Marketing
In this section, we cover the Fedora Marketing Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
Beat Writers sought for Marketing & Meetings
Pascal Calarco posted [1] a call for volunteers for the Marketing and Meetings beats for Fedora Weekly News. He added, "If you are interested, take a peak at the last few issues of FWN [2] to see what this looks like, and then sign up [3] by joining the fedora-news-list, introduce yourself and claim one of these beats as your own!
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00037.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NewsProject/Join
Rebranding EPEL
Karsten Wade announced that the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) project was going to go through a rebranding process and invited interested folk on the fedora-marketing list to participate in a teleconference on this work. Stay tuned for more information on this.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00051.html [2] http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/acers_linpus_linux_lite_ultra_portable_laptop
Red Hat Replaces RHGB With Plymouth
Rahul Sundaram shared [1] a story in Phoronix [2] about Red Hat's replacement of the Red Hat Graphical Boot loader, which is being discontinued and replaced with a new boot loader called Plymouth, engineered by Red Hat's Ray Strode. More information on Plymouth is available on the Fedora wiki [3]
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00072.html [2] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjU3OA [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureBetterStartup
Top 4 New Features Proposed for Fedora 10
Rahul Sundaram posted [1] a posting in Linux Loop [2] where the writer shared his top four suggested enhancements for Fedora 10, including a web-based software portal, Live CD without the CD, improved support for fingerprint readers, and a 'Fedora Lite,' suitable for older computers. The posting generated some discussion on Linux Loop.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00073.html [2] http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/07/09/top-4-new-feature-proposed-for-fedora-10/