marketing December 2009

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[In the news] Fedora 12 – A Visually-Pleasing, Highly-Configurable Linux Distro You Might Want To Try
by Rahul Sundaram 12 Dec '09

12 Dec '09

Hi http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fedora-12-a-visually-pleasing-highly-configura… "I know in my heart of hearts that Fedora is a good distro, even if it’s not my cup of tea. It’s backed by Red Hat, it is the first to include the latest in hardware support and new software technologies, and its developers seem more concerned with quality than marketing. It has a large userbase and always receives good reviews. Appearances can be pimped, software can easily be added, and most hardware is auto-configured. The only way to be sure is to try it yourself. It just might be the distro for you." Rahul

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[in the news] FUDCon press
by Kara Schiltz 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

A couple of additional posts from FUDCon Toronto earlier this week: GNOME 3: The Future of the Linux Desktop Revealed http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6924/1/ Fedora devs keeping OLPC sweet with Sugar http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/12/fedora-devs-keeping-olpc-sweet…

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[in the news] Fedora, open source trademarks and FUD
by Kara Schiltz 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

InternetNews.com 12.11.09 Fedora, open source trademarks and FUD By Sean Michael Kerner Among the most interesting sessions that I sat in on at the FUDcon Fedora user/developer conference which wrapped up earlier this week was a discussion on trademarks. Trademarks and open source have an interesting and often confusing relationship. The whole point of open source is freedom of code and usage. Yet there is still a need (for some) to protect name and ultimately their brands as well. Full article: http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/12/fedora-open-source-trademarks.…

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Cafe con Linux
by Leonardo Menezes Vaz 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hey, Great ideas like the link bellow can make the expression "Act locally, think globally" have a real meaning... ;) http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cafe_con_Linux Congratulations Fabio and welcome aboard! Leo -- Leonardo Menezes Vaz ++55 51 91568225 Sent from Meridiani Planum, Mars.

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Marketing Trac instance - Add F13 milestones to dropdown box?
by Robyn Bergeron 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

I'm currently going through the marketing wiki stuff looking at what we need to refresh for the F13 cycle (see today's marketing meeting notes for more info, Came across this page - https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/report/3 We should probably - in the spirit of "getting infrastructure ready" - add F13 milestones for new tickets created, and maybe clean up / move over to F13 / consider / reconsider outstanding tickets we have. I don't have access to add F13 milestones (as far as I can see without, you know, BREAKING THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE) - but I would like to propose that we (a) get that stuff added (Mel?) and (b) that we take on sorting through this list at some point in a marketing meeting in the sort-of near future. (Maybe after the new year?) -Robyn

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Meeting minutes 2009-12-08
by Mel Chua 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

F13 planning - we know our release deliverables for the F13 cycle and what we're going to do between now and Alpha to get up the tools we need to make those things more easily. Sweet! Signing off from the FUDBus, --Mel 20:57:14 < zodbot> Minutes: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-12-08/fedora-meeting.2… 20:57:15 < zodbot> Minutes (text): http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-12-08/fedora-meeting.2… 20:57:17 < PhrkOnLsh> .00000025 20:57:18 < zodbot> Log: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-12-08/fedora-meeting.2…

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Marketing goals, round 2!
by Robyn Bergeron 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

F13 Marketing Goals... and beeeeeeeeeyond! Greetings marketing friends, As some of you have probably read, I've been doing some thinking on not just our specific, measurable goals for F13, but also the marketing team's wider objectives and mission. In other words, we may have this list of fabulous tasks we've brainstormed for F13, but what are our end goals? I've come up with an idea I'd like to propose and/or get feedback on. It may not be the perfect solution, but I think that it might get us on the path to being more mission-oriented in future releases, if we (a) decide to go down this route, and (b) decide at the end of F13 that it was a worthwhile effort. The concept is to organize the tasks we work on around the four foundations of Fedora - Freedom, Friends, Features, First (please see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundations if you want the big explanation on all of these things - I know they are each intentionally easy-to-grasp concepts, but the bigger picture behind each one is worth reading). For our team, what this would mean is that each of our tasks should be focused on furthering one (or more) of each of these foundations. Not to pin us in, necessarily - ideas of all types will fall into one of these categories, generally - but to make sure we aren't forgetting to focus on anything. I've written a bit down about each foundation - this is of course just me brainstorming a bit, I would love to hear more ideas on solidifying these if other team members think it is a good idea. (And by solidifying, I mean into slightly more concise statements :D ) Under each one, I've listed some of the tasks that might fall into that category. (The task lists aren't comprehensive - I've just typed things in here, so don't get mad if your idea isn't here!) Freedom: Use FOSS tools as much as possible (or practical) in production of Marketing materials, and do our best to support solutions that may work in the future. (Side note: See mizmo's post to the marketing list on making the fedora video - it wasn't entirely practical, but bugs were filed, discussions are ongoing, this is GOOD! And awesome video btw, I know you've heard it already but I'm just sayin' it again :D.) Give marketing contributors the freedom and knowledge to work on projects as they choose. Practice openness, and give process more transparency. - HOWTO's on how to make all Marketing deliverables - translations and i18n workflow for marketing stuff - Cross-training of team members for things like Zikula Friends: Continue to develop and extend not only the Fedora marketing community, but also the Fedora community in general. - Grow the number of marketing contributors - Convert 100 users of non-Fedora distros to Fedora as their primary desktop OS - Encourage 100 college students to sign up as Fedora contributors and each contribute at least one thing. - FUDCon - Talk up Fedora at at least 20 different LUG meetings worldwide - Marketing FAD - RH Summit - Podcasts Features: Enhance Fedora's marketing presence with new features, and ensure that Fedora distro features are highlighted in a timely way. - Spin Chooser - Fedora Insight - Develop a sustainable cycle / schedule of marketing materials. Developer Interviews, In-depth features, etc. - Improve cross-team communication between marketing, docs, and QA for improvements in material First: Do New Things, and continually come up with New Ideas; review their effectiveness when they are complete, and don't be afraid to say, "That didn't work." - Marketing Kits - Fedora Print Magazine - Time-Based Schedule - Fedora Membership / Fellowship - Keeping track of new ideas Like I said - this is a brainstorm, of sorts, so I'd love to hear feedback. Cheers! -Robyn

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[In the news] The State of Fedora: We're Not Just for Fanboys
by Kara Schiltz 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

LinuxPlanet 12.07.09 The State of Fedora: We're Not Just for Fanboys Cheap, Easy, and Sustainable By Sean Michael Kerner With over 20 million installations, Fedora is among the most world's popular Linux distributions. While that kind of success has been due to a rapid base of supporters, the distro originally launched by Red Hat as a community Linux project is having to bridge the divide between targeting a mass audience and keeping hardcore enthusiasts in the fold. That's no easy task, but for Fedora Project Leader Paul Frields, it's key to the distro's continued growth. "I'm not interested in a shotgun approach where we reach every single person on the planet, though that wouldn't be a bad thing," Frields said during a session at the FUDCon Fedora conference <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Toronto_2009> here this weekend. "At Fedora, we're not interested in 'fanboy'-ism. What we're interested in is people that want to contribute." Full article: http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6922/1/

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Re: our meeting today
by Mel Chua 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

Our meeting today: F13 planning. Let's take all the ideas from: * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/F13_Brainstorm (and these too) * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing#Fedora_12_release_deliverables * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_brain_dump * https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/query ...and figure out our deliverables and schedule, and where our individual plans for the release cycle intersect, and how we're going to coordinate our work. I sat down with John Poelstra yesterday and we came up with what we think - and hope - is a drastically simplified way of thinking about the schedule that we'd like to run by folks. I'm on a bus from Toronto to Boston and will get online and update wiki pages and the like as soon as we cross the border and my mobile broadband doesn't cost ridiculous amounts per MB, but wanted to give y'all a heads-up now. See you online this afternoon! --Mel

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by Joseph Smidt 08 Dec '09

08 Dec '09

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