marketing July 2007

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Request to Use Fedora Logo for GITEX 2007
by John Babich 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

To Whom It May Concern: I am putting together a Fedora presence for GITEX 2007. Red Hat Europe is providing the Fedora Project with a dedicated demo pod, complete with large sign. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/GITEX for a description of the Fedora event. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/GitexExampleSign for a mockup of the sign. Note that the color scheme and the design of the banner is based on an example provided by Red Hat. Red Hat will produce the sign for the demo pod. Best Regards, John Babich Volunteer, Fedora Project

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Fedora stats offer insight into Linux usage
by Rahul Sundaram 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Hi, http://www.linux.com/feature/118197 Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier talks with Fedora's Max Spevack about some recently released statistics. "The Fedora Project offered a peek under its kimono recently with details about Fedora 7 adoption and other statistics. Fedora 7 has snagged more than 300,000 users since its release at the end of May. While that sounds pretty good, Fedora Core 6 managed to attract more than 400,000 in roughly the same amount of time after its release. We asked Max Spevack, the Fedora project leader, whether the numbers are telling the full story." Rahul

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Fedora at GITEX 2007 (42 Days to Go)
by John Babich 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

There are 42 days left before GITEX in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Here is a quick update: Red Hat is being very supportive. They are providing the Fedora Project with a dedicated demo pod. One urgent task is to submit the design for the large demo pod sign. The Fedora Project will have the opportunity to show Fedora 7 in action booting on a laptop, from a live CD and from a USB stick. We hope to give out a few hundred Fedora live CDS and explain how to spin custom versions with Revisor. Since this is a commercial exhibition, we will be explaining open source concepts to members of the business community, and dispelling myths surrounding free and open source software. We also will assist in demonstrating the OLPC XO laptop. This is a great opportunity to expose government representatives from Africa, the Middle East and Asia to the One Laptop Per Child Project. What we desperately need is people willing to commit a few hours to man the booth, answer questions, do demos and show the Fedora Project at its finest. Please contact me any which way you can if you are interested. See the Fedora at GITEX wiki page (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/GITEX) for more details. John Babich Volunteer. Fedora Project

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linuxglobe's mission and Fedora
by Markus McLaughlin 24 Jul '07

24 Jul '07

Hello fellow Fedorians AND fellow Linux Users/Developers! My name is Mark McLaughlin, I have loved Fedora since Core 5 and can not WAIT to try out 8! I am a writer and a "super user" who dabbles in Fedora, MAC OS X, and once used the dreaded Windoze XP. I been a fan of the UK's Linux Format magazine for over a year now and I have not seen ANY American counterpart so I started linuxglobe.net / linuxglobe.wordpress.com, a pdf-based e-magazine slash linux torrent portal to convert frustrated Windoze Users and regular folks into Linux Users and Developers! I want to spread the word about this very ambitious project and I chose Fedora as linuxglobe's MAIN OS, I see its potential as it gets better AND better. What I ultimately want to do is to have a national North American magazine with a free DVD attached, published with Fedora 9 that has themes made for it by linuxglobe subscribers and/or fans using GIMP, GIMPshop, or Inkscape. I am sick and tired of seeing the hideous Steve Ballmer at Microsoft grinning every time Vista makes a profit! It is time to show regular folks that Linux is here for THEM too and we will make it easier for them to use on any computer they have! What Fedora should have is how-to documents/videos in a "folder" on everything like setting a wireless network, installing a printer, finding photos/music/videos, etc. Fedora 8 and beyond must have optional features that are good equivalents to itunes, iphoto, imovie, the Vista sidebar, the MAC "bar," a news ticker, improvements to the upcoming "codec buddy," an updated Skype interface, voice recognition, better text to speech software for the blind, improvements to ogg theora, and a combined KDE/GNOME interface. These are just many improvements I like to see in Fedora in the months to come. Fedora can help linuxglobe by finding one person willing to test every release out and have a review of it ready a few weeks after the initial debut. It is very important that Fedora keeps improving and always putting in features a User would want to have through free software. Please consider what I propose, I would like to spread the word about Fedora in Boston where there are SO many college students and regular folks who want to use a computer but don't know what's out there. What can be done out here to have Fedora mentioned and distributed? Should I invest a small amount to spread the word about Fedora in the Boston Globe? All we need is the web site name and a catchy phrase! Any ideas about that? Should I go out to some major event around here and give out free Fedora DVDs? Mark McLaughlin - Editor-In-Chief, linuxglobe.wordpress.com - Fedora User / Writer

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Post-introduction (some 2 years late) ...
by Bryan Smith 22 Jul '07

22 Jul '07

I've been on the list some 2 years, and I've never introduced myself. It's not really that I want to introduce myself now, but rather make some statements/clarifications that those running this list should be aware of. First off, I joined in 2005 August following interest in the logo. I raised some legal considerations that the time (which caused some negative interest) and I pretty much been a lurker "on and off" since. Secondly off, I never put forth the effort to become a "Fedora Ambassador" myself, of which I hope does not disqualify myself from being on this list. I have pitched the same idea to other groups (e.g., LPI for their Alumni) because I think it's a good avenue. Third, I joined a Linux vendor this past week, so I don't think I can be an impartial Fedora Ambassador in the future, at least not while I'm at this company. Again, following the second point, let me know if this disqualifies myself from being on this list. I won't talk about my history except as stated in my signature ... "Professional, Technical Annoyance." That and the disclaimer that I've made 90% of my salary/billables on Red Hat solutions over the last 12 years. I.e., I'm your typical, American Libertarian capitalist pig who probably wouldn't be here if it didn't make me so rich. ;) -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------------- Fission Power: An Inconvenient Solution

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an very brief introduction of me
by Mark F. Liu 22 Jul '07

22 Jul '07

Hi all, My name is Mark F. Liu. I am from China and would like to join the Fedora Marketing project. The guy, whose Fedora project name is bbbush, introduced me to come. Thanks. Mark F. Liu

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Who can help?
by Mark F. Liu 22 Jul '07

22 Jul '07

Hi all, I have requested membership in the marketing group, but this membership needs be approved. That would be grateful, if some people can help me. BTW, could someone tell me what would be the top mission of marketing group? Thanks. Mark F. Liu

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Fedora Logo
by Fabian Affolter 20 Jul '07

20 Jul '07

Hi all, On Monday I've sent a request for the Fedora Logo because the organization team of a event in Switzerland needs SVG for printing their booklets. Is this address logo(a)fedoraproject.org still valid? Regards, Fabian

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Volunteers needed for GITEX (8-12 September)
by John Babich 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Fedora Ambassadors and Fedorans everywhere: I am doing my best to get a Fedora presence in the Red Hat EMEA booth at GITEX, being held this year on 8-12 September. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/GITEX for details. There is now less than 2 months to GITEX and the clock is ticking... There has been some interest shown by Red Hat EMEA in letting us share their booth. I will be following up in the next few days. This is being held in Dubai, UAE. I am assuming there will be some Fedorans among the over 100,000 expected visitors. (If there aren't, we're in big trouble <grin>). I can use all the help I can get to man the booth, answer questions, produce and distribute live CDs, etc. If you are attending GITEX this year and can spare some time to help out, I think it will be a productive and fun time for all involved. Please sign up at the above link if you have wiki access. If not, contact me any which way you can. John Babich Volunteer, Fedora Project

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Linus Torvalds: Fedora User
by Rodrigo Padula 19 Jul '07

19 Jul '07

Interview with Linus Torvalds A curiosity: which is your favourite distribution, and which on e do you consider more secure? I don't really tend to care much, I've changed distributions over the years, and to me the most important thing tends to be that they are easy to install and upgrade, and allow me to do the only part I really care about - the kernel. So the only major distribution I've never used has actually been Debian, exactly because that has traditionally been harder to install. Which sounds kind of strange, since Debian is also considered to be the "hard-core technical" distribution, but that's literally exactly what I personally do * not* want in a distro. I'll take the nice ones with simple installers etc, because to me, that's the whole and only point of using a distribution in the first place. So I've used SuSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, YDL (I ran my main setup on PowerPC-based machines for a while, and YDL - Yellow Dog Linux - ended up the easiest choice). Right now, most of my machines seem to have Fedora 7 on then, but that's only a statement of fact, not meant to be that I think it's necessarily "better" than the other distros. Link:http://www.oneopensource.it/interview-linus-torvalds/

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