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].
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Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
Introducing Your Honey to Linux (Technewsworld.com)
Gianluca Sforna forwarded[1] a posting about his experience converting his significant other to Fedora:
"A couple years ago, I bought my wife a new Thinkpad," Slashdot blogger Chris Travers recalled. "She made a specific request: 'I don't want to use something weird, like Linux.'" Though the laptop came with Vista, it "never worked right. It had video card issues, power management issues and networking issues." After a few days, Travers' wife asked him to "'do anything you can to make this work or return it,'" he said. "So I installed Fedora Linux."
The full article is available[2].
From Ubuntu to Fedora – Landing on foreign soil (the good, the bad and the ugly) (omgubuntu.co.uk)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article about switching from Ubuntu to Fedora, from one user's perspective:
"It is the next best thing after Ubuntu. If it wasn’t for the missing Ubuntu Community, Software Center and annoying Yum it would be the Ubuntu killer. While Fedora also has a community it is hardly as badass and big as the Ubuntu one.
With Fedora you are getting GNOME 3. No GNOME 2 anymore. With the introduction of GNOME 3 comes a whole new UX needs some getting used to. However after using it for 2 or 3 days its hard to go back to a GNOME 2 environment. Its a solid distro. I experienced no crashes or hick-ups. With some googling and help from Fedora users and developers I managed to install everything I needed."
The full article is available[2].
Fusion Linux 14 Thorium - Fedora Plus Plus (dedoimedo.com)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article about Fusion Linux, based on Fedora 14:
"Comparing to Fedora, Fusion Linux is a clear winner, as it only builds upon the existing without taking away. The only visible downside is the increased memory consumption, but it's nothing drastic. However, if you pit Fusion against other leading distros, there's a bit of a problem. While they offer similar or longer-term support, they have none of the crashes and instability packaged into Fusion. This could deter potential users."
The full article is available[2].
Fedora 15 Beta Has GNOME 3 (softpedia.com)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] another article on Gnome 3 in Fedora 15:
"This make Fedora 15 an ideal computing platform for anyone who wants to use their computer productively. Whether you're a student, a parent, an office worker, a programmer, an artist, an engineer, a writer -- Fedora has what you need to do the things you care about!"
The full article is available[2].
Fedora 15 beta released as GNOME 3 backlash grows (Desktoplinux.com)
Kara Schiltz forwarded[1] an article about the release of Fedora 15 beta:
"The Fedora Project announced the beta release of Fedora 15 "Lovelock," featuring the new GNOME 3 desktop[2], the Systemd initialization system, and a new dynamic firewall feature. Meanwhile, GNOME 3 has received mixed reviews, with many claiming the project went too far in simplifying the interface.
The new beta version of Fedora 15 follows an alpha that _arrived in early March[3]. The final is expected in late May. Sponsored by Red Hat, the community-based Fedora is aligned with the commercial _Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)[4] release, with Fedora largely used as an upstream, exploratory sandbox for Red Hat."
The full article is available[5].