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[in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses
by susmit shannigrahi 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

"Fedora users are revolting against a change introduced in the latest version of the operating system that allows the installation of thousands of software titles without an administrative password. Critics say the move diminishes the security of machines running the open-source OS by giving unprivileged users what amounts to administrative control. That could allow lower-level employees to install software that's not been approved by administrators, or worse, to gain root access by installing an application with a known security vulnerability and then intentionally exploiting it." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_root_imbroglio/ -- Regards, Susmit. ============================================= http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit ============================================= Sent from Calcutta, WB, India

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Examples of good responses to the PackageKit issue
by Mel Chua 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

Here we go. As promised earlier, I wanted to point out some examples of what I thought were great responses to press about the PackageKit issue, and the resources those responses used, for folks who want to help us go out and do likewise. In general, the most helpful responses seem to have a section that goes something like: "We're working on changing this; see $location_of_discussion (and optionally, $list_of_resources_countering_specific_points). It would be great if you could update the story to reflect this. Thank you." (Any tips from folks with dealing-with-press experience?) This topic is coming up in the FeSCo meeting tomorrow (Friday, 17:00 UTC, #fedora-meeting), so it's still very much a story in progress. == Examples == Susmit pointed out the responses - and ensuing article edit - on http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_root_imbroglio/; I thought Adam's comment at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_root_imbroglio/comments/#… was particularly nice. The LWN article at http://lwn.net/Articles/362592/ posted a correction, http://lwn.net/Articles/362986/, immediately after Karsten's reply at the end, http://lwn.net/Articles/362996/, which is a nice short call-out. The 3rd paragraph of Mike's response to the correction, http://lwn.net/Articles/362995/, thanks people for their constructive criticism. (We should do more of that.) Any other good examples of responses-to-press that people want to call out here? == Resources == * The official Fedora response announcement (from Paul): https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-November/msg00012… * An explanation of the background behind the change, by Owen Taylor: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-November/msg01445.ht… * For users of Fedora 12 who would like to change PackageKit policy before the fix is pushed, see http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f12/en-US/html/sect-Release_Not…. == For those who want to learn more == The FeSCo (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FESCO - Fedora Engineering Steering Committee) agenda ticket for tomorrow's meeting is https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/277: it's at 17:00 UTC in #fedora-meeting. The bugzilla bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=534047 Note: The full conversation thread there is fascinating but very long - if you're short on time, read a few comments and think about which ones (in your opinion) move us forward, and what comments (and responses) we want to emulate when we go out and comment on press articles. To point out a semi-random selection (I scrolled down and poked a few that caught my eye): the revision of release notes starting in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=534047#c17 (and how they thread calmly through the rest of the discussion), the comments called out in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=534047#c99, and the response to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=534047#c236 (both in bugzilla and on the mailing list linked to - it's Owen's post). Transparency >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt. --Mel

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[in the news] Fedora 12 to remove unprivileged package installation *and* Saving the "Best" for Last
by susmit shannigrahi 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

http://lwn.net/Articles/362986/ repeats Stickster's announcement. and a good one is here: "It's been quite a wave of new Linux distributions over the past month or so, but with the release of Fedora 12 (Constantine) this week, we have finally made it through. I have intentionally chosen what is likely to be a controversial title this time, but the basis for my choice is rather simple. Fedora 12 is the only one of this series of releases which has loaded successfully on absolutely every computer I own." http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014494o-2000498448b,00.htm -- Regards, Susmit. ============================================= http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/user:susmit ============================================= Sent from Calcutta, WB, India

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[in the news] Fedora, Still Pushing The Envelope
by Rahul Sundaram 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

Hi http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7618/1.html "Leonidas was the most ambitious release ever and this new release of Fedora 12 builds upon its solid base. Constantine provides an even more polished user experience, while at the same time introducing a copious amount of new features" "Fedora 12 “Constantine” continues the tradition of pushing the envelope of free software and could just be, the very best Linux distribution of 2009." Rahul

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[in the news] Saving the "Best" for Last - Fedora 12 (Constantine)
by Rahul Sundaram 20 Nov '09

20 Nov '09

Hi http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014494o-2000498448b,00.htm "So rather than waste my time and yours on "yet another Fedora 12 review", I'll simply say that if you want good, authoritative information, I would recommend the Fedora Project Documentation, and if you are looking for an overview of the highlights of the new release, complete with pictures, have a look at the excellent Fedora 12 One Page Release Notes"." "So, of the four "major" distributions over the past month (Ubuntu 9.10, Mandriva 2010, openSuSE 11.2 and Fedora 12), the only one that didn't crash, hang or otherwise misbehave on at least one of my laptop/netbook/nettop systems was Fedora." Rahul

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[in the news] Fedora 12 - it's a horse, not a camel
by Kara Schiltz 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

The Register 11.19.09 Fedora 12 - it's a horse, not a camel Design by committee makes good By Scott Gilbertson The Fedora Project has announced the latest version of its popular open source Linux distribution. Nicknamed Constantine <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/20/redhat_fedora_12/>, Fedora 12 has quite a few impressive new features and demonstrates that the project has gained a renewed sense of direction. In the build-up to the release of Fedora 12, the Fedora community has focused its energies not just on new features, but on where Fedora is headed in the future. Full article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_review/

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Fedora Maithili (mai-IN) News in Outlook magazine
by Rajesh Ranjan 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

Hi, Hindi Outlook has published a news on the release of Fedora with Maithili language support. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QxCnGsOcsrM/SvuXMdn21CI/AAAAAAAAAeE/tLRGTlTFpmQ/s… Regards, Rajesh Ranjan www.kramashah.blogspot.com

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news / press release index
by Robyn Bergeron 19 Nov '09

19 Nov '09

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F12_Press_and_News_Index I just whipped this up to keep track of what's being posted on the mailing list. I'll go through add articles that were posted to the mailing list to this wiki page once or twice a day. (At some point, it'd be awesome to go through this list and track down author information like email / contact information, so we make sure to have them on a press contact list come this point or earlier in F13 cycle. We can probably put this on the braindump list.) And hopefully I'm not duplicating work being done elsewhere, since that's never fun. If I am, tell me! Cheers, Robyn

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[in the news] Tip of the hat: Fedora 12 a strong update
by Kara Schiltz 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

Ars Technica 11.17.09 Tip of the hat: Fedora 12 a strong update A new version of the Fedora Linux distribution was released today. Fedora 12, codenamed Constantine, is now available for download. By Ryan Paul Red Hat announced today the official release of Fedora 12, the latest version of the popular open source Linux distribution. This release brings some impressive new features and a lot of much-needed bugfixes. It's a strong update that puts the distro on the right track forward and addresses the serious installation problems that we encountered when we tested Fedora 11. Fedora 12, codenamed Constantine, brings improved power management, performance optimizations, new virtualization enhancements, and a lot of other great stuff. A lot of the improvements will boost Fedora's suitability for netbooks. A new Moblin spin is available that allows users to easily test Moblin's specialized user interface on top of Fedora 12. Full article: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/11/tip-of-the-hat-fedora-12-a-…

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[in the news] Major improvements with Fedora 12
by Kara Schiltz 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

ghacks.net 11.18.09 Major improvements with Fedora 12 By Jack Whallen n the wake of Ubuntu’s 9.10 release, many distributions were forgotten. But one distribution, in particular, keeps getting better and better under the radar. That distribution? Fedora. Just this week Fedora 12 was released, brining some serious improvements not only to the cutting edge distribution, but to Linux in general. http://www.ghacks.net/2009/11/18/major-improvements-with-fedora-12/

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