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Marketing-trac: #126: Create a wiki page for magazine covermount information
by Marketing Team 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

#126: Create a wiki page for magazine covermount information ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- Reporter: pfrields | Owner: Type: task | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: F14a: Pre-alpha Component: other | Severity: urgent Keywords: | ----------------------+----------------------------------------------------- We often get inquiries from magazines asking for permission to bundle one or more Fedora discs with a future issue. This is a fairly routine process as long as the disc is an unmodified copy of Fedora media (i.e. an official release). Some interaction with Red Hat Legal is required to send out an agreement to the magazine. We can speed up that interaction and the overall process if we have a page that tells magazines what they need to provide, and to whom, for a covermount agreement. Generally we need the following information, sent to the ''press(a)fp.o'' address: * The name (d/b/a) and address of the company producing the magazine * The exact disc(s) that are to be bundled * Contact information for the person making the request -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/126> marketing-team <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing> Marketing team for the Fedora project.

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Marketing-trac: #125: SSSD F13 feature -- press blog entry
by Marketing Team 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

#125: SSSD F13 feature -- press blog entry -----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- Reporter: pfrields | Owner: pfrields Type: task | Status: new Priority: major | Milestone: F14a: Pre-alpha Component: Feature Stories | Severity: urgent Keywords: meeting | -----------------------------+---------------------------------------------- I had suggested this earlier to Robyn -- a press blog entry for Red Hat's PR channel (http://press.redhat.com) that would synopsize and point to our interview on the wiki. However, Robyn's pretty busy right now. Kara Schiltz from Red Hat's PR department is willing to publish something next week. I'm going to pick this up and drive it forward, my way of helping this week on something Marketing related! -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/125> marketing-team <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing> Marketing team for the Fedora project.

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Want to be a Regional Ambassador Mentors of Bangladesh
by irejaul . 25 Jul '11

25 Jul '11

Hi I want to be a Regional Ambassador Mentors of Bangladesh. Can i join this: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors_Join_choose_a_mentor#Regional_Amb…

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[In the news] [German] Fedora 16 planned to come with Systemd and Btrfs as default
by Vinzenz Vietzke 20 Jul '11

20 Jul '11

Hi, German Linux Magazine and it's partner Site linux-community.de have a short feature summary of upcoming Fedora 16 including Systemd, Btrfs and many tools for virtualization: "[...] Wie andere Distributionen soll Fedora 16 auf HAL verzichten und auf Grub 2 als Bootloader umsteigen. Systemd wird zum Standard-Init-System, Btrfs zum Standard-Dateisystem. Als Desktopumgebungen sind Gnome 3.2 und KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.7 vorgesehen. [...]" Sources: http://www.linux-magazin.de/NEWS/Fedora-16-plant-Systemd-und-Btrfs-als-Stan… http://www.linux-community.de/Internal/Nachrichten/Features-von-Fedora-16 Regards, vinz. -- Vinzenz Vietzke Fedora Ambassador / Coordination German L10N Team m: vinz(a)fedoraproject.org wk: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Vinz mb: https://identi.ca/vinzv

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[In the news] The Five Best LInux Netbook Distributions: 2011 Edition
by Jared K. Smith 15 Jul '11

15 Jul '11

http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/469003-the-five-best-linux-netbook-dis… "Fedora and GNOME Shell make a pretty nifty netbook OS. Fedora, of course, has all the software you'd expect for a full-blown Linux distro." -- Jared Smith Fedora Project Leader

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[In the news] PCWorld Albanian articles on Fedora Project
by Gent Thaçi 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Articles written by PCWorld Albanian about Fedora Project: http://www.pcworld.al/blog/3349-fedora_gjithnje_ne_krah_te_lirise_softuerik… http://www.pcworld.al/biznes/intervista/3841-joerg_simon_flet_per_kosoven_d… http://www.pcworld.al/lajmet/4250-Ambasadori-Fedora--nga-Kosova-merr-pjes-F… http://www.pcworld.al/lajmet/4694-Prishtin-mbahet-Fedora-Release-Party.html http://www.pcworld.al/softuer/4810-Lshohet-Fedora-Lovelock.html http://www.pcworld.al/lajmet/5006-Sot-Prishtin-mbahet-Fedora-Release-Party.… http://www.pcworld.al/lajmet/5010-Prishtin-mbahet-Fedora-Release-Party.html PCWorld Albanian is a famous Albanian magazine published monthly and they also have their blog online, some of the articles were also printed on the magazine and they always gave a big support for our activities in Kosovo. Thanks, -- Gent Thaçi, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Gent gentt on irc.freenode.net at #fedora-ambassadors

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[In the news] Xen lets KVM overtake
by Rahul Sundaram 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Xen-lets-KVM-overtake-1262171.html "Xen made virtualisation a popular issue on Linux servers and seemed for a long time to be the open source virtualisation technology of choice. But the Xen developers lost that advantage by setting the wrong priorities. KVM was able to take over some key positions and, with a large number of promoters, is now in a better position." Rahul

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[In the news] Fedora 15 KDE
by Rahul Sundaram 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2011/06/27/fedora-15-kde/ "Overall I think Fedora 15 KDE is a very attractive desktop distro. It comes with a good selection of software and an attractive & highly usable version of KDE. There’s not a lot here to complain about and there’s quite a bit to be happy about. I suspect that Fedora 15 KDE will be one of the distros that wins over wavering GNOME & Unity users. Fedora 15 KDE is suitable for beginner, intermediate or advanced Linux users." Rahul

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[In the news] An In-Depth Look at Fedora 15
by Rahul Sundaram 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi http://techgage.com/article/an_in-depth_look_at_fedora_15/ "Fedora has long been touted as being one of the most professional, stable, cutting-edge distros out there, and seeing as though its latest version brings GNOME 3 along for the ride, I couldn't help but download and install it. I've since used Fedora 15 for an entire month, so read on as I take a look at this release from all angles." Rahul

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[In the news] The Many Faces of Fedora
by Rahul Sundaram 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi http://eyeonlinux.com/2011/06/16/the-many-faces-of-fedora/ "Some folks might be unaware though that Fedora comes in a number of different versions; each designed to appeal to a particular audience. Yes, it’s true. Fedora has many faces and here’s a brief look at each of them for those who might be interested in taking another look at this fine desktop distribution." Rahul

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[In the news] Podcast: Igor Pires Soares – Fedora Project
by Rahul Sundaram 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi http://www.ogmaciel.com/podcast-igor-pires-soares-fedora-project/ "Igor Soares - Projeto Fedora I had a chance to interview Igor Pires Soares from the Fedora Project and chat about how he got started with translations, participating on several organizing committees and his travels around the world! He talks about getting lost in Chile, learning English and Spanish, the role his university played on his career, his top 5 books, movies and his interest in music, including a very special moment during a U2 show in São Paulo. The interview is in Brazilian Portuguese, but anyone who can speak Portuguese or Spanish should be able to enjoy it!" Rahul

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[In the news] Video: GNOME 3 Shell (and Fedora 15)
by Rahul Sundaram 12 Jul '11

12 Jul '11

Hi http://www.montanalinux.org/video-gnome-3-shell-review.html "After looking around for a good introduction video to GNOME 3 I found this one. It is the best one I've found so far. Unfortunately it seems to only be available in flash format. Since Fedora 15 was one of the first distros to ship GNOME 3, it also covers Fedora some. Enjoy." Rahul

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In the News: Linux-Magazin on Fedora 15
by Christoph Wickert 08 Jul '11

08 Jul '11

Issue 08/2011 of the German "Linux Magazin" comes with a custom-built Fedora 15 Multiboot DVD and features a one page article about the release: > Die Fedora-Version 15 lebt vom Umstieg auf Gnome 3, der > gewöhnungsbedürftig ist. Tastenkürzel, unter Systemeinstellungen | > Tastatur zu finden und selbst anlegbar, sind andererseits beim > Anfreunden hilfreich und machen – einmal gelernt – die Bedienung des > Desktops oft erfrischend einfach. Für den Sprung ins kalte Wasser, den > Systemd noch eine Spur waghalsiger macht, wirkt Fedora 15 gelungen, > der aktuelle Paketbestand tut dazu ein Übriges. Source: http://www.linux-magazin.de/Heft-Abo/Ausgaben/2011/08/Fedora-15 More articles to come as Linux New Media also publishes the "Admin Magazine" in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Regards, Christoph

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Linux New Media to ship thousands of Fedora DVDs
by Christoph Wickert 07 Jul '11

07 Jul '11

As written in my previous mail I made a custom spin of Fedora 15 for the German Linux Magazin in April. It has taken a shine to the editors so they also asked me for an English version which is going to be shipped with their "Admin Magazine". Look out for it in * Germany: Linux Magazin is in stores as of today. * UK and other European countries: Admin Magazine 04/2011to be released on July 17th. * North America: Admin Magazine to be released on August 12th. * Australia and New Zealand: Admin Magazine to be released on September 12th. I was told not to mention the exact number of media but trust me, it’s huge. It’s more media than the ambassadors produced for the last 3 or 4 Fedora releases worldwide. For more info and a photo of the media, please have a look at http://www.christoph-wickert.de/blog/2011/07/07/linux-new-media-to-ship-tho… Regards, Christoph

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[In the news] German: FreiesMagazin on Fedora 15
by Vinzenz Vietzke 03 Jul '11

03 Jul '11

Hi all, German free online magazine "FreiesMagazin" published it's issue for July 2011 today and has a huge roundup article on Fedora 15. HTML version with pictures (2,8MB): http://www.freiesmagazin.de/mobil/freiesMagazin-2011-07-bilder.html#11_07_f… HTML version without pictures (200KB): http://www.freiesmagazin.de/mobil/freiesMagazin-2011-07.html#11_07_fedora_15 PDF version (3,1MB): http://www.freiesmagazin.de/ftp/2011/freiesMagazin-2011-07.pdf Regards, vinz. -- Vinzenz Vietzke Fedora Ambassador / Coordination German L10N Team m: vinz(a)fedoraproject.org wk: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Vinz mb: https://identi.ca/vinzv

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Old HootSuite account
by Paul W. Frields 02 Jul '11

02 Jul '11

For a while, we were using a HootSuite free account to manage multi-party access to the Twitter @fedora account. (By rigging up a ping.fm feed in HS, we had the ability to post to Udenti.ca and thus echo through Twitter as well.) Using HS allowed us to spread access to multiple team members without having to insecurely spread the password around. Due to HS changing their free/paid structure, though, we've no longer had the ability to do this for some time. Instead, we have shared password access to the Identi.ca and Twitter accounts. HS is getting ready to deactivate access for extra people to our free account there, making that account virtually useless. The alternatives AFAICT are: * Switch to a paid account, where we also pay for each additional team member. A total team size of 4 would run a little over $600 a year. * Continue to share the password for Identi.ca/Twitter. To augment our tracking capability I can set up some mail forwarding rules to notify team members of conversations. When we originally started HS we did so with some trepidation given it was a non-FOSS service. I'm not really shot in the arm by paying for the service, unless we have a clear idea of what that gains us. I briefly surveyed free tools again and have found nothing that offers the "many people share a social presence" features of HS. But do we need their console, analytics, etc. to fulfill some goals? To what extent are we comfortable or willing to pay for a non-FOSS service for marketing purposes? Paul

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