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A view of Linux as introduced by a blind user via Orca
by Rahul Sundaram 20 Aug '07

20 Aug '07

Hi http://blogs.sun.com/korn/entry/a_view_of_fedora_as Darragh Ó Héiligh, a blind Linux user in Ireland, has just posted an audio introduction of Fedora Linux with Orca. In his recording, Darragh acts as a tour guide showing some highlights of his Fedora Core 7 desktop through the Orca screen reader. ""Windows is still not my preferred operating system" reports Darragh at the end of his audio tour. "With the recent advances in Orca in GNOME, and the fact that with the work of the people on the Speakup Modified group, Fedora 7 makes it very easy to set up, and with the combination of everything it's just so fast to use; it's really becoming just a pleasure." Rahul

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Interesting articles
by Marc Wiriadisastra 19 Aug '07

19 Aug '07

Hey All, Well apcmag in Australia in the September edition has got Fedora 7 on the front cover. I was hoping to find a link to it from the main website but I couldn't sadly. On a side note however I found this which I didn't know about. http://apcmag.com/node/6735/ Con Kolivas leaving. This personally saddens me and from my point of view I would like to say a huge thanks to him. Hopefully people won't get to annoyed by the second part of this post. Cheers, Marc

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Majority of Ubuntu community servers compromised, servers were using clear-text FTP ...
by Bryan Smith 17 Aug '07

17 Aug '07

First off, this is _not_ an anti-Ubuntu e-mail. I not only and regularly deal with supporting Ubuntu in corporate environments, but I run Xubuntu on older hardware myself. Secondly, a lot of commentary here has surrounded trying to reach contributors. There is a lot of complaints on everything from the agreements to workflow, and the fact that sometimes (although not as often anymore with APT/YUM being so commonplace) that contributors bark about the security hoops. Third, I have long commended how the Fedora Project (like Red Hat Linux before it) has always addressed "what must be done, no exceptions," even though many things lead to complaints. Some things just cannot budge, and no matter how you try to explain such things to people, some just aren't going to care. Fourth, as I have repeatedly stated, Conical will find itself in the same positions as Red Hat has more and more. Conical will address those situations much like Red Hat, and suffer the same, misguided but not so uncommon, "demonizations" as a result -- especially as it becomes less and less "new" to people. "Ubuntu Servers Hijacked, Used to Launch Attack" http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2171318,00.asp -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance b.j.smith(a)ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com -------------------------------------------------- Fission Power: An Inconvenient Solution

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Its good to be back and a few events.
by susmit shannigrahi 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi *, Back after a long time, nearly three months. During this I was detached from everything. Hope everyone is fine. Now I have taken admission to my masters,I am back and it feels great to be back. Well a few events from my part... >> On 25th August we are arranging a install fest at West Bengal University of Technology(WBUT),Kolkata.Though the capacity is limited to 30-35, We are looking for a series of such events.Distros will be Fedora and probably Ubuntu too. >>Setting up an internal mirror/yum repo at WBUT. Actually I got it running few minutes ago.We are also thinking of a public mirror if we can arrange for a bigger pipe. >>Compiling a custom distro based on fedora for UVC clients/AMD geode to be mass deployed through pxe.(For details about this you may contact Indranil Dasgupta at indradg(a)gmail.com) Thats all for now,see you again soon. Susmit. -- ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/SusmitShannigrahi

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Important Deadline for GITEX
by John Babich 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

We need to submit the list of names of people who are volunteering to spend time in the GITEX Red Hat booth tomorrow (Friday, 17 August 2007). Right now, there are 2-3 volunteers. More volunteers are certainly welcome. This is decision time. Please respond to this posting immediately if you are interested. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/GITEX for more details. Best Regards, John Babich Fedora Ambassador

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Deskftop Faceoff: Fedora vs. Vista
by Davidson Rodrigues Paulo 16 Aug '07

16 Aug '07

Hi all, Here an interesting article published on EarthWeb.com comparing Vista and Fedora, with favorable comments to Fedora features. "(..) Fedora 7 adds a veneer to the GNU/Linux desktop that provides much of the ease of use of a Windows operating system, but beneath it, the traditional Unix concerns for security and for users doing things their own way remains. While users can ignore these concerns, especially when just starting out, as they become more experienced they may welcome the added control. Fedora and its default GNOME desktop may still have a few lessons to learn from Vista, particularly in the selection of administration tools. Yet in terms of almost everything that's important to users, Fedora and GNOME have overtaken Vista and are rapidly pulling away from it. As the addition of the side panel shows, it is Windows that is starting to learn from GNU/Linux. The days when the situation was the other way around are over." Complete history: http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/11070_3694206_1 Regards, -- Davidson Paulo Linux System Administrator LPI Level 1 Certified: LPI000132770 Fedora Amabassador/Brazil BrOffice.org Users Group national leader BrOffice.org Zine editor http://medwiki.sourceforge.net/ http://natpack.sourceforge.net/

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Re: Fedora-marketing-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 18
by Markus McLaughlin 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

I have CentOS 5 Live CD, it's great to have when Fedora crashes, which it does once in a while. I hope the Global Desktop will be RHEL 5 lite so the rest of us can move up to it eventually. I am very curious about Fedora 8, I hope there will be some more "eye candy," and more features thanks to KDE 4 and GNOME 2.20. Esp. since catching up to Vista means optional Sidebars and Mac-Like Docks. The one wish I like to see granted in F 8 and beyond is a Expanded Start Menu similar to XP/Vista, this would be useful for inexperienced users who don't know much about the Command Line. I will be on vacation next week, so I will be posting on my blog from Sweden for 2 weeks, Farewell Fedora Fans for now!!! Mark McLaughlin - linuxglobe.wordpress.com

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Virgin America moves from Fedora to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
by Christopher Aillon 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070815/20070815005031.html?.v=1 I thought I'd send this along because while they are moving to RHEL, it's still in the same family, and they highly tout Fedora as well.

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Fedora 7 at Linux+
by Rodrigo Padula 15 Aug '07

15 Aug '07

Fedora 7 at Linux Plus Magazine http://www.lpmagazine.org Briefly at English Version with Brazilian Ambassadors articles http://www.lpmagazine.org/en/linuxplus.html Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira

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Installing Fedora - a video tour
by Rahul Sundaram 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

Hi Linux.com videos (with voice over) in ogg and flash formats under creative commons attribute sharelike non commercial license. Potentially useful for tech shows http://www.linux.com/feature/117384 "Ready to try Linux but want some hand-holding when you do? Here are three videos that walk you through the process of installing Fedora GNU/Linux." Rahul

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