Fedora stats offer insight into Linux usage
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi,
http://www.linux.com/feature/118197
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier talks with Fedora's Max Spevack about some
recently released statistics. "The Fedora Project offered a peek under
its kimono recently with details about Fedora 7 adoption and other
statistics. Fedora 7 has snagged more than 300,000 users since its
release at the end of May. While that sounds pretty good, Fedora Core 6
managed to attract more than 400,000 in roughly the same amount of time
after its release. We asked Max Spevack, the Fedora project leader,
whether the numbers are telling the full story."
Rahul
16 years, 9 months
Fedora at GITEX 2007 (42 Days to Go)
by John Babich
There are 42 days left before GITEX in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Here is a quick update:
Red Hat is being very supportive. They are providing the Fedora
Project with a dedicated demo pod. One urgent task is to submit the
design for the large demo pod sign.
The Fedora Project will have the opportunity to show Fedora 7 in
action booting on a laptop, from a live CD and from a USB stick. We
hope to give out a few hundred Fedora live CDS and explain how to spin
custom versions with Revisor.
Since this is a commercial exhibition, we will be explaining open
source concepts to members of the business community, and dispelling
myths surrounding free and open source software.
We also will assist in demonstrating the OLPC XO laptop. This is a
great opportunity to expose government representatives from Africa,
the Middle East and Asia to the One Laptop Per Child Project.
What we desperately need is people willing to commit a few hours to
man the booth, answer questions, do demos and show the Fedora Project
at its finest. Please contact me any which way you can if you are
interested.
See the Fedora at GITEX wiki page
(http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/GITEX) for more details.
John Babich
Volunteer. Fedora Project
16 years, 9 months
linuxglobe's mission and Fedora
by Markus McLaughlin
Hello fellow Fedorians AND fellow Linux Users/Developers!
My name is Mark McLaughlin, I have loved Fedora since Core 5 and can not
WAIT to try out 8!
I am a writer and a "super user" who dabbles in Fedora, MAC OS X, and once
used the dreaded
Windoze XP. I been a fan of the UK's Linux Format magazine for over a year
now and I have
not seen ANY American counterpart so I started linuxglobe.net /
linuxglobe.wordpress.com,
a pdf-based e-magazine slash linux torrent portal to convert frustrated
Windoze Users and
regular folks into Linux Users and Developers! I want to spread the word
about this very
ambitious project and I chose Fedora as linuxglobe's MAIN OS, I see its
potential as it
gets better AND better. What I ultimately want to do is to have a national
North American
magazine with a free DVD attached, published with Fedora 9 that has themes
made for it
by linuxglobe subscribers and/or fans using GIMP, GIMPshop, or Inkscape. I
am sick
and tired of seeing the hideous Steve Ballmer at Microsoft grinning every
time Vista
makes a profit!
It is time to show regular folks that Linux is here for THEM too and we will
make it easier
for them to use on any computer they have! What Fedora should have is
how-to
documents/videos in a "folder" on everything like setting a wireless
network, installing a
printer, finding photos/music/videos, etc. Fedora 8 and beyond must have
optional
features that are good equivalents to itunes, iphoto, imovie, the Vista
sidebar, the
MAC "bar," a news ticker, improvements to the upcoming "codec buddy," an
updated
Skype interface, voice recognition, better text to speech software for the
blind,
improvements to ogg theora, and a combined KDE/GNOME interface. These are
just many improvements I like to see in Fedora in the months to come.
Fedora can
help linuxglobe by finding one person willing to test every release out and
have a review
of it ready a few weeks after the initial debut. It is very important that
Fedora keeps
improving and always putting in features a User would want to have through
free software.
Please consider what I propose, I would like to spread the word about Fedora
in Boston
where there are SO many college students and regular folks who want to use a
computer
but don't know what's out there. What can be done out here to have Fedora
mentioned
and distributed? Should I invest a small amount to spread the word about
Fedora in the
Boston Globe? All we need is the web site name and a catchy phrase! Any
ideas about
that? Should I go out to some major event around here and give out free
Fedora DVDs?
Mark McLaughlin - Editor-In-Chief, linuxglobe.wordpress.com - Fedora User /
Writer
16 years, 9 months
Post-introduction (some 2 years late) ...
by Bryan Smith
I've been on the list some 2 years, and I've never introduced myself.
It's not really that I want to introduce myself now, but rather make
some statements/clarifications that those running this list should be
aware of.
First off, I joined in 2005 August following interest in the logo. I
raised some legal considerations that the time (which caused some
negative interest) and I pretty much been a lurker "on and off" since.
Secondly off, I never put forth the effort to become a "Fedora
Ambassador" myself, of which I hope does not disqualify myself from
being on this list. I have pitched the same idea to other groups (e.g.,
LPI for their Alumni) because I think it's a good avenue.
Third, I joined a Linux vendor this past week, so I don't think I can be
an impartial Fedora Ambassador in the future, at least not while I'm at
this company. Again, following the second point, let me know if this
disqualifies myself from being on this list.
I won't talk about my history except as stated in my signature ...
"Professional, Technical Annoyance." That and the disclaimer that I've
made 90% of my salary/billables on Red Hat solutions over the last 12
years. I.e., I'm your typical, American Libertarian capitalist pig who
probably wouldn't be here if it didn't make me so rich. ;)
--
Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance
mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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Fission Power: An Inconvenient Solution
16 years, 9 months
an very brief introduction of me
by Mark F. Liu
Hi all,
My name is Mark F. Liu. I am from China and would like to join the
Fedora Marketing project.
The guy, whose Fedora project name is bbbush, introduced me to come.
Thanks.
Mark F. Liu
16 years, 9 months
Who can help?
by Mark F. Liu
Hi all,
I have requested membership in the marketing group, but this membership
needs be approved.
That would be grateful, if some people can help me.
BTW, could someone tell me what would be the top mission of marketing group?
Thanks.
Mark F. Liu
16 years, 9 months
Fedora Logo
by Fabian Affolter
Hi all,
On Monday I've sent a request for the Fedora Logo because the
organization team of a event in Switzerland needs SVG for printing their
booklets.
Is this address logo(a)fedoraproject.org still valid?
Regards,
Fabian
16 years, 9 months
Volunteers needed for GITEX (8-12 September)
by John Babich
Fedora Ambassadors and Fedorans everywhere:
I am doing my best to get a Fedora presence in the Red Hat EMEA
booth at GITEX, being held this year on 8-12 September.
See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/GITEX for details.
There is now less than 2 months to GITEX and the clock is ticking...
There has been some interest shown by Red Hat EMEA in letting us
share their booth. I will be following up in the next few days.
This is being held in Dubai, UAE. I am assuming there will be some
Fedorans among the over 100,000 expected visitors. (If there aren't,
we're in big trouble <grin>).
I can use all the help I can get to man the booth, answer questions,
produce and distribute live CDs, etc.
If you are attending GITEX this year and can spare some time to
help out, I think it will be a productive and fun time for all involved.
Please sign up at the above link if you have wiki access. If not,
contact me any which way you can.
John Babich
Volunteer, Fedora Project
16 years, 9 months
Linus Torvalds: Fedora User
by Rodrigo Padula
Interview with Linus Torvalds
A curiosity: which is your favourite distribution, and which on e do you
consider more secure?
I don't really tend to care much, I've changed distributions over the years,
and to me the most important thing tends to be that they are easy to install
and upgrade, and allow me to do the only part I really care about - the
kernel.
So the only major distribution I've never used has actually been Debian,
exactly because that has traditionally been harder to install. Which sounds
kind of strange, since Debian is also considered to be the "hard-core
technical" distribution, but that's literally exactly what I personally do *
not* want in a distro. I'll take the nice ones with simple installers etc,
because to me, that's the whole and only point of using a distribution in
the first place.
So I've used SuSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu, YDL (I ran my main setup on
PowerPC-based machines for a while, and YDL - Yellow Dog Linux - ended up
the easiest choice). Right now, most of my machines seem to have Fedora 7 on
then, but that's only a statement of fact, not meant to be that I think it's
necessarily "better" than the other distros.
Link:http://www.oneopensource.it/interview-linus-torvalds/
16 years, 9 months
