Fedora Weekly News Issue 46
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Written by Thomas Chung on 2006-05-15
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Welcome to our issue number 46 of Fedora Weekly News (FWN), the weekly newsletter for the Fedora community. The latest issue can always be found here.
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Fedora Core package cleanup project
Will Woods (mailto:wwoods@redhat.com) announces in fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-May/msg00007.html):
I'm announcing the start of a new QA project, and I'm asking for your help. In the past, Core packages have not been held to the same standards as Extras. We want to fix this! We're starting by cleaning up the spec files so that Core packages can all be built using Mock. (If you aren't familiar with Mock, it's a cool RPM build tool that we use to build Fedora Extras.)
For more info, check out:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/FixBuildRequires
The Fedora Project Board Update 2006-05-09
Max Spevack (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack) announces in fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-May/msg00006.html):
I'd like to thank everyone for their patience as we allowed the final community member of the Fedora Project Board to get all of the proper approvals from his company before making the announcement. That's been taken care of, and I'd like to officially announce that Matt Domsch (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MattDomsch) is the "mystery man" whose name has been in the Fedora Board meeting minutes.
And just a a reminder, information about the Fedora Project Board and what we are doing is available on the wiki:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings
Dan Walsh: SELinux Tutorials
Here are recent SELinux Tutorials by Dan Walsh posted in his blog (http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/):
- 2006-05-08 Using RBAC In FC5/MLS Policy (http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/5397.html)
- 2006-05-09 Clarification: Module handling (http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/5798.html)
- 2006-05-11 SELinux Reveals Bugs in other code (http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/6117.html)
Dee-Ann LeBlanc: Mono-Based Applications in FC5
Here are two-part reviews by Dee-Ann LeBlanc on Mono-Based Applications in FC5:
- New Mono-Based Applications for GNOME in Fedora Core 5--Part 1 (http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6232/1/)
- New Mono-Based Applications for GNOME in Fedora Core 5--Part 2 (http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6234/1/)
India lays down 'open' challenge
According to BBC News's article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4764565.stm):
Free software provides a bridge between the affluence of the West and the poverty of most of the world's population, and amounts to a massive flow of intellectual capital into the developing world. And as they reshape it to meet their needs it will stop being just another US import and become a resource that can be used in brand new ways.
ATI: Open v. Closed Drivers
According to Phoronix's article (http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=463&num=1):
Since Stephen Shankland's article at CNET entitled New Linux look fuels old debate, we have been overwhelmed with requests to take a serious look at the frame-rate performance differences between the various open-source and proprietary contenders. Many of Stephen's thoughts had revolved around the recent push for Linux desktop eye candy through delivering 3D effects with such projects as AIGLX from the Fedora RenderingProject, and XGL.
Updated FC5 Network Install
Rob Garth (http://www.users.on.net/~rgarth/weblog/site/colophon.html) writes updated FC5 network install guide in his blog (http://www.users.on.net/~rgarth/weblog/fedora/patch_repo.html):
Creating a yum repo for installing FC5, prepatched, via the network, is also fairly simple. And makes a lot of sense for anyone supporting a fedora based environment.
Henry’s Fedora Core 5 Install Guide
Henry the Adequate (http://weblog.henrytheadequate.com/?page_id=3) writes FC5 install guide in his blog (http://weblog.henrytheadequate.com/?p=335) in comic style:
So, you’d like to install the latest Fedora Linux thingy. Well I, Henry the Adequate, superhero, am here to help. Soon you will discover that even an idiot can install this great operating symptom.
Fedora Weekly Reports 2006-05-08
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/2006-05-08
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 08 - May 14, Fedora Project released 04 Fedora Core 4 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC4) including no Security Advisory.
During the week of May 08 - May 14, Fedora Project released 15 Fedora Core 5 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC5) including 01 Security Advisory.
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