I want to show off some maps....
by Jef Spaleta
Okay the F8 one week window of mirrorlist clients map is edging up
towards 150k clients.
Who that number be a good time to hilight the map as a way to show off
to current users on start.fp.org? And possible to stick on the
homepage of www.fp.org for drivebys? Anyone got a problem with me
doing that?
I'm trying to go back through and make a time history of some of the
information on the map... when I have the cycles. Even though the
maps are generated daily(or should be barring any hiccups) we aren't
caching the information any any way. I want to start trying to do
that so we can look at time histories and ask some more sophisticated
questions like "what is the time lag between US and EU client density
accumulation"
-jef
16 years, 2 months
Some users feedback on F8 LiveCD
by Gain Paolo Mureddu
Good night all.
I was reviewing some feedback I got back from a few friends and relatives about F8 LiveCD and F8 in general. I'm trying to put together some sort of a "quick" introductory "manual" to Fedora and its key features. I'm not trying to imitate what's already been done and users can find on the Internet, but rather go a bit more in depth with stuff such as very basic introductions to the several programs that conform a default desktop installation (hence the use of LiveCDs both GNOME and KDE) for users to get acquainted with the OS, and more importantly, the applications they'll find. The final objective is to spend less time talking about "the system" and spend the bulk of the reader's time talking about the applications. At any rate, while reviewing some of the feedback I got from a few (two, actually) users, is concerning one application (of the them actually sent the e-mail with a subject [roughly] "undocumented application"), they both were talking about Evince, or "Document Viewer". What they particularly found funny was that Firefox would prompt to open PDF (and other file types) with it, but there was no entry for it in the applications menu hierarchy. At first I was kind of "shocked" to read this (I guess I've been too used at using Evince launched from web browsers that I didn't notice there indeed is no menu entry for it). So I felt compelled to ask: What other applications that may actually be part of the Desktop are there in the LiveCDs (and default installs) that don't have a menu entry as well?
I do believe this is indeed important, I for one did not think about it when first thinking on writing this "manual", but now that it's been brought to my attention, what other "undocumented apps" are there (in the understanding that these may be GUI applications without a menu entry)? I think it might be important to notice these (from a marketing point of view), and maybe expose them more in our marketing efforts? I know the concrete case of Evince is not very appealing to a lot of people (I know many who actually despise the app), but there are other such applications (I can't think of any out the tip of my mind, at the moment) it may be a good idea to explore how to properly raise awareness of them.
Any input appreciated.
Gian.
16 years, 2 months
Ref:Re: Some users feedback on F8 LiveCD
by Gain Paolo Mureddu
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Asunto : Re: Some users feedback on F8 LiveCD
> Gian Paolo Mureddu wrote:
> > Good night all.
> >
> > I was reviewing some feedback I got back from a few friends and relatives about F8 LiveCD and F8 in general. I'm trying to put together some sort of a "quick" introductory "manual" to Fedora and its key features. I'm not trying to imitate what's already been done and users can find on the Internet, but rather go a bit more in depth with stuff such as very basic introductions to the several programs that conform a default desktop installation (hence the use of LiveCDs both GNOME and KDE) for users to get acquainted with the OS, and more importantly, the applications they'll find. The final objective is to spend less time talking about "the system" and spend the bulk of the reader's time talking about the applications. At any rate, while reviewing some of the feedback I got from a few (two, actually) users, is concerning one application (of the them actually sent the e-mail with a subject [roughly] "undocumented application"), they both were talking about Evince, or "Document
> V
> > iewer". What they particularly found funny was that Firefox would prompt to open PDF (and other file types) with it, but there was no entry for it in the applications menu hierarchy. At first I was kind of "shocked" to read this (I guess I've been too used at using Evince launched from web browsers that I didn't notice there indeed is no menu entry for it). So I felt compelled to ask: What other applications that may actually be part of the Desktop are there in the LiveCDs (and default installs) that don't have a menu entry as well?
> >
> > I do believe this is indeed important, I for one did not think about it when first thinking on writing this "manual", but now that it's been brought to my attention, what other "undocumented apps" are there (in the understanding that these may be GUI applications without a menu entry)? I think it might be important to notice these (from a marketing point of view), and maybe expose them more in our marketing efforts? I know the concrete case of Evince is not very appealing to a lot of people (I know many who actually despise the app), but there are other such applications (I can't think of any out the tip of my mind, at the moment) it may be a good idea to explore how to properly raise awareness of them.
> >
> > Any input appreciated.
>
> This is probably a question better suited for fedora-desktop list but if
> you need to find out yourself, take a look at .desktop files in
> /usr/share/applications and grep for "NoDisplay=true". You can also
> right click on the application menu and click "Edit Menus" and browse
> through the menus and see which ones are hidden.
>
> Rahul
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Thank you very much, Rahul. Much appreciated. I can only wonder now why some were left hidden, but that's really not the point. I was only transmitting what was said to me from 'fresh' users. Another recurring theme (though I tried to actually a dress this one with detailed instructions when giving the LiveCDs) was that of the keyboard layout in the distribution. I'll try to transmit this feedback to the Desktop or LiveCD lists in regards of choosing the appropriate keyboard layout upon language selection in GDM for the LiveCD systems. I'm not sure it would be feasible, but at least was (as I kind of expected) a common observation and desired feature.
These recent efforts had made me want to try to play around with the LiveCD tools to create a "respin" with localized OOo, of course I know why it was left out of the LiveCDs (it simply takes too much disk space, and having all locales amounts almost to an entire 700Mb CD), I wonder how much it would take with only one extra locale (as I understand US English is "hardcoded"). At any rate, this is no topic for marketing, but rather for the LiveCD or Desktop lists. Thanks again for your input.
16 years, 2 months
RPM Fusion Interview
by Jonathan Roberts
Hey all,
I'm just putting together an interview with the people from RPM Fusion
but I wanted to check that there are no problems with this going on the
Fedora Wiki - that is with the repository providing access to non-free
(and patented?) software?
Best wishes,
Jon
16 years, 3 months
Self-Introduction | John Adams, Red Hat Brand Manager
by John Adams
Greetings, Fedora Marketing List!
My name is John Adams, and I joined Red Hat in July 2007 as Brand
Manager in the Corporate Marketing group. In my role, I help to define
brand strategies both for the corporate brand itself (Red Hat) as well
as our portfolio of product brands. Prior to joining Red Hat, I spent
several years managing brands in the snack food, apparel and retail
industries, most recently as a Brand Manager at Lowe's Home Improvement
(where I developed and managed a portfolio of 50+ private label brands).
The reason I am telling you this? I am eager to get involved with
Fedora and leverage my skill set to help out however I can with Fedora
brand management. My relevant experience is in the areas of brand
positioning development, brand strategy, brand architecture, naming,
trademark management, and the evaluation of brand design elements
(including logo, package design, and marketing collateral).
Please know that I am a resource for the community and look forward to
helping out however I can. Feel free to email me directly ... my
contact info is below.
Thanks!
John
--
John Q. Adams
Brand Manager | Red Hat
Brand Communications + Design
919.754.4471
joadams(a)redhat.com
16 years, 3 months
