Meeting today?
by Jonathan Roberts
Hi all,
Is there a meeting today? I know I've missed the last three but I have
it strongly fixed in my mind to be there tonight if it's on...
Best wishes,
Jon
16 years
Using consistent URLs
by Paul W. Frields
One of the issues that we talked about at today's "release readiness"
meeting -- made up of reps from many subprojects in Fedora -- the issue
of using consistent URLs came up. If we can settle on URLs that can
cross releases, and use them consistently for any public communication,
it's easier for us to (1) provide a good user experience through
superior Web server administration, (2) track on metrics of user visits,
and (3) create unified marketing materials.
In our press releases, stories for digg, Slashdot, and anywhere else
people might see them, let's make sure we are using these URLs:
To get Fedora:
--> http://get.fedoraproject.org/
To join Fedora:
--> http://join.fedoraproject.org/
To read Release Notes:
--> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes
--> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ (can be shortened if needed)
--
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16 years
Fedora at OSCON?
by Warren Togami
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
I am attending a partially Red Hat sponsored LTSP Hackfest in Portland,
Oregon July 25th, 26th and 27th. That is immediately after OSCon.
While my primary purpose for going to Portland will be the LTSP
Hackfest, I wonder if there is an opportunity for me to do any Fedora
thing at OSCon.
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/content/about
https://en.oreilly.com/oscon2008/public/register#pricing
I'm told by OSCon attendees in previous years that exhibit floor and
BOF's are free. Although it appears from their website that accessto
BOF's is not free. Not sure what is accurate, can somebody figure this out?
I would like to spend some time at a Fedora booth and talk during a
Fedora BOF. Is anyone here already in contact with OSCon and organizing
a booth and BOF?
I don't have the priority to do this myself, but I am willing to
participate if it is already happening. Anyhow, I need to know if any
Fedora event is happening soon because I have to purchase my airfare soon.
Warren Togami
wtogami(a)redhat.com
16 years
Release Overview
by Jonathan Roberts
Hey,
We should probably start working on this soon to make sure it's in
good shape for the final release?
I think the work already done on the beta release notes is a great
foundation, it probably just needs tidying up a bit and updating here
and there.
Is this going in the SSS?
Best wishes,
Jon
16 years
Fedora Overview
by Jonathan Roberts
I don't know if this is what people had in mind for the re-worked
version of this, but I wanted something easy to write to distract me
from essay woes!! Oh, and links are missing from this...
Thoughts and feedback always welcome :)
----------------------------
== What is Fedora? ==
Firstly, Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that aims to provide
users with access to the latest free and open source software in a
stable and easy to manage form. We strongly believe in the principles
of the free and open source software that provides all the components
of our operating system, and because of this we guarantee that Fedora
will always be free for anybody to use, modify and distribute.
Fedora, however, is more than just the software that makes up the
operating system. It is a community of contributors based all across
the world who work with each other to advance the interests of the
free culture movement. Everyone is invited to join and no matter what
your skills are, we have a place for you in our community! Currently,
we have software engineers, artists, system administrators, web
designers, writers, speakers and translators, all of whom will be
happy to help you get started.
== What makes Fedora different? ==
We aim to always do the right thing. This means that we provide only
free and open source software, and we will fight to protect and
promote solutions that enable anybody to make use of them. With this
in mind, all of our developers are focused on working closely with
upstream, to ensure that everyone can benefit from our work and get
access to our changes as soon as possible - and because of the huge
amount of innovation that Fedora drives, this has had significant and
long lasting effects. Some of the recent developments in free and open
source software that Fedora has driven include:
* NetworkManager
* D-Bus
* OpenJDK
* FreeIPA
* SELinux
* PulseAudio
The reverse is also true: by sticking close to upstream development
teams, Fedora gets the latest software before anybody else. Not only
does this benefit our community, but it also benefits the upstream
teams by providing a much larger audience and more feedback for them.
Another striking difference of Fedora is our aim to empower others to
persue their vision of what a free operating system should be like. We
have opened up our build system and repositories to anybody who needs
them, and as a result Fedora now forms the basis for derivative
distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the One Laptop Per
Child XO and Creative Commons Live Content DVDs.
And that's not all, it is even easy for individuals to create their
own distribution thanks to Fedora's easy re-spinning tools. They allow
you to quickly select the packages you want, and create a live CD or
installation disc. Some official versions of Fedora have grown up this
way, including:
* Fedora XFCE Spin
* Fedora Electronics Lab
* Fedora Developers Spin
* Fedora Games Spin
* Fedora Hindi Spin
== How do I get Fedora? ==
Easy, just visit this page and download it. You can try it without
installing anything on your computer thanks to our live CDs or live
USBs - in fact, you can even create a live USB stick from within
Windows!
If you have a slow internet connection, or no internet connection at
all, then you can still get Fedora thanks to our Free Media programme.
== How do I join Fedora? ==
Like what you see and want to help out? That's easy too! This page has
all the information you need, and don't forget that all our
contributors get access to some awesome tools to help them get their
work done:
* Fedora People provides free webspace for hosting Fedora related content
* Fedora Planet is an aggregation of contributor blogs so you can see
what everyone is up to
* Fedora Hosted is the perfect location for hosting your project
* Fedora's own Gobby server, so we can collaboratively work on
documents in real time
* Hundreads of other people's skills and experience!
16 years
Fedora 9 press kits
by Max Spevack
Hi all:
Some transparency. As you know, right around the time of a release, a
number of press outlets are interested in trying out Fedora 9 and
interviewing the Fedora Project Leader about the new release.
With Kara's help, we've put together a Press Kit for these media folks,
which includes a Live USB key, a Fedora sticker, and the attached
document which gives a brief overview of the Live USB and a few general
facts about Fedora to press.
This will then be supplemented by the interviews that Paul gives, which
go into specific detail about various features of the release, and cool
stuff happening in our community.
So far, we've only sent out 2 of these. But there will be more next
week. So if you have any suggestions, please make them here on the
list. It is imperative that the document remain only one page in
length.
--Max
16 years
Re: New Content for fedoraproject.org
by Juan Camilo Prada
So I've made some changes to the current layout again using Máirín's
mockups (probably somebody might remember the proposal i did a few
months ago). This time i avoided doing just what i though it should be
done and actually asked for some help to get the content that should
appear on the site.
The proposal is here: http://jprada.fedorapeople.org/out/en/index
A new section to fp.o was added under the 'What is fedora?' link on the
navigation bar, where some basic info about the project appears. It
tries to fill the hole left by the lack of information about what the
project really is. I think that information really needs to be
reviewed and approved by the community so i expect some feedback about
that.
Also (and is not a new idea) there is the news bar to the right side of
the page. It works but it still needs some improvements so it will
display news depending on the language selected (right now that website
only works in English).
Another change that was made is the 'Get Fedora' section. Even though
right now the section is not functional, it shows the workflow a user
should follow in order to get fedora. While it seems to have so many
information and options that may get new users to get lost, some
improvements are to be made so the process get better and more
intuitive, so for now i would like you guys to check the workflow and
again give some feedback before the real work on the Get Fedora section
starts.
That's pretty much all i have to show, feel free to get the code from
the site and do some improvements where you see fit.
16 years
