Fedora Weekly News Issue 43
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Written by Thomas Chung on 2006-04-24
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Welcome to our issue number 43 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 | April 2006
Red Hat Magazine, Issue #18 has been published. According to RHM Editor's Blog (http://blogs.redhat.com/magazine/archives/000241.html):
We've been patiently waiting for the release of Fedora Core 5 and the excitement shows with the collection of feature articles from our Fedora coterie (http://www.redhat.com/magazine). And it's not just about this new release--you'll also find lively, compelling conversations about FUDCon (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/018apr06/features/fudcon/), the future of the Fedora community (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/018apr06/features/podcast_fedoracommunity/), and Fedora Reloaded: Episode 5 (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/018apr06/features/podcast_fedorareloaded/). You couldn't be more entertained if you were with Shadowman (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/018apr06/departments/ask_shadowman/) himself.
Fedora Project Board meeting summary
Max Spevack (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack) announces in fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00178.html):
Just wanted to let everyone know that the meeting summary from the most recent Fedora Project Board meeting (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2006-04-18) (2006-04-18) is now up on the wiki. Feel free to write to fedora-advisory-board (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board#Contact) redhat com with any comments, topics you'd like to see addressed, etc. You can also email any questions or comments to me (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board#Contact) directly.
Fedora Sponsored Media Program
Karlie Robinson, a Special Advisor on Volunteer Management with Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee would like to announce Fedora Sponsored Media Program (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/SponsoredMedia):
This new initiative was created to give Fedora users the opportunity to sponsor the cost of physical media so those who may not have the resources will still have access to Fedora. With wide participation from individuals, vendors, and corporations, Sponsored Media will help to spread the word about free and open source software.
Here is another announcement via fedora-marketing-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2006-April/msg00063.html) for asking for your participation and spread the word about the program.
Fedora Core 5 CD/DVD Art
Diana Fong (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DianaFong) announces in fedora-art-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2006-April/msg00065.html):
Just posted the CD/DVD art used on the Fedora Core 5 DVDs given out at LinuxWorld and FUDCon (Boston) 2006. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/CDArt
You will also find Bubbles Theme CD/DVD art created by Nicu Buculei (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NicuBuculei).
FISL: See you next year!
Hugo Cisneiros (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HugoCisneiros) reports FISL (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FISL) in his blog (http://www.devin.com.br/eitch/blog/2006/04/23/fisl-see-you-next-year/):
The Forum Internacional Software Livre (http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/) (FISL) was happening in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, in April 19, 20, 21 and 22th. It was a great event! I arrived in Porto Alegre the day before the event. For the first time in this event, we had two Fedora booths there, as described in our wiki (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FISL).
Rodrigo Menezes (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RodrigoMenezes) also gave us an update on FISL via fedora-marketing-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2006-April/msg00084.html):
We are in the second day of FISL event, below you can find some photos. We'll update the website as soon as the event is running. http://projetofedora.org/node/28
Review: Faith restored in Desktop Linux
Martin Sevior (http://www.advogato.org/person/msevior/) who is the core AbiWord developer in Planet GNOME posted a FC5 review (http://msevior.livejournal.com/9719.html):
I'm VERY pleased with the outcome. Firstly the install went like breeze. Video worked, sound worked hardwired network worked. Next I installed the firmware for the centrino Wireless built into the laptop. Got wireless working with the standard Fedora network tools.
Anyway I also wanted to send a big "Congratulations" to the whole community that made FC5 possible. It's great to see how a huge group of competiting and cooperating people can raise the water level so that "everyone floats ups".
Review: First Impressions: Fedora Core 5
Here is another FC5 review from O’Reilly (http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2006/04/first_impressions_fedora_core.html):
Overall, even with all the nits I’ve picked, I find Fedora Core 5 to be a very satisfying and much improved version of the popular distribution. Red Hat and their Fedora Project engineers have been quick to resolve bugs in the past and I am certain FC5 will improve as new updates become available. The improved performance in the new version far outweighs any bugs I’ve found in applications and this is one release I can recommend.
Review: Fedora Core 5
Here is another FC5 review from free-bees.co.uk (http://www.free-bees.co.uk/articles/fedoracore5/):
What we can say immediately is that Fedora Core has improved in the months between this and the last release. The installer strikes me as the most polished part of Fedora, filled with pleasing touches. However, while the rest of the system is generally solid, there is some small instability that I never got with Fedora Core 4.
To compare Fedora Core 5 to other distributions I've tested would now be a little unfair since this review has been the most rigorous yet. However, I can say this with a fair amount of confidence: Fedora Core 5 is up there with Ubuntu and SUSE, and provides plenty of stiff competition.
The Perfect Setup - Fedora Core 5 (64-bit)
HowtoForge posted an article on The Perfect Setup - Fedora Core 5 (64-bit) (http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_fedora_core_5):
This is a detailed description how to set up a Fedora Core 5 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.). This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of Fedora Core 5, but should apply to the 32-bit version with very little modifications as well.
Fedora Core 4 and 5 Updates
During the week of April 17 - April 23, Fedora Project released 33 Fedora Core 4 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC4) including 3 Security Advisories.
During the week of April 17 - April 23, Fedora Project released 87 Fedora Core 5 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC5) including 4 Security Advisories.
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