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Contributing Writer: [[User:pcalarco | Pascal Calarco]]
Contributing Writer: [[User:jasonbrooks | Jason Brooks]]


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=== Fedora 15 Boosts Linux Security (esecurityplanet.com) ===
=== The 5 most popular Linux distributions ===


[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013904.html</ref> a notice about a Fedora 15 article in Spanish that was recently published:
"...Fedora clearly has its fans. And, if you work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) development, it's a really wise idea to keep a copy of Fedora on hand so you can see RHEL's future."


"We have better support for encrypted home directories that get mounted
The full article is available <ref>http://www.zdnet.com/the-5-most-popular-linux-distributions-7000003183/</ref>.
when you log in and that goes a long way to help people feel that their
data is secure," Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader told InternetNews.com.
 
In addition to encryption, Fedora 15 debut the new dynamic firewall
technology that Smith noted was one of his favorite features in the new
Linux release.
 
Most Linux systems use IP tables type firewalls and the problem is that
if you want to make a change to the firewall, it's hard to modify on the
fly without reloading the entire firewall," Smith said. "Fedora 15 is
really the first mainstream operating system to have a dynamic firewall
where you can add or change rules and keep the firewall up and
responding while you're making changing."
 
The full post is available<ref>http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.htm</ref>.
 
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=== Fedora 15 Goes Gold, and That's Not All (ostatic.com) ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013905.html</ref> a blog posting on the release of Fedora 15 Gold:
 
"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."
 
The full posting is available<ref>http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-15-goes-gold-and-thats-not-all</ref>.


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=== Fedora 15 completed, new contributor agreement (The H Online) ===
=== Why Fedora 18 Will Be The Practical Choice For Vanilla Enthusiasts ===


[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013906.html</ref> an article on Fedora 15 and the Fedora Project's new contributor agreement:
Arnav Kalra posted <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-August/014486.html</ref>:


"Fedora Engineering Manager Tom Callaway has also announced that all
"Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) and future releases — along with RHEL 7 and future CentOS releases — will be the best way to enjoy a vanilla Gnome 3 experience."
Fedora contributors must agree to the Fedora Project Contributor
Agreement (FPCA) by 17 June if they plan to continue contributing to
Fedora. An FAQ on the project's web site offers the FPCA wording and
provides a more detailed explanation of the reasons for this measure.
For instance, the new document is said to be simpler and remove various
obstacles that have reportedly been stumbling blocks for some developers."


The full article is available<ref>http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-15-completed-new-contributor-agreement-1245970.html</ref>.
The full article is available <ref>http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/08/why-fedora-18-will-be-the-practical-choice-for-vanilla-enthusiasts/</ref>.


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=== Life with Fedora 15 and Gnome 3 ===
=== Fedora 18 Linux Set To Package Spherical Cow Load of Features ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013907.html</ref> another posting on Fedora 15 and Gnome 3:


"I’m pretty happy with the state of things now. I have to admit that in
"The clock is starting to tick down on the Fedora Linux release with the feature freeze now in place. As such, now is as good a time as any to take a look at some of the new features that are likely to land when Fedora 18 goes live at the end of the year."
the beginning, I was cursing loudly asking for my desktop and panel
back, but I’m used to the dash area and window picker now. The search
feature (which is similar to Spotlight in OSX) is really useful and I
end up using that for the majority of my tasks. I also find the
notification system very well done along with the ability of dealing
with messages without changing windows. In the end, all I can say is I
find myself using Fedora more over my pretty MacBook Air for the
majority of my tasks."


The full article is available<ref>http://aniszczyk.org/2011/05/17/life-with-fedora-15-and-gnome-3/</ref>.
The full article is available <ref>http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-set-to-package-spherical-cow-load-of-features.html</ref>.


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=== VirtualBox 4.0.8 Released With GNOME Shell Support (For Fedora 15) (ubuntumanual.org) ===
=== Fedora 18 schedule slips by a week ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013908.html</ref> an article about the release of VirtualBox 4.0.8 with Gnome shell support:
 
"The latest VirtualBox 4.0.8 finally comes with GNOME Shell support.
I've tested it in Ubuntu 11.04, using a Fedora 15 virtual machine and
Gnome Shell worked great. According to the changelog, it should work
with both Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15"
 
The full article is available<ref>http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/virtualbox-408-released-with-gnome.html</ref>.
 
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=== Other Linux Distros' View of Ubuntu's Unity: It Ain’t Pretty ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013909.html</ref> an interview with Adam Williamson's effort in packaging Unity for Fedora 15:
 
"At Fedora, Red Hat developer Adam Williamson is packaging Unity because
"I wanted to check it out and figured packaging it should be about as
easy as installing Ubuntu. It wasn't, but by then my native stubbornness
kicked in and now I want to package it more or less because it's there.
I doubt it'll work terribly well . . . it'll sorta more or less work but
have lots of rough edges and not be something the upstream Unity team
would be happy to show off."


Williamson stresses, though, that his efforts are personal. "There's
"At a go/no-go meeting of the Fedora QA Team, the developers decided to postpone the release of the first Fedora 18 alpha by a week. The team unanimously voted to not go forward with the release because of the relatively large number of blocker bugs that are still unresolved."
been exactly no distribution-wide discussion of this; it's not some kind
of official approach to Unity or anything like that. Fedora as a whole
has no policy or opinion on Unity. Ditto for Red Hat."


The full article is available<ref>http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3933716_1/Other-Linux-Distros-View-of-Ubuntus-Unity-It-Aint-Pretty.htm</ref>.
The full article is available <ref>http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-18-schedule-slips-by-a-week-1673640.html</ref>.


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Latest revision as of 21:21, 29 August 2012

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: Jason Brooks

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/

The 5 most popular Linux distributions

"...Fedora clearly has its fans. And, if you work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) development, it's a really wise idea to keep a copy of Fedora on hand so you can see RHEL's future."

The full article is available [1].

  1. ↑ http://www.zdnet.com/the-5-most-popular-linux-distributions-7000003183/

Why Fedora 18 Will Be The Practical Choice For Vanilla Enthusiasts

Arnav Kalra posted [1]:

"Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) and future releases — along with RHEL 7 and future CentOS releases — will be the best way to enjoy a vanilla Gnome 3 experience."

The full article is available [2].

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-August/014486.html
  2. ↑ http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/08/why-fedora-18-will-be-the-practical-choice-for-vanilla-enthusiasts/

Fedora 18 Linux Set To Package Spherical Cow Load of Features

"The clock is starting to tick down on the Fedora Linux release with the feature freeze now in place. As such, now is as good a time as any to take a look at some of the new features that are likely to land when Fedora 18 goes live at the end of the year."

The full article is available [1].

  1. ↑ http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-set-to-package-spherical-cow-load-of-features.html

Fedora 18 schedule slips by a week

"At a go/no-go meeting of the Fedora QA Team, the developers decided to postpone the release of the first Fedora 18 alpha by a week. The team unanimously voted to not go forward with the release because of the relatively large number of blocker bugs that are still unresolved."

The full article is available [1].

  1. ↑ http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-18-schedule-slips-by-a-week-1673640.html
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