Self-Introduction
by Felipe Garcia
HI everyone.
I believe I already sent this to the Translation groups, but not the Docs,
so here it goes again.
My name is Felipe Garcia, I¹m majoring in Aerospace Engineering at
Embry-Riddle Univ, Prescott, AZ. I¹m originally from Mexico but moved here
almost 2 years ago to study. I have been using Linux for a few years and
finally decided to contribute. I joined mainly to help to translate
documents from English to Spanish.
I don¹t have a lot of programming experience, and that¹s why I decided to
join the documentation project, I felt like I could be much more useful
helping with the translation.
Felipe
14 years
Joining Docs translation
by Felipe Garcia
HI everyone,
I was wondering which groups I have to join in order to translate documents?
Is it just the Translation CVS commit and l10n commit groups? Or are there
more?
Felipe
14 years
Accessibility Guide f13 branch
by Eric Christensen
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I branched the Accessibility Guide, today, and submitted the POT files
for translation. Being that the guide is so small I'm hoping the
translators will go ahead and jump on it.
I also went ahead and built the English version in various formats and
will be posting those soon for proofing.
- --Eric
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14 years
Re: Call for help/ideas: Beta announcement, briefing Ambassadors
by Ryan Rix
On Wed 31 March 2010 12:33:17 am Ryan Rix wrote:
> On Tue 30 March 2010 9:13:00 pm Mel Chua wrote:
> > We need someone to work with Docs (likely tomorrow night?) to write the
> > Beta announcement - any volunteers? Support and a howto can be
> > provided[0]. ;)
>
> I've got this; tomorrow though.
Thanks to awesomepaul's reminder, here's text for the Beta release
announcement, cues taken from F12's Beta announcement and F13's Alpha
announcement; feel free to tear it/me apart :)
......................
== Fedora 13 Beta Release Announcement ==
The Fedora 13 "Goddard" Beta release is available! What's next for the free
operating system that shows off the best new technology of tomorrow? You can
see the future now at:
[http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease]
== What is the Beta Release? ==
The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 13. Only critical
bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading up to the general release of
Fedora 13, scheduled to be released in the middle of May. We invite you to
join us and participate in making Fedora 13 a solid release by downloading,
testing, and providing your valuable feedback.
Of course, this is a beta release, some problems may still be lurking. Should
you trip across one of them, be sure it gets fixed before release by reporting
your discovery at:
[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/]
Thank you!
== Features ==
(features section from F13 alpha release announcement)
== Contributing ==
For more information including common and known bugs, tips on how to report
bugs, and the official release schedule, please refer to the release notes:
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Beta_release_notes?wkanF13a
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Beta_release_notes]
Thank you, and we hope to see you in the Fedora project!
[[Category:F13]]
..................
Will that beta release notes page exist?
Best,
Ryan
--
Ryan Rix
== http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com | http://rix.si/ ==
14 years
Self-Introduction
by pritam
Hello Fedora Docs Project!
My name is Kulkarni Pritam Gajanan, and I am a Post Graduate student of
Computer Engineering at College Of Engineering Pune (COEP). In six month I
will have my masters degree in the Computer Engineering, My project work
focuses on parellel processing especially General Purpose programming on
Graphics Processing Unit(GPGPU). I have always been infatuated with Linux
and open source software. I am seeking a way to give back to the great
project that has given so much to me.
I also enjoy programming; I have extensive C and Java experience. Right now
I am working on CUDA(nVidia's Parallel Processing Architecture for GPGPU
programming) .While I feel I would be a natural fit for an Parallel
Programming developer position as well, I feel that documentation is
potentially where I can do the most good, at least initially. In my opinion,
documentation and user-friendliness is what it is going to take to increase
the popularity of any Linux distribution. Since this is my first step as a
contributor to an open source project, documentation may also be an easier
transition than diving into coding right away.
I have always been an good writer. I have had to write many lab reports,
instruction sets, technical documents, etc. I feel that I could bring these
strengths to the Docs Project.
Since I do not know where I may be needed, I would appreciate feedback from
interested groups. Meanwhile I have joined the docs and docs-commits mailing
lists so I can begin learning your task flow. My GPG fingerprint is below.
Please let me know if there are any other steps I need to take to join the
community. I look forward to working with all of you!
pritam@bhavani:~$ gpg --fingerprint
pub 1024D/36399439 2007-06-17
Key fingerprint = B36A 8BD7 57C3 7616 BED6 2309 AA82 C25A 3639 9439
uid Remi Vernay (http://srvremi.free.fr) <srvchess(a)free.fr>
sub 1024g/8E2434C4 2007-06-17
Thanks & regards
Pritam
14 years
Self-Introduction
by Tom Deering
Hello Fedora Docs Project!
My name is Tom Deering, and I am a senior in Computer Engineering at Iowa
State University. In two years I will have my masters degree in the Software
Systems field of CprE. I have always been infatuated with Linux and open
source software; however, about two months ago I made the permanent switch
to Fedora 12 and fell in love! I am seeking a way to give back to the great
project that has given so much to me.
I also enjoy programming; I have extensive C and Java experience. While I
feel I would be a natural fit for an OS developer position as well, I feel
that documentation is potentially where I can do the most good, at least
initially. In my opinion, documentation and user-friendliness is what it is
going to take to increase the popularity of any Linux distribution. Since
this is my first step as a contributor to an open source project,
documentation may also be an easier transition than diving into coding right
away.
I have always been an excellent writer. I have had three English classes
while at ISU, including a technical writing class. I have had to write many
lab reports, instruction sets, technical documents, etc. I feel that I could
bring these strengths to the Docs Project.
Since I do not know where I may be needed, I would appreciate feedback from
interested groups. Meanwhile I have joined the docs and docs-commits mailing
lists so I can begin learning your task flow. My GPG fingerprint is below.
Please let me know if there are any other steps I need to take to join the
community. I look forward to working with all of you!
[root@tom-pc Downloads]# gpg --fingerprint 64455EA2
pub 4096R/F0B5BB51 2010-04-05 Tom Deering (Fedora Contributor) <
tomdeering7(a)gmail.com>
Key fingerprint = 0877 EB2A 853B FBCF 16EC 0175 D4C9 9608 F0B5
BB51
sub 4096R/64455EA2 2010-04-05
Regards,
Tom Deering
Senior, Computer Engineering
Iowa State University
14 years
Upcoming Fedora 13 Tasks
by John Poelstra
Start End Name
Wed 18-Nov Tue 04-May Create POT files for All Guides
Thu 08-Apr Thu 08-Apr Reminder: Send Project Wide-Final Release Notes
Deadlines
Thu 08-Apr Thu 08-Apr Fedora 13 Beta Release Readiness Meeting
Thu 08-Apr Fri 09-Apr Create Beta Announcement (Docs & Marketing)
Mon 12-Apr Mon 12-Apr Reminder to Development: Wiki Freeze in 7 days
Mon 12-Apr Mon 12-Apr Build and Post release-notes to fedorahosted.org
Tue 13-Apr Tue 13-Apr Prepare GA Release Notes
Tue 13-Apr Tue 13-Apr Beta Release Public Availability
Mon 19-Apr Mon 19-Apr String Freeze: GA Release Notes
Mon 19-Apr Mon 26-Apr Port diff wiki content to Publican
Wed 21-Apr Wed 21-Apr Remind Translation: RPM Freeze (no more POTs) in
5 days
14 years
[Fwd: Fedora research survey. Docs/translations folks, please help.]
by Paul W. Frields
Hello Docs and L10n folks,
Greg DeKoenigsberg asked me to pass this on to our Docs and L10n
communities. Please read this and see if you can spend a few minutes
helping researchers who are examining the Fedora Project, by filling
out their survey at the link shown below. Thank you for all your
help!
Paul
----- Forwarded message from Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk(a)redhat.com> -----
All,
As some of you may know, professors at the Fuqua School of Business at
Duke University have been conducting a study of Fedora, and have put
together an online survey based on interviews they conducted with
several dozen folks from the community.
You can access the survey here:
http://www.projectassessment.org/fedora/
Their research goal is to focus more deeply on three primary themes
that emerged from over 20 interviews they conducted with participants
in the Fedora Project:
o Values that are relevant to participants (e.g., to what
extent is 'Open Source' a relevant value across the Fedora
Project?),
o Activities that participants engage in to help sustain the
community (e.g., to what extent is 'testing' a collaborative
activity across the Fedora Project?), and
o Tools participants use for communication or workflow (e.g.,
to what extent is 'Planet' or 'Koji' used across the Fedora
Project?).
The findings of this research will go a long way to helping us better
understand what makes the Fedora community tick. I think it is a
hallmark of our success as a community that academics are starting to
study in detail the ins-and-outs of how our community works.
Please respond as soon as possible. If you have any comments or
concerns, please feel free to email me.
Thanks again for taking the time to answer these questions.
--g
--
Educational materials should be high-quality, collaborative, and free.
Visit http://opensource.com/education and join the conversation.
----- End forwarded message -----
14 years
Reminder to devel?
by Paul W. Frields
I don't think we sent an announcement out yet to the devel-announce@
and/or devel@ lists, reminding devs about the upcoming F13 GA release
notes deadlines. However, that's not too big a problem because the
slip of one week in the Beta and GA dates means we're ahead of
schedule still:
* The deadline for GA release notes now sits at 2010-04-19.
* That first announcement should go out by 2010-04-08 (Thursday).
* Another reminder a week ahead of the deadline, on 2010-04-12 (Monday).
Sound kosher? I think JJMcD has the ball for announcements, but let us
know if you need anything John.
Paul
14 years
Fwd: a/an url
by Eric Christensen
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Passing this message along. Something we should look at fixing.
- --Eric
- -------- Original Message --------
Subject: a/an url
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 22:05:57 -0400
From: Daniel Convissor <danielc(a)analysisandsolutions.com>
To: Eric Christensen <sparks(a)fedoraproject.org>
Hi Eric:
I'm a member of the PHP Documentation Team. Someone on the team is
interested in improving our style guide and suggested we read yours. I'm
very impressed. Good stuff.
I noticed something that seems to need clarification. The "A v. an"
discussion on the Common Mistakes page brings up a the potential
confusion around "an URL" vs "a URL" but doesn't state which form should
be used in the Fedora docs.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project_Style_Guide_-_Common_Mistakes
Personally, I'm favorable to "a URL," but who am I to say what your team
should do. :)
Anyway, thanks again for the excellent read,
- --Dan
- --
T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y
data intensive web and database programming
http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/
4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409
- --
- --Eric
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