Selling systems with Fedora preloaded.
by Gain Paolo Mureddu
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I posted this on http//www.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=86543
and at Rahul Sundaram's suggestion/request I'm posting this here also.
The verbatim copy of the posted test follows:
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A friend of mine for whom I built a system, recently approached me and
asked me why didn't I started selling Linux based PCs... My primary
field of work is not system building or integration, but what moved
the most was what he said regarding the predominant position or a
certain company from north-western US, and I'm like (sarcastic)
"Yeah, let's sell Wallmart's $300 USD PCs! Jeeze!" That started a
discution which turned into a plausible plan to kickstart (or at least
try to, anyway) a company, however I have some questions. Anyway I'm
affraid I may end up sending a couple e-mails to the lawyers in Red
Hat to better grasp this.
Well the plan is simply that: Build and put together Linux PCs and
then sell them. That's the basic idea. Now I've got some questions:
*) How far could we (if we walk down this path, anyway) modify the
default Fedora installation to better fit customers? (installing some
Extras packages and maybe Flash/RealPlayer/mPlayer/Xine; 32-bit apps
for backwards compatibility on 64-bit Linux boxes)
*) As far as Look'n'Feel go, would there be problems if the default
desktop settings are changed a bit (theme, icon set, color schemes)?
*) Even though Fedora does not ship with them, could we be able to
deliver the built systems with all necesary drivers, provided a
warning in the manual that stated the drivers are not part of the
distro DVD the customers will get, with instructions on how to get
them and install them?
*) The cost of the systems would be based only on the price for the
hardware, being the software totally free, and possibly a small fee
for support (for instance 30 bucks for 6 months of extended support
and installation help). We've not completely outlined the systems we'd
be offering, but they'd all be x86_64 based (and we yet have to decide
whether to install 64-bit versions or 32-bit of the OS).
I know we could be using other distributions which would allow us to
have the systems installed that way, but we'd like to stay with Fedora
(since we both use Fedora and like it above other distros). We are
aware of the legal issues surrounding applications, especially
multimedia apps, I'm more worried about hardware dirvers and the like,
though. We are also pondering (if the multimedia apps is such a
pitfall) to only provide in the documentation instructions on how to
install such programs, but probably we would like to know also if
there would be any problems by having other repositories (like Livna)
configured in the systems.
I appreciate your comments and I'm very excited about this project.
Maybe we could manage to at least place Linux a bit higher down here
in Mex. Though we are thinking on offering pretty much higher-end
systems and probably Workstations.
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I know that this may bring some legal issues. But first I feel
compelled to carify some of what I wrote up there. First and foremost,
the only modifications planned to the "default" installation would be
regarding theme and icons, however not modifying the Red Hat/Fedora
logo for the menu entries (it'd be a custom icon-theme that we plan on
releasing on art-gnome.org, gnome-look.org and if we manage to make
one, an RPM for Extras). No other logos/trademarks would be removed
from the installation.
In the event there would be a problem by providing any of the other
packages (Flash/RealPlayer/etc), how about providing only selected
programs from Extras? Or would the users be required to get the Extras
programs they want from Extras, leaving only a default install of
Core? As I said above, I'm especially worried about device drivers. At
the moment I'm going through all the material there's at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal, just wanted to post this earlier
(while I still read) so you guys cand advise. Thanks.
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17 years, 9 months
Brazilian LiveCD
by Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira
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Fedora Core 4 LiveCD
Created by SERPRO ( Company of Technology - Brazilian Government )
Download:
http://www.serpro.gov.br/arquivosdownload/Fedora4-LiveCD.iso
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RODRIGO PADULA DE OLIVEIRA
(o- BACHAREL EM SISTEMAS DE INFORMAÇÃO
//\ FACULDADE METODISTA GRANBERY - FMG
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PostgreSQL - PHP - Java - Fedora
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Embaixador do Fedora no Brasil
Membro Fundador do Gunix Linux
http://www.gunix.com.br
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17 years, 10 months
RE: CategoryMarketing CategoryMarketing CategoryMarketingCategoryMarketing
by Hornain Frederic
Dear Chris, dear *,
Indeed I was not aware of what has been wrotten by Paul W. at the following URL : http://www.redhat.com/magazine/013nov05/features/bookreview/
I have just objectively listed all Fedora books I knew.
Even if I know I have to reorder it in alphabetical order.
In addition, in reading the Fedora books reviews of Paul W. I noticed I missed one or two.
However, I do not know for the moment if I can include General Linux books.
I am going to ask the question and keep you in touch Chris.
Finally and FYI, I do not think that I can permit myself to rated it.
So maybe, I could contact Paul W. in order to know if he can help me to do it
Does someone know his email address ?
BR
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[mailto:fedora-marketing-list-bounces@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Jesse
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On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 20:44 -0600, Chris Negus wrote:
> Thanks for including a couple of my books in your list. A couple other
> books I have written are based on Fedora. I wasn't sure if you wanted to
> include books that don't have Fedora in the title.
>
> Fedora was the primary distro used in the Linux Troubleshooting Bible.
> Also, for Linux Toys II, which just came out, most of the projects were
> built on FC4 (we included RPMs packaged for Fedora with the book).
Hi Chris. Check out
http://www.redhat.com/magazine/013nov05/features/bookreview/ You'll see
that we (and by we I mean mostly you) get a very favorable review.
Paul, thanks for the writeup!
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17 years, 10 months
Boston FUDCon 2006
by Matthew Miller
We are preliminarily "go" for FUDCon Boston 2006, on April 7th, after
the big LinuxWorld Conference & Expo.
Apparently, that conference has moved to Boston Convention & Exhibition
Center, which isn't quite as convenient to BU as the Hynes Convention Center
(last year's LW Conf&Expo location). However, it's still a relatively easy
trip on public transportation. Well, mostly -- it involves a very short ride
on the Silver Line (which has a stop right at the BCEC), a very short ride
on the Red Line, and a medium-length ride on the Green B Line. (As opposed
to last year's short trip on the Green B Line, or even walking.)
Since we'll have more advance planning this time around, we should be able
to accommodate more people -- probably around 180.
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17 years, 10 months
tshirts
by Dunrite Printing
I was at fedoraforum.org reading about the t-shirts that are available from
expresscafe, and someone referred me to this list.
I am interested in printing t-shirts for fedora. I have been in and out of
the project since it started, and I recently just got back into it with core
4. I am 34 years old, an IT administrator by day, and I own a Screen
Printing business on the side. I have been in the printing industry for
almost ten years, and owned the screen printing business for about 5 years
going on 6. Anyways, this is not a hopeless plug for business, I don't need
additional business, I stay busy enough, but I do believe in the quality of
the shirts my shop can produce, and I want a high quality shirt available
for not only myself, but everyone. You can check out my webpage if you want
to know about my business. Keep in mind I do not update the website or even
sell off it anymore, I normally stick with resellers, schools, fire houses
etc. A couple of my bigger clients right now are Coke and Little Caesars. I
am the screen printer, I have a couple of people that work for me, but there
would be no middleman, and I would be printing the shirts myself, so the
quality would be guaranteed. We could also have other than white colored
t-shirts, since this is a real screen printing process, not an inkjet or
anything like that.
How could I find out more about who I should talk to about printing
t-shirts?
17 years, 10 months
Security features
by Dawid Gajownik
Hi!
I've been reading recently lwn.net and I've found this article →
http://lwn.net/Articles/160380/ I knew about this patch restricting
acces to /dev/mem but I did not know that it prevents rootkits! IMHO
this should be mentioned in the Release Notes:
http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc5/test1-latest-en/#sn-security
Actually, there should be more hype about Fedora's security features¹.
For instance, FC5 uses Stack Smashing Protector. I think that it's worth
mentioning it in the Announcement of Fedora Core 5². Information about
updated KDE, Gnome, kernel, etc. will not encourage users to change the
distribution. I know that it's also important, but only cool new
features may change their decisions :) Without it we will see more
Fedora's reviews similar to this: "The wallpaper is the same. Nothing to
see here, move along." ;)
¹ Yes, I know about SELinux, but why not to tell people about other
technologies?
²
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-November/msg0006...
Regards,
Dawid
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