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


In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora - 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.  


http://planet.fedoraproject.org
Contributing Writer: [[User:Jbraun|Joel Braun]]


Contributing Writer: [[User:Abatkin|Adam Batkin]]
=== 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>.


[[DanielWalsh|Daniel Walsh]] described<ref>http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/27885.html</ref> some recent changes to the way <code>SELinux</code> deals with unconfined domains and users.
[[user:jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted pictures<ref>http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html</ref> of the event.


[[TomCallaway|Tom Callaway]] explained<ref>http://spot.livejournal.com/307318.html</ref> a few intricacies relating to trademarks. He also explained how he worked with a Fedora rebuild to ensure that Fedora's trademarks were protected.
[[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.


[[AdamWilliamson|Adam Williamson]] summarized<ref>http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/04/27/the-great-mixer-debate-or-where-did-all-my-sliders-go/</ref> "The Great Mixer Debate" (see also [[FWN/Issue173#PulseAudio:_A_Hearty_and_Robust_Exchange_of_Ideas|FWN173]]) together with nice screenshots. Without going into too many details, the volume control systems in Fedora 11 have been changed and a great debate ensued.
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[HarishPillay|Harish Pillay]] attended<ref>http://harishpillay.livejournal.com/154849.html</ref> a Microsoft Interoperability event in which the topic of software patents was discussed.
[[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:Azneita|Heherson Pagcaliwagan]] showed off<ref>http://project.azneita.org/2009/04/29/geek-camp-in-pictures/</ref> some photos from a Geek Camp<ref>http://bluepoint.com.ph/index.php?entry=20090419235900&show=album</ref> in Batangas City, Philippines.
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:Rjones|Richard W.M. Jones]] wrote<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/04/29/contributing-a-libguestfs-enhancement-with-examples/</ref> a tutorial explaining how to extend <code>libguestfs</code>.
[[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>.


[[User:James|James Antill]] found<ref>http://illiterat.livejournal.com/7125.html</ref> an interesting way of searching for all "the BugZilla tickets which I've looked at 'recently'" (other than archiving all of the bugzilla mails into a giant folder).
===General===


[[User:Katzj|Jeremy Katz]] questioned<ref>http://velohacker.com/fedora-notes/ppc-relevance-in-fedora/</ref> the relevance of PPC as a primary architecture for Fedora.
[[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:Lkundrak|Lubomir Rintel]] released<ref>http://v3.sk/~lkundrak/blog/entries/shortrpm.html</ref> <code>shortrpm</code>, a tool to allow <code>rpmbuild</code> to short-circuit already completed parts of a build, instead of starting from scratch every time.
 
[[LuisVilla|Luis Villa]] shared<ref>http://tieguy.org/blog/2009/04/29/me-on-gizmodo-on-the-realdvd-case/</ref> his thoughts on the pending lawsuit between RealNetworks and the MPAA regarding the legality of Real's <code>RealDVD</code> software.
 
In a later (unrelated) post, Luis Villa posted<ref>http://tieguy.org/blog/2009/04/30/thoughtlessness-in-open-source/</ref> a response to a recent controversy resulting from potentially offensive slides being presented at a conference.
 
[[User:Poelstra|John Poelstra]] described<ref>http://poelcat.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/fedora-11-rains-test-days/</ref> [[QA/Test Days|Test Days]], their usefulness and recent successes in the run up to Fedora 11.
 
[[User:Johnp|John Palmier]] reached out<ref>http://www.j5live.com/2009/04/30/the-gnome-foundation-needs-your-help/</ref> for donations to the GNOME Foundation in order to continue developments and retain their new Executive Director.


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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.