update sfd2008 Nicaragua
by Neville A. Cross
Hello,
I wanted to share that the team SFD2008 Nicaragua has been awarded as
best event world wide [1]. I posted a short note after the event
saying that Fedora Project was highly visible because all 64 computers
on the event were running fedora. That was 40 computers at the
workshops, 15 computers at the game area, 8 computers for registration
and 1 more for the conference hall. Most of them also have a fedora
sticker on the border of the display.
best regards to all of you.
[1] http://softwarefreedomday.org/Competition2008
--
Neville
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Yn1v
Linux User # 473217
15 years, 4 months
Fedora Hosted Project ??
by Frederic Hornain
Dear *,
Does someone know if the "Fedora Hosted Project" is a project in itself or
is it part of more global project.?
For my part, I think it is a great idea. Congratulation !
Best Regards
Frederic
15 years, 4 months
Fedora conference co-located with Linux Symposium?
by Matt Domsch
Andrew Hutton caught me online earlier today and asked if Fedora would
be interested in hosting a conference of any size, to run concurrent
with the Linux Symposium (previously held in Ottawa) in Montreal 13-17
July 2009). Plenty of space is available for a 2-day concurrent
conference, and he's working on chartered busses from several (nearby)
cities such as Boston, Ottawa, and Toronto to ease getting to
Montreal.
This wouldn't be a Fedora 12 planning FUDCon as we've traditionally
had such, given that mid-July is pretty late for such assuming we get
back to our May 1 / October 31 release schedule. But it could be an
opportunity for Fedora-specific side-tracks to LS, or a hackfest, or
any number of ways to use the time and space. If we had 2 days and
space for 100+ people in Montreal that week,, how could we use it?
I'd like an interested Ambassador to step up and volunteer to run such
an event. Volunteers?
Thanks,
Matt
15 years, 4 months
Recording FUDCon Audio
by Clint Savage
I'm not really sure where to start this conversation, so I thought I'd
at least start here and see where it goes.
I've recently purchased a new 8channel mixer for the local Utah Open
Source Foundation (UTOS)[1] which I run. We record and stream[2] as
many of the Local User Groups (LUGs)[3] we can in the area. We also
podcast[4] them afterward as well.
At the last FUDCon, I did a little bit of streaming on our UTOS
streaming server and even podcasted one on Fedora TV (remember that?).
This year, with this mixer, I'd like to take the time to stream and
record audio for at least all of the classes that I can attend as well
as Paul's keynote. I understand there may be desire to video record
this presentation as well, and I wonder what plans, if any, there are
in place already.
The thought I had was possibly to request resources from
infrastructure to build a icecast streaming server with FAS
authentication (maybe) and use that. If that fails, I can still use
the UTOS streaming server.
Anyway, lend your thoughts.
Cheers,
Clint
1 - http://utos.org
2 - http://stream.utos.org:8080
3 - http://blog.utos.org/utah-tech-groups/
4 - http://podcast.utos.org
15 years, 4 months
Fedora Elections - Important Information
by Nigel Jones
Hi Ambassadors,
It seems that my original e-mail did not transmit correctly and I do not wish to take away your opportunity to vote in your own elections!
There is still approximately 10 days to vote (until 20th Dec 2359 UTC).
Regards,
Nigel Jones
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Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2008 10:06:46 AM GMT +10:00 Brisbane
Subject: Fedora Elections - Important Information
Hi Everyone,
The elections for the Fedora Board, Fedora Engineering Steering
Committee (FESCo) and the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee (FAmSCo)
are now live (as of 0000 UTC on 7th December 2008) and will run until
2359 UTC on 20th December 2008.
All groups have chosen to use the Range Voting method
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting).
Ballots may be cast on the Fedora Elections System at
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting. If this is the first time you've
used the voting system, please refer to the Fedora Elections Guide,
currently located at http://nigelj.fedorapeople.org/feg/.
Fedora Board Election:
----------------------
This election, the Fedora Board is electing two candidates and will
appoint another two members.
Vacating the seats on the board this election are Matt Domsch, Jef
Spaleta, Bill Nottingham and Karsten Wade.
Christopher Aillon was announced as the board's first appointee with the
second to be decided after the election.
The candidates for this election, in no particular order are:
Matt Domsch (mdomsch)
Dimitris Glezos (glezos)
Michael DeHaan (mpdehaan)
Josh Boyer (jwb)
David Cantrell (dcantrell)
Jon Stanley (jds2001)
Bill Nottingham (notting)
To vote, you must have a signed Contributor License Agreement (CLA).
Vote Here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/boardf11
Townhall Logs:
*
http://mdomsch.fedorapeople.org/fedora-townhalls/2008-12-04-Board/fedora-...
*
http://mdomsch.fedorapeople.org/fedora-townhalls/2008-12-05-Board/fedora-...
Fedora Engineering Steering Committee Election:
-----------------------------------------------
For this election, FESCo will be electing four candidates to sit on the
committee.
Vacating the seats on FESCo this election are Jarod Wilson, Josh Boyer,
Karsten Hopp, and Jon Stanley.
The candidates for this election, in no particular order are:
Josh Boyer (jwb)
Dan Horák (sharkcz)
Dominik Mierzejewski (rathann)
Jon Stanley (jds2001)
Jarod Wilson (jwilson)
To vote, you must have a signed Contributor License Agreement (CLA) and
be a member of any other group.
Vote Here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/fescof11
Townhall Log:
*
http://mdomsch.fedorapeople.org/fedora-townhalls/2008-12-05-FESCo/fedora-...
Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee Election:
-----------------------------------------------
This election FAmSCo will be electing all 7 seats on the committee.
These seats were previously held by Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira, Thomas
Canniot, Francesco Ugolini, Fabian Affolter, Jeffrey Tadlock, Andreas
Rau and John Babich.
The candidates for this election, in no particular order are:
Sandro Mathys (red_alert)
Rodrigo Padula (RodrigoPadula)
Joerg Simon (kital)
Max Spevack (spevack)
Larry Cafiero (lcafiero)
Hector Gonzalez (hagr182)
Susmit Shannigrahi (susmit)
Francesco Ugolini (fugolini)
David Nalley (ke4qqq)
Thomas Canniot (MrTom)
To vote, you must be a member of the ambassadors group in the Fedora
Account System.
Vote Here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting/about/famscof11
Townhall Log:
*
http://mdomsch.fedorapeople.org/fedora-townhalls/2008-12-06-FAMSCo/fedora...
***
I'd also like to point out the following from Paul Frields' announcement
for the June 2008 Board Election:
"I'd like everyone voting to remember that this isn't a popularity
contest, or a reward system. Think about how you'd like to Board to look
when you vote, the same way you think about how you'd like any
government body to look when you cast votes for their elections. We have
a lot of worthy candidates on this list, and you should pick the ones
that you feel will best represent you in advancing the Fedora Project.
This is one of numerous ways in which our community makes decisions
about the leadership of Fedora. Your vote counts, and I hope you take
advantage of it."
***
This advice is still valid, not just for the Fedora Board election but
for all three elections.
Regards,
Nigel Jones
Fedora Election Admin
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15 years, 4 months
emea thoughts
by Max Spevack
All of the bitterness around the Fedora EMEA non-profit is really
causing me a lot of sadness.
I want all of you to stop for a moment and think about the series of
events that have gotten us to where we are today:
(1) The Fedora community in Europe -- guys like Gerold, Sandro, Robert,
Christoph, Jeroen, Joerg, Pawel, Dimitris, etc. etc. (I'm sorry if I
left your name out) established itself as the most proactive &
resourceful regional community that we had in Fedora.
(2) Recognizing the need to increase that support, we (temporarily)
relocated me to Europe so that we could ensure that there was an even
stronger connection between our EMEA community leaders and Red Hat, and
so that when I eventually move back to the US, the personal connections
that we all formed back at FOSDEM in 2007 and LinuxTag 2007 have carried
through from a year of us seeing each other at smaller events, spending
FAD together, starting a process by which we have a FUDCon in EMEA each
year, etc.
When I head back to the US, it is *critically important* to me that the
community in EMEA will continue to thrive. I believe that the
non-profit is an important piece of this, because it will make the local
creation and distribution of materials and swag an easier process than
it was in the past.
(3) The non-profit, I repeat again, is a LEGAL TOOL that helps make it
easier for Red Hat to spend money for Fedora in Europe.
Can we all at least agree that these three things are true, and that our
collective goal is to continue to strengthen our community in the
region, as well as the personal relationships that we have all formed?
============
I am convinced that as soon as possible, the non-profit should eliminate
the idea of "members" all together, and have its official size be
exactly the minimum needed to maintain its legal status so that it can
continue in its primary mission, which is as a trusted place for Fedora
resources to be held.
Similarly, if there are *any* concerns about the transparency of
Fedora's spending, I encourage you to *ask me directly*. I can tell you
exactly how much money was spent at each event we have held that came
out of the Fedora budget.
Finally, as I said yesterday, anyone who would like their 128 EUR
membership fee back simply needs to ask, and we will refund it, no hard
feelings.
============
There is a lot of good work to be done promoting Fedora and open source
in Europe. I continue to be proud of the community that we have built
here, both in terms of what it achieves, but also because when I see
everyone together at events, it really feels like a group of friends.
I hate to see people pulled apart, arguing about something (the
non-profit) that is simply meant to be a tool to make all of our lives
easier.
So please, let's focus on what is positive, and important.
We all recognize that we need to change the "membership" structure of
Fedora EMEA e.V., and we will do so.
But unless there are other major problems with the way things are being
handled across Europe, let's put this to rest and all move on, and
remember what brings us together.
We've had a large number of events in multiple countries. We continue
to expand into new areas -- see the latest reports today about Fedora in
Kyrgyzstan thanks to Joerg Simon and Mirlan.
We had an incredible FUDCon in Brno, and we've started planning next
year's FUDCon.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConEMEA2009
And we have a brand new Fedora release, which is excellent, that we
should be focusing on.
Thank you for your time.
--Max
15 years, 4 months
F10 usage problems
by Ayush Maheshwari
hi all,
I've installed F10 on my desktop.When i used to use F8 or F9 i login with
"root" account but since i've installed, it denies me as an root
user(although, password is correct) but when i login with other account it
grants me the permission.
I'd like to login as a privileged user ,please help me to make it happen?
Another problem i am encountering is that Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 is not
displaying the progress bar.
Ayush Maheshwari,
hakmn(a)fedoraproject.org
hakmn.blogspot.com
15 years, 4 months
