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=== First look: Fedora 15 arrives with GNOME 3.0 and systemd (ArsTechnica) ===
=== Good times with Fedora Linux upgrades (ZDNet UK) ===


Kara Schiltz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013926.html</ref> an ArsTechnica article on the release of Fedora 15:
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013945.html</ref> a review of Fedora 15 from the UK ZDNet site:


"The community of open source software developers behind the Fedora Linux
"I've found that upgrading from version to version of Fedora is quite easy in fact. And one bonus is that all of the software on the system is automatically upgraded to the latest version which includes the latest bugfixes, etc. Sure, running software updates on the existing distribution running on the system will work, too, but updates are no longer released for a particular version of Fedora about 13 months after it is initially released. While this sounds bad, it really isn't. The upgrade process for Fedora is as simple as inserting the CD (or flash drive), selecting "upgrade" at the main menu, and following a few simple steps. What you end up with is a system that is totally up to date and refreshed with all of the latest RPM packages, while all data is completely retained.  What is more of a pleasant surprise with Fedora
distribution announced this week the release of version 15. The update
upgrades is that all files and settings are completely retained for most if not ALL software on the system because Linux stores everything in the user's profile folder."
brings an overhauled desktop user interface and a number of noteworthy
architectural improvements under the hood.


Fedora is a community-driven Linux distribution that is sponsored by Red
The full post is available<ref>http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/the-open-source-revolution-10014902/good-times-with-fedora-linux-upgrades-10022549/</ref>.
Hat. It is released twice a year on a six-month development cycle and
typically ships with the latest cutting-edge Linux software. Fedora is
known for riding ahead of the curve and is often the first Linux distro
to introduce major new features. It also serves as an incubation space
for emerging Red Hat technologies, particularly in areas like
virtualization. It lacks the usability and robustness of some other
distros, but its unique technical advantages and high commitment to open  
source ideology are appealing to system administrators, software
developers, and software freedom advocates.


The most significant user-facing change in Fedora 15 is the inclusion of  
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GNOME 3.0, a major update of the open source GNOME desktop environment.  
 
It brings a completely new desktop shell to Fedora that helps to  
=== Fedora 15 (Lovelock) Released (ZDNet UK) ===
modernize the user experience. The new shell is built with the Clutter
 
toolkit and requires hardware-accelerated rendering in order to operate.
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013944.html</ref> another posting on the release of Fedora 15 from ZDNet UK:
Fedora fortunately does a pretty good job of handling it with open
 
source drivers on many hardware configurations."
"Whew. That was longer than I had intended it to be, but I suppose with
a release which makes changes of this magnitude it is to be expected. My
personal summary is that Gnome 3 seems pretty nice, and I have made a
lot more progress in adjusting and adapting to it, and actually starting
to like it in a relatively short time than I ever have made with Ubuntu
Unity. I think for Fedora loyalists this will be an excellent new
release, if they are willing and able to accept Gnome 3; the same is
probably true of those who are new to Fedora but at least have supported
hardware."


The full post is available<ref>http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/05/first-look-fedora-15-arrives-with-gnome-30-and-systemd.ars</ref>.
The full posting is available<ref>http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jamies-mostly-linux-stuff-10006480/fedora-15-lovelock-released-10022542/</ref>.


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=== Fedora 15: More than just a pretty interface (The Register UK) ===
=== Fedora 15 – Bringing You The Latest In Linux ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013924.html</ref> an article on Fedora 15's release from makeuseof.com:
 
"It’s another great day in the world of Linux. Fedora 15 was finally
released two days ago, and this new release brings a massive amount of
changes compared to Fedora 14. In fact, there’s so many changes that a
lot of them can’t fit into this article.  However, the major features
that have changed are too important to leave out, that impact users in a
very obvious way."
 
The full article is available<ref>http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fedora-15-bringing-latest-linux/</ref>.
 
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=== Linux Fans Say Fedora 15 Is Too Easy To Use ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013942.html</ref> a short post highlighting features in Fedora 15 from itportal.com:


Kara Schiltz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013925.html</ref> a posting on the release of Fedora 15:
"Apart from the new Gnome 3 desktop, another noticeable feature on the
platform is the systemd configuration. Systemd replaces SysVinit and
Upstart for system and session management and brings a faster boot
experience.   The Fedora Project has added a cloud based BoxGrinder
appliance builder tool to the platform to aid developers.  Fedora 15
also comes with Linux 2.6.38, the SystemD configuration utility and a
new firewall system. Fedora 15 will also come with a range of new
applications including LibreOffice and Mozilla Firefox 4 so that it has
greater out-of-the-box functionality."


"The Red Hat–backed Fedora Project has released the latest version of its
The full article is available<ref>http://www.itproportal.com/2011/05/26/linux-fans-say-fedora-15-too-easy-use/</ref>.
Linux-based operating system, Fedora 15, into the wild.


Despite the similarities of the two leading Linux-based PC operating
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systems, Fedora has long played second fiddle to Ubuntu in the minds of
many Linux fans. Now – for the first time – there are actually major
differences between the two distros.


For most users, the debate between the two can be distilled down to
=== GNOME 3 on Fedora 15 ===
GNOME 3 versus Unity. But as always, Fedora remains quite a bit
different under the surface, as well.


With the Unity Shell making waves – and not always good ones – in the
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013941.html</ref> a blog posting on the GNOME 3 experience in Fedora 15:
Ubuntu community, Fedora 15 offers something of a refuge for those
frustrated with the Unity Shell.


Unfortunately GNOME 3, Fedora's new default desktop, while in much
"I’ve just installed Fedora 15, and one of the things that surprised me
better shape than Ubuntu's Unity, is still very different than any
was GNOME 3. I knew from the release notes that GNOME was coming to
version of GNOME you've used before."
Fedora 15, but I didn’t bother looking at the details nor at the larger
versions of screenshots. I knew that GNOME 3 was going to be better than
the older versions, but never thought that it was this good."


The full posting is available<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/24/fedora_15_review/</ref>.
The full article is available<ref>http://blog.randell.ph/2011/05/29/gnome-3-on-fedora-15/</ref>.


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=== How GNOME 3 is besting Ubuntu Unity (Techrepublic.com) ===
=== Intel Sandy Bridge On Fedora 15 Is Decent (Phoronix.com) ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013940.html</ref> a listing of features in Fedora 15:
 
"Fedora 15 had worked fine "out of the box" on this notebook, complete
with the GNOME Shell and its Mutter compositing working without fault.
Fedora 15 is using Linux 2.6.38 and Mesa 7.11-devel, with various
back-ports by Red Hat's engineers. Our usual platter of OpenGL Linux
tests had also run fine on a stock Fedora 15 installation on this Sandy
Bridge hardware without lock-ups or other problems like we have on other
distributions"
 
The full article is available<ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_15_snb&num=1</ref>.


[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013924.html</ref> an article on Gnome 3 compared to Unity:
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"Takeaway: Jack Wallen was jonsing for GNOME 3 and discovered the best
===Five must have Gnome shell extensions for Fedora 15===
route to this new desktop was Fedora 15 beta. Can you image how
surprised Jack was to find out that GNOME 3 blows away Ubuntu Unity?
Read on to find out more."


Conclusion: "I’d like to drop some props to the Fedora 15 team, as
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013939.html</ref> a short posting offering some suggestions for GNOME panel widgets to add:
they’re doing an absolutely incredible job with this bleeding-edge Linux
distribution. Fedora 15 and GNOME 3 is a serious win-win from my
perspective. Give it a go, and you might find that you agree!"


The full article is available<ref>http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/how-gnome-3-is-besting-ubuntu-unity/2551</ref>.
"The weather is an important part of our life and I like to keep an eye
on the weather conditions. There is an extension which helps you to have
a weather notification on the panel itself. This extension adds a
notification and a menu next to the dateNtime menu at the center of the
panel. This is a rather new extension and still have some rough edge to it."
 
The full posting is available<ref>https://justinstories.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/five-must-have-gnome-shell-extensions-for-fedora-15/</ref>.


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=== Fedora 15 Released; Comes With Gnome 3 ===
=== Guest session and user management on Fedora 15 (linuxbsdos.com) ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013938.html</ref> a posting on user management in Fedora 15:
 
"User management on Fedora 15 is just as easy as on any other
distribution or operating system. And the graphical user management
tools (there are two) are very intuitive to use. There are two types of
user accounts on Fedora 15 – Standard and Administrator. The
Administrator has root or super user privileges. During installation,
the user created may be added to the Administrators group. A user in
this group can execute all commands using sudo"
 
The full posting is available<ref>http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/26/guest-session-and-user-management-on-fedora-15/</ref>.
 
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[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013923.html</ref> another posting on Fedora 15 and Gnome 3:
===Fedora 15 Xfce review (linuxbsdos.com)===


"The best features of Fedora 15, which will attract a lot of users is
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013937.html</ref> another posting from linuxbsdos.com on the Xfce spin for Fedora 15:
Gnome 3 shell. Fedora 15 will give users a distro which will allow then
to explore Gnome 3 with the stability that Fedora 15 offers.


Fedora 15 is also introducing Btrfs as a menu item in the installer
"This article presents a review of the Xfce spin, and it is the first
(only for non-live images. live images support just Ext4) and does not
for this edition of Fedora on this site. Fedora 15 sports several new
require passing a special option to the installer as in the previous
features. Some are not particularly relevant to a desktop user, but
releases. Btrfs availability has moved up a notch as a incremental step
others are. Those will be noted in the appropriate sections of this review."
towards the goal of Btrfs as the default filesystem in the next release
of Fedora."


The full article is available<ref>http://www.muktware.com/news/24/2011/1215</ref>.
The full posting is available<ref>http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/28/fedora-15-xfce-review/</ref>.


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=== Fedora 15's five best features (ZDNet.com) ===
=== Fedora (KDE) System Spotted Running Maya 3D on 'Doctor Who Confidential' ===


[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013922.html</ref> an article about Fedora 15's top five features; Rahul writes:
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013936.html</ref> an article noting Fedora trainspotting in an upcoming 'Doctor Who Confidential' episode:


This list doesn't cover major features like systemd and talks about
"A System running Fedora with KDE SC 4 was spotted on 'Doctor Who
Fedora not including Chrome ignoring the fact that Chrome is a
Confidential' episode broadcast this Saturday in UKIt is great to see
proprietary browserChromium is not included for other reasons and
that large organizations like BBC are using Linux systems for
quick a search in the wiki documents that.   However the list of five
production. The footage starts at 32:00 where Animation supervisor Neil
is interesting
Roche is talking about animation effects showing us a system running
Fedora."


The full article is available<ref>http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/fedora-15s-five-best-features/8968?pg=2&tag=mantle_skin;content</ref>.
The full posting is available<ref>http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/05/fedora-kde-system-spotted-running-maya.html</ref>.


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=== Fedora 15 Released, Has GNOME 3, New Search Tool (softpedia) ===
=== Linux Mint 11 and Fedora 15: In One Week, Two Gems Debut ===


[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013920.html</ref> a listing of features in Fedora 15:
Kara Schiltz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013935.html</ref>:


"Highlights of Fedora 15:
"As promised previously
<http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/228298/five_linux_distributions_get_a_fresh_boost.html>,
the final release of Fedora 15 launched on Tuesday to a global audience
of fans eager to check out its implementation of the GNOME 3 desktop.


· Linux kernel 2.6.38.6;
Linux desktops are a particularly critical subject, of course, now that  the default Unity<ref>http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/226697/shuttleworth_ubuntus_new_unity_puts_users_first.html</ref>desktop in Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" has proven so controversial<ref>http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/226940/natty_narwhal_the_first_linux_for_newbies.html</ref>,  
· Btrfs filesystem;
and the Fedora team announced
· GNOME 3 desktop environment;
<ref>http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/220085/fedora_and_opensuse_linux_drop_unity_efforts.html</ref>
· Indic typing booster;
that it was abandoning its own Unity efforts some time ago. GNOME 3 may  be slightly less controversial, but it's still generating a lot of  discussion."
· Better crash reporting;
· Redesigned SELinux troubleshooter;
· Gnome Shell user interface;
· GTK+ 3.0;
· Xorg Server 1.10;
· Deja Dup backup software;
· LibreOffice 3.3 open source office suite;
· Mozilla Firefox 4.0 web browser;
· BoxGrinder appliance (virtual machines) builder;
· Ledger, double-entry accounting system;
· Higher compression in live images;
· recoll, full-text search tool;
· Dynamic firewall;
· IcedTea Java plugin;
· RPM 4.9;
· Python 3.2;
· Rails 3.0.3;
· OCaml 3.12;
· FreeIPA 2.0;
· Maven 3;
· GNU Debugger (GDB) 7.3;
· GCC 4.6;
· Sugar .92 environment;
· eCryptfs support in authconfig;
· LZMA comperssion for Live images;
· Power Management improvements;
· Retrace server;
· Robotics suite."


The full article is available<ref>http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-15-Released-Has-GNOME-3-New-Search-Tool-201867.shtml</ref>.
The full posting is available<ref>http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/228732/linux_mint_11_and_fedora_15_in_one_week_two_gems_debut.html</ref>.


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Revision as of 13:59, 6 June 2011

Fedora In the News

In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora Marketing list[1].

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing

Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco

Good times with Fedora Linux upgrades (ZDNet UK)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a review of Fedora 15 from the UK ZDNet site:

"I've found that upgrading from version to version of Fedora is quite easy in fact. And one bonus is that all of the software on the system is automatically upgraded to the latest version which includes the latest bugfixes, etc. Sure, running software updates on the existing distribution running on the system will work, too, but updates are no longer released for a particular version of Fedora about 13 months after it is initially released. While this sounds bad, it really isn't. The upgrade process for Fedora is as simple as inserting the CD (or flash drive), selecting "upgrade" at the main menu, and following a few simple steps. What you end up with is a system that is totally up to date and refreshed with all of the latest RPM packages, while all data is completely retained. What is more of a pleasant surprise with Fedora upgrades is that all files and settings are completely retained for most if not ALL software on the system because Linux stores everything in the user's profile folder."

The full post is available[2].

Fedora 15 (Lovelock) Released (ZDNet UK)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] another posting on the release of Fedora 15 from ZDNet UK:

"Whew. That was longer than I had intended it to be, but I suppose with a release which makes changes of this magnitude it is to be expected. My personal summary is that Gnome 3 seems pretty nice, and I have made a lot more progress in adjusting and adapting to it, and actually starting to like it in a relatively short time than I ever have made with Ubuntu Unity. I think for Fedora loyalists this will be an excellent new release, if they are willing and able to accept Gnome 3; the same is probably true of those who are new to Fedora but at least have supported hardware."

The full posting is available[2].

Fedora 15 – Bringing You The Latest In Linux

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article on Fedora 15's release from makeuseof.com:

"It’s another great day in the world of Linux. Fedora 15 was finally released two days ago, and this new release brings a massive amount of changes compared to Fedora 14. In fact, there’s so many changes that a lot of them can’t fit into this article. However, the major features that have changed are too important to leave out, that impact users in a very obvious way."

The full article is available[2].

Linux Fans Say Fedora 15 Is Too Easy To Use

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a short post highlighting features in Fedora 15 from itportal.com:

"Apart from the new Gnome 3 desktop, another noticeable feature on the platform is the systemd configuration. Systemd replaces SysVinit and Upstart for system and session management and brings a faster boot experience. The Fedora Project has added a cloud based BoxGrinder appliance builder tool to the platform to aid developers. Fedora 15 also comes with Linux 2.6.38, the SystemD configuration utility and a new firewall system. Fedora 15 will also come with a range of new applications including LibreOffice and Mozilla Firefox 4 so that it has greater out-of-the-box functionality."

The full article is available[2].

GNOME 3 on Fedora 15

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a blog posting on the GNOME 3 experience in Fedora 15:

"I’ve just installed Fedora 15, and one of the things that surprised me was GNOME 3. I knew from the release notes that GNOME was coming to Fedora 15, but I didn’t bother looking at the details nor at the larger versions of screenshots. I knew that GNOME 3 was going to be better than the older versions, but never thought that it was this good."

The full article is available[2].

Intel Sandy Bridge On Fedora 15 Is Decent (Phoronix.com)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a listing of features in Fedora 15:

"Fedora 15 had worked fine "out of the box" on this notebook, complete with the GNOME Shell and its Mutter compositing working without fault. Fedora 15 is using Linux 2.6.38 and Mesa 7.11-devel, with various back-ports by Red Hat's engineers. Our usual platter of OpenGL Linux tests had also run fine on a stock Fedora 15 installation on this Sandy Bridge hardware without lock-ups or other problems like we have on other distributions"

The full article is available[2].

Five must have Gnome shell extensions for Fedora 15

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a short posting offering some suggestions for GNOME panel widgets to add:

"The weather is an important part of our life and I like to keep an eye on the weather conditions. There is an extension which helps you to have a weather notification on the panel itself. This extension adds a notification and a menu next to the dateNtime menu at the center of the panel. This is a rather new extension and still have some rough edge to it."

The full posting is available[2].

Guest session and user management on Fedora 15 (linuxbsdos.com)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a posting on user management in Fedora 15:

"User management on Fedora 15 is just as easy as on any other distribution or operating system. And the graphical user management tools (there are two) are very intuitive to use. There are two types of user accounts on Fedora 15 – Standard and Administrator. The Administrator has root or super user privileges. During installation, the user created may be added to the Administrators group. A user in this group can execute all commands using sudo"

The full posting is available[2].

Fedora 15 Xfce review (linuxbsdos.com)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] another posting from linuxbsdos.com on the Xfce spin for Fedora 15:

"This article presents a review of the Xfce spin, and it is the first for this edition of Fedora on this site. Fedora 15 sports several new features. Some are not particularly relevant to a desktop user, but others are. Those will be noted in the appropriate sections of this review."

The full posting is available[2].

Fedora (KDE) System Spotted Running Maya 3D on 'Doctor Who Confidential'

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article noting Fedora trainspotting in an upcoming 'Doctor Who Confidential' episode:

"A System running Fedora with KDE SC 4 was spotted on 'Doctor Who Confidential' episode broadcast this Saturday in UK. It is great to see that large organizations like BBC are using Linux systems for production. The footage starts at 32:00 where Animation supervisor Neil Roche is talking about animation effects showing us a system running Fedora."

The full posting is available[2].

Linux Mint 11 and Fedora 15: In One Week, Two Gems Debut

Kara Schiltz forwarded[1]:

"As promised previously <http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/228298/five_linux_distributions_get_a_fresh_boost.html>, the final release of Fedora 15 launched on Tuesday to a global audience of fans eager to check out its implementation of the GNOME 3 desktop.

Linux desktops are a particularly critical subject, of course, now that the default Unity[2]desktop in Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" has proven so controversial[3], and the Fedora team announced [4] that it was abandoning its own Unity efforts some time ago. GNOME 3 may be slightly less controversial, but it's still generating a lot of discussion."

The full posting is available[5].