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== Planet Fedora ==
== Planet Fedora ==


In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora<ref>http://planet.fedoraproject.org</ref> - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide.
This is the Planet Fedora section, covering news from planet.fedoraproject.org[http://planet.fedoraproject.org], a collection of blogs from Fedora users spanning the globe.  


Contributing Writer: [[User:Abatkin|Adam Batkin]]
Contributing Writer: [[User:Jbraun|Joel Braun]]


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=== Events ===


=== General ===
====FudCon Pune 2011====
[[user:kishan|Kishan Goyal]] posted on his experience on day 2 at FudCon Pune<ref>http://kishangoyal.co.cc/post/12549697509/fudcon-pune-11-day-2</ref>.


[[JamesMorris|James Morris]] mentioned<ref>http://blog.namei.org/2009/07/18/a-brief-note-on-the-2630-kernel-null-pointer-vulnerability/</ref> how Red Hat has handled a recent 2.6.30 kernel null pointer vulnerability, and who it affects (probably no RHEL customers).
[[user:jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted pictures<ref>http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html</ref> of the event.


[[User:Lfoppiano|Luca Foppiano]] described<ref>http://blog.foppiano.org/2009/07/12/twinkle-configuration-howto/</ref> how to configure <code>Twinkle</code>, the QT VoIP client, to work with Fedora Talk.
[[user:izhar|Izhar Firdaus]] wrote about his experience<ref>http://blog.kagesenshi.org/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ShadowLogs%2FFedora+%28%3A%3A+Shadow+Logs%3A%3A+Fedora%29#!/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011.html</ref> at FudCon, as well as some thoughts on the atmosphere of the event.


[[Peter Hutterer|Peter Hutterer]] continued<ref>http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/07/xi2-recipes-part-4.html</ref> the XI2 Recipes series with "the common input events and the data they include". Peter also explained<ref>http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/07/xlib-cookie-events.html</ref><ref>http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/07/xi2-and-xlib-cookies.html</ref> some additional details about new XLib APIs to handle cookies and associated data.
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]] wrote<ref>http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=2616</ref> about configuring and optimizing <code>postfix</code> for remote/disconnected operation.
[[user:kushal|Kushal Das]] posted photos<ref>http://kushaldas.in/2011/11/10/photoset-from-fudcon-pune-2011/</ref> of the event to his blog.
===Fedora Community===


[[User:Crossbytes|Kevin Higgins]] posted<ref>http://crossbytes.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/vancouver-fedora-11-release-party-pictures-walking-with-the-lions/</ref> photos from the Vancouver Fedora 11 Release Party.
The release of Fedora 16 has been the main topic of the blogroll recently, and it's fair to say that it's being greeted with open arms by many of the users.


[[MichaelTiemann|Michael Tiemann]] questioned<ref>http://opensource.org/node/447</ref> the Association for Competitive Technology's recent accusations against the European Commission "of having a bias in favor of open source."
[[user:jjmartinez|Juanjo Martinez]] blogged on his first impressions of F16, calling it an "impressive release"<ref>http://engbblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/welcome-fedora-16/</ref>.
 
[[GregDeK|Greg DeKoenigsberg]] suggested<ref>http://gregdek.livejournal.com/51507.html</ref> that "creating a strong 'patch culture'" for Spacewalk (and by extension, open source projects in general) can be accomplished by setting a strong example. "People behave as they see others behave."
 
[[User:Lmacken|Luke Macken]] posted<ref>http://lewk.org/blog/f9-updates.html</ref> some pretty pictures of Fedora 9 package update metrics.
 
[[User:Skvidal|Seth Vidal]] came up with<ref>http://skvidal.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/critical-path-package-owners/</ref> a list of "critical path" packages "that require special care when updating in rawhide and releases". For more information, see the [[Critical Path Packages Proposal]].
 
[[DanielWalsh|Daniel Walsh]] added<ref>http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/29790.html</ref> another SELinux how-to, to the ongoing series, this time fixing a "denial message about vpnc_t trying to read a file labeled user_home_t."
 
[[MatthewGarrett|Matthew Garrett]] chimed in<ref>http://mjg59.livejournal.com/113408.html</ref> about RMS' recent comments regarding the "cult of the virgin of emacs".
 
[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] displayed<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/system-config-selinux-mocks/</ref> mockups of a net <code>system-config-selinux</code> dialog mockup.
 
[[User:Fergatron|Marc Ferguson]] instructed<ref>http://www.fergytech.com/2009/07/a-chromium-rpm-on-fedora-11/</ref> how to install Chromium (the Open Source project version of Google's Chrome web browser) on Fedora 11.
 
[[User:Jlaska|James Laska]] called out<ref>http://jlaska.livejournal.com/5693.html</ref> for anyone interested in joining the Fedora QA efforts, and pointed out some exemplary guides on the Fedora Wiki to assist in debugging particular projects.
 
[[User:Kwade|Karsten Wade]] explained<ref>http://iquaid.org/2009/07/16/fedora-zikula-infrastructure-of-freedom-ftw/</ref> some background around the Fedora Infrastructure team's implementation of <code>Zikula</code>, a new content management system that will be used for various Fedora teams.
 
[[User:Ajamison|Andrew Vermilya Jamison]] reviewed<ref>http://blogs.andyjamison.com/andy/?p=85</ref> KDE4 on Fedora, from the perspective of a Gnome user.
 
[[User:Julian|Julian Aloofi]] reviewed<ref>http://julianaloofi.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/distro-review-hm-linux/</ref> Hannah Montana Linux. Scary.


===General===


[[User:adamwill|Adam Williamson]] posted about <ref>http://www.happyassassin.net/2011/11/10/stupid-fedora-tricks/</ref>starting work on Fedora 17, and experimentation with the new kernel in a virtualized environment.


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Latest revision as of 06:21, 11 November 2011

Planet Fedora

This is the Planet Fedora section, covering news from planet.fedoraproject.org[1], a collection of blogs from Fedora users spanning the globe.

Contributing Writer: Joel Braun

Events

FudCon Pune 2011

Kishan Goyal posted on his experience on day 2 at FudCon Pune[1].

Joerg Simon posted pictures[2] of the event.

Izhar Firdaus wrote about his experience[3] at FudCon, as well as some thoughts on the atmosphere of the event.

Suchakra also blogged on Fudcon Pune[4].

Kushal Das posted photos[5] of the event to his blog.

Fedora Community

The release of Fedora 16 has been the main topic of the blogroll recently, and it's fair to say that it's being greeted with open arms by many of the users.

Juanjo Martinez blogged on his first impressions of F16, calling it an "impressive release"[6].

General

Adam Williamson posted about [7]starting work on Fedora 17, and experimentation with the new kernel in a virtualized environment.