Fedora Weekly News Issue 45
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Written by Thomas Chung on 2006-05-08
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Welcome to our issue number 45 of Fedora Weekly News (FWN), the weekly newsletter for the Fedora community. The latest issue can always be found here.
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New mail list for package announcements
Jesse Keating (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating) announces on fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-May/msg00001.html):
As we continue to integrate Fedora subprojects into the main Fedora infrastructure, the need for a common point of package update information became clear. At the same time, it became clear that fedora-announce was not the proper place for this. To resolve these issues, we've created 'fedora-package-announce redhat com' email list. This list will serve as an announcement point for package announcements for potentially all Fedora sub-projects. If you would like to receive announcements of package updates, you will need to subscribe to this list:
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-package-announce
fedora-announce-list will continue to be used for important announcements regarding the Fedora project, such as Core releases and test releases, Fedora News updates, messages from Max and the board, etc... It will just no longer get package update mails.
Announcing the Fedora Music list
Greg DeKoenigsberg (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GregDeKoenigsberg) announces in fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-May/msg00003.html):
It looks like we've got some critical mass forming here, so I figured I'd go ahead and announce it. We've been working with Fernando Lopez-Lezcano of Planet CCRMA (http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/), the popular Fedora-based music distribution, to see about bringing Planet CCRMA under the Extras (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras) umbrella. So feel free to join the conversation:
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-music-list
Unofficial Fedora FAQ Updated for FC 5
Max Kanat-Alexander (http://www.fedorafaq.org/contribute/) announces in fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-May/msg00002.html):
The Unofficial Fedora FAQ has been updated for Fedora Core 5! As always, you can find the FAQ at:
As always, I really like your feedback! Feel free to send me your contributions! I'm always looking out for what questions are really frequently asked by the Fedora community.
Report from Linuxfest Northwest
Jesse Keating (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating) reports in fedora-ambassadors-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ambassadors-list/2006-May/msg00000.html):
The event was fun as usual, this was my fourth year there. There was room for probably 35 "booth" type things, and as usual the majority of these are for local user groups, distribution groups, special interest groups and the like. There was a few commercial folks there too, Google, Pogo Linux, Wirepath, Fibrecloud, Mysql AB, Oracle, and a few others.
All in all I think it was a good show. I'd like to continue having a Fedora presence there and continue doing talks such as this that explain where we're coming from and where we're going. Folks travel to this show from all over the area, Canada, Oregon, and into the East as well. For those that can't make it to California for LWCE or some of the other shows, this is another chance to touch base with the community at large.
http://linuxfestnorthwest.org/
The Increasing Importance of Community
According to O'ReillyNetwork (http://oreillynet.com):
It is evident that with a strong community behind these distributions, they can indeed become better in terms of engineering and adoption. Fedora is a classic example of this - as it has become more and more community driven, the quality has grown further and further. It is now a very impressive distribution and one that has a comprehensive backbone of developers, documentation writers, translators and users.
http://oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/9330
Sporting goods retailer now sporting Linux
According to NewsForge (http://www.newsforge.com/):
Just about every Backcountry.com employee is running Fedora Linux on the desktop -- 50 workstations in the warehouse and 60 in the call center. "We have a policy that any machine replaced doesn't get Windows put back on it," Jenkins says. "It's Linux migration by attrition." Jenkins manages support for an inconsistent mix of desktop operating systems by utilizing the vast skills of his IT staff, who are well-versed in both Windows and Linux environments. The transition has been invisible to the users, he says, because all the server and desktop applications are accessed via a browser. "As long as I can get a browser window we're good to go."
http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/13/1959240
La-Z-Boy retailer revamps with Linux
According to NewsForge (http://www.newsforge.com/):
Because Mauldin didn't have a lot of money to spend on the overhaul, Laushman convinced him to try Red Hat Linux and have La-Z-Boy become its own ISP. "We took off-the-shelf PCs, put them in a rackmount chassis, and we were able to move the network over to that," Laushman says. "When we dropped the frame relay, that saved us $5,000 a year."
Laushman also helped Mauldin set up an email server on an Intel Pentium 4 running Fedora, Qmail, and Vpopmail. La-Z-Boy is keeping the Unix server and the GE POS system for now because it suits the company's needs, and it's retaining about 25 workstations running Windows and 25 thin clients.
http://business.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/10/1622206
The Board meeting summary 2006-05-02
Max Spevack (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack) announces in fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-May/msg00004.html):
Just wanted to let folks know that the summary of the most recent Fedora Project Board meeting is online.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2006-05-02
As always, the archives of fedora-advisory-board are fully public. In addition, we're working on getting a read-only copy of that list set up, so that people don't have to poll the archives to see what's going on.
Fedora Weekly Reports 2006-05-01
We have a new effort in place to report The Board news as well as Meeting Minutes from each sub-project for Fedora community to gather information on the happenings in the Fedora universe in a easily digestible and referenceable format.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/WeeklyReports/2006-05-01
As always, the latest issue of Fedora Weekly Reports can be found at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/WeeklyReports
Fedora Core 4 and 5 Updates
During the week of May 01 - May 07, Fedora Project released 14 Fedora Core 4 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC4) including 10 Security Advisories.
During the week of May 01 - May 07, Fedora Project released 34 Fedora Core 5 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC5) including 08 Security Advisories.
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