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


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=== Fedora 16 planned to come with Systemd and Btrfs as default (German)===
=== The 5 most popular Linux distributions ===


[[User:vinz|Vinzenz Vietzke]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-July/013994.html</ref>:
"...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."


"Hi,
The full article is available <ref>http://www.zdnet.com/the-5-most-popular-linux-distributions-7000003183/</ref>.


German Linux Magazine and it's partner Site linux-community.de have a short feature summary of upcoming Fedora 16 including Systemd, Btrfs and many tools for virtualization:
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"[...] Wie andere Distributionen soll Fedora 16 auf HAL verzichten und auf Grub 2 als Bootloader umsteigen. Systemd wird zum Standard-Init-System, Btrfs zum Standard-Dateisystem. Als Desktopumgebungen sind Gnome 3.2 und KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.7 vorgesehen. [...]"
=== Why Fedora 18 Will Be The Practical Choice For Vanilla Enthusiasts ===


The full articles are available<ref>http://www.linux-magazin.de/NEWS/Fedora-16-plant-Systemd-und-Btrfs-als-Standard</ref><ref>http://www.linux-community.de/Internal/Nachrichten/Features-von-Fedora-16</ref>
Arnav Kalra posted <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-August/014486.html</ref>:


Regards, vinz.
"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."
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Vinzenz Vietzke
The full article is available <ref>http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/08/why-fedora-18-will-be-the-practical-choice-for-vanilla-enthusiasts/</ref>.
Fedora Ambassador / Coordination German L10N Team"


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=== The Five Best Linux Netbook Distributions: 2011 Edition ===
=== 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 <ref>http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-set-to-package-spherical-cow-load-of-features.html</ref>.
 
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[[User:Jsmith|Jared K. Smith]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-July/013990.html</ref> a review of current linux distributions suitable for netbooks, with the following comment on Fedora:
=== Fedora 18 schedule slips by a week ===


"Fedora and GNOME Shell make a pretty nifty netbook OS. Fedora, of
"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."
course, has all the software you'd expect for a full-blown Linux
distro."


The full post is available<ref>http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/469003-the-five-best-linux-netbook-distributions-2011-edition</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

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].

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].

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].

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].