf.net/articles/2009/05/16/the-olpc-xo-1-5-and-fedora-11 > Thanks! Its posted to identi.ca and twitter now. -- Kam Salisbury http://kamsalisbury.com > "Some good news from OLPC: we've decided to base the new XO-1.5 laptop's > software release on Fedora 11. Unlike previous releases, we plan to use > a full Fedora desktop build, booting into Sugar but giving users the > option to switch into a standard GNOME install instead. (This will > mostly be useful for older kids in high school.) > > We think we'll need to use our own kernel and initrd, but the other base > packages we expect to need are present in Fedora already, including > Sugar; in fact, we already have an F11+Sugar+GNOME build for the XO-1 > using pure Fedora packages. That build will get better as a result of > this work (although OLPC's focus will be on getting the XO-1.5 running) > and it will form the basis for the XO-1.5 build. " > > Rahul > -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

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Drafts for Red Hat Press Blog

by Jack Aboutboul

Hey All, I'm working on a couple of short pieces for the Red Hat Press Blog. The pieces are scheduled to be posted on 5/19 and and 5/21 and RH Comms needs them 24 hours in advance of that. They can be found here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/F11_rhpress_blog. Please let me know what you think and feel free to add to them. Jack

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OLPC X0-1.5 and Fedora 11

by Rahul Sundaram

Hi http://blog.printf.net/articles/2009/05/16/the-olpc-xo-1-5-and-fedora-11 "Some good news from OLPC: we've decided to base the new XO-1.5 laptop's software release on Fedora 11. Unlike previous releases, we plan to use a full Fedora desktop build, booting into Sugar but giving users the option to switch into a standard GNOME install instead. (This will mostly be useful for older kids in high school.) We think we'll need to use our own kernel and initrd, but the other base packages we expect to need are present in Fedora already, including Sugar; in fact, we already have an F11+Sugar+GNOME build for the XO-1 using pure Fedora packages. That build will get better as a result of this work (although OLPC's focus will be on getting the XO-1.5 running) and it will form the basis for the XO-1.5 build. " Rahul

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Re: Why would I want Fedora?

by valik＠valikszekely.com

While I sit here viewing everyones' responses to this subject about Fedora's description, I have only few reasons to see the it would not be an "alternative" to said proprietary operating systems. Thus far since the eariest stages of GUI driven Linux; only gamers, flash developers and like would not see the os as becoming a strong "alternative os" meaning without emulation. Fedora is what you make it to be. , nothing more and nothing less. In short "It's an OS the allows you to express yourself creatively as an artist as well as a techie. -Valik ------Original Message------ From: Frank Murphy (Frankly3D) Sender: fedora-marketing-list-bounces(a)redhat.com To: fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com ReplyTo: For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base Subject: Re: Why would I want Fedora? Sent: May 15, 2009 10:44 Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > "Fedora is a free alternative to proprietary operating systems like > Microsoft Windows and provides a easy and powerful graphical > environment, office suite, games and more. It is a secure and virus-free > experience with brand new releases full of major improvements every six > months all for free." > Having had a few hours to think, maybe alternative may not be best. How about; "Fedora is similar to proprietary operating systems like Microsoft Windows and provides an easy and powerful graphical environment, office suite, games and more. It is a secure and virus-free experience with brand new releases full of major improvements every six months all for free (both in terms of cost, and ability to change the underlying code to suit your own needs)." Frank -- msn: frankly3d skype: frankly3d Mailing-List Reply to: Mailing-List Still Learning, Unicode where possible -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

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Linux Distros that don't suck

by Rahul Sundaram

Hi http://tech.nocr.at/tech/linux-distros-that-dont-suck-2/ "Fedora - The big boy on the block, and by big boy I don’t mean popularity, I mean in size. Fedora comes chalked with what seems like every application ever made. Although to some this might be nothing more than bloat, to others it’s a full and complete experience. Install Fedora and you pretty much have every open source application that is useful at your finger tips. If you have never experienced Linux before this is a great distro to get your feet wet with." Rahul

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