gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.marketing

Spreading Fedora

Svetoslav P. Chukov — 2008-08-21T11:02:21

The Education Strategy

Jack Aboutboul — 2008-08-19T22:49:51

Hello Everyone, I realize that some people have been confused, perplexed and perhaps annoyed at the lack of information being disseminated about what is going on vis-a-vis some programs being planned in the educational realm. After my brief comments at the NA ambassadors meeting a few weeks I would like to outline what has been going on to provide some clarity as well a grounds for discussions for everything. Let me start by saying that I apologize if it seemed like this was being done in secret, which it absolutely isn't, its just the choice was made to keep everything quiet until we could make some formal announcement in the coming months and that lead people to believe we were trying to cut people out of the process, which is not the case at all. First of all, let me make a few thing we are *NOT* trying to do clear, based mostly off concerns people have brought to my attention: 1. Create a private initiative - Again, we were just being mum until we could make sure we would get the most pr

Fedora 10 Takes Shape

Rahul Sundaram — 2008-08-19T19:08:53

Hi http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3766271 "Red Hat's next-generation Linux distribution shows off some early new features as it preps for release." "Among the features currently being tested in Fedora 10 is a new network connection sharing feature. Frields said the feature would enable ad hoc networks, in which one user shares their live connection to the Internet with others. Frields said he tested the feature in a literal road test -- he was able to maintain a network connection while riding in a car, courtesy of the ad hoc network created by users in a second car, which had a broadband Wi-Fi connection. " Rahul

Fedora 10 Takes Shape

Rahul Sundaram — 2008-08-19T19:06:11

Hi http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3766271 "Among the features currently being tested in Fedora 10 is a new network connection sharing feature. Frields said the feature would enable ad hoc networks, in which one user shares their live connection to the Internet with others. Frields said he tested the feature in a literal road test -- he was able to maintain a network connection while riding in a car, courtesy of the ad hoc network created by users in a second car, which had a broadband Wi-Fi connection. " Rahul

XO in Birmingham, AL

Karsten 'quaid' Wade — 2008-08-19T18:10:57

teacher certification in ... free culture?

Karsten 'quaid' Wade — 2008-08-19T18:08:15

Acer Aspire One uses a Fedora derivative

Allen Halsey — 2008-08-14T22:43:06

"The Acer Aspire One model I was looking at comes with Linux - Linpus Linux Lite v1.0.3.E, to be precise, a Fedora derivative... Since you are more or less using Fedora, you can use the official and Livna repositories to extend the functionality of the One quite easily." http://osnews.com/story/20176/Review_Acer_Aspire_One

Reminder: marketing meeting today, 1900 UTC

Greg Dekoenigsberg — 2008-08-14T13:55:36

That's 3pm eastern US time. #fedora-mktg on freenode, as always. The agenda: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Tasks See you all then. --g

IBM Teams with Linux Distros, Promises Windows-Free PC by 2009

Saadaldine AlSaidi — 2008-08-13T08:12:18

FOSSCON in San Diego, California

Larry Cafiero — 2008-08-11T03:04:50

Is Fedora going to be at this event? If so, I can probably staff a booth there. http://fosscon.org/ Larry Cafiero http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lcafiero

Linux patent pool to push for 'defensive publication'

Rahul Sundaram — 2008-08-10T11:36:28

Hi, http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/080808-linux-patent-pool-to-push.html "The more we can mobilize this community, the fewer patents that will actually be granted," said Keith Bergelt, who recently became CEO of the Open Invention Network. "Whatever happens in the patent reform world in the next [U.S.] administration is great, but we have to act now to stop the granting of patents that threaten Linux and open-source in general." Rahul

Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop

Rahul Sundaram — 2008-08-10T11:26:24

Hi http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4472654.ece "Negroponte had also hooked a spectacular range of backers: Red Hat, Google, AMD, Brightstar and News Corporation (the parent company of The Sunday Times). These each contributed $2m upfront and then a further $500,000. All the companies put in money as sponsorship rather than investment" "Microsoft may have used words and a refusal to co-operate as its weapons against the XO; Intel used brute force. The company dominates global computer hardware in the way that Microsoft dominates the software. And, like Microsoft, it is a fierce protector of its ascendancy. " Rahul

Fedora promoting videos

Christos Bacharakis — 2008-08-08T08:47:50

Comedy: On Art and, Specifically, Fedora Art Concepts

Rahul Sundaram — 2008-08-08T05:20:58

Hi http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/08/07/comedy-on-art-and-specifically-fedora-art-concepts/ " It is interesting to look at the differences in the styles of different distributions. This is often best represented in looking at the art proposals for upcoming versions of various distributions. For example, a typical theme proposal for Fedora looks something like this: “I was laying in my hammock one night gazing up at the infinite stars when suddenly an idea occurred to me. Gazing out at the vastness of the stars, it seemed to be that those stars perfectly represented Fedora, since Fedora 9 was called “Sulfur” and there has got to be some sulfur out there somewhere.” A typical Ubuntu art submission, on the other hand, looks more like this: “ubuntu rulz!!! see my awesum desktop: ubuntu should totally look like dis” Rahul

LinuxWorld Video: Karsten Wade on Fedora

Rahul Sundaram — 2008-08-08T00:04:49

Hi http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/linuxworld_video_karsten_wade_on_fedora "Fedora Community Manager Karsten Wade describes the highlights of the past year and gazes into the future of the Fedora Project" Rahul

Meeting Summary 2008-08-07

David Nalley — 2008-08-07T22:24:29

Attendees Paul Frields (stickster) led the meeting and the following attended: * ke4qqq, David Nalley * ianweller, Ian Weller * mizmo, Mairin Duffy * rharrison, Russell Harrison * kushal, Kushal Das * ria, Ria Das * tw2113, Michael Beckwith * mether, Rahul Sundaram Meeting Summary * David Nalley stated that he was a few days behind schedule with the next installment of blog posts on the Four Foundations, but that it should be out by Friday. * Mairin Duffy indicated that a rough mock up of the drawing idea had been done for the new steamboat-themed Four Foundations posters, but that work still remained to 'graphic-ify' the images. * Rahul Sundaram indicated that he had not heard from Jon Roberts regarding reusing overview and release summary. * Mairin Duffy provided an update on stickers. Essentially a single quote is still outstanding and an email reminder would be sent. * On the instanbul videos front, Michael Beckwith stepped back from leading that ef

Meeting Log

David Nalley — 2008-08-07T22:22:10

My apologies for sending it to the docs list Summary to follow [15:04] [15:04] Roll call! [15:04] DavidNalley [15:05] * ianweller [15:05] Is mizmo around? [15:05] hiii [15:05] eeeeeeggscellent. [15:06] And I'm Paul Frields. [15:06] :-o [15:06] You might remember me from such hit shows as, "Bosom Buddies." [15:06] * rharrison accounts for himself [15:06] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/Tasks [15:06] There's our task list. [15:07] im mizmo. u might remember me as the girl in the funny hat in the video on redhatmagazine.com right now :-p [15:07] mizmo: baby ur a star [15:07] KushalDas [15:07] (That was my Prince voice, but you couldn't hear it from there.) [15:07] lol [15:07] OK. Unless someone has an objection, [15:07] I'm going to start down the priority 1 items on the task list. [15:07]

New version of Fedora looks to wireless and security

Rahul Sundaram — 2008-08-07T19:44:59

Hi http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsID=102307&pagtype=samechan "Enhancements to Fedora 10 that developers can test-drive in the alpha release include the addition of timer-based scheduling for the PulseAudio stack of the OS, which serves audio from multiple sources on the server to multiple client destinations simultaneously, said Paul Frields, Fedora project leader, via email. Timer-based scheduling "is a techno-geeky way to say, 'flexible, glitch-free audio," he said. "The redesigned PulseAudio automatically adjusts the way it feeds audio data, to accommodate system load and ensure the audio data is always ready when needed."" Rahul

Fedora marketing meeting today: leader?

Greg Dekoenigsberg — 2008-08-07T14:02:30

Hello folks. I'm knee-deep in OLPC stuff today... I've got a lot to do in a limited amount of time here in Cambridge, so I'm not going to have time to attend this meeting. So let me ask you... should we have it this week, or not? And if we have it, who will run it? --g

Fedora 10 Alpha Preview

Rahul Sundaram — 2008-08-06T15:24:06

Hi, http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_10_alpha&num=1 "Fedora 10 is tracking GNOME 2.24 and the KDE spin will ship with KDE 4.1. For those of you that have a work requirement to use Microsoft Exchange, Fedora 10 may make the process easier. Integrated in Fedora 10 will be a library from OpenChange that makes it possible for open-source utilities such as the KDE PIM (Personal Information Management) and Evolution to function as clients of a Microsoft Exchange Server. OpenChange is an open-source implementation of the Microsoft Exchange protocols. As a prerequisite to integrating OpenChange, Samba 4 will also ship with Fedora 10." Rahul

CD/DVD printer/duplicator for LATAM - DONATIONS WELCOME!!

Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira — 2008-08-06T15:26:34

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Guys! Thinking to improve and expand the distribution of media and dissemination of Fedora in Latin America, the Brazilian Fedora Project is collecting donations to buy a CD / DVD publisher(US$3.750,00=R$6.000). This idea will decrease the cost and increase the velocity of the media production in LATAM. If you want to contribute, we provide a link to the PayPall on the web-page for international donations: http://www.projetofedora.org/doacoes Thanks guys !! - -- Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira M.Sc. Student - COPPE/UFRJ Fedora Community Manager - Latin America http://www.proyectofedora.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkiZwqAACgkQ024P1ALZT55LegCgyhrFXDc0wCanyuwv1258IfR2 JgsAni9wyQMto6XRMd8mvCjNDUrkhz0Z =2C4v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----