Fedora Weekly News Issue 9
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Issue Date: 2005-08-15
Welcome to our issue number 9 of Fedora Weekly News (FWN), the weekly newsletter for the Fedora community.
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Fedora Core 4 Now Available with Global File System
LINUXWORLD, SAN FRANCISCO- August 10, 2005 - The Fedora Project, a Red Hat-sponsored and community-supported project, today announced (http://www.redhat.com/en_us/USA/Home/Company/News%2Band%2BEvents/Red%2BHat%2BPress%2BRelease%2BArchive/2005/Fedora%2BCore%2B4%2BNow%2BAvailable%2Bwith%2BGlobal%2BFile%2BSystem.html) the availability of Global File System (http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/gfs/) (GFS) in Fedora Core 4.
Fedora in LinuxWorld San Francisco 2005
Thanks to Luya Tshimbalanga, here is a special report - a summary of event inside Fedora Core Booth in Linux World San Francisco 2005.
LinuxWorld Expo Blogs and Stories
We were able to find a few good blogs and stories on LinuxWolrd Expo. Here is one (http://turner.blog-city.com/linuxworld_expo__day_two.htm) of them by James Turner (http://www.blackbear.com/james.html), Senior Contributing Editor for Linux Today (http://www.linuxtoday.com/). Also two stories from newsforge.com (http://www.newsforge.com/) with a lots of interesting pictures: day 1 (http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/08/10/1036257.shtml?tid=152&tid=2&tid=18) and day 2 (http://business.newsforge.com/business/05/08/11/1551203.shtml?tid=18&tid=138&tid=2). UPDATE: Wrapup (http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/15/1614201&tid=18&tid=148&tid=2)
Unofficial FAQ Update: 2005-08-10
Max Kanat-Alexander (mailto:max_list@fedorafaq.org) reports (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00027.html) that his Unofficial Fedora FAQ (http://www.fedorafaq.org/) site has been updated. In addition to many minor updates, this update includes: method of installing FC4 using floppies (http://www.fedorafaq.org/#floppyinstall) and many new translations.
Launch of Fedora Foundation delayed
InforWorld.com reports (http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/08/09/HNfedoradelay_1.html) Fedora project as an independent, nonprofit organization has been delayed due to administrative issues. Now it looks like the foundation will be set up by mid-September. Mark Webbink who is a Deputy General Counsel and Secretary at Red Hat said Bylaws for the foundation have already been drafted, and Red Hat is in the process of choosing board members now.
Desktop search with Beagle on Fedora Core 4
Sean Carlos would like share his documentation on getting up and running with Beagle and Fedora Core 4 (http://www.antezeta.com/beagle-fedora.html). In his email, he describes Beagle as "for those of us who have several years of project documents and e-mails, tools like Beagle are godsends in unlocking information we forgot we had." For more information, visit Beagle's official project (http://www.beagle-project.org/Main_Page) site.
Fedoraproject.org needs to be revamped
Seth Vidal (mailto:skvidal@phy.duke.edu) reports (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2005-August/msg00074.html) he's working on new look and feel for fedoraproject.org with new design (http://fedoraproject.org/mockup/main/).
Tip of the Week
This week's Tip of the Week is "How to Have Tasks Run at Specified Times" by Tejas Dinkar.
Fedora Core 4 Updates
During the week of August 8 - August 14, Fedora Project released 18 Fedora Core 4 Updates including 7 Security Advisories.
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