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In other virtualization news, [[User:Rjones|Richard W.M. Jones]] provided lots of <tt>libguestfs</tt> tips: Edit the Windows Registry in your VMs from the host<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/edit-the-windows-registry-in-your-vms-from-the-host/</ref>, using <tt>virt-rescue</tt> on raw file or disk images (in addition to VM images)<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/tip-virt-rescue-not-just-for-virtual-machines/</ref>, quickly getting help in <tt>guestfish</tt><ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/tip-quickly-get-help-for-guestfish-commands/</ref>, using <tt>virt-df</tt> to find out when filesystems are full<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/tip-find-out-when-filesystems-get-full-with-virt-df/</ref> (and an update<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/tip-find-out-when-filesystems-get-full-with-virt-df-working-version/</ref>) and using <tt>hivex</tt> to unpack a Windows Boot Configuration Data (BCD) hive<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/use-hivex-to-unpack-a-windows-boot-configuration-data-bcd-hive/</ref>.
In other virtualization news, [[User:Rjones|Richard W.M. Jones]] provided lots of <tt>libguestfs</tt> tips: Edit the Windows Registry in your VMs from the host<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/edit-the-windows-registry-in-your-vms-from-the-host/</ref>, using <tt>virt-rescue</tt> on raw file or disk images (in addition to VM images)<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/tip-virt-rescue-not-just-for-virtual-machines/</ref>, quickly getting help in <tt>guestfish</tt><ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/tip-quickly-get-help-for-guestfish-commands/</ref>, using <tt>virt-df</tt> to find out when filesystems are full<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/tip-find-out-when-filesystems-get-full-with-virt-df/</ref> (and an update<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/tip-find-out-when-filesystems-get-full-with-virt-df-working-version/</ref>) and using <tt>hivex</tt> to unpack a Windows Boot Configuration Data (BCD) hive<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/use-hivex-to-unpack-a-windows-boot-configuration-data-bcd-hive/</ref>.
[[LuisVilla|Luis Villa]] wrote<ref>http://opensource.com/law/10/3/community-lawyers</ref> a piece on opensource.com about lawyers and open source. "There is a fairly common perception among FOSS hackers that there is no community of FOSS lawyers. Scratch the surface, though, and it turns out that- despite our handicaps- the FOSS legal community is there and growing. Since this question recently came up in the context of Mozilla's decision to revise the MPL, I thought it might be a good time to talk about this community here at opensource.com."
[[User:Rajith77|Rajith Attapattu]] posted<ref>http://rajith.2rlabs.com/2010/03/29/managing-software-projects-the-way-we-set-it-up-is-how-it-ends-up/</ref> a couple pieces on managing software projects, starting with "The Way We Set It Up Is How It Ends Up" and continuing<ref>http://rajith.2rlabs.com/2010/03/31/managing-software-projects-changes-are-inevitable-are-you-ready/</ref> "Dealing With Change".
[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] mentioned<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2010/03/31/a-k12-educators-guide-to-open-source-software/</ref> the creation of "A K12 Educator’s Guide to Open Source Software" with the goal of "introducing elementary school children to free & open source software, particularly creative tool."
[[JeffSheltren|Jeff Sheltren]] announced<ref>http://sheltren.com/teachingopensource_textbook</ref> that the Open Source textbook on Open Source has been completed, and [[GregDeK|Greg DeKoenigsberg]] wrote<ref>http://opensource.com/education/10/4/can-professors-teach-open-source</ref> an article about it on opensource.com, titles "Can Professors Teach Open Source?"
[[User:Kwade|Karsten Wade]] made a number of announcements regarding Fedora's [[Summer Coding 2010]] opportunities (See also the special section of this weeks Fedora Weekly News). First<ref>http://iquaid.org/2010/04/02/seeking-sponsors-universities-corporations-foundations-individuals-creative-ideas/</ref>, there is a call for sponsors. That means universities, corporations, foundations, individuals and creative ideas. Ideas should be submitted by April 9<ref>http://iquaid.org/2010/04/06/ideas-for-summer-coding-due-by-9-april/</ref>. And Karsten's latest post has<ref>http://iquaid.org/2010/04/06/fedora-summer-coding-organizing-halp/</ref> lots of useful links for getting involved and finding out more.


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Revision as of 17:43, 7 April 2010

Planet Fedora

In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora[1] - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide. This edition covers highlights from the past three weeks.

Contributing Writer: Adam Batkin

General

The Red Hat Press office announced[1] the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2 which includes: Virtual desktop support, Import and export, V2V : Virtual machine conversion, a Data Warehouse, and increased performance.

In other virtualization news, Richard W.M. Jones provided lots of libguestfs tips: Edit the Windows Registry in your VMs from the host[2], using virt-rescue on raw file or disk images (in addition to VM images)[3], quickly getting help in guestfish[4], using virt-df to find out when filesystems are full[5] (and an update[6]) and using hivex to unpack a Windows Boot Configuration Data (BCD) hive[7].

Luis Villa wrote[8] a piece on opensource.com about lawyers and open source. "There is a fairly common perception among FOSS hackers that there is no community of FOSS lawyers. Scratch the surface, though, and it turns out that- despite our handicaps- the FOSS legal community is there and growing. Since this question recently came up in the context of Mozilla's decision to revise the MPL, I thought it might be a good time to talk about this community here at opensource.com."

Rajith Attapattu posted[9] a couple pieces on managing software projects, starting with "The Way We Set It Up Is How It Ends Up" and continuing[10] "Dealing With Change".

Máirín Duffy mentioned[11] the creation of "A K12 Educator’s Guide to Open Source Software" with the goal of "introducing elementary school children to free & open source software, particularly creative tool."

Jeff Sheltren announced[12] that the Open Source textbook on Open Source has been completed, and Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote[13] an article about it on opensource.com, titles "Can Professors Teach Open Source?"

Karsten Wade made a number of announcements regarding Fedora's Summer Coding 2010 opportunities (See also the special section of this weeks Fedora Weekly News). First[14], there is a call for sponsors. That means universities, corporations, foundations, individuals and creative ideas. Ideas should be submitted by April 9[15]. And Karsten's latest post has[16] lots of useful links for getting involved and finding out more.