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| === Fedora 15 offers a lot to tempt enterprises away from Windows (Computing UK) === | | === German: FreiesMagazin on Fedora 15 === |
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| Jonathan Nalley forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-June/013957.html</ref> a review of Fedora 15 in Computing UK:
| | [[User:Vinz|Vinzenz Vietzke]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-July/013977.html</ref>: |
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| "Although there is a town in Nevada called Lovelock, I’m assuming the | | "Hi all, |
| Fedora Project named the latest version after James Lovelock, inventor
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| maintain some sort of biological and geological balance....Once I had
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| Fedora installed and running, it became clear that the earlier rumours
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| of something afoot in Fedora 15 were true. Fedora has a new look and
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| feel, courtesy of the Gnome 3 interface. Fedora 15 was easy to use,
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| and apps such as the office productivity easy to install; in fact, I
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| wrote this column using LibreOffice’s Writer package."
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| The full post is available<ref>http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/opinion/2080392/fedora-offers-lot-tempt-enterprises-away-windows</ref>.
| | German free online magazine "FreiesMagazin" published it's issue for |
| | July 2011 today and has a huge roundup article on Fedora 15. |
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| | HTML version with pictures (2,8MB): |
| | | http://www.freiesmagazin.de/mobil/freiesMagazin-2011-07-bilder.html#11_07_fedora_15 |
| === Linux kernel to fully support Xen: Too little too late? (Techtarget.com) ===
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| [[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-June/013950.html</ref> an article on upcoming Xen integration with the Linux kernel:
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| "Core to KVM’s rapid success is the fact that it’s included in the
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| some configuration not included in the core Linux distributions to make
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| it work. That’s a headache and a support issue for OSS vendors and IT
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| staff. By contrast, since KVM’s inclusion in the kernel and declared
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| support from the major distributions such as Red Hat and Ubuntu, getting
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| a KVM environment going is easier and also encouraged by the distributors."
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| "The Xen community has been trying to get Xen introduced into the Linux
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| kernel for years, but the need for multiple kernel binaries was always a
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| sticking point with Linux kernel maintainers. In 2009, Linux creator
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| Linus Torvalds wrote that "Xen really is horribly badly separated out.
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| It gets way more incestuous with other systems than it should. It's
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| entirely possible that this is very fundamental to both
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| paravirtualization and to hypervisor behavior, but it doesn't matter --
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| it just means that I can well see that Xen is a f---ing pain to merge."
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| The full post is available<ref>http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/news/2240036580/Linux-kernel-to-fully-support-Xen-Too-little-too-late</ref>.
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| === Fedora 16 with Btrfs as standard file system (The H Online) ===
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| [[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-June/013949.html</ref> details on a recent FESCo affirmation for Fedora 16 to use Btrfs:
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| | http://www.freiesmagazin.de/mobil/freiesMagazin-2011-07.html#11_07_fedora_15 |
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| "At its IRC meeting on Wednesday, the Fedora Engineering Steering
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| Committee (FESCo) resolved to use Btrfs as the standard file system in
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| Fedora 16 "Verne". Btrfs was called the "Next Generation File System for
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| Linux" by numerous major kernel developers two years ago and is still
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| labelled as experimental. For Fedora 16 there will be a "simple switch"
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| program will not force Btrfs' RAID- and LVM-like capabilities onto users."
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| The full posting is available<ref>http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-16-with-Btrfs-as-standard-file-system-1257844.html</ref>.
| | Regards, vinz. |
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| | Vinzenz Vietzke |
| | Fedora Ambassador / Coordination German L10N Team |
| | m: vinz at fedoraproject.org |
| | wk: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Vinz |
| | mb: https://identi.ca/vinzv" |
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| === Review: Red Hat Fedora 15 (Computing UK)=== | | === German: Linux-Magazin on Fedora 15 === |
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| Kara Schiltz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-June/013948.html</ref> a review of Fedora 15 in UK's Computing:
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| "Version 15 of Red Hat's<ref>http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/review/2075505/review-red-hat-fedora#</ref>
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| community project Linux distribution Fedora showed great stability, and it was simple to add applications onto the platform. We had no problem with hardware drivers and the new GNOME 3 GUI was easy to use, even though initially we did seem to be blundering about. Fedora would suit corporate road warriors who would like a combined Fedora-Windows dual-boot system (in case of OS failure), or anybody interested enough to see how far Linux has advanced compared to Windows and Mac OS X operating systems."
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| === Fedora 15 Adds Cloud Deployment Builder, GNOME 3 Desktop, Robotics Suite (Campus Technology)===
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| Kara Schiltz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-June/013947.html</ref> a brief article highlighting robotics development tools, GNOME 3 and cloud deployment features in Fedora 15:
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| "The Fedora Project<ref>http://fedoraproject.org/</ref> has released an update to its flagship Linux-based operating system, Fedora 15, incorporating a
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| fully revamped desktop environment, new robotics development tools, and an appliance creator for building virtual machines and disk images for desktop and cloud deployment.
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| Fedora is a widely distributed<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Statistics</ref> free and open source desktop
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| productivity software and a GNOME graphical user interface. Fedora is
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| sponsored by open source developer Red Hat<ref>http://www.redhat.com/</ref>.
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| Version 15, which formally launched last week, rolls in a range of major
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| The full posting is available<ref>http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2011/06/02/Fedora-15-Adds-Cloud-Deployment-Builder-GNOME-3-Desktop-Robotics-Suite.aspx?Page=1</ref>
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| === The Fedora Project Recognizes Student Contributor with Fedora Scholarship === | |
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| Kara Schiltz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-June/013946.html</ref> an article on the recent Fedora Scholarship recipient, Ricky Elrod:
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| "RALEIGH, N.C.--The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) sponsored
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| Ricky Elrod is the recipient of the 2011 Fedora Scholarship, a program
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| now in its fourth year. The Fedora Scholarship program recognizes
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| college and university-bound students across the globe for their
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| contributions to free software and the Fedora Project. Elrod has spent
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| significant time working within Fedora's Infrastructure Team, a group of
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| volunteers that manage the servers and applications that run Fedora. He
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| education at the University of Akron this fall and major in Computer
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| Fedora is built by a worldwide community of people and is inclusive for
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| anyone to join and contribute across multiple functions from content
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| writers, designers and marketers to translators, web developers and
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| system administrators. Fedora and Red Hat are committed to fostering the
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| talent of young contributors and aim to encourage students to gain
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| hands-on experience with open source software and lead in the creation
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| "We are very pleased to be awarding the Fedora Scholarship to Ricky this
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| year," said Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader at Red Hat. "His
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| contributions to the Fedora Infrastructure Team have made a positive
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| impact to help everything from our project website and wiki to the
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| package builder and update manager run smoothly. We thank Ricky for his
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| numerous contributions and look forward to his continued work with
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| Fedora as he attends university and pursues his degree."
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| Fedora Scholarship applicants are evaluated on criteria including the
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| projects, references provided by Fedora community members, the amount of
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| time the applicant has been contributing to Fedora and the overall
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| quality of the application. Recipients are awarded a scholarship to be
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| applied toward tuition for the student's college or university
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| education. Fedora Scholarship winners also receive funding for travel
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| and lodging at the Fedora User and Developer Conference (FUDCon) nearest
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| "I would like to say a huge 'thank you' to the Fedora Infrastructure | | "Issue 08/2011 of the German "Linux Magazin" comes with a custom-built |
| team and the Fedora Project as a whole, for showing me, and many people
| | Fedora 15 Multiboot DVD and features a one page article about the |
| like me, that open source software is easy to contribute to from any
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| level of experience," said Elrod. "Thank you to all who make Fedora the
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| great project that it is, and the great project that it will continue to
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| The 2012 application window will open in fall 2011. For more information, visit <ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scholarship</ref>."
| | 'Die Fedora-Version 15 lebt vom Umstieg auf Gnome 3, der gewöhnungsbedürftig ist. Tastenkürzel, unter Systemeinstellungen Tastatur zu finden und selbst anlegbar, sind andererseits beim Anfreunden hilfreich und machen – einmal gelernt – die Bedienung des Desktops oft erfrischend einfach. Für den Sprung ins kalte Wasser, den Systemd noch eine Spur waghalsiger macht, wirkt Fedora 15 gelungen, der aktuelle Paketbestand tut dazu ein Übriges." |
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| The full article is available<ref>http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110602005157/en/Fedora-Project-Recognizes-Student-Contributor-Fedora-Scholarship</ref>. | | The full post is available<ref>http://www.linux-magazin.de/Heft-Abo/Ausgaben/2011/08/Fedora-15</ref>. |
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