Fedora Store special interest group
by Max Spevack
I have created a new SIG (Special Interest Group) to try to solve, this
time in a more formal way, our swag problems. A basic page is up on the
wiki that talks about some initial workflow questions, etc.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Store
If you are willing to commit some time to helping with this problem,
feel free to sign yourself up. I have taken the liberty of adding
Mairin Duffy and Jack Aboutboul to the SIG -- the former because she
asked me to devote some time to this problem and the latter because I
have decided that I want him involved. ;)
I am purposefully using fedora-marketing-list for the email instead of
starting Yet Another Email List.
We will have a kick-off meeting on Wednesday in the #fedora-marketing
channel on IRC, at 18:00 GMT. For your own time zone, see
http://tinyurl.com/2g37uv
Thank you,
Max
16 years, 4 months
Re: What would a Fedora Store sell?
by Marc Wiriadisastra
Computer hardware that supports Fedora. I say in the sense that maybe
laptops/video cards sata that is known to not have issues. (No need to
keep stock just resell from other people)
Linux games since there is a burgeoning linux gaming industry and it's
starting to improve.
The problem with those two ideas is a risk of performing because of
propietary actions.
Cheers,
Marc
16 years, 4 months
I Fedora Latin American Ambassadors and Users Conference
by Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira
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Everything is ready!
In the Latinoware (www.latinoware.org) We will have the "I Fedora Latin
American Ambassadors and Users Conference"
Ambassadors:
* Brazil - RJ - RodrigoPadula ( Confirmed )
* Brazil - BA - CristianoFurtado ( Confirmed )
* Argentina - PabloBarrera ( Confirmed )
* Venezuela - GuillermoGomez ( Confirmed )
Collaborators from: Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay (potential ambassadors)
For more informations, please read:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/LATINOWARE
FEDORA RULEZZ!!!
Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira
www.projetofedora.org
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16 years, 4 months
Distrowatch reviews Fedora 8
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
A fair review of Fedora 8.
A few notes to Simon (CC'ed).
Thanks for the review. Sendmail is activated by default since we need a
MTA to send critical logs to the administrator but it connects only to
the local host and the security risk of that is pretty much
non-existent. You might want to note that critical factor in the
review. Also the Java plugin problem of having to run mozilla-config
manually is fixed in an update. NetworkManager is indeed started by
default in the desktop live cd's as opposed to the regular DVD. We hope
to have it be the default system-wide by the next release. The problem
with old icons might also go away if we switch to the new Echo icon them
in Fedora 9. The problem with yum updates checker is already in
bugzilla and I agree it is a bit of a pain especially when you don't
realize what's happening. For the IP3945 problem, try out the workaround
mentioned in http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common.
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20071112#review
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Distrowatch_Reviews_Fedora_8
"Overall, I truly believe that Fedora 8 is by far the best Fedora
release to date (and I've tried every one of them). From the look and
feel of the system, to the out-of-the-box configuration during
installation, I couldn't be happier with a cutting edge release.
As I mentioned before, the biggest aspects of a successful distribution
for me are suspend/hibernate, correct screen resolution and the the
ability to change the screen resolution in a GUI if it didn't configure
it correctly the first time, system stability, and overall look and feel
of a distribution. For me, Fedora 8 has excelled in all categories when
I evaluate and review a system and I hope that Fedora continues to
release versions that are put together as good as Fedora 8 has been."
Rahul
16 years, 4 months
Fedora 8 Review
by Marc Wiriadisastra
"Red Hat ruled the Linux distribution world, before Ubuntu came and took
over. With the current release for Fedora, it seems that Red Hat is
fighting really hard to control the lost ground. The intense effort is
clear from the current release. If we ignore minor hick-ups, werewolf is
one of the best releases from Fedora. With this release Fedora is
returning to my workstation as distribution of choice, after a long
time."
http://simplyjat.blogspot.com/2007/11/fedora-8-review.html
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_8_Review
Cheers,
Marc
16 years, 4 months
Fedora 8 Review: The beauty and the beast
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
We had a codec buddy bug which fails to show up the initial message and
that in turns makes it pretty confusing. A update has already fixed it
but I doubt reviewers are going to first do an update. Atleast for the
games, we have a wrapper that somewhat explains the situation without
pointing to the drivers or anything like that. We might have to want
have a similar generic message.
http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/224/104/
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_8_Review_The_beauty_and_the_beast
"There is no doubt Fedora 8 is an excellent distribution. Redhat is a
major contributor to Linux and you can see that in Fedora which includes
many exciting new features. Fedora 8 is very stable, the package
management is one of the best out there, security is tight as always and
finally the presentation have improved to make one of the best looking
Gnome distributions I have seen. However in the eyes of the average
desktop user Fedora fails miserably. He will have to go hunting for
third party repositories to get nVidia or Ati drivers installed and then
get confused by the new codec tool. He will even have to go searching
the web to find out why Flash fails when trying to install it in Firefox"
Rahul
16 years, 4 months