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Help getting the word out about Summer of Code 2009
by Karsten Wade 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Google has decided to return with their Summer of Code program for 2009. We can expect the program to be a bit smaller in size, making the student competition part more important. When we have an influx of great students and ideas, our mentors can collaborate to make very strong proposals. Strong proposals get us the most student slots. This last year we did a modest increase in our noisiness (marketing) about the Summer of Code. The results were pretty good[1]. Compared to 2007, our best year to that point, we had three times the number of mentors step forward, three times the proposals, and more than twice the number of student slots. Imagine how it could be if more people than just me were promoting Fedora and JBoss.org's presence in the Summer of Code? Do you have any interest in: * Planning a Summer of Code promotion for Fedora/JBoss.org * Running the promotion You may wonder, why JBoss.org? Mainly that I don't think Google is going to separate the organizations this year; with slim participation available, they are going to be looking for any ways to consolidate further. I don't know who from JBoss.org is interested in planning and promoting this. However, the situation makes us dependent on each other and the quality of projects. Fortunately, this situation worked out rather well last year. More information: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Summer_coding https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Summer_coding Thanks - Karsten [1] http://iquaid.org/2008/04/21/gsoc-statistics-snapshot/ -- Karsten 'quaid' Wade, Community Gardener http://quaid.fedorapeople.org AD0E0C41

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Re: [Ambassadors] Re: Fedora 11: What do we expect?
by Angel 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

When did I say, we have to include close source software with Fedora? I didn´t say it. All I just wish, easiest way of the solutions of this issues. So more people will start using Fedora. I am using Fedora from the beginning of the Fedora Core. Everything is easy for me. But think about a Windows User, who wants to switch to Linux, can you please tell me, why he will use Fedora instead of Ubuntu? In Ubuntu he can easily enable the close source repo, he can easily install all kind of multimedia software, he can easily install nvidia/ati driver. He can do this thing graphically, and anyone can easily do it. But in case of Fedora, he need to googleing to install close source software, as well as, codecs and other drivers. Now tell me, why he will use Fedora instead of Ubuntu, as Ubuntu is also an Open Source and Linux Operating System? Why? Because of free and freedom? Nop. Ubuntu is also free. They also don´t include close source software, but it´s very easier to enable close source. Now, if there is some other reason (please explain, i dont know) you can say, why they should use Fedora instead of Ubuntu, then I´ll say, users doesn´t care about those reasons at all. Prove is, Ubuntu is now most popular Linux OS. Now, if you tell me, Fedora is not for new users, then my apologies for opening this thread. I have nothing to say. I´ll change my strategy to promoting Fedora (I´ll encouarage only advanced Linux users to try Fedora, not a new user). At last, I just want to know, can anyone please tell me, why did I open this thread? I am giving the answer, it´s so simple, because I love Fedora, I want to promote Fedora in wider public of the world. And I want to see, other people is using Fedora. But amximum of yours impression is, I want to break Fedora´s goal. Please, open your mind. Try to understand. I have my study, I have my work. I don´t have any reasons to arguing with you. -- Angel GPG key: 0x34001F46 Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance Fedora Ambassador Bangladesh http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Angel Fedora -- Freedom² and rapid innovation

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groupware backends in fedora
by Jonas Karlsson 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Hello, I'm looking at different groupware backends and also searching the fedora repos for groupware backends. What is the future plan to include in Fedora? After searching the web for a while I come across Kolab and when comparing it to other alternatives it really looks like it could be useful, it also integrates with horde that's already present in fedora. Has there been any discussion about starting with Kolab rpm's in the Fedora distribution? On Kolab's website the last entry is for Fedora 6. doing a yum search today on groupware gives nothing //Jonas

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Fedora 11: What do we expect?
by Angel 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Hi, It´s almost one year, I am with the Fedora community. In this one year, I met so many great people from Fedora community. I have visited hundreds of forums, mailing lists. I meet so many people who uses Fedora (also who doesn´t). I have learned so many things from them. Some of them are happy using Fedora and some them are not. And I think, as a community member, it´s my responsibility to inform you guys about some issues that I think, why people doesnt like to use Fedora or switching to other distros. And something, that we need to fix. 1. Need to include RPM Fusion with Fedora 11 default installation (but not activated, like Fedora test repo or raw hide, as we don´t include proprietary software). If this is not possible (may be because of some legal issue), then I´ll say, we need a working GUI solution to install RPM Fusion. According to RPM Fusion <http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration> they explained a GUI solution to install the repo, but most of the time, it doesnt work at all (I myself, tested thousands time, also so many people there has, who tried, I searched for the solution, everyone give me CLI solution). And KPackage Kit can´t install it. So we need a solution that will work for GNOME and KDE both. 2. Need a GUI solution to install nVidia and ATI driver, that will automatically install the appropriate driver (Ubuntu has a GUI *Hardware Drivers *options that automatically download and install the driver, also they have Envy, its another GUI solution) 3. Need a GUI solution to install all kind of proprietary Multimedia codecs (Ubuntu has ubuntu-restricted-extras, they simply select it from package manager, and it installs all kind of codecs including JAVA) 4. Need a complete GUI solution to install softwares offline from cache (ofcourse if it can fix the dependency) or DVD Media. 5. There has a very easy way to install a rpm package from CLI (one single package, that has not any dependency issue or if it has, it´s possible to install the package by ignoring it). But from Fedora 9, GUI double click rpm install doesnt work at all. So, we need a GUI solution of it. 6. Need to add CD/DVD repo with Fedora 11 default installation, so people can use DVD to install softwares. 7. From /etc/yum.conf we need to edit keepcache=0 to 1 as default. So people can use the cache to install software later or to some other PC. Many of you will say, why we are following Ubuntu? Well, I´ll say, no, we are not following them. This is the truth, what users want. And many of you will think, this ideas are stupid, but truth is If this issues we can fix, for sure, so many people will start using Fedora. My apologies, if I am wrong anywhere. -- Angel GPG key: 0x34001F46 Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance Fedora Ambassador Bangladesh http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Angel Fedora -- Freedom² and rapid innovation

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