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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>.


[[TomCallaway|Tom Callaway]] explained<ref>http://spot.livejournal.com/312320.html</ref> why Chromium is not yet officially packaged for Fedora.  
[[user:jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted pictures<ref>http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html</ref> of the event.


[[RichardHughes|Richard Hughes]] plans<ref>http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/12/02/gnome-color-manager-release-next-monday/</ref> to release the first supported version of Gnome Color Manager this week, along with lots of new features. [[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]] continued<ref>http://berrange.com/personal/diary/2009/12/colour-management-in-firefox-on-fedora</ref> with instructions for setting up Firefox to respect your color management wishes.
[[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.


You can now automatically encrypt QCow2 virtualization disk images in Fedora 12, according<ref>http://berrange.com/personal/diary/2009/12/using-qcow2-disk-encryption-with</ref> to [[DanielBerrange|Daniel Berrange]]. "Why might you want to encrypt a guest's disk from the host, rather than using the guest OS's own block encryption capabilities (eg the block encryption support in anaconda) ? There's a couple of reasons actually..."
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[User:Poelstra|John Poelstra]] mused<ref>http://poelcat.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/marketing-to-fedoras-target-audience/</ref> about "Marketing to Fedora’s Target Audience:"
[[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===


"Some people people may chafe at the notion of the Fedora Distribution as a 'product.'  I can understand that, particularly if working on a 'product' is associated with strict process, lots of bureaucracy, endless meetings, and the pressure to constantly generate more revenue.  Maybe that is one reason some people think defining a target audience for the Fedora distribution is going too far."
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.


[[User:Rrix|Ryan Rix]] is working<ref>http://hackersramblings.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/thinking-about-design-fedora-tour-content/</ref> on [[Fedora-tour]], to introduce new users to Fedora. "For example, there would be different sections in the tour:
[[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>.
* What is Fedora Linux
* What is the Fedora Project
* What’s new in Fedora 13?
* Get to know Fedora Desktop Edition
* Get to know Fedora Electronics Lab"


[[User:Brejc8|Charles Brej]] wrote a two<ref>http://brej.org/blog/?p=158</ref> part<ref><ref>http://brej.org/blog/?p=174</ref></ref> guide to theming Plymouth. "Judging by the many forum postings and articles, many people do enjoy a nice boot splash and there is a real desire to customise their spin or even the individual machine to their preferred theme. In this guide I will try and show you how to make your own custom splash, walking though the process of viewing, changing and installing."
===General===


[[User:Ianweller|Ian Weller]] created<ref>http://ianweller.org/2009/12/07/new-awesomeness-mw/</ref> a new command line tool, <tt>mw</tt> to interact with MediaWiki installations, as if it were a VCS.
[[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.
 
[[User:Mjw|Mark J. Wielaard] and others <ref>http://gnu.wildebeest.org/diary/2009/12/07/fudcon-success-systemtap-meets-python/</ref> "had some fun and made tracing python methods through systemtap possible."


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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.