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Tue Dec 6 06:52:59 UTC 2005

Author: kwade

Update of /cvs/fedora/web/html/About
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I did a fair job of going over each page and checking each link; tried to fix as many problems as I could, with an emphasis on no-errors and error-free content.  I fixed the side navigation to be have links to modern content; updated links; one redirect, more to come?; grammar and technical edits; misc and more.  Let's tag this live tomorrow, Tue. 6 December 2005 15:00 UTC or thereabouts, and I'll be around all day to fix any problems that come up.


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 <p>Fedora is a set of projects, sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the Fedora Foundation.  These projects are developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards.</p>
  
-<p>Fedora Core, the central Fedora project, is an operating system and platform, based on Linux, that is always free for anyone to use, modify and distribute, now and forever. </p>
+<p>Fedora Core, the central Fedora project, is an operating system and platform, based on Linux, that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever. </p>
 
 <h2>What is the Fedora Foundation?</h2>
 
-<p>The Fedora Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.  It will serve the Fedora community in the following ways: </p>
+<p>The Fedora Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.  Its goal is to serve the Fedora community in the following ways: </p>
 <ul>
 <li><p>By providing a non-profit entity to organize and manage volunteers. </p>
 </li>
-<li><p>By ensuring that the work of these volunteers will remain forever free. </p>
+<li><p>By ensuring that the work of these volunteers remains forever free. </p>
 </li>
 <li><p>By providing a fundraising arm for the development and protection of Fedora and related open source projects. </p>
 </li>
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 </ul>
 
 <p>
-  The initial board of directors of the Fedora Foundation continues to develop its governance model in partnership with a community advisory board.  More announcements will be made in coming months as key milestones are reached.
+  The initial board of directors of the Fedora Foundation continues to develop its governance model in partnership with a community advisory board.  More announcements are coming in the months ahead as key milestones are reached.
 </p>
 
 <h2>Why should I use Fedora?</h2>
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@
 
 <p><strong>Excellence: Easy and safe software management with RPM and yum</strong></p>
 <p>The <em>yum</em> utility requires no configuration, and you may add or remove software from Core or Extras as soon as the Fedora installation is complete. You may add a new package source by copying a simple text file into a directory, or by installing an RPM that does it for you.  </p>
-<p>Package operations safely abort if dependencies cannot be met. By default, <em>yum</em> requires all packages to pass a digital signature test before they may install to your system. </p>
+<p>Package operations safely abort if dependencies cannot be met. By default, yum requires all packages to pass a digital signature test before they may install to your system. </p>
 
-<p>The <em>yum</em> utility is developed by system administrators for use on large production networks. Advanced administrative tasks are made easy. For example, you may manage software on disk images with the <em>installroot</em> feature, and recent versions provide an interactive shell to enable you to quickly carry out batches of commands. </p>
+<p>The yum utility is developed by system administrators for use on large production networks. Advanced administrative tasks are made easy. For example, you may manage software on disk images with the <em>installroot</em> feature, and recent versions provide an interactive shell to enable you to quickly carry out batches of commands. </p>
 
-<p>You may create your own plug-ins for <em>yum</em> to add new features. Both plug-ins and the application itself are written in Python, making it simple to extend and integrate <em>yum</em> with other software. RPM supports Perl and Python scripting, as well as providing a library for C applications. </p>
+<p>You may create your own plug-ins for yum to add new features. Both plug-ins and the application itself are written in Python, making it simple to extend and integrate yum with other software. RPM supports Perl and Python scripting, as well as providing a library for C applications. </p>
 
 <p>References: </p>
 <ul>
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 <p><strong>Excellence: Simple and flexible installation with Anaconda</strong></p>
 
-<p><em>Anaconda</em> provides a well-designed installer with both a graphical and text based interface with safe defaults, to enable users to install a new system with minimal difficulty. The interface provides advanced customization options to more precisely control package selection, configure complex storage arrangements with LVM and RAID, and attach the system to network management services such as LDAP and Kerberos. </p>
+<p>Anaconda provides a well-designed installer with both a graphical and text based interface with safe defaults, to enable users to install a new system with minimal difficulty. The interface provides advanced customization options to more precisely control package selection, configure complex storage arrangements with LVM and RAID, and attach the system to network management services such as LDAP and Kerberos. </p>
 
-<p><em>Anaconda</em> supports installation from disc images, portable hard drives and network file shares. Any standard FTP, HTTP, or NFS server may act as an installation source. You may boot <em>Anaconda</em> from a pen drive or TFTP network boot service and perform an installation with no discs or CD drive at all, which is ideal for laptops and network terminals. </p>
+<p>Anaconda supports installation from disc images, portable hard drives and network file shares. Any standard FTP, HTTP, or NFS server may act as an installation source. You may boot Anaconda from a pen drive or TFTP network boot service and perform an installation with no discs or CD drive at all, which is ideal for laptops and network terminals. </p>
 
-<p>Fedora installation may be partially or fully automated with <em>kickstart</em> files. Fedora includes a utility for generating and editing <em>kickstart</em> files.  As plain-text files, <em>kickstart</em> files may also be created and modified by a simple text editor. The <em>system-config-netboot</em> utility enables administrators to configure a network boot service that combines with <em>kickstart</em> files and a file server to provide completely automated network installations. </p>
+<p>Fedora installation may be partially or fully automated with kickstart files. Fedora includes a utility for generating and editing kickstart files.  As plain-text files, kickstart files may also be created and modified by a simple text editor. The system-config-netboot utility enables administrators to configure a network boot service that combines with kickstart files and a file server to provide completely automated network installations. </p>
 
 <p>References: </p>
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 <p><strong>Excellence: Deep Analysis with Systemtap and Frysk</strong></p>
 
-<p><strong>SystemTap</strong> and <strong>frysk</strong>, developed and sponsored by Red Hat in partnership with others like IBM and Intel, provide a comprehensive framework to benchmark, analyse and improve system performance.   With <strong>SystemTap</strong>, developers and sysadmins can take a deep look into a running kernel.  With <strong>frysk</strong>, developers and sysadmins can directly mainpulate executables as they run. </p>
+<p>SystemTap and frysk, developed and sponsored by Red Hat in partnership with others such as IBM and Intel, provide a comprehensive framework to benchmark, analyse, and improve system performance.   With SystemTap, developers and sysadmins can take a deep look into a running kernel.  With frysk, developers and sysadmins can directly manipulate executables as they run. </p>
 
 <p>References: </p>
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 <p><strong>Excellence: The Free Java Platform</strong></p>
 
-<p>Java is now possibly the most popular programming language in the world. Fedora provides a completely Open Source platform for developing and running Java applications. The combination of GCJ and the GNU Classpath libraries provide much of the functionality of Java 1.4.2 without a proprietary runtime. The Free Java platform is actively being developed to complete the missing functionality and finalize a Web browser plugin. </p>
+<p>Java is now possibly the most popular programming language in the world. Fedora provides a completely open source platform for developing and running Java applications. The combination of GCJ and the GNU Classpath libraries provide much of the functionality of Java 1.4.2 without a proprietary runtime. The Free Java platform is actively being developed to complete the missing functionality and finalize a Web browser plugin. </p>
 <p>Supplied Java software includes the Eclipse development environment, the Tomcat applications server, the Struts Web application framework, and the Jakarta Commons libraries. Fedora Core also includes the Java-GNOME bindings, which enable Java developers to write GNOME and GTK+ desktop applications in pure Java. Fedora Java packages follow the JPackage standards, which enable the supplied applications to work alongside the dozens of Java packages provided by jpackage.org. </p>
 <p>References: </p>
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 <p><strong>Excellence: Fedora Directory Server</strong></p>
 
-<p>The Fedora Directory Server is a robust, scalable open-source server designed to manage large directories of users and resources. It is based on an open-systems server protocol called the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). It was acquired from Netscape and open sourced by Red Hat. It also forms the basis of the Red Hat Directory Server and is capable of serving the needs of any enterprise. </p>
+<p>The Fedora Directory Server is a robust, scalable, open source server designed to manage large directories of users and resources. It is based on an open systems server protocol called the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).  The Fedora Directory Server was acquiredoriginally from Netscape and open sourced by Red Hat. It also forms the basis of the Red Hat Directory Server and is capable of serving the needs of any enterprise. </p>
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