Re: [fedora-arm] Pidora 2014 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Release - DNS Resolved

[Andrew Greene]

We recently released Pidora 2014 as may already know if you received the initial
announcement we sent out last week, however there was a Pidora.ca DNS issue which
unfortunately disrupted the availability of the image. This issue has been resolved and
you will now be able to access the latest release of Pidora 2014.


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From: Andrew Greene [andrew.greene(a)senecacollege.ca]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 11:48 PM
To: arm(a)lists.fedoraproject.org; Eben Upton; Gordon Hollingworth; ostep-team; Ruth Suehle;
John Selmys; Andrew Scheller; Andrea Veri; billycrook(a)gmail.com; Rob Bishop;
dowdle(a)montanalinux.org
Subject: Pidora 2014 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Release

Pidora 2014 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Release

We're excited to announce the release of Pidora 2014 --
an optimized Fedora Remix for the Raspberry Pi.
It is based on a brand new build of Fedora for the ARMv6
architecture with greater speed and includes packages
from the Fedora 20 package set.

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There are some interesting new features we'd like to highlight:

* Rootfs-Resize now works with logical partitions
* Raspberrypi kernel-devel package has been added
* New Pidora 2014 splash screen
* New Pidora logos
* Improved Headless Mode can be used with setups lacking a
    monitor or display
* Much faster boot speed
* Faster and smoother graphical usability, with Xorg fbturbo driver
* Almost all of the Fedora 20 package set available via yum
    (thousands of packages were built from the official Fedora
    repository and made available online)
* Compiled specifically to take advantage of the hardware already
    built into the Raspberry Pi
* Graphical firstboot configuration (with additional modules
    specifically made for the Raspberry Pi)
* Compact initial image size (for fast downloads) and auto-resize
    (for maximum storage afterwards)
* Auto swap creation available to allow for larger memory usage
* C, Python, & Perl programming languages available & included
    in the SD card image
* IP address information can be read over the speakers and
    flashed with the LED light
* For graphical operation, Gedit text editor can be used with
    plugins (python console, file manager, syntax highlighting)
    to serve as a mini-graphical IDE
* For console operation, easy-to-use text editors are included
    (nled, nano, vi) plus Midnight Commander for file management
* Includes libraries capable of supporting external hardware
    such as motors and robotics (via GPIO, I2C, SPI)

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For further documentation, downloads, faq's, read-me's,
    how-to's, tutorials, or videos:
        http://pidora.ca/

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Pidora 2014 is a Fedora Remix -- a combination of software packages
from the Fedora Project with other software.

The Fedora Project is a global community of contributors working
to advance open source software. For more information or to join
the Fedora Project, see http://fedoraproject.org

Pidora is a project of the Seneca Centre for Development of Open
Technology (CDOT). To connect with CDOT, please visit
http://cdot.senecacollege.ca

The Raspberry Pi is a small, inexpensive computer board designed
to provoke curiosity and experimentation in programming and
computer electronics. For more information, see the Raspberry
Pi Foundation website at http://raspberrypi.org

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The CDOT team at Seneca College