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Files article #3 ready for review
by Paul W. Frields 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Hi, I finished that new Files article for the Magazine this past weekend, and it's open for someone to check/edit. The plan was to schedule it for Friday 2016-Apr-15 at 0800 UTC. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com

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Shutter Article
by Ryan Lerch 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Hi all, Just finished the shutter article that is due to be posted later this week. It is ready for an editorial review here: https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=12432&preview=1&_ppp=d9da2ad6a2 cheers, ryanlerch

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Re: [Ambassadors] Talking points about open-source software
by Joe Brockmeier 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

On 04/13/2016 05:59 PM, Nemanja Milosevic wrote: > Hello fellow ambassadors! :) > > As discussed in our EMEA meeting, I will be invited (most likely) to a Microsoft conference here in Belgrade, Serbia (1000+ developers are expected) to hold a presentation about .NET developer toolchain on Linux. It will be a great opportunity to promote Fedora and FOSS. The Fedora part I got covered, and I know what I will talk about. Mostly about how Fedora plays nice with many developer tools, how developer friendly in general it is and how it's fantastic with the frequency of tools updates. Also how nicely it integrates into some of the already existing Microsoft Services (like Azure) > > However the second part about open source software - I'm stumped. Does anyone here have any talking points or prior presentations experience on trying to "sell" the idea of FOSS to someone who is only making proprietary software? It's a pretty hard topic and I would love to hear some of people with greater experience in promoting the FOSS way of thinking than myself. > > I just have no idea on where to even start. I thought about talking about some great open source libraries for .NET developers and that would be fine since I am using many of them and have only had great experiences with them, but than comes the issue of licensing and selling open source software as a part of a closed software solution. Most of the mentioned libraries are GPL licensed if I remember correctly so you see what is the issue. > > So in short, how would you present greatness that is the FOSS philosophy to developers who make a living on selling custom-made business/enterprise software. > > Any insights, tips or materials would be greatly appreciated. > The conference is about a month away, and I think this is an interesting subject even if I don't get to present it. :) > > Thanks in advance to everyone. I'm CC'ing the marketing list here because the marketing list is where talking points usually should originate. (In collaboration with Ambassadors.) AFAIK, we've not written up any talking points on the general goodness of open source for this kind of purpose. But, we *should* because it'd be a really good idea for ambassadors to spend more time talking to audiences we haven't reached vs. audiences we have already reached. I will send a second email with some general ideas, and start a page on the wiki... Best, jzb -- Joe Brockmeier | Community Team, OSAS jzb(a)redhat.com | http://community.redhat.com/ Twitter: @jzb | http://dissociatedpress.net/

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : Magazine editorial board
by Paul Frields 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: Magazine editorial board on 2016-04-14 from 17:00:00 to 18:00:00 America/New_York At fedora-meeting(a)irc.freenode.net The meeting will be about: This meeting is for editors of the [Fedora Magazine](http://fedoramagazine.org) site. The agenda primarily consists of deciding, assigning, and scheduling posts for the upcoming weeks. More information available at: [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Magazine](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mag… Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/2876/

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GIMP article
by Ryan Lerch 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Just did a final look-through of the GIMP article, and it should be right to go! cheers, ryanlerch

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Upcoming Firefox 46 release + magazine article
by Ryan Lerch 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

I noticed that there is an upcoming firefox release, with quite an interesting item in the Beta notes[1], which is probably worth writing up a post in the magazine for similar to ones we have done in the past[2][3]. * GTK3 integration (GNU/Linux only) Does anyone know exactly what this GTK3 integration is? cheers, ryanlerch [1] - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/46.0beta/releasenotes/ [2] - https://fedoramagazine.org/firefox-29-now-available-in-fedora/ [3] - https://fedoramagazine.org/firefox-36-available-in-fedora-21-and-fedora-20/

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article idea: Cantarell font is beautiful in Fedora 24
by Matthew Miller 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

I often hear or see "Fedora doesn't render fonts as well as $OTHER_OS". Some of this may be because of patented tech that we can't enable, but actually those patents are less relevant because they were designed for very low-dpi displays. So, what is it? Well, a strong possibility is that our default desktop font, Cantarell, was not of as high quality as the ones used in other OSes. But, good news! The font has a new maintainer, and is much improved in Fedora 24.... That's the basic idea. Possibly better to actually remove the references to $OTHER_OS and just focus on the improvement itself. With some screenshots. -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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[Fedocal] Reminder meeting : Marketing IRC Meeting
by Justin W. Flory 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Dear all, You are kindly invited to the meeting: Marketing IRC Meeting on 2016-04-13 from 17:00:00 to 18:00:00 US/Eastern At fedora-meeting-1(a)irc.freenode.net The meeting will be about: This meeting is for team members of the Fedora Marketing team. More information can be found on the [wiki page](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing). Source: https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/meeting/3288/

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article votes for wallpaper open
by S.Kemter 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

Hi, I have prepared an article/picture, as the submission phase for the supplemental wallpaper is over on 11th. But I am not sure where is the right place fedoramagazine or communityblog br gnokii

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Re: Article Idea: What do you look forward in F24?
by Mark Terranova 10 Apr '16

10 Apr '16

+1 I've been trying to capture the words for my excitement with F24's soon to be awesome release. I'm already planning local events for June. Usability is there, we are continuing to "containerize ALL the things", under the hood keeps getting better, etc. Usability is my key excitement; because I can more easily share our Distribution. And sharing is what FOSS is to me (-: ALL Hail Tux the Magnificent, -MD On Apr 10, 2016 11:19 AM, "Sylvia Sánchez" <lailahfsf(a)gmail.com> wrote: Love the idea!! I'm personally looking forward to Plasma 5 improvements and the effects of Gnome 3.20 on Cinnamon. Thank you, cheers, Sylvia -- marketing mailing list marketing(a)lists.fedoraproject.org http://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org

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