Fedora Weekly News Issue 38
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Written by Thomas Chung on 2006-03-20
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Welcome to our issue number 38 of Fedora Weekly News (FWN), the weekly newsletter for the Fedora community. The latest issue can always be found here.
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Red Hat Magazine | March 2006
When Red Hat announces a campaign, we hit the ground running, and collaborating, and talking, and building. We start with good ideas repurposed for a product built on the open source philosophy: hey, look at us, we don't know it all (yet) but it's the ripe time to build. Which takes us to the announcement of our Virtualization Resource Center (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/017mar06/features/vrc/) going live this past Tuesday. You'll find a lot of well-researched information on the resource center site (http://www.redhat.com/virtualization/) and in this month's issue of Red Hat Magazine (http://www.redhat.com/magazine).
There is also a Podcast: So you'd like to contribute to open source software (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/017mar06/features/podcast_cohen/) by PhD and Red Hat performance tools engineer Will Cohen.
Red Hat Formally Announces 'Integrated Virtualization'
According to Red Hat's Press Release (http://www.redhat.com/about/news/prarchive/2006/virtualization.html):
This month Red Hat will make Fedora Core 5 available, which will contain a preview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualization technology. In the summer of 2006, Red Hat will make Virtualization Migration and Assessment Services available along with an Enterprise Virtualization beta. Red Hat Enterprise Linux v. 5, scheduled for general availability by the end of 2006, will feature fully integrated virtualization.
There is also a Webcast: Integrated Virtualization Press Conference (http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/webcast/2006/mar/RHAT-31406-Agenda.html)
Phoronix.com: An Interview with Greg DeKoenigsberg
Michael Larabel with Phoronix.com (http://www.phoronix.com/) points out in mailing list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2006-March/msg00160.html),
An interview (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=422&num=1) of Fedora/Red Hat's Greg DeKoenigsberg has been posted. This interview relates largely to the new implementations found in Fedora Core 5 as well as some general information pertaining to the Fedora Project.
In the interview, Greg DeKoenigsberg (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GregDeKoenigsberg) quotes:
Firefox and OpenOffice are beachheads in the open source application battle; web-based projects like Wikipedia are beachheads in the open content battle; Creative Commons is a beachhead in the copyright battle; Open Invention Network is a beachhead in the patent commons battle. We need to be fighting all of these battles to win.
Looking Back and Forward on Fedora Core 5
Jeremy Katz (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JeremyKatz) points out in his blog (http://katzj.livejournal.com/380795.html):
As Fedora Core 5 is making its way to the mirror sites (and hey, even a leaked torrent or two :-), I now have some time to sit back and reflect a bit on the release. While for most people, FC5 is really only about to begin, for me, it is instead winding down.
On a related note, here is a complete Fedora Core 5 Screenshots (http://shots.osdir.com/slideshows/slideshow.php?release=596&slide=28&title=fedora+core+5+screenshots) from OSDir.com (http://osdir.com/) and Fedora Core 5 Screencast (http://linclips.crocusplains.com/index.php?page=clip&id=30) from LinClips (http://linclips.crocusplains.com/).
Release Notes II: rereleased!
Paul W Frields (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PaulWFrields) points out in his blog (http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=641):
Addendum to my earlier post (http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=630): Also coming in the FC5 final Release Notes is the “ru” (Russian) locale translation, courtesy of Andrew Martynov, who burst through the finish line in time for the respin. We also have another contender for the “coming soon” Web-based release notes, the “pa” (Punjabi) locale, courtesy of Amanpreet Singh Brar. Thanks again to these community members, Fedora will be able to reach even more people around the world.
OLPC Operating System
Christopher Blizzard (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ChristopherBlizzard) points out in his blog (http://www.0xdeadbeef.com/weblog/?p=185):
For the last couple of months people inside of Red Hat have been working hard to build out the required infrastructure to build the OLPC operating system based on all of the good code that we have in Fedora. We’ve got a page up on the fedoraproject.org wiki (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC) as well as a mailing list (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC/Mailing_Lists) set up for people that want to participate in the project.
On a related note, DesktopLinux.com (http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS9244278612.html) reports:
Nicholas Negroponte (http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/313/), chairman of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) and former head of MIT's Media Lab, will headline its lineup of keynote speakers. LinuxWorld (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LinuxWorld/LinuxWorldBoston2006) is set for April 3-6, 2006 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.
DistroWatch.com: Linux in education
According to recent issue of DistroWatch Weekly (http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060313#2):
..an elementary school on the outskirts of Taipei, I found that the view from up there was different. In one of the computer labs tucked away at the end of the long corridor, I stared with amazement at a class of 10-year old girls and boys who were in the process of configuring the Thunderbird mail client. The operating system? Fedora Core 3.
Here is the Podcast of DistroWatch Weekly Issue 142 (March 13th, 2006) in Ogg (http://distrowatch.com/podcast/dww20060313.ogg) format.
Linux.com: First look Fedora Core 5
According to Bruce Byfield (http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield/)'s Fedora Core 5 (Test Release) review (http://distrocenter.linux.com/distrocenter/06/03/08/2321254.shtml?tid=107) on Linux.com (http://www.linux.com/):
FC5 is not a distribution for beginners or those whose only interest is a desktop for everyday work. However, even moderately experienced users should seriously consider installing it to a spare partition or computer. For anyone who wants a broad sampling of the latest free applications, there is no distribution more suitable than the latest version of Fedora Core.
Here is a feedback (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2006-March/msg00113.html) for this review by Rahul Sundaram (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RahulSundaram).
Fedora Core 4 powers up the Mexican Food Bank Association
According to a Fedora Story (http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/432) submitted by Renich Bon Ciric (http://fedoranews.org/cms/user/486),
I'm proud to announce that FC4 is powering almost all of the association's webservers. There is a project to deploy FC5 in our workstations. We are just studying the compatibility issues, as well as the user-friendliness, which is far superior to that of Windows Xp. We are actually waiting for FC5 to upgrade on our servers.
There are a few more excellent Fedora Stories submitted by FedoraNEWS.ORG Contributors. They are:
* Courier and Postfix with MySQL on Fedora Core (http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/433) * Homer’s 'lucky’ 13 step guide to a custom Fedora Core 4 kernel RPM (http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/414)
Fedora Core 4 Updates
During the week of March 13 - March 19, Fedora Project released 6 Fedora Core 4 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC4) including 1 Security Advisory.
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