Three MythTV Linux distros compared
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
Somewhat superficial review but can be useful to gather some basic
information if you are interested in a MythTV box
http://www.linux.com/feature/118668
"
My Series 1 TiVo is getting old, so I am planning an escape route based
on MythTV, a free software system that turns an old computer into a
personal video recorder. This week I tested three MythTV-specific Linux
distributions: KnoppMyth, MythDora, and MythBuntu. I found MythDora the
best overall fit for my needs"
"MythDora 4 is built on top of Fedora Core 6, also providing MythTV
0.20.1, and is available (via direct download only) as a 1.0GB DVD ISO
image or as two CD-sized ISO images."
Rahul
16 years, 8 months
2007 Desktop Linux Survey
by Marc Wiriadisastra
Has anyone been keeping an eye on specific desktop use? Not just in Fedora
but across the board. The 2007 Linux Survey was released with some
interesting results.
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8454912761.html
"The Red Hat/Fedora family -- which this year includes CentOS -- came in at
the fourth spot with 9 percent. This represents a small loss from last year
when Fedora had 7 percent, while Red Hat added in a mere 2.2 percent, for a
total, including smaller Red Hat/Fedora-based distributions of less than 10
percent."
Cheers,
Marc Wiriadisastra
16 years, 8 months
Using "Fedora"
by nihed mbarek
Hi,
My friend develop an application to help person to install MP3, DIVX and ...
codecs.
he want to give the name "fedora goodies" to the application .
I want to know if it's possible to use the word fedora or a trade mark or
license exist to bann it ? ?
Thanks
--
M'BAREK Med Nihed,
Fedora Ambassador, TUNISIA, Northern Africa
16 years, 8 months
Not sure where to post this, but it is sort of marketing related...
by Jim Nanney
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My wife and I started a business over the summer that is really starting
to take off. In our quest to create our own income, we decided our path
should be a Open Source only one. Now this may not seem so hard, but
the area in which we live creates some logistical problems along that route.
We run Fedora only at our house and our children have had exposure to a
Free Software ONLY household the whole time. My belief in Free Software
turned my wife into a Fedora user and amazingly she cannot stand other
operating systems. Not because of the lack of freedom but because of
the lack of usability. As such using any other operating system has
been more of a headache to her than I ever thought possible. This is
after many of my failed attempts over the years to switch her from other
Operating Systems. Red Hat 9 was her first taste, but it was not enough
to make her switch. Fedora 4 was when the switch actually occurred.
I guess the background may be a bit much, but I wonder if any of you who
are excellent writers would like to do a case study or interview of us
about a business started purely from Open Source roots and the hassles
and non-hassles that has come to surface from going down an open source
only road.
We really want to highlight to everyone that not only is the freedom
provided by open source software available, but is a key ingredient in
success from a business standpoint. Yes, as with any business there are
obstacles, but with open source solutions these have been very minor
when they could have been devastating.
Our business is a grocery delivery business serving those who either
have no capability to shop for themselves, no time to do it, or have
better things to do with their time, or any combination of those three.
Our business is pure open source, from the software that runs the web
site, the software that runs the bookkeeping, and even the software we
use to create our advertisements.
By using these available open source solutions we have been able to
customize what we need and yet save money. Total Cost of Ownership is a
buzzword these days, but in essence, we are realizing huge cost savings
on a daily basis.
I guess I have rambled enough, but my main point is we are a great test
case or point of reference for marketing Fedora in that we use its
capabilities to the fullest for our business, and that is proving to
have been an excellent choice.
Feel free to contact me if you would like more info about how we use
open source and in particular Fedora to further our business.
Thanks,
- --Jim Nanney
I guess I should disclose that I signed up earlier this year to be a
Fedora Ambassador and I have been a contributing member of the Fedora
Free Media Project.
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16 years, 8 months
Re: Re: Intro & observations - Fedora-marketing-list Digest, Vol 38, Issue 23
by Alejo Cerrat0
Thanks for the warm welcome!
After reading your replies and comments I'd like to add:
I was referring mostly to the fact that while trying to become a contributor
you are learning what the next step by doing so, there's just not much
documentation for the linux-impaired.
It'll be great to have a wiki describing the whole process, and with some
useful (and educational) information related like 'where are your keys saved
in the disk', 'how to generate the files for your keys' etc.
I don't think this piece of documentation to be hard to create, and it'll
help some people to get past this obstacle.
Regarding GUIs and CLIs, I see the concerns and different approaches, and
the good thing about Fedora is that it offers the user more than one right
way to do the same thing.
It's just a matter of providing different tools and documentation for people
with different skills. Is the possibility of a variety of ways, not the
exclusion, what makes the project attractive.
I appreciate all comments and look forward to read more.
I'll also appreciate If somebody can point a direction (and give some
guidance) to start creating this document.
Alejo Cerrato.//
16 years, 8 months
Re: Employment change, switching to digest and lurking ...
by Ama M
Pity..:(
I always like your _strong_ view points. It brings a new view/approach to a problem/discussions.
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Ama Mgbeoji
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AmaMgbeoji
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From: Bryan J. Smith <b.j.smith(a)ieee.org>
To: For discussions about marketing and expanding the Fedora user base <fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 3:04:50 AM
Subject: Employment change, switching to digest and lurking ...
I've had an employment change. As such, I'm going to switch to the
digest mode and go back to lurking. This is really driven by the fact
that I can really no longer provide opinions here (much less the
"over-opinionated" person I am, even called by some a "Red Hat
apologist" ;).
Hopefully I'll start by replacing the hot air I provide with some real
contributions in the near future. I might start by a few screenshots of
Seahorse, and a little docs, if Mr. Paulo will provide the insights.
It's always good to step back and consider what others are saying, even
if you don't see the viewpoint -- and I did that, and do now see some
valid points he was making. I hope he'll work with me off-list.
>From there I plan on hitting the Duke/YUM team to explore my ECM desires
in hacks to YUM, in the hope they may be considered. My current hacks
are Bash and I'd definitely have to turn them into integrated Python
code. In any case, I will follow this list, because there are always
good insights into what people are thinking, even if I disagree
(sometimes a bit too strongly) with the analysis or suggestions.
--
Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance
mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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Employment change, switching to digest and lurking ...
by Bryan Smith
I've had an employment change. As such, I'm going to switch to the
digest mode and go back to lurking. This is really driven by the fact
that I can really no longer provide opinions here (much less the
"over-opinionated" person I am, even called by some a "Red Hat
apologist" ;).
Hopefully I'll start by replacing the hot air I provide with some real
contributions in the near future. I might start by a few screenshots of
Seahorse, and a little docs, if Mr. Paulo will provide the insights.
It's always good to step back and consider what others are saying, even
if you don't see the viewpoint -- and I did that, and do now see some
valid points he was making. I hope he'll work with me off-list.
>From there I plan on hitting the Duke/YUM team to explore my ECM desires
in hacks to YUM, in the hope they may be considered. My current hacks
are Bash and I'd definitely have to turn them into integrated Python
code. In any case, I will follow this list, because there are always
good insights into what people are thinking, even if I disagree
(sometimes a bit too strongly) with the analysis or suggestions.
--
Bryan J. Smith Professional, Technical Annoyance
mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com
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16 years, 8 months
Doing a Fedora Project Day at foss.in
by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
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[This might be an Ambassadors list post, but then again it might not]
Hi,
The foss.in Project Day discussion has been trundling along for a while.
Here are the relevant important links:
* http://foss.in/2007/info/Project_Days
* http://foss.in/2007/info/Project_Day_Submissions
*
http://foss.in/2007/info/Project_Days#What_is_the_structure_of_a_Project_...
* http://foss.in/2007/info/Project_Days#How_Do_I_Propose_a_Project_Day.3F
How is the Fedora Project Day placed ?
+ we know what can be expected from the foss.in team
+ we know the dates of the Project Days
+ we know the intent behind the Project Days
- - we don't have a Program Schedule in place yet
o on IM Eugene Teo promises to be part of a Fedora Project Day
- - we don't have volunteers identified
- - we don't have Show-n-Tell sessions in place
Can we iterate this fast enough to have a nice proposal in place by
Friday - 24th of Aug 2007 ?
It would be awesome to have sessions on:
o Fedora Spins (the project Chitlesh has been talking about ...)
o Fedora LiveCD (persistence and all ...)
o Fedora Roadmap (special mention of the Desktop Team bits)
o How to contribute to Fedora
o A Bug Triage section
o Fedora and a11y
:Sankarshan
- --
You see things; and you say 'Why?';
But I dream things that never were;
and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw
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