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=== Fedora 15 article at Espírito Livre magazine (Technewsworld.com) ===
=== Fedora 15 Boosts Linux Security (esecurityplanet.com) ===


Daniel Bruno forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013877.html</ref> a notice about a Fedora 15 article in Spanish that was recently published:
[[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:


"On May 1th was launched the 25th edition of the Espírito Livre (Free Spirit) Magazine featuring an article about Fedora 15 written by Cleiton Lima and Igor Soares.
"We have better support for encrypted home directories that get mounted
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.


The magazine is available to download on the following link<ref>http://www.revista.espiritolivre.org/?p=961</ref>."
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.


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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."


=== Fedora 15 with GNOME 3 & some cool upgrades! ===
The full post is available<ref>http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.htm</ref>.
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013872.html</ref> a blog posting on Fedora 15 and GNOME 3:
 
"This version of Fedora uses a radically updated GNOME (GNOME 3) which
is significantly different from the GNOME 2 desktop. According to Jared
Smith, the Fedora project leader, this next generation GNOME has a
different way of organizing things up. He also adds that since some
things will be essentially different in the GNOME due to the significant
changes, people have to get used to it."
 
The full posting is available<ref>http://brajeshwar.com/2011/fedora-15-with-gnome-3-some-cool-upgrades/</ref>.


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=== GNOME 3 — A “Fresh” Approach to Desktop Computing (howzzit.com) ===
=== 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/013871.html</ref> another article about GNOME 3:


"Yes, I know I sounded like a nag till now, but overall GNOME Shell is certainly a welcome change on how we are supposed to interact with our desktops. Comparing it to how KDE 4.0 looked and felt like when it first came out, GNOME 3.0 appears to be much more stable and ready for prime time. In fact, I’m writing this after having exclusively used it for two weeks straight. Give it a try, if you are plain bored of looking at the same 2-panel desktop interface for a decade.
[[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 next version, GNOME 3.2, comes out in another six months, which promises a lot many changes. Till then, apart from the the openSUSE- and Fedora-based LiveCDs, you can also make use of the Official GNOME 3 PPA if you’re using Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narhwal. Not to forget, Fedora 15, that comes out by the end of this month, will be the first major distro to default to GNOME 3."
"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 article is available<ref>http://www.howzzit.com/tech/apps/desktop/gnome-3-review-a-fresh-approach-to-desktop-computing/</ref>.
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 steps out ===
=== Fedora 15 completed, new contributor agreement (The H Online) ===
 
[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013870.html</ref> another posting on Fedora 15:


"But, while Gnome and Ubuntu take flak and fight their corner, Fedora,
[[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:
the Red Hat-backed community release, is taking the changes head-on.
This week the project's developers released Fedora 15 beta, the final
testing release before its eventual end-of-May release, which has
completely integrated the new Gnome3 desktop into the release."


"Fedora 15 includes, by default, the Gnome3 desktop which introduces the
"Fedora Engineering Manager Tom Callaway has also announced that all
Gnome Shell as the new metaphor for managing desktop applications and
Fedora contributors must agree to the Fedora Project Contributor
windows. Fedora developers have done such a good job of integrating
Agreement (FPCA) by 17 June if they plan to continue contributing to
Gnome3 into the desktop that the Gnome project itself uses the release
Fedora. An FAQ on the project's web site offers the FPCA wording and
to demonstrate the new features of Gnome3."
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://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/19880-Fedora15-steps-out.html</ref>.
The full article is available<ref>http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-15-completed-new-contributor-agreement-1245970.html</ref>.


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=== The New Smart and Professional Fedora 15 “Lovelock” Beta | Released (ubuntumanual.org) ===
=== Life with Fedora 15 and Gnome 3 ===


[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013869.html</ref> an article about the release of Fedora 15 beta from an Ubuntu site:
[[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:


"Fedora 15 has GNOME 3. This application was released very recently and it comprises of an absolutely new User Interface known as the GNOME Shell. Fedora 15 Beta now has an utterly new user experience when compared to earlier releases with GNOME 3. In case GNOME is not the Desktop Environment of your choice, Fedora spinoffs with LXDE and Xfce have been released too."
"I’m pretty happy with the state of things now. I have to admit that in
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://ubuntumanual.org/posts/302/the-new-smart-and-professional-fedora-15-%E2%80%9Clovelock%E2%80%9D-beta-released</ref>.
The full article is available<ref>http://aniszczyk.org/2011/05/17/life-with-fedora-15-and-gnome-3/</ref>.


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=== A look at GNOME Shell ===
=== VirtualBox 4.0.8 Released With GNOME Shell Support (For Fedora 15) (ubuntumanual.org) ===


[[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013868.html</ref> an in-depth look at GNOME Shell and Fedora 15:
[[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:


"In my opinion, Fedora 15 "LoveLock" is probably the most exciting
"The latest VirtualBox 4.0.8 finally comes with GNOME Shell support.
release to come out of the Fedora camp in years. While some of the
I've tested it in Ubuntu 11.04, using a Fedora 15 virtual machine and
previous releases excelled in certain aspects (such as features aimed at
Gnome Shell worked great. According to the changelog, it should work
developers), they fell short in other areas as or more important, such
with both Ubuntu 11.04 and Fedora 15"
as providing a polished end user experience. Things are not silk smooth
yet, but I have definitely seen an improvement, plus there is a host of
exciting new features coming as part of this release."


"All in all, after using GNOME Shell almost exclusively for several
The full article is available<ref>http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/virtualbox-408-released-with-gnome.html</ref>.
days, I have to say I consider it a big success. It is certainly not
perfect, there are plenty of things that can be improved, but the
foundation is much more solid than I anticipated or even hoped for. I
can only encourage current GNOME 2.x users to keep an open mind and
embrace this new release. After all, the more support it gets, the
sooner it will improve and mature, and that's best for everyone"
 
The full article is available<ref>http://cristalinux.blogspot.com/2011/04/look-at-gnome-shell.html</ref>.


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=== Fedora 14 makes a mean KDE Plasma desktop ===
=== 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/013867.html</ref>
 
"Fedora is a traditionalist distribution. That means its packages and desktop are as close to the default as you might expect from a distribution that isn't Gentoo.
 
For


* The pure KDE experience
[[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:
* Rock solid stability
* Great community support
* Future proof


Against
"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."


* Can be intimidating to new users"
Williamson stresses, though, that his efforts are personal. "There's
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://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/software/operating-systems/fedora-fedora-14-948483/review</ref>.
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>.


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Revision as of 15:24, 22 May 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

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

Fedora 15 Boosts Linux Security (esecurityplanet.com)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a notice about a Fedora 15 article in Spanish that was recently published:

"We have better support for encrypted home directories that get mounted 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[2].

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013904.html
  2. ↑ http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.htm

Fedora 15 Goes Gold, and That's Not All (ostatic.com)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] 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[2].

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013905.html
  2. ↑ http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-15-goes-gold-and-thats-not-all

Fedora 15 completed, new contributor agreement (The H Online)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article on Fedora 15 and the Fedora Project's new contributor agreement:

"Fedora Engineering Manager Tom Callaway has also announced that all 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[2].

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013906.html
  2. ↑ http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-15-completed-new-contributor-agreement-1245970.html

Life with Fedora 15 and Gnome 3

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] 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 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[2].

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013907.html
  2. ↑ http://aniszczyk.org/2011/05/17/life-with-fedora-15-and-gnome-3/

VirtualBox 4.0.8 Released With GNOME Shell Support (For Fedora 15) (ubuntumanual.org)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] 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[2].

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013908.html
  2. ↑ http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/virtualbox-408-released-with-gnome.html

Other Linux Distros' View of Ubuntu's Unity: It Ain’t Pretty

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] 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 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[2].

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013909.html
  2. ↑ http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3933716_1/Other-Linux-Distros-View-of-Ubuntus-Unity-It-Aint-Pretty.htm
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