May 2011 - [MOVED TO DISCOURSE] Fedora Marketing - https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/tag/marketing

[In the news] Fedora 15 Goes Gold, and That's Not All

by Rahul Sundaram

Hi http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-15-goes-gold-and-thats-not-all "The most notable of the Fedora 15 features is the move to GNOME 3. GNOME 3 was met with mixed reactions and this is another reason to look forward to Fedora 15 reviews. Some of the other features include KDE 4.6.x, Xfce 4.8, GCC 4.6, a change to LibreOffice, removal of Setuid apps, improved SPICE support, /var/run and /var/lock mounted as tmpfs, and systemd. Fedora 15 is due May 24." Rahul

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[in the news] Spotlight Feature: Building Appliances for the Cloud with Fedora 15

by Kara Schiltz

Red Hat News Blog 5.19.11 http://www.redhat.com/about/news/blog/spotlight-feature-building-applianc... Spotlight Feature: Building Appliances for the Cloud with Fedora 15 By Fedora Team Fedora 15 is just around the corner, and as with previous Fedora releases, we'll be taking a closer look at some of the new features as we approach Fedora 15's release day. First up: BoxGrinder <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BoxGrinder>. BoxGrinder comes to Fedora from our friends in the JBoss Community <http://www.jboss.org/>, and we're thrilled to be working with them! BoxGrinder is a set of tools for making appliances, typically used in virtualized environments, or for use in a cloud environment. In a nutshell, it "grinds" out a preconfigured disk image, including the operating system and required software, ready for deployment - and can even deliver the appliance to a targeted location. There are a few "subprojects" which make up BoxGrinder. BoxGrinder Build is a command-line tool, which is responsible for actually building the appliances. BoxGrinder REST is a server with a farm of builder nodes -- when building the appliance, build tasks are distributed to nodes where BoxGrinder Build is used to build the appliance. The resulting appliance is then transferred to a configured destination. And if command-line isn't your cup of tea, BoxGrinder Studio provides a web front-end to BoxGrinder Rest to facilitate a user-friendly, graphical user interface experience. One of the best features of BoxGrinder is its flexibility in appliance locations, operating system support, and virtualization platforms. Created appliances can be sent to a variety of location types, such as a remote SFTP server or Amazon EC2. It currently supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, and CentOS, and multitude of platforms including KVM/Xen, VMWare, VirtualBox, and EC2. A number of public cloud providers are supported as well, and the list is rapidly growing <http://boxgrinder.org/cloud-locations/>. The simple appliance definition concept is great for sysadmins, particularly for those interested in repeatable deployments. "...having a simple appliance definition makes it possible to build the appliance in a repeatable fashion later. Or you can just rebuild the appliance for a different platform or deliver it to a different location. It's up to you how you want to use BoxGrinder's features," says Marek Goldmann, the BoxGrinder project leader and senior software engineer at Red Hat. "BoxGrinder helps you create the appliances with the software you want and configure it in the way you want. BoxGrinder saves you time. You don't need to install the operating system and configure all of your stuff afterward manually - BoxGrinder does this for you." True to its open-source roots, BoxGrinder has a growing community, with responsive maintainers always looking to lend a hand. It was designed with a plugin architecture, so adding features like a new operating system, platform, or delivery method is easy to do -- and your tips can be shared right back with the community. The BoxGrinder community page <http://boxgrinder.org/community/> has all of the information to get you started with engaging the community. Want to read more? Check out the Fedora team's interview with Marek Goldmann about BoxGrinder here <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BoxGrinder_in_F15>. You can also hop over to the BoxGrinder webpage <http://boxgrinder.org/> to take a look at the project's latest news, and get more details on usage. Try out BoxGrinder now! Download the Fedora 15 Beta here <http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease?anF15b>, and keep an eye out for the release of Fedora 15 in just a few days. Messages Error Warning Information OK

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Quick interview idea for someone looking for an interesting marketing task (skysurvey.org)

by Máirín Duffy

Hi, Mike Bonnet pointed this out to me this weekend: http://skysurvey.org This site has gorgeous interactive maps of the stars, and was created using Fedora and the Gimp. An interview with Nick Risinger, who created the site, might make for a great Fedora case study / could even be posted on the user interviews section of www.fedoraproject.org. Just a quick marketing idea! ~m

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Final F15 release announcement

by Paul W. Frields

I noticed this morning that the final announcement page is blank: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_announcement The previous release's final announcement page is found here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_announcement I mentioned this on IRC and Rahul Sundaram said he would work on the F15 final announcement. In recent releases (since F12 or F13) we've tried to keep the final announcement basically in sync with the text provided to Red Hat's corporate communications staff for the official press release they send on release day. Adam Williamson had brought this excellent idea to Marketing some time ago from his Mandriva experience and we adopted it as well. :-) Jared should make sure those two texts are properly aligned -- usually there's a lag of about one business day, so Red Hat Legal can check and approve outgoing PR text. So I encourage you guys to collaborate on the output to maintain that alignment. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Red Hat Summit/JBossWorld -- Register now! http://.theredhatsummit.com

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Kishan Goyal left a message for you...

by Sammy

Kishan Goyal left a message for you... Its sender and content will be shown only to you and you can delete it at any time. You can instantly reply to it, using the message exchange system. To find out what was written to you, just follow this link: http://eu1.badoo.com/kishangoyal/in/hKazSQeELbQ/?lang_id=3 Some more patiently waiting folks: Zoltan (Győr Megyei Város, Hungary) Kriszti (, Hungary) Gizella (, Hungary) http://eu1.badoo.com/kishangoyal/in/hKazSQeELbQ/?lang_id=3 If the link in this message does not work, try copying and pasting it into your browser. This email is part of our delivery procedure for the message sent by Kishan Goyal. If you have received this email by mistake, please ignore it. The message will be deleted soon. Have fun! The Badoo Team You have received this email, because a Badoo member has left a message for you on Badoo. This is a post-only mailing. Replies to this message are not monitored or answered. If you don't want to receive any more messages from Badoo, please notify us: http://eu1.badoo.com/impersonation.phtml?lang_id=3&mail_code=21&email=fed...

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IMPORTANT - Fedora Project Contributor Agreement Signing Window Is Open

by Tom Callaway

Please take a moment and read this brief email, as it is important. Fedora is in the process of retiring our old "Individual Contributor License Agreement" (also known as the ICLA or CLA) and replacing it with the new Fedora Project Contributor Agreement (FPCA). All Fedora contributors with accounts in the Fedora Account System (https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts) who have agreed to the old CLA *MUST* agree to the new FPCA by June 17, 2011 to continue contributing to Fedora. Here is how you do this: 1) Login to the Fedora Account System: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts 2) Once logged in, click on the "My Account" link in the blue box on the left side of the window. 3) On the page that loads, you will see a section labeled "Account Details". Look for the line that says "Contributor Agreement". On that line, you should see a new section that says: "New CLA Not Signed - We need contributors to sign the new Contributor Agreement(Complete it now!)" Click on "Complete it now!" and follow the prompts. ***** It is important that Fedora Account holders who have signed the old Fedora CLA sign the new FPCA. We have allotted a window of one month for Fedora contributors to agree to the FPCA. This means that after June 17, 2011, any Fedora Contributors who have not agreed to the FPCA will have their "cla_done" flag set to False. This also means that any groups that they are in which are dependent upon "cla_done", such as "packager", "ambassador", and Fedora People access will be removed. There are a few accounts which are exempt from this, specifically, accounts which are members of the "cla_dell", "cla_intel", and "cla_redhat" groups. If you do not know what these groups are, you are probably not in them. :) Accounts in these groups will not see the "New CLA Not Signed" line on their "My Account" page, and do not need to take any action at this time. Please take a minute and login to FAS to agree to the terms of the FPCA, to avoid loss of access. More information about the FPCA, including the final FPCA text, can be found here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Fedora_Project_Contributor_Agreement If you have any additional questions about the FPCA or the re-signing process, please feel free to email me directly at legal(a)fedoraproject.org. Thanks, Tom Callaway, Fedora Legal == Fedora Project

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Hello Folks

by Buddhike Kurera

Hi, I am Buddhika Kurera (User:Bckurera), from Fedora Ambassadors group and would like to work with Fedora Marketing as well. I am from APAC and my wish is to make popular Fedora among my region. That is the main reason to join with Marketing. Lets do it. See you all soon. -- Regards, Buddhike Chandradeepa Kurera

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[In the news] How to painlessly switch from Ubuntu to Fedora

by Rahul Sundaram

Hi http://cristalinux.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-painlessly-switch-from-ubu... "Fedora now enjoys a bleeding edge implementation of the GNOME Shell, which, on top of all the great changes coming with Fedora 15, sets the stage for a very successful release. After testing Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15 intensively in the last few days, I have come to appreciate the latter more and more. While Ubuntu developers have done an incredible job getting Unity (somewhat) ready in just a few months, it still feels immature. In addition, probably as a result of all that frantic development for Unity, Natty Narwhal is one of the less stable Ubuntu releases I remember. Fedora 15, on the other hand, is surprisingly stable for a Beta release.y choice (at least until Unity grows mature enough) is pretty by clear now after getting to grips with Fedora in the past few weeks. It's a no brainer, really, as I now enjoy the best possible GNOME Shell implementation... and can't say I miss a thing from Ubuntu!" Rahul

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[In the news] Fedora 15 First impressions

by Rahul Sundaram

Hi https://duskfire.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/fedora-15-first-impressions/ "I was much more impressed with the new Fedora than I expected. I think that it’s an excellent distribution, and although it won’t replace Linux Mint for my own day to day use, I definitely can see its appeal. If you like Fedora, or if you haven’t used it but favor the more open-source focused distros, give this a chance" Rahul

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presentation

by Víctor M. Mondaza del Valle

Hello everyone. My name is Victor (my user in fedora is mondaza) and I live in Spain. Although I have little time using fedora, but I liked it. I decided early on to help in the project because I see that in Spain is forgotten, unlike other distros like ubuntu. Although I am not a technician in the field, I have many illusions. I would like to start promoting with the basics, people closer and to use popular tools like social networks, especially twitter. I also would like to start a basic blog for beginners, I did not find too many. Greetings and we will continue reading.

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