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Re: Progress on my Introducing Fedora article
by Stephen Davies 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

Markus, Good luck with your club in the Hudson Area. I am sure there are a few grey haired ex DEC employees who would be interested in joining. However, have you checked out the local LUG (Linux User Group). There are several in MA with the oldest being the Boston Group (Formerly Boston Computer Society). Good Luck in promoting FC6. In my local Lug (HantsLug) it is a bit of an an uphill battle against the majority who seem for some strange reason to prefer distros like Debian and Ubuntu (sigh) however I do get some envious looks when they see me running DB2, Oracle and WebSphere on my FCn systems.(If only IBM would sort out the threading libraries for MQ...) Stephen Davies

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Progress on my Introducing Fedora article
by Markus McLaughlin 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

> Hello Folks! > > I am writing the Introducing Fedora article this weekend and I hope > to have it ready for > review on Sunday Evening. I am using OpenOffice Writer as my word > processor, I > always use Open Source software for any task I have to perform. FC6 > will be ready in > 3 days, I hope all goes well. I would like to request a Free Media > DVD from Thomas > Chung to avoid trying to download a torrent on a slow DSL line. I > want to create a > Computer Club in my hometown of Hudson, MA. I have to purchase a 50 > pack of > DVD+Rs so I can distribute FC6 to everyone who joins my club. I'm > applying for > Fedora Ambassador this weekend as well. Wish me luck! :D > > Mark McLaughlin - marknetproductionsentrance.blogspot.com > (I sent it to the wrong address, sorry! :(

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Re: fedora-docs-list Digest, Vol 32, Issue 16
by Markus McLaughlin 15 Oct '06

15 Oct '06

Hello Folks! I am writing the Introducing Fedora article this weekend and I hope to have it ready for review on Sunday Evening. I am using OpenOffice Writer as my word processor, I always use Open Source software for any task I have to perform. FC6 will be ready in 3 days, I hope all goes well. I would like to request a Free Media DVD from Thomas Chung to avoid trying to download a torrent on a slow DSL line. I want to create a Computer Club in my hometown of Hudson, MA. I have to purchase a 50 pack of DVD+Rs so I can distribute FC6 to everyone who joins my club. I'm applying for Fedora Ambassador this weekend as well. Wish me luck! :D Mark McLaughlin - marknetproductionsentrance.blogspot.com

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Edward Gantt
by edward.gantt＠att.net 13 Oct '06

13 Oct '06

pub 1024D/B272018C 2006-10-12 [expires: 2007-10-12] Key fingerprint = B139 14B9 FAE4 A88A 0E6A A1B9 C55A C7F1 B272 018C uid Edward Gantt (fasteddie) <edward.gantt(a)att.net> sub 2048g/E2E41DD7 2006-10-12 [expires: 2007-10-12] 1. Full Legal Name: Edward A. Gantt 2. City,Country: Rocklin, CA, USA 3. Status: Student, although I am presently setting up a consulting business. Check out http://www.infotechsource.biz for more details. I welcome comments about this website. 4. I am going to Heald College in Roseville, CA, studying computer security. 5. My goals: a. Writing documentation experience I could show to a prospective employer. b. Experience with participation on a team. One can't be a success in life being a "lone ranger." c. Making a contribution in the Linux community. Instead of complaining, I would like to do something. 6. My interests: a. Phone modem wireless communication from virtually anywhere using a Linux platform. b. Using Linux for entertainment, i.e. MP3 playback. c. Making Linux applications and data port over to Microsoft Windows environments. 7. My skills: a. I possess elementary word-processing, spreadsheet, and database skills. b. I know basic Linux commands. c. I am able to work from a standalone laptop PC with a solo FC4 OS. d. I can access the Internet from my FC4 laptop either at a coffee shop or at home. e. I believe that I am a good writer because I have done well in my English composition classes. f. My technical experience is mainly electronic instrumentation calibration and repair. I have written manual test procedures and have tested them. Some of the test software I used was based a UNIX platform g. I know a little bit about QBasic programming associated with MS-DOS. h. I have assembled and have repaired network coaxial cables. I also know how to make CAT5 cables. i. I am CompTIA A+ certified and Novell CNA certified. 8. Conclusion: I believe that participation in a Linux Project would be a rich and rewarding experience to supplement my educational experience at Heald College. I also think that Linux needs to be more competitive in the United States as far as the PC business is concerned, so I would like to help. In my view, this business seems to be dominated by Apple and Microsoft although this situation in all likelihood should change. I will do the best I can. I promise to remain humble because I don't know every thing. I will try to be respectful to all, so let me know how to address you in a manner that suits you. Best regards to all, Edward Gantt (just calling me Ed is ok)

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Publish Queue
by Paul W. Frields 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Hi folks, Just FYI, I know there have been requests piling up in the wiki PublishQueue. I have had to switch laptops three times in the past week, between a hardware failure and Rawhide testing, so I haven't had time to reinstall my web sandbox (part of the requirements to do publishing, so I can test the results before pushing to the real site). I am going to have semi-stability for the next couple of weeks now, so expect some of those things to be cleared out shortly. -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project Board: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board Fedora Docs Project: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject

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LOA Needed
by Robert 'Bob' Jensen 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

I will be needing a temporary LOA from things. My father died at 08:35 UTC Oct 11, 2006 at the age of 80. He died from a massive cranial bleed. He did not suffer long. Thank you all for your help and time put in to the release notes, please help Karsten and Paul in making sure we don't miss a beat. Bob -- Robert 'Bob' Jensen * * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BobJensen gpg fingerprint: F9F4 7243 4243 0043 2C45 97AF E8A4 C3AE 42EB 0BC6 Fedora Docs Projects FDSCo http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject

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Tasks updated from FDSCo meeting 10-Oct-2006
by Karsten Wade 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

Sorry, I spent too much of our time today on trying to grasp something about PO, POT, and CVS. You can see the latest notes on our tasks here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/SteeringCommittee/TaskSchedule * Installation Guide going in for final translation * Desktop User Guide to be announced as open draft for FC6 release * Working out updates for fedora-release-notes package following release ciao - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, RHCE, 108 Editor ^ Fedora Documentation Project Sr. Developer Relations Mgr. | fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject quaid.108.redhat.com | gpg key: AD0E0C41 ////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

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Problem with a localized html version of FC6 release notes
by Nikos Charonitakis 11 Oct '06

11 Oct '06

In a rawhide system with Greek locale there is a report that when a user clicks on release notes link (welcome page) an English version of release notes appears. Although there is a html file containing Greek release notes, FireFox opens the wrong file... Is this a problem with other locales or Greek specific? Can we do something? Nikos

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Translation of Inst. Guide v. 1.35 into Italian Language, .po and CVS
by g.caruso＠fedoraserver.org 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

Hi at all. I translated Installation Guide v. 1.35 into Italian Guide (completed), and I commit to the CVS (fedora-docs) my it.po and my Makefile. A built is available in the following URL (draft): http://www.fedoraserver.org/files/fedora_po/fedora-install-guide-it/index.h… Best Regards, Guido.-

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Re: fedora-docs-list Digest, Vol 32, Issue 11
by Markus McLaughlin 10 Oct '06

10 Oct '06

This is going to be fun, Fedora Core is my favourite OS from all the ones I tried over the years, but I always come back to RH/FC. I mainly write screenplays and prose but I haven't been produced yet so maybe through this Docs project, I will get more recognition from peers and maybe FC will be used more after version 6. I definitely think so. What is the best open source screen capture tool for the MAC? I visited an Open Source MAC Software site, I forget the name of it. Even on a MAC, I try to find open source apps/utilities. I'm applying for Fedora Ambassador next week so I can explore how best to promote FC in my town of Hudson, MA. Mark McLaughlin

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