Wireless Networking Problem / Fedora Store Ideas
by Markus McLaughlin
I hate to be a complainer BUT when I was using the PPC version of Fedora 8
Live CD, wireless networking didn't work on an older iBook I use from time
to time. I hope there is a good solution/workaround for this soon. I think
the bugs must be ironed out for a Re-Spin before Fedora 9 is ready. But
other then that, Fedora 8 is the BEST OS yet!
As far as a Fedora Store : Book-Like Magazines with a FREE DVD attached are
a MUST. Also, why not sell USB Flash Drives with Fedora 9 already on it?!
Or a $300 PC with Fedora 9 pre-installed! Or $600 PC Laptops with Fedora
9. Or Getting Started Books with a Live CD attached! Or computer cases or
luggage with the Fedora Logo on it! Or a Developer's Course with Fedora 9
SDK!!!
Mark McLaughlin
linuxglobe.wordpress.com
Hudson, MA
16 years, 4 months
Spinning a New Kind of Distro
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/archives/071113-111653.html
"While talking with Fedora Project Leader Max Spevack yesterday, I
increasingly got the sense that Fedora is positioning itself for
something bigger.
The key, I believe, is the spin management technology that was
implemented in Fedora 7 and has now come to maturity in Fedora 8. Spins,
in Fedora-parlance, are customized versions of Fedora that users can
create using Fedora's on-board mixing/package management tools. Right
now, besides the two official KDE and GNOME spins from Fedora, the
Fedora Spin site is host to Electronic Lab, Games, and Development spins."
Rahul
16 years, 4 months
Fedora Membership/Fellowship
by Fabian Affolter
Hi all,
A few months ago Gerold and I talked about a kind of Fedora Member- or
Fellowship. This has included the webshop issue, too. The membership
thing is a topic for the FAD [1] at the end of this month but perhaps
it's a good idea to publish our "brain dump" right now. Because a
intensive discussion about a shop has started...
Some of you can surely remember the time when "Red Hat Magazin" has been
delivered (between summer 2003 and winter 2004) to the subscribers in
Europe. It was the printed german pendant to the online version [2].
Every issue contained an up-to-date "respins" of Red Hat Linux 9 and
later Fedora Core. With one issue they sent a mouse pad. I believe
that most subscribers like this kind of goodie because it was exclusive.
But we don't want to focus to a magazine because there are already
enough computer-related magazines on the market. Our focus will be the
delivering of pressed and printed media with the newest release of
Fedora at the Release Day. No waiting because the mirrors are slow or
down just take the disc and install it. The goodies are the other part
of the subscription.
Basically we were just looking for something to get the people (most
will be end users...) closer to the project and a way to make the
customer relationship stronger. Of course it's about money. We hope to
finance the participation of Fedora at Events with the profit.
Check out your "brain dump" [3] and tell me your opinion, your ideas,
your reservations or what ever.
Kind regards,
Fabian
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAD/FADEMEA2007
[2] http://www.redhatmagazine.com/
[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Membership
16 years, 4 months
[Phoronix] WereWolf Vs the Gutsy Gibbon: 1- 1
by H. Guémar
Hi,
Phoronix has done some benchmarks on performancesbetween Fedora 8 and
Ubuntu 7.10.
"As would be expected, in the gaming benchmarks the two Linux
distributions had performed about the same. In three of the
benchmarks, however, Fedora 8 had the marginal lead over Ubuntu 7.10.
Even though Fedora 8 was on top 60% of the time, the differences were
so small that a Linux gamer would not notice a change while gaming."
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=912&num=1
I am interested to know if SELinux was activated on the Fedora Box
since it brings some overhead.
I also shared the link in Mugshot.
Phoronix had previously made benchmarks on power management between
both distribution, Marc Wiriadisastra posted about it on this m-l.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=880&num=1
Cheers.
H. Guemar, FedoraProject ambassador
16 years, 4 months