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DVD-Guides.com - Fedora Review
by Marc Wiriadisastra 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

"Usage First impression / Looks The first think I noticed after booting Fedora for the first time is the amazing new look. Fedora is one of the distros that didn't care about looks originally but with the two last releases they have done a great job." http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/224/104/ Quite a nice review. Cheers, Marc

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3 new introductions
by Max Spevack 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

All, I'd like to introduce 3 new additions to Fedora Marketing List: Leigh Day, Kerrin Catallozzi, and Caroline Kazmierski. Leigh Day is the director of Corporate Communications at Red Hat. She is the overall point person for all of Red Hat's PR and communications efforts. Kerrin Catallozzi works for Leigh, and has helped with the Fedora press releases and such for the last few releases. Finally, Caroline Kazmierski is Fedora's main resource for media outreach -- all of the articles that get published each release are because of her tireless work in setting up conversations between Fedora folks and reporters, and helping to make sure all of that gets coordinated. In particular, Jack Aboutboul and I have worked with the three of them quite a bit, and there was no good reason why they weren't on fedora-marketing-list, where they will be able to get a closer feel to how the community side of Fedora marketing works, and hopefully we can all work together better. Just wanted to make some introductions, so that their names would have some context around them for those of you who don't already know them. Thank you all, Max

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Does Fedora 8 deserve intellectual welfare
by Marc Wiriadisastra 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

"Fedora 8 came out today and quite frankly, it sucks. I’m a Fedora user and I run Fedora on about 10 servers right now, including this one that hosts Dvorak Uncensored. But even though I’m a fan I think that it’s time to end the intellectual welfare that all the Linux reviewers give it and raise the bar to the same standards that commercial software is judged by. What is that standard you ask? It’s the standard of “does it work”. My conclusion - no - it doesn’t. Fedora 8 is broken." It seems like a rant more than anything from my point of view. Some valid points but overall a rant. http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=14453 http://www.digg.com/linux_unix/Dvorak_Uncensored_Fedora_8_Sucks Cheers Marc

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Distribution List Inquiry
by Markus McLaughlin 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

How do I get on the distribution list? I want to mail off 100 Fedora 8 Live CDs by late January! This will be my first foray into helping Fedora out and putting in a small "plug" for LinuxGlobe as well. I have to limit the mailings to New England USA, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. I want to help Fedora because it is the best OS out there. Public Awareness is key to continued success for Fedora, LinuxGlobe can help in this manner. My hope for Fedora 9 is a MAC-Like Interface in the GNOME part and a Vista-Like Interface for the KDE part. Of course, original innovations are also desired like a Calendar widget accessed from the top menu or a news/sports/stock ticker that is also a hot key application when the cursor moves over it. Congratulation on "Werewolf!" Onward and forward!!! Mark McLaughlin / linuxglobe.wordpress.com / Hudson, MA

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Video: Fedora 8 highlights
by Rahul Sundaram 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Hi Chitlesh, a free ad for FEL... ;-) http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/11/08/video-fedora-8-highlights/ "Fedora 8 has gone live, and we’ve got a short video that gives some background on the release, specifically the new custom spins." Rahul

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Fedora 8 (Werewolf) Shows it's Fangs
by Marc Wiriadisastra 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

"Red Hat's Fedora today debuted a major new release that in many ways offers more than any previous version of the community Linux effort. That's because Fedora 8, codenamed "Werewolf," is actually more than just a single release of a single distribution. In addition to a myriad of new features, the release offers at least four different custom versions, or "spins" as Fedora calls them. The spins included in the Fedora 8 release offer packages targeted to specific users like developers and even game players." http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3709946 Digg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_8_Werewolf_Shows_Its_Fangs Cheers, Marc

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Easily Contribute to Fedora and Open Source
by Marc Wiriadisastra 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

"I was looking over the Fedora website today as I was downloading the just released Fedora 8 Werewolf, and noticed that they have a free media program. This is intended for people who don't have the bandwidth to download Fedora, or those who can't afford it. It can be found here." http://happylinuxthoughts.blogspot.com/2007/11/easily-contribute-to-fedora-… Digg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Easily_Contribute_to_Fedora_and_Open_Source Cheers, Marc

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Fedora 8 Preview: Werewolf Unleashed
by Marc Wiriadisastra 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

"So its here .. The Werewolf unleashed and the oldest company in Linux world Red Hat has launched a new version of Fedora ..So lets take a quick view of it …" http://tuxenclave.wordpress.com/2007/11/09/fedora-8-preview-werewolf-unleas… Digg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_8_Preview_Werewolf_Unleased Cheers, Marc

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fedora-8-review: Lunapark 6
by Marc Wiriadisastra 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

"The most disappointing aspect about the release would be its finicky installer. Sure if you have certain hardware, you may never go through the troubles I encountered, but my setup is hardly what you would call esoteric. Yet, I did have to jump through hurdles just to get the system up and running. Both of my test computers, Big Bertha (AMD 64 +3000, Nvidia 6600, 2 GB RAM, 19” Samsung 192n monitor and Soundblaster Audigy) and Mount Doona (AMD X2 +4400, 2 GB RAM, 24” Samsung 244T), were unable to install via the normal installation mode and had to use the text installation mode. Furthermore, once the main text installation was completed, the final stage (where normal users are added) were not available for me." http://lunapark6.com/fedora-8-review.html Digg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Review_of_Fedora_8_with_install_notes_for_Compiz… Cheers, Marc

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Werewolf: Fedora's Redeemer?
by Marc Wiriadisastra 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

"To those who doesn’t know, Fedora was once considered the most important and popular Linux distribution before PCLOS and Ubuntu. However, a series of unpopular releases evidently affected its excellent reputation. Even Eric S. Raymond, one of the most famous hacker and author publicly expressed his disgust with Fedora by sending the infamous “you blew it” letter to a number of Linux-related publications and mailing lists. It certainly added insult to injury." http://junauza.blogspot.com/2007/11/werewolf-fedoras-redeemer.html Digg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Werewolf_Fedora_s_Redeemer Cheers, Marc

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