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Hello to all....
by Udit Sharma 30 Nov '08

30 Nov '08

I am Udit Sharma , a student of Kautilya Institute of Technology, Jaipur. I am doing my B.tech in Computer Science. Currently in my 3rd year. I am web Developer/Designer for last 3 years & contributing a lot to Open Source Environment, I love Open source & I love Linux especially Fedora Distribution. I am Mozilla Campus REP too and handling a lot of projects under Mozilla Campus Club.Today I sign up for Fedora Ambassador program to spread the word Fedora to the people. Regards Udit Sharma

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what is fedora?
by Jonas Karlsson 29 Nov '08

29 Nov '08

After reading a lot of pressreleases and surfing around reading papers in magazines about fedora, I keep wondering what is Fedora? And specifically what is fedora to the general pulic! Don't get me wrong, I've known linux since before RedHat was born, and been a fedora user since early pre fc1. Why do I raise this question then? Well the tought that occurs to me is: is fedora a community driven project or is it a Redhat EL playground. Today it is both.... But when you read pressreleases and info about fedora in the papers, fedora do not stand on its own. Many magazines writes similair to: "Fedora is the test version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux" and to me that has the sound of a product in development or in beta. Then there are magazines that occationally get it right and talks about a community driven project, and the next thing that occurs is you read a copyright notice. When installing F10 you get a "Copyright © 2003-2008 RedHat, Inc. and others. All rights reserved." Well there is the 'others' part... but it do not have the sound of community, well others.... I'm not writing this as an against RH thing, if it hadn't been for RH, 'the linux os' wouldn't progressed to what it is today. I'm writing this because I think it is not entirely clear what fedora is to the general public. This is important to gain ground, to get the message out that fedora is not a testbed product, but a product that incorporates new leading edge features. Am I compleatly wrong or have anyone of you been asking the question, what is fedora? btw, F10 is king! //J

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F10 Marketing
by wonderer 28 Nov '08

28 Nov '08

Hey guys, I was searching for some press stuff for F10, but at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressReleases I did'nt found there any texts about F10 I can use out of the box. Does anybody know where I can find it? For F10 I can update the presskit, but maybe someone has some main points I can put in. best regards Henrik Heigl - wonderer(a)fedoraproject.org

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Red Hat's winning Fedora 10 Linux arrives
by Rahul Sundaram 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi, http://blogs.computerworld.com/red_hats_winning_fedora_10_linux_arrives "Paul Frields, Red Hat's Fedora project leader, told me that this 'decade' release of Fedora was the best ever without any significant bugs. Yeah. I've heard that before. You know what though? Based on my early work with Fedora 10, Frields is right. This is one clean, mean cutting-edge Linux distribution. " Rahul

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Defending the flame of Linux freedom
by Rahul Sundaram 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi, An interview with Max Spevack, former leader of Fedora Project on his role in the community architecture team http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/defending-the-flame-of-linux-freedo… "There's a continuum of distros with respect to how they view freedom, and I think we take a pretty hard line in terms of what we will or will not include in Fedora and on the repositories, and I think people appreciate that and want to see Red Hat defend free software as well. That's what I mean by keeping trust." Rahul

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Upgrading to the newest Fedora release
by Rahul Sundaram 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi, Details out upgrading manually, using cd/dvd, using fedora-release and yum, preupgrade. A fairly complete reference http://www.linux.com/feature/153984 "Once a release is available, you can run PreUpgrade at any time by entering the command preupgrade as root (in Fedora 10 and later, you will be able to start the program directly from PackageKit, the default software installer). PreUpgrade is a wizard that steps you through the necessary upgrade steps. Your only input to the wizard is to select the distribution to which to upgrade, and click the Apply and Forward buttons to move through the wizard. PreUpgrade downloads the packages needed by the upgrade, and you can continue to work until you are ready to reboot and finish the process. Using PreUpgrade is probably the easiest way to upgrade, and from the traffic on the Fedora user list, it's probably the one that most people plan to use on Fedora 10." Rahul

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Fedora 10 debuts with nips, tucks
by Rahul Sundaram 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25/fedora_10_launch/ "Having shelled out a lot of cash, Red Hat is pretty pumped about KVM, and as Fedora project manager, Frields isn't being subtle about Xen. "People should look at that as a harbinger," he says. "Fedora has always been the trendsetter for Linux technologies, and a lot of the technologies in Fedora become de facto standards." "Fedora 10 has a number of neat-o features that Linux enthusiasts will want to take out for a spin. The Network Manager now has an "instant on" collaboration feature that allows for a machine with an Ethernet or mobile broadband connection to share that connection with other wireless machines in its vicinity."

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Fedora claims to have as many as 9.5 million users
by Rahul Sundaram 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi, http://stuff.techwhack.com/5757-fedora-claims-to-have-as-many-as-9.5-millio… Paul Frields, Fedora’s project leader said in a statement about their findings: “The total number of users has always been an incredibly difficult number to measure. If you total up all the unique IP’s … on Fedora 7, 8 and 9, it adds up to about 9.5 million boxes right now.” Rahul

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Fedora 10: the GNU/Linux Desktop Steps Forward
by Rahul Sundaram 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi, Somewhat, a long article but worth a read http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3786911/Fedora+10:+th… "A less stressful but still demanding background issue is the rapid growth of the community. According to Frields, membership in the Fedora community has gone from under 2000 to over 15,000 in the last year. Frields attributes this growth to a number of factors, including the effort under his leadership to make the steps in becoming part of the community easier; the doubling in size of the ambassador program, Fedora's grass roots evangelism effort; Fedora's emphasis on good relations with the upstream community (that is, the individual projects that go into a distribution), and the realization by business that Fedora is the place to see the content of upcoming releases of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. " Rahul

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Fedora 10 RPM can install system components on the fly
by Rahul Sundaram 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi http://www.sdtimes.com/FEDORA_10_RPM_CAN_INSTALL_SYSTEM_COMPONENTS_ON_THE_F… “This is the first step for a bigger road map for Fedora 11 and beyond,” said Frields. “Open a document without the right fonts installed, and that will be taken care of automatically. Open a data file you don't have the right application for, [and] it will be able to provide that application.” Rahul "

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