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
Fedora 14 beta takes MeeGo for a spin (ChannelRegister UK)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] a recent article on Fedora 14's MeeGo features:
"While Fedora 14 is unlikely to elicit the same sort of mainstream user enthusiasm you'll find surrounding Ubuntu and its continuing onslaught of newer, shinier features, this release is still notable for several worthy updates.
Two of the biggest changes in the Fedora 14 beta include the new libjpeg-turbo and Spice, a new tool for virtualization.
. . .
The other big news is Spice, the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments. Spice is part of Red Hat's Qumranet acquisition[2], which also brought the now standard KVM virtualization to both RHEL and Fedora.
The goal of the Spice project is to improve remote access to QEMU virtual machines. For those running Windows clients in a virtual machine Spice includes a few Windows helpers right out of the box including a video driver, an agent for performing operations inside the guest system and virtio serial drivers for talking to the agent.
Although Spice has been available in the Yum repos since Fedora 12, the new tools make getting Spice up and running much easier and should be good news for those with multiple virtual machines to manage.
The cloud gets an update, too.
Fedora 14 will mark the first time that Fedora will concurrently release all its usual spins and a new Amazon EC2 image. That's great news for those using Amazon's cloud hosting to run Fedora machines."
The full article is available[3]
Fedora 14 Preview: What's New in Fedora 14? (Linux.com)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a post from Linux.com on the feature set forthcoming in Fedora 14:
"But when you first read the list of features highlighted for Fedora 14, you might think the release is targeting developers. What with new and updated programming languages, simpler and faster debugging, and better developer tools the feature list looks like the only users would be those that actually develop the distribution or applications for the distribution.
Not so. Fedora 14 offers a well-rounded list of new features that should make this release appeal to a wide range. And since it's now in Alpha, we can all take a close look at what's coming. I did just that...and I was very impressed."
The full post is available[2].
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-September/013436.html
- ↑ hhttp://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/365130-whats-in-store-for-fedora-14
Spicy Fedora 14 Adds New Linux Flavor (LinuxPlanet)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] an article discussing innovations in Fedora 14 beta:
"The Red Hat sponsored Fedora Linux community distribution is out this week with the first beta of the Fedora 14 release. The new distribution updates key applications and introduces new security and virtualization capabilities as well as support for the latest open source programming languages.
"A lot of the features in Fedora 14 are more under-the-covers type plumbing that needed to be done," Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader, told /InternetNews.com/. "There are not a lot of new desktop-centric features in this release.
One new feature that desktop users may benefit from is the SPICE virtualization support included in Fedora 14. SPICE, the Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environment, is technology that Red Hat gained as part of its acquisition of Qumranet [2] in 2008."
The full post is also available[3].
Fedora 14 adds MeeGo -- and spiced-up virtualization (DesktopLinux.com)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] a brief article on features in Fedora 14 beta:
"The Fedora Project announced the Beta release of "Fedora 14 "Laughlin," featuring faster JPEG downloads and MeeGo 1.0 for Netbooks. The Fedora 14 Beta also adds improved debugging and IPMI server management, and debuts the "Spice" virtualization desktop[2] framework and "Systemd" management technology for faster start-ups.
Developed by a Fedora Project community of more than 20,000 collaborators, the open source Fedora is a techie-focused upstream contributor to _Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)[3]. Think of it as sort of a crystal ball looking at future enhancements to RHEL, as well as Linux distributions in general."
The full post is also available[4]
Fedora 14 Beta Available for Download (eWeek.com)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] an article in eWeek covering the release of Fedora 14 beta:
"The Fedora 14 Beta, with a slightly shorter new features list, has been released. All work will focus on bug fixing and stability issues before the official release in November.
Fedora 14 beta is available for download, said Red Hat release engineer Dennis Gilmore[2] in an e-mail to the developer mailing list on Sept. 28.
'Mark your calendars, and get ready to break out and have some fun: Fedora 14 will launch in early November,' Gilmore wrote while announcing the availability of the beta. The beta is the distribution’s last development build before its official release."
The full post is available[3]
Fedora 14 beta released today, aimed as a tablet operating system (Networkworld)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] another article on Fedora 14 beta, focusing on its tablet features:
"The much anticipated beta of Fedora 14 was released today, with the final code to be ready in November. It included a few features that may surprise you. For one, it lets users opt for a MeeGo look and feel. For another, it supports Red Hat's new desktop virtualization technology. Taken together, it seems as if Fedora is making itself more useful for the rising tablet market.
Fedora 14, nicknamed "Laughlin," will be the first Red Hat supported distribution to let users choose MeeGo[2] as their desktop. MeeGo is a Linux desktop architecture for mobile devices, netbooks, embedded Linux devices (such as In Vehicle Infotainment systems). It is based in the GNOME mobile platform but has been beefed up with additional technologies (Clutter, GUPnP and libsocialweb). Fedora 14 will include the MeeGo Netbook UX specifically for netbook users as a 'user environment that sits of top of Fedora and associated MeeGo core services. The netbook user interface and user interaction model for the target devices then is on top of that. ... This expands on the existing support we've had for Moblin in Fedora 12 and 13.'"
The full post is available[3]
Fedora 14 Tests Desktop Virtualization (PC World)
Kara Sciltz forwarded[1] an article from PC World on Fedora 14's improvements to virtualization:
"The Red Hat-sponsored organization has released the first public beta[2] of the next version of its Linux-based operating system, Fedora 14, nicknamed "Laughlin." With this release comes a bevy of new programs and features, some of which may make their way into Red Hat's own (RHEL) Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS.
Most notably, the release will be the first version[3] to fully incorporate Red Hat's VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure), called SPICE (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments). This software will allow Fedora to host virtual desktops that can be accessed over a network."
The full article is available[4]
Beta version of Fedora 14 released (The H UK)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] a posting from The H on Fedora 14 beta:
"The Red Hat sponsored Fedora Project has released [2] the first and only beta version of the Fedora 14 Linux distribution. Release of the final version is scheduled for early November[3]. The release of the beta version is within the project's stipulated schedule, after the alpha version of this distribution, named[4] after physicist Robert B. Laughlin, was released a week late five weeks ago[5].
As previously mentioned [6], the Fedora developers have recently returned to using Upstart, which is used in the current and several previous versions of Fedora, having removed Systemd which was introduced in April and used in the alpha version as the alternative to SysV-Init and Upstart. Everything currently points towards Systemd being chosen for system start-up in Fedora 15, which is expected next April or May."
The full article is available[7]
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-September/013427.html
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F14_Beta_announcement
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/14/Schedule
- ↑ http://www.h-online.com/news/item/Fedora-14-to-be-named-Laughlin-997377.html
- ↑ http://www.h-online.com/news/item/First-pre-release-version-of-Fedora-14-1064587.html
- ↑ http://www.h-online.com/news/item/Fedora-14-to-use-Upstart-not-systemd-1079435.html
- ↑ http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Beta-version-of-Fedora-14-released-1097741.html
Simplify LDAP with Fedora's 389 Directory Server (Linux.com)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article on Fedora's 389 Directory Server:
"If you've ever had to deal with LDAP, you know it is not an easy beast to master. In fact, the command line tools for LDAP alone would keep many users from even attempting to learn how to take advantage of this powerful tool. If you look, you'll find several tools that make the job of managing LDAP data easier. One of the best is the 389 Directory Server for Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 389 is extremely powerful and offers a simple to use GUI for all aspects of user, group, and server management."
The full article is available[2]