[In the news] Fedora Board likely to reconsider SQLNinja, but should they?
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/68571
"The chorus crying about the exclusion of SQLNinja has nothing at stake,
nothing at risk if Fedora ships SQLNinja. On the other hand, Fedora as a
project under Red Hat's wing can expose the parent company to legal risk —
not to mention risk to its reputation. Imagine for a moment the headlines
about Red Hat shipping a SQL Server takeover tool in Fedora 15, especially
if it actually is *used* to conduct an attack of any magnitude. If you want
to get on the slippery slope, Red Hat and the Fedora Board have very good
reasons for rejecting SQLNinja."
Rahul
13 years, 5 months
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[In the news] Fedora 14: Who is Reviewing the Reviewers?
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
http://www.montanalinux.org/fedora-14-reviews-review.html
"Distrowatch had a review of Fedora 14 as a feature of their weekly
edition. In it they had some background information, mentioned that the
Fedora Project has a new website, had a mini-interview with Fedora
Project Leader Jared Smith, and then proceeded to go through the actual
Fedora 14 release.
They didn't find Fedora to be perfect (it isn't nor is any Linux
distribution) nor did they find any major flaws. The reviewer mentioned
what he thought Fedoras strengths were as well as some of areas that
need additional attention. I thought it was a reasonable review and that
the reviewer had actually put a considerable amount of time and effort
into it... trying to be an information resource for the reader."
Rahul
13 years, 5 months
[In the news] Fedora Board likely to reconsider SQLNinja, but should they?
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/68571
"The chorus crying about the exclusion of SQLNinja has nothing at stake,
nothing at risk if Fedora ships SQLNinja. On the other hand, Fedora as a
project under Red Hat's wing can expose the parent company to legal risk
— not to mention risk to its reputation. Imagine for a moment the
headlines about Red Hat shipping a SQL Server takeover tool in Fedora
15, especially if it actually is used to conduct an attack of any
magnitude. If you want to get on the slippery slope, Red Hat and the
Fedora Board have very good reasons for rejecting SQLNinja"
Rahul
13 years, 5 months
[in the news] Red Hat's Fedora 14 Boasts Updated Development Tools, New Virtualization Technology
by Kara Schiltz
Not sure if this one has been sent around yet...
eWeek
11.10.10
Red Hat's Fedora 14 Boasts Updated Development Tools, New Virtualization
Technology
By Jason Brooks
Fedora 14, the latest release of Red Hat's fast-moving,
community-supported Linux distribution, hit the Internet earlier this
month bearing its typical crop of updated open-source software
applications, with a particular focus on updated developer tools, such
as the latest versions of the Eclipse and Netbeans Integrated
Development Environments. As far as new features are concerned, Fedora
14 is a fairly modest release, particularly when compared to the latest
from Fedora's chief Linux rival, Ubuntu.
The Fedora feature that most caught my eye was the addition of software
packages to enable Spice, the remote desktop protocol that Red Hat
picked up in its 2008 acquisition of Qumranet, the creator of Red Hat's
KVM open-source hypervisor. While KVM was fairly quickly digested into
the distributions of Red Hat and other Linux vendors, Spice has proven
more of a challenge, due in large part to the fact that it started out
as a proprietary technology <http://www.eweek.com/#>.
Full post:
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Red-Hats-Fedora-14-Boasts-...
13 years, 5 months
Linux Action Show F14 Review
by Charles Kerr
This week, the Linux Action Show did a review of F14. I gave up listening
to the show a few months back when Bryan said "Fuck you Fedora," but tuned
back in for this show to see if anything had changed.
It hasn't... but, since I was listening anyway, here's my summary
of their constructive criticism:
* Even during a slow release cycle (as everyone's preparing for GNOME 3),
it's still important to have something interesting to sell users on the
release. F14 had libjpeg-turbo, D, and openstep, but it didn't have
a "hook."
* Some of the installer's windows are unpolished. These were cited:
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Install3.png
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Install4.png
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Install6.png
* gpk-application was found lacking compared to Ubuntu's Software Center.
Chris felt that the latter has added value by allowing users to review
and rate applications, because that allows other users to discover good
applications.
* More broadly, they felt Fedora's biggest problems is perceptual.
They feel Fedora doesn't offer hardcore users anything Arch doesn't,
that it doesn't offer end-users anything Ubuntu doesn't, and so on.
They felt that Fedora's community could be energized if the project
did a better job at distinguishing itself in the distro market.
I know that Rahul, especially, has tried to engage these guys in a dialog in
the past but I think it's a lost cause. They make some good points, but the
show's S/N is not good:
* Since Fedora-trolling is now literally a feature of the show,
the pair spent four minutes at the beginning of the review discussing
how listeners could tell whether his Fedora-bashing in the review
was serious, or whether it was the show's obligatory trolling.
* The installer's windows "look like they have Down's syndrome."
* A full seven minutes was spent riffing on how inappropriate libjpeg-turbo
is for a Top Feature in the announce list, including:
* Maybe Fedora is trying to attract porn surfers, who need to load
jpegs in a short period of time because they "need to get the job done."
* Chris floated a theory that RH is paying its people to make weak
Fedora releases so that it won't be serious competition to RHEL.
* Bryan argued that Fedora's developers may be "the best possible at
self-deprecating humor" and that Fedora is intentionally bad as a
kind of performance art.
* Two minutes discussing the leopardskin cowboy hat Chris was wearing,
which to give credit where it's due, was awesome.
Previously:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-May/012891.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-June/msg00158....
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-June/msg00170....
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2007-November/msg00...
13 years, 5 months
Re: [in the news] New Legal Guideline
by Jan Wildeboer
IMHO it is a risky decision. By limiting the field of use that governs what
constitutes "acceptable" behaviour of Fedora, we effectively add regulations
based on a vague feeling of "this could be somehow something that might put
Fedora at risk".
I expect a full and thorough analysis of which tools we currently ship could
be excluded under this new doctrine. Think of nmap, wireshark etc. Tools
that have a perfect use for debugging but can also be used for not-so-good
things.
With this decision, it will become hard to justify why some tools are OK and
others pose a legal risk.
I am not happy with this new policy.
Jan
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Subject: [in the news] New Legal Guideline
Hi,
Some news in German about new legal guideline on pro-linux.de:
Fedora gibt sich Richtlinie für Sicherheitssoftware
http://www.pro-linux.de/news/1/16390/fedora-gibt-sich-richtlinie-fuer-sic...
Regards, vinz.
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