marketing July 2007

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Misconceptions About Red Hat's Kernel Patches
by Rahul Sundaram 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi Good blog to point to when talking about kernel patches in Fedora. http://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=18195 "Talking with quite a few people at OLS last week, it seems there are still quite a few misconceptions about just how patched various kernels were throughout the history of Red Hat. One particularly egregious statement I heard was 'Early Red Hat kernels had ~2000 patches'. Here's some hard facts on exactly how many patches were in each release." Rahul

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Fedora 7 - A Review
by Rahul Sundaram 04 Jul '07

04 Jul '07

Hi Short review but does mention the new SELinux management tool most reviews haven't looked at. http://shiftbackspace.com/2007/06/10/fedora-7-a-review/ "After writing this entire review while using Fedora 7, I feel much better about it. I am thoroughly impressed by the offering supported in part by Red Hat and the community involved. Unfortunately, the choice to use only non-proprietary software makes this distribution more difficult to use “out-of-the-box”. However, I whole-heartedly commend the Fedora team on ensuring that every aspect involved is within the free and open-source boundaries and any user who wants additional functions can easily get them using the yum installer. Another great thing Fedora has going for it is that so many applications are offered as easy-to-install .rpm (Red Hat package manager) files." Rahul

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Fedora 7.0 Linux distribution: Review in PC Advisor
by Rahul Sundaram 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

Hi "Like everything else, this arrangement is a result of Fedora's focus: Fedora is very Free Software-centric - far more so than Ubuntu, which ships with some proprietary components (including 3D graphics drivers) that Fedora steadfastly eschews on principle." http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=1003&pn=1 Rahul

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PC Advisor: Fedora 7.0 Linux distribution
by Luya Tshimbalanga 03 Jul '07

03 Jul '07

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=1003 "Fedora is solid, and the people who use it and hack on it love it. We think, however, that Ubuntu, because of its different focus, ends up being a more inviting environment for Linux newcomers." It looks like the review is heavily biased toward Ubuntu used as reference. However, it raises some interesting points like the inconsistency of the name of items inside the menu panel. Luya

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Reminder -- Vote in the Fedora Board election
by Max Spevack 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

I would like to remind everyone to vote in the Fedora Board elections, which are currently ongoing. If you are getting this message multiple times, I'm sorry. It's being sent to various lists. The Fedora Board's membership changes on a rotating basis. This election is for 3 of the 9 Fedora Board seats. The Fedora Board is the Fedora Project's "executive committee" and is ultimately accountable for everything that happens within Fedora, and delegates responsibillity to various sub-projects accordingly. Information about the candidates and voting is available here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections Voting will end at 11:59 PM UTC on Sunday July 8th. Anyone who has signed the Fedora CLA is eligible to vote. Thank you, Max -- Max Spevack + http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack + gpg key -- http://spevack.org/max.asc + fingerprint -- CD52 5E72 369B B00D 9E9A 773E 2FDB CB46 5A17 CF21

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Re: rotating banners, first idea
by chasd 02 Jul '07

02 Jul '07

> Here's some mockups, I'm not really happy with any of them right > now but > I need to sleep :) Yes, seeing the banners in context makes a difference. My comments below are meant to be constructive, excuse me if they appear harsh. > - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-1.png (bottom of sidebar) > - feels a little unbalanced but not too bad I actually like this layout the best of the three. I think the reason it seems unbalanced is because of the large white area to the right of the logo and above the title graphic ( I won't call it a banner to avoid confusion ). All layouts need "breathing space" however that top area is prime visual real estate. I think adding a tag line to that area would benefit the layout ( of all the pages, even if no banner is used ). > - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-2.png (along top of page) > - im afraid this is going to be too busy unless the banners are > carefully designed to not stand out in comparison to the main banner. I think the banner is too close to the title graphic, they compete visually. If the separation line between the top part of the page with the logo and the banners could be a little stronger, that might help. I feel the first mock up to be a stronger possibility. > right now they are not :) thus they are too busy. > - http://linuxgrrl.com/misc/new-mock-3.png (top of sidebar) > - a little more balanced than the other but the banners don't > line up Again, I think the banner and the title graphic compete too much, and the white space between them seems uncomfortable. This also makes the navigation less important ( farther down the page ). I took the liberty of moving the headline above the title graphic to demonstrate what adding _something_ to the blank area at the top could do to balance the layout for mock up number one. I placed it on the website of the company I work for - <http://www.silveroaks.com/images/new-mock-4cd.png> In that mock up, I would like to see the "What's new in Fedora . . . " link to be bigger and maybe have the type be heavier in weight, but for the purposes of this demonstration I thought this was sufficient. I also am not enamored with that specific tag line for the top right area, I simply used something that already existed in the layout and threw it up there. I also think the color of that tag line ( grey ) is not the best solution, or even the size of the type. The baseline of the tag line is aligned with the baseline of "infinity | freedom | voice" however it seems a bit low. When I placed it higher, it seemed too "floaty" for me. One other possibility is to fade the bottom of the title graphic to white. Since the separation between the logo and the rest of the page is a subtle fade, adding this touch to the title graphic may add some consistency, This would also differentiate the banner from the title graphic. Apologies if my comments are out of line, or if I have violated some rule established for the design of the web site. Charles Dostale

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