Media: Red Hat confuses Linux users with latest Fedora moves

2014-11-10 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi While the Fedora 21 news has been very positive overall, I wanted to highlight one article which makes it clear we need to explain the broader picture of RHEL, CentOS and Fedora with the new product split http://www.infoworld.com/article/2843687/linux/red-hat-fedora-confuses-linux-users.html

Re: New in beta to highlight?

2014-10-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: Yeah, I put spins in: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F21_Beta_release_announcement#Spins One thing to consider is to move this from the wiki to Fedora Magazine and just a link to the magazine as the announcement. That way someone

Re: New in beta to highlight?

2014-10-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Jaroslav Reznik wrote: It's the plan for Beta! That's great. I have done an additional pass and fixed a few things in the wiki. How do people collaboratively edit on Fedora magazine? Rahul -- marketing mailing list marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org

Re: proposal: Proposal: consider tranforming FAmSCo into FOSCo — Fedora Outreach Steering Committee

2014-10-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Matthew Miller wrote: See https://fedorahosted.org/famsco/ticket/373 The idea is to transform FAmSCo into Fedora Outreach Steering Committee, representing and coordinating Ambassadors, Marketing, Design Team (which is responsible for branding), and

Re: alpha announcement - eyeballs?

2013-04-23 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:25 AM, Robyn Bergeron wrote: On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Robyn Bergeron wrote: That's an interesting thought - I don't know that we've consciously done that before, though perhaps some folks did

Re: alpha announcement - eyeballs?

2013-04-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:36 PM, Robyn Bergeron rberg...@redhat.comwrote: Hi folks, So there have been a few eyeballs on this thus far - but as always would love more: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F19_Alpha_release_announcement I have made some changes over the last couple of days.

Re: Event Report

2013-03-09 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 03/09/2013 10:57 AM, nitesh narayan lal wrote: Hi, I had taken a talk and covered following topics : * Getting started with Qt development * Contribution to Fedora * Introduction to Aeolus project Sounds great. Have you uploaded your slides somewhere? It might be

Re: F18 - huge drop in user numbers

2013-01-29 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 01/29/2013 10:30 AM, inode0 wrote: While I am just using my intuition about human behavior now I suspect after an unusual period of two months with weekly reminders in the press that things were so wrong with F18 that it couldn't be released there are probably a significant number of users

Re: F18 - huge drop in user numbers

2013-01-29 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: I hope some random dude's (rather inflammatory) blog isn't actually considered press The actual press (eg ZDnet, PCWorld, etc.) was not all that negative. Hoping we can stop perpetuating the negativity, I don't think our users

Re: The Inquirier on F17

2012-06-01 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/01/2012 10:24 PM, Robert 'Bob' Jensen wrote: How about the bigger question, what percentage of FESCo has been Red Hat employees during any term. Since FESCo is fully elected, it is entirely up to Fedora contributors to choose whom they elect. If they want to factor in, the

Feedback from Distrowatch

2012-05-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Serious question; Should the Fedora logo be changed? http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20120507#news ' The Fedora website provided fairly positive results. Everyone was able to find an appropriate download link for the Fedora ISOs. Likewise, people were able to find the documentation

[In the news] Fedora Audio Spin: Creating Music With Fedora [Exclusive Interview]

2012-03-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.muktware.com/news/3445/fedora-audio-spin-creating-music-fedora-exclusive-interview The Fedora Audio spin will be targeted at both enthusiasts and professionals alike. We are also see the Live CD's for new users who have always wanted to try out Linux Audio but weren't sure where to

[In the news] Fedora 18: Name suggestions, system log and ARM support

2012-03-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-18-Name-suggestions-system-log-and-ARM-support-1477545.html While the Fedora developers are working on the beta of Fedora 17, which is due to be released in two weeks, first plans are already being made for the Fedora 18 distribution which is

[In the news] Progress on ARM versions of Fedora and openSUSE

2012-02-27 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Progress-on-ARM-versions-of-Fedora-and-openSUSE-1442408.html As with the ports for PowerPC and s390x, to avoid getting in the way of work on the primary x86-32/x86 and x86-64/x64 architectures, the ARM port is currently classed as a secondary

[In the news] Fedora relocates operating system under /usr/

2012-02-01 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-relocates-operating-system-under-usr-1423644.html The Fedora developers are currently working on implementing the plan to move all files stored in the Linux distribution's /bin/, /sbin/, /lib/ and /lib64/ directories to equivalent sub-directories

[In the news] Fedora's package information web site

2012-02-01 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-s-package-information-web-site-1414676.html The Fedora Project has launched a beta version of the Fedora Packages web site, which provides access to various information on the software contained in Fedora. The web site, which is primarily aimed at

[In the news] Three greatest successes in Linux world 2011

2011-12-28 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2011/12/three-greatest-successes-in-linux-world.html Fedora produced two released this year, same as OpenSuSE and Ubuntu And both of them were lovely from my point of view. Fedora 15 was the first distribution to feature GNOME3 as default desktop environment. And

[In the news] 4 security features in Fedora 16

2011-12-28 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/12/13/4-security-features-in-fedora-16/ The security features in Fedora make it one of my favorite Linux distributions. And that is partly why it is in my list of the top 6 KDE distributions of 2011, even though it takes some tweaking to get it to the it just

[In the news] Kororaa Linux 16 - A Fedora++ Distribution

2011-12-28 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jamies-mostly-linux-stuff-10006480/kororaa-linux-16-a-fedora-distribution-10025052/ To get a better overview of Kororaa Linux, the ideas behind it, what it includes and why, check their web page. My take on it is this - if you have looked at Fedora before, and you

[In the news] Taking oVirt for a Spin

2011-12-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Taking-oVirt-for-a-Spin-262165/ Red Hat picked up the .Net-based management server product as part of its acquisition of desktop-virtualization startup Qumranet in 2008, and began porting the server to Java while selling the Qumranet product under Red

[In the news] An Interview with Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith

2011-12-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.linuxforu.com/2011/12/interview-with-jared-smith-fedora-project-leader/ All you need to do is be bold. Stop being passive about FOSS. Don’t be afraid to take that first small step. Then put your other foot in front of the first and you will find joy in the journey. There is a world

[In the news] PreUpgrade: Upgrade Fedora From One Version To Another

2011-12-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.muktware.com/bitsnbytes/3027 Preupgrade provides an upgrade directly to the latest version of Fedora. It is not necessary to upgrade to intermediate versions. For example, it is possible to go from Fedora 11 to Fedora 13 directly. PreUpgrade is stable and is available in all

[In the news] Sorting out Red Hat Linux based distributions

2011-12-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/the-open-source-revolution-10014902/sorting-out-red-hat-linux-based-distributions-10024908/ I have had excellent luck with Red Hat, I like the tools that Red Hat develops and places in their distributions, and there is a huge support community for it. I've also

[In the news] Btrfs and new file system structure agreed for Fedora 17

2011-12-08 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Btrfs-and-new-file-system-structure-agreed-for-Fedora-17-1389851.html The members of the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo), who decide on the technical development aspects of Fedora, have accepted a range of new features proposed by

[In the news] Fedora 16 KDE Review: Gnome 3 vs KDE 4

2011-11-26 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.muktware.com/articles/2976?page=0,0 Unlike Gnome's ease of use, KDE offers many more configurations options which makes it complicated to be used by an average user. So, the lethal combination of Fedora and KDE can be 'dream PC' for and advanced user but at the same time the same

[In the news] Questions? Ask Fedora

2011-11-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
. Rahul Sundaram announced the forum on November 8th, to coincide with the Fedora 16 official release. It's using Askbot, open source QA forum software. Says Sundaram, The goal of Ask Fedora is to be the best place for community support in Fedora and integrate tightly with the rest of the Fedora

[In the news] Fedora 16 review

2011-11-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://duskfire.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/fedora-16-review/ Fedora is the premiere showcase for GNOME 3, the new and somewhat controversial version of one of the top desktops used in the Linux community. This is a review of Fedora 16, in its 32-bit version, which uses Gnome 3.2. I installed it

[In the news] Ask Fedora, perfecto para resolver dudas sobre Fedora

2011-11-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.muylinux.com/2011/11/11/ask-fedora-perfecto-para-resolver-dudas-sobre-fedora/ Como parte del lanzamiento de Fedora 16 Verne, los desarrolladores de esta distribución han anunciado el lanzamiento de un proyecto paralelo. Se trata de Ask Fedora, un portal en el que los usuarios

[In the news] Students can now apply for Red Hat scholarship

2011-11-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.itp.net/586991-students-can-now-apply-for-red-hat-scholarship Students who apply for the scholarship will be evaluated on criteria, including the quality of contributions made to Fedora and other free software projects, references by Fedora community members, the amount of time the

[In the news] Exploring what's new in Fedora 16

2011-11-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Exploring-what-s-new-in-Fedora-16-1374973.html With this version, the project has switched to the GRUB 2 bootloader and put more emphasis on the GPT (GUID Partition Table) for partitioning disks. With GNOME 3.2, KDE 4.7, LibreOffice 3.4 and kernel version

[In the news] Fedora 16 Goes Exploring With Verne

2011-11-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/fedora-16-goes-exploring-with-verne.html Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith, told InternetNews.com that Fedora 16 refines and adds a number of cloud computing and virtualization tools. The new Aeolus Conductor is a web-based platform for managing virtual

[In the news] Fedora launches community knowledge base

2011-11-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-launches-community-knowledge-base-1376531.html Following the recent release of Fedora 16, the Fedora Project has announced the launch of its new Ask Fedora community knowledge base and support forums. Fedora's Rahul Sundaram said that The goal

[In the news] QA with Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith on Fedora 16 and Beyond

2011-11-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/506309-qaa-with-fedora-project-leader-jared-smith-on-fedora-16-and-beyond I guess I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that Fedora is more that just the bits and bytes we put on the CDs every six months – it is as much about the community of friends we're

[In the news] Fedora 16 Released! Pays Tribute To Dennis Ritchie

2011-11-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.muktware.com/news/2904 As expected Fedora 16 is offering GNOME 3.2, the latest update to the most popular desktop environment. It comes with an 'Online Accounts' panel, which provides a central point for managing online accounts like Google, Facebook, etc. There is a new contact

[In the news] Red Hat Fedora 16 Arrives

2011-11-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/11/09/red-hat-fedora-16-arrives/ This doesn’t mean you can go out and replace your aging RHEL distro with Fedora 16, but it does mean that SMBs or other small home offices have a free and easy opportunity to start taking advantage of more advanced virtualization

[In the news] Fedora 16 released

2011-11-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://liliputing.com/2011/11/fedora-16-released-operating-systems.html Fedora 16 is now available for download. The latest version of the popular Linux adds the GNOME 3.2 desktop environment, updated default apps, and enhanced support for cloud services. Rahul -- marketing mailing list

[In the news] Ubuntu Must Love The Fedora 17 Beefy Miracle

2011-11-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTAxMTg For those that were concerned about Fedora 17 being codenamed the Beefy Miracle, fear not as Ubuntu has your back... At least Canonical's community manager, Jono Bacon, is in support of this next-generation Fedora codename. Jono is in

[In the news] Red Hat Releases Fedora 16 Verne

2011-11-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_itempx=MTAxMjg Red Hat and the Fedora Project community this morning have officially announced the release of Fedora 16. This release, which is codenamed Verne, offers up a significant number of original improvements in the Linux desktop and server

[In the news] Fedora 17 Will Be a Beefy Miracle

2011-10-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-17-will-be-a-beefy-miracle.html Fedora 17 will come up against Ubuntu 12.04 codenamed the Precise Pangolin. So for the first time ever, Fedora will have a funkier name than Ubuntu. Let's hope (for Fedora's sake) that the release is beefier too,

Re: Ask Fedora : Marketing strategy

2011-10-06 Thread Rahul Sundaram
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/04/2011 07:59 PM, Vinzenz Vietzke wrote: Am 03.10.2011 22:40, schrieb Rahul Sundaram: I would like to advertise this more widely in sync with Fedora 16 release. What is the best strategy for this? I can do a announcement to the Fedora

Re: Ask Fedora : Marketing strategy

2011-10-06 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/06/2011 07:18 AM, Truong Anh. Tuan wrote: It should be mentioned somewhere :) It is. As a question and answer at http://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/22/how-do-i-use-my-fas-id-to-log-in-to-ask-fedora Could add it to the FAQ as well but the most obvious way is to patch the sign up to

Re: Ask Fedora : Marketing strategy

2011-10-06 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/04/2011 02:41 AM, Jenee wrote: I have written a number of press releases for various organizations with good success. Where where you thinking of submitting it? On second thought, if you want to help in writing a press release, put it up in the wiki or use http://openetherpad.org/ and

Re: Ask Fedora : Marketing strategy

2011-10-04 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/04/2011 02:41 AM, Jenee wrote: I have written a number of press releases for various organizations with good success. Where where you thinking of submitting it? Usually press releases are handled by Red Hat marketing on behalf of Fedora Project. Rahul -- marketing mailing list

Re: Ask Fedora : Marketing strategy

2011-10-04 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/04/2011 12:29 PM, Jesús Franco wrote: This said, i'd like a lot to read/write in a Spanish biased deployment. Do you think is better taking it outside *.fedoraproject.org domain, to regional project, i.e. proyectofedora.org (Latam)? Askbot, the software behind Ask Fedora does support

Re: Ask Fedora : Marketing strategy

2011-10-04 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 10/04/2011 01:06 PM, Gianluca Sforna wrote: On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:40 PM, Rahul Sundaram methe...@gmail.com wrote: Hi http://ask.fedoraproject.org has been launched quietly a while back and I am using it to get some feedback on the site and seed in some questions and answers

Ask Fedora : Marketing strategy

2011-10-03 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://ask.fedoraproject.org has been launched quietly a while back and I am using it to get some feedback on the site and seed in some questions and answers by selectively announcing in some places. I would like to advertise this more widely in sync with Fedora 16 release. What is the best

Re: [In The News] Which Linux Distro Leads the Pack?

2011-09-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 09/12/2011 02:23 PM, Gianluca Sforna wrote: On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Robert 'Bob' Jensen b...@fedoraunity.org wrote: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Which-Linux-Distro-Leads-the-Pack-73240.html Sigh... will this Fedora is the alpha test version for RHEL, thing ever end? Unlikely.

[In the news] Fedora 16 KDE and GNOME 3 Alpha screenshots

2011-08-29 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi One thing worth is that I have seen lot of praise for the background in Fedora 16 Alpha http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/08/24/fedora-16-kde-and-gnome-3-alpha-screenshots/ Rahul -- marketing mailing list marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org

[In the news] A Look Through Fedora 16 Alpha

2011-08-29 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=articleitem=fedora_16_alphanum=1 The GNOME Shell for version 3.2 is not radically different, but still nicer than early versions of Ubuntu's Unity desktop (granted, Unity in Ubuntu 11.10 is also becoming more friendly and polished). Fortunately, Fedora is

[In the news] Alpha version of Fedora 16 Verne released

2011-08-29 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Alpha-version-of-Fedora-16-Verne-released-1328758.html The alpha uses Linux kernel 3.0, but versions released from late September or early October are expected to move to version 3.1. It includes the alpha version of KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.7.0, and

[In the news] Linux at 20, some personal memories

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://liw.fi/linux20/ By this time, summer of 1991, we had both started posting to Usenet. In August, Linus mentioned his kernel project on comp.os.minix for the first time. Later on, he decided to make the code available, and got one of the admins of ftp.funet.fi to put it there. For this,

[In the news] Praise for Fedora 15 and KDE 4.6.x - A great experience!

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://linuxtweaking.blogspot.com/2011/07/praise-for-fedora-15-and-kde-46x-great.html Some old time Fedora users may be aware of Fedora's poor track record when it comes to KDE although things have been changing ever since the release of KDE 4.x. I regularly try Fedora KDE and so far haven't

[In the news] Can GNOME 3 Become the Next Big Open Source Contender?

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/08/02/can-gnome-3-become-the-next-big-open-source-ui-contender/ There’s a lot to like about GNOME Shell in its current form. It’s functional, graceful and arguably more intuitive than Canonical’s Unity, which suffers, for instance, from the lack of any means for

Oracle, SUSE, Red Hat drive 70% of LibreOffice development

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/oracle-suse-red-hat-drive-70-of-libreoffice-development/9324 Upon the release of LibreOffice 3.4.2, the Document Foundation announced that Oracle and SUSE each contributes roughly 25 percent of the latest commits, while Red Hat contributed another 20

[In the news] Fedora not to switch to Btrfs in version 16

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-not-to-switch-to-Btrfs-in-version-16-1319827.html Recently, it became apparent that Btrfs has not met the stipulated criteria. The main reason for this continues to be the still ongoing development of a decent program for testing and repairing

[In the news] Fedora 16 to skip btrfs by default

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi https://www.networkworld.com/community/node/77452 I'm actually encouraged by the fact that btrfs is being delayed for default for another release. It shows that the Fedora release process and objectives are working well. Bacik has also displayed a great deal of patience (as far as I've seen,

[In the news] Fedora Postpones Switch To Btrfs; Fedora 17 Is Now The Target Release For The Switch

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://digitizor.com/2011/08/10/fedora-16-no-btrfs/ The Fedora developers have listened and have decided that Fedora 16 will not use Btrfs by default. The announcement was made by Josef Bacik, Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat. Bacik, however, mentioned that Btrfs is still being considered

[In the news] Feature preview of Fedora 16 installer

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/08/08/feature-preview-of-fedora-16-installer/ GPT, the GUID Partition Table, is an alternate disk partition table scheme that solves two problems associated with the MBR (Master boot Record) partition table. It allows the configuration of more than four primary

[In the news] Infographic sums up Linux then and now

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.geek.com/articles/geek-pick/new-linux-foundation-infographic-sums-up-linux-then-and-now-20110817/ One of the most telling stats, based on information gathered from LinuxCon registrations this year, is how the different distributions have won or lost favor with users. Although

[In the news] National meet on Free Open Source Software

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://expressbuzz.com/cities/kochi/national-meet-on-free-open-source-software/305564.html KOCHI: The Federal Institute of Science and Technology will organise a two-day national conference on Free Open Source Software. The conference organised by the Computer Science Department of FISAT and

[In the news] Google Web Fonts prove free fonts are flourishing

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/Google-Web-Fonts-prove-free-fonts-are-flourishing Historically, fonts have been a weak point in free software. There were probably two reasons: first, programmers were mostly indifferent to fonts, and, second, font

[In the news] Fedora 16 to have Grub2, GNOME 3.2 and KDE 4.7

2011-08-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-16-to-have-Grub2-GNOME-3-2-and-KDE-4-7-1283238.html The feature list contains 40 items, including GNOME 3.2 and KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.7. The developers are planning to switch to using Grub2 for the boot loader. Having switched to systemd, as an

[In the news] Video: GNOME 3 Shell (and Fedora 15)

2011-07-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.montanalinux.org/video-gnome-3-shell-review.html After looking around for a good introduction video to GNOME 3 I found this one. It is the best one I've found so far. Unfortunately it seems to only be available in flash format. Since Fedora 15 was one of the first distros to ship

[In the news] Podcast: Igor Pires Soares – Fedora Project

2011-07-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.ogmaciel.com/podcast-igor-pires-soares-fedora-project/ Igor Soares - Projeto Fedora I had a chance to interview Igor Pires Soares from the Fedora Project and chat about how he got started with translations, participating on several organizing committees and his travels around the

[In the news] The Many Faces of Fedora

2011-07-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://eyeonlinux.com/2011/06/16/the-many-faces-of-fedora/ Some folks might be unaware though that Fedora comes in a number of different versions; each designed to appeal to a particular audience. Yes, it’s true. Fedora has many faces and here’s a brief look at each of them for those who

[In the news] An In-Depth Look at Fedora 15

2011-07-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://techgage.com/article/an_in-depth_look_at_fedora_15/ Fedora has long been touted as being one of the most professional, stable, cutting-edge distros out there, and seeing as though its latest version brings GNOME 3 along for the ride, I couldn't help but download and install it. I've

Re: Old HootSuite account

2011-06-27 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 06/27/2011 05:20 PM, Paul Frields wrote: When we originally started HS we did so with some trepidation given it was a non-FOSS service. I'm not really shot in the arm by paying for the service, unless we have a clear idea of what that gains us. I briefly surveyed free tools again and have

[In the news] Linux kernel to fully support Xen: Too little too late?

2011-06-09 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi For what it is worth, Fedora 16 will enable this functionality again, a long gap after Fedora 8. http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/news/2240036580/Linux-kernel-to-fully-support-Xen-Too-little-too-late Core to KVM’s rapid success is the fact that it’s included in the kernel.

[In the news] Guest session and user management on Fedora 15

2011-05-30 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Covering a new feature in the installer the allows the user to add themselves to the administrator group to setup sudo by default. This group also adjust the PolicyKit settings http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2011/05/26/guest-session-and-user-management-on-fedora-15/ User management on Fedora 15

Five must have Gnome shell extensions for Fedora 15

2011-05-30 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Covers five GNOME Shell Extensions. Three of them are in the Fedora repo. https://justinstories.wordpress.com/2011/05/27/five-must-have-gnome-shell-extensions-for-fedora-15/ The weather is an important part of our life and I like to keep an eye on the weather conditions. There is an

[In the news] Intel Sandy Bridge On Fedora 15 Is Decent

2011-05-30 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=articleitem=fedora_15_snbnum=1 Fedora 15 had worked fine out of the box on this notebook, complete with the GNOME Shell and its Mutter compositing working without fault. Fedora 15 is using Linux 2.6.38 and Mesa 7.11-devel, with various back-ports by Red

[In the news] GNOME 3 on Fedora 15

2011-05-30 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://blog.randell.ph/2011/05/29/gnome-3-on-fedora-15/ I’ve just installed Fedora 15, and one of the things that surprised me was GNOME 3. I knew from the release notes that GNOME was coming to Fedora 15, but I didn’t bother looking at the details nor at the larger versions of screenshots. I

[In the news] Fedora 15 – Bringing You The Latest In Linux

2011-05-30 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/fedora-15-bringing-latest-linux/ It’s another great day in the world of Linux. Fedora 15 was finally released two days ago, and this new release brings a massive amount of changes compared to Fedora 14. In fact, there’s so many changes that a lot of them can’t fit

[In the news] Fedora 15 (Lovelock) Released

2011-05-30 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jamies-mostly-linux-stuff-10006480/fedora-15-lovelock-released-10022542/ Whew. That was longer than I had intended it to be, but I suppose with a release which makes changes of this magnitude it is to be expected. My personal summary is that Gnome 3 seems pretty

[In the news] Good times with Fedora Linux upgrades

2011-05-30 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/the-open-source-revolution-10014902/good-times-with-fedora-linux-upgrades-10022549/ I've found that upgrading from version to version of Fedora is quite easy in fact. And one bonus is that all of the software on the system is automatically upgraded to the latest

[In the news] Fedora 15 Released, GNOME 3 Looks Good

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-15-released-gnome-3-looks-good It looks good. I like it. Fedora did use a customized version of the upstream default GNOME 3 wallpaper, but it's pretty with the birds in the tree embellishment in the lower corner. The GNOME 3 desktop is different from what most

[In the news] Fedora 15 with GNOME 3: better than Ubuntu 11.04 with Unity, but...

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2011/05/fedora-15-with-gnome-3-better-than.html What are my thoughts about Fedora 15? This is another step forward for this operating system. Sure, debates between GNOME 3 fans and haters will inevitably heat up the atmosphere. But from my perspective GNOME 3 is

[In the news] Fedora 15 Has Been Released

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/fedora-15-has-been-released.html As always, Fedora is first to introduce some of the features that will later on be available in most other Linux distributions. Like GNOME3 or systemd: Rahul -- marketing mailing list marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org

[In the news] Fedora 15 Released - Featuring Virgin Pure GNOME 3

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2011/05/fedora-15-released-featuring-virgin.html Fedora 15 has been released. If you have a special affinity towards GNOME 3, then you should give Fedora 15 a try. It is robust, secure, and user friendly. Fedora also comes with comprehensive documentation on

[In the news] Fedora 15 released, first with GNOME 3

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/387830/fedora_15_released_first_gnome_3/ GNOME 3 includes the new “GNOME Shell” user interface which requires 3D video acceleration, which Fedora provides with open source drivers for Nvidia, AMD (ATI) and Intel, including support for “Sandybridge”

[In the news] Fedora 15 Manual

2011-05-25 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Muktware has released a comprehensive manual covering various aspects of Fedora to align with the Fedora 15 release. Take a look http://www.muktware.com/manual/fedora-15 Rahul -- marketing mailing list marketing@lists.fedoraproject.org

[In the news] Fedora 15 Spins Custom Linux Distros

2011-05-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Important changes for spins include using the Koji build system to build the images and LZMA compression to save more space, http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3934251/Fedora-15-Spins-Custom-Linux-Distros.htm We wouldn't go through the effort of building the spins if we didn't think

Fedora 16 Alpha release notes

2011-05-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Since there has been a number of changes already in Rawhide, as a head start, I have created the Fedora 16 Alpha release notes. Do continue to add any important changes that you notice here https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_16_Alpha_release_notes Rahul -- marketing mailing list

[In the news] Fedora 15 Released, Has GNOME 3, New Search Tool

2011-05-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-15-Released-Has-GNOME-3-New-Search-Tool-201867.shtml Highlights of Fedora 15: · Linux kernel 2.6.38.6; · Btrfs filesystem; · GNOME 3 desktop environment; · Indic typing booster; · Better crash reporting; · Redesigned SELinux troubleshooter; · Gnome

A CLA By Any Other Name

2011-05-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Mark Webbink who was the general counsel of Red Hat and now a board member of the Software Freedom Law Center and a law professor has taken over primary responsibilities of Groklaw from Pamela Jones and has written a article on the subject of copyright license agreements (CLA). A good article

[In the news] Fedora 15 Released; Comes With Gnome 3

2011-05-24 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Verbatim copy of the release announcement for the most part but here it is http://www.muktware.com/news/24/2011/1215 The best features of Fedora 15, which will attract a lot of users is Gnome 3 shell. Fedora 15 will give users a distro which will allow then to explore Gnome 3 with the

[In the news] Running Fedora on the Galaxy S

2011-05-23 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://ingvar.blog.redpill-linpro.com/2011/05/20/running-fedora-on-the-galaxy-s/ Actually running Fedora alone on the Galaxy S may become possible in some distant future, but for now, we have to be content with running a chroot session of Fedora, and running X11 apps via VNC. As Fedora

Help with Fedora 15 one page release notes

2011-05-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi The features that get more attention are GNOME 3, systemd, dynamic firewall, consistent device names and boxgrinder. I think we can throw in screenshots of Firefox 4, Libreoffice, Virt-manager and SELinux troubleshooter and leave the rest out to keep it simple.

[In the news] Interview with Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader

2011-05-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://pcper.com/news/Editorial/Interview-Jared-Smith-Fedora-Project-Leader PcPer: What are your plans for the future of this platform? What is new and up-coming? JS: First of all, Fedora is engineered for the long haul. We've made a conscious decision not to sacrifice long-term freedom for

[In the news] Fedora 15 Boosts Linux Security

2011-05-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.esecurityplanet.com/news/article.php/3934151/Fedora-15-Boosts-Linux-Security.htm We have better support for encrypted home directories that get mounted when you log in and that goes a long way to help people feel that their data is secure, Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader told

[In the news] Fedora 15 Goes Gold, and That's Not All

2011-05-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://ostatic.com/blog/fedora-15-goes-gold-and-thats-not-all The most notable of the Fedora 15 features is the move to GNOME 3. GNOME 3 was met with mixed reactions and this is another reason to look forward to Fedora 15 reviews. Some of the other features include KDE 4.6.x, Xfce 4.8, GCC

[In the news] Fedora 15 completed, new contributor agreement

2011-05-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-15-completed-new-contributor-agreement-1245970.html Fedora Engineering Manager Tom Callaway has also announced that all Fedora contributors must agree to the Fedora Project Contributor Agreement (FPCA) by 17 June if they plan to continue

[In the news] Life with Fedora 15 and Gnome 3

2011-05-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
H http://aniszczyk.org/2011/05/17/life-with-fedora-15-and-gnome-3/ I’m pretty happy with the state of things now. I have to admit that in the beginning, I was cursing loudly asking for my desktop and panel back, but I’m used to the dash area and window picker now. The search feature (which is

[In the news] VirtualBox 4.0.8 Released With GNOME Shell Support (For Fedora 15)

2011-05-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/virtualbox-408-released-with-gnome.html The latest VirtualBox 4.0.8 finally comes with GNOME Shell support. I've tested it in Ubuntu 11.04, using a Fedora 15 virtual machine and Gnome Shell worked great. According to the changelog, it should work with both

Re: Final F15 release announcement

2011-05-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/18/2011 04:57 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: I noticed this morning that the final announcement page is blank: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_announcement I mentioned this on IRC and Rahul Sundaram said he would work on the F15 final announcement. It took a few hours to do

Re: Final F15 release announcement

2011-05-18 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 05/19/2011 12:55 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: It took a few hours to do this but I am finally done. It probably requires a good editorial review. Take a look and let me know if you have any feedback. One more thing. The one page release notes is linked from the announcement http

[In the news] Fedora 15 First impressions

2011-05-06 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi https://duskfire.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/fedora-15-first-impressions/ I was much more impressed with the new Fedora than I expected. I think that it’s an excellent distribution, and although it won’t replace Linux Mint for my own day to day use, I definitely can see its appeal. If you like

[In the news] How to painlessly switch from Ubuntu to Fedora

2011-05-06 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://cristalinux.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-painlessly-switch-from-ubuntu-to.html Fedora now enjoys a bleeding edge implementation of the GNOME Shell, which, on top of all the great changes coming with Fedora 15, sets the stage for a very successful release. After testing Ubuntu 11.04 and

[In the news] A look at GNOME Shell

2011-05-02 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://cristalinux.blogspot.com/2011/04/look-at-gnome-shell.html In my opinion, Fedora 15 /LoveLock/ is probably the most exciting release to come out of the Fedora camp in years. While some of the previous releases excelled in certain aspects (such as features aimed at developers), they fell

[In the news] The New Smart and Professional Fedora 15 “Lovelock” Beta | Released

2011-05-02 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://ubuntumanual.org/posts/302/the-new-smart-and-professional-fedora-15-%E2%80%9Clovelock%E2%80%9D-beta-released Fedora 15 has GNOME 3. This application was released very recently and it comprises of an absolutely new User Interface known as the GNOME Shell. Fedora 15 Beta now has an

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