Fedora Weekly News Issue 50
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Written by Thomas Chung on 2006-06-12
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Welcome to our issue number 50 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 Project Board Update (2006-06-06)
Max Spevack (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack) announces in fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-June/msg00002.html):
Among the topics discussed were version control, infrastructure, possibilities for the next FUDCon, Fedora Legacy, the testing project announced at the Red Hat Summit, and more.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2006-06-06
Read-Only copy of fedora-advisory-board list
Max Spevack (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack) announces in fedora-announce-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-June/msg00003.html):
Many people have said that they appreciate the transparency into the work of the Board, but that it would be far easier to get that transparency if there was a readonly copy of the list to which they could subscribe.
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board-readonly
Fedora mentioned in Information Week
Max Spevack (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack) reports in fedora-marketing-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2006-June/msg00018.html):
Rex Dieter and I both have a one sentence quote. I love the fact that an hour long interview yielded one sentence. :-P
Rex Dieter, a contributor to Fedora, a version of Linux distributed by Red Hat, has been computer manager for the mathematics department at the University of Nebraska for 10 years. His paying job is his top priority. "If I have spare brain cycles afterward, more power to me," he says. When he recently became a member of Fedora's board, his boss, the computer labs professor, shook his hand and congratulated him.
Many contributors say the challenge of developing good code provides all the recognition and satisfaction they need. "I love the fact that I have to post the reasons I think I'm correct in a public place," says Max Spevack, chairman of Red Hat's Fedora Project. "It forces me to defend my opinions."
http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=187202790
Puplet Icons Design in Progress
Máirín Duffy (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MairinDuffy) reports in fedora-art-list (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-art-list/2006-June/msg00001.html):
Jeremy Katz (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JeremyKatz) and Seth Vidal (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SethVidal) have been working on puplet (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumApplet), which will inform Fedora users of when their packages are out-of-date. The icons needed for puplet are:
- 1) 'Updates are available and need to be applied'
- 2) 'The system is currently downloading updates' (will help explain to users why their system may be running a bit slowly)
- 3) 'Updates have been applied'
- 4) Pup is confused / error condition (maybe network is down)
I started work on icon #1 working from the style / color palette Diana has set with her new icon theme.
If anybody has any thoughts about what could be used to represent the different icons needed or any ideas on improvements to what I've put up or even if you just want to play around with the SVG feel free!
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/NewIconDevelopment
Fedora on Mactel Testing in Progress
Jeremy Katz (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JeremyKatz) points out in his blog (http://katzj.livejournal.com/390857.html):
Yesterday, we finally had a few of the Intel Mac Minis arrive... This morning, I succeeded in getting the boot going and I've now integrated all of the things which I did by hand into anaconda. Which means that rawhide of tomorrow should actually be able to do something on the Intel Macs... there are some caveats, but the basics are there and written up on the wiki.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraOnMactel
Fedora Core 5 Review at Linux Magazine
Hans-Jörg Ehren (mailto:hjehren@linux-magazine.com), Product Manager of Linux Magazine (http://www.linux-magazine.com/) reports via email:
We at Linux Magazine wanted to inform you that we have posted our article covering "Fedora Core 5" in our Online Archive. You can find the article here: http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/68 Please feel free to link to it from your site or post the link to related forums and community sites. The article is available as a PDF and can be downloaded and printed for private use without charge.
http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/68/Fedora_Core_5_Review.pdf
Re-spin your Fedora Core monthly
According to recent article in Tectonic (http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1018):
FC5 users can look forward to such "re-spins", as the Fedora Unity Project calls them, once a month. "Early snapshots will be taken mid-month to start testing. Final snapshots will be taken about a week before the release. All released ISO images are tested using a 15-point test matrix to ensure the quality that the Fedora community expects," says the team.
http://torrent.fedoraunity.org/torrents
Fedora Stuff at Red Hat Cool Stuff Store
Finally, after many months of delay, some of Fedora Stuff are now available at Red Hat Cool Stuff Store (http://redhat.brandfuelstores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=37). They are Fedora Cap (http://redhat.brandfuelstores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=37_53), Fedora T-Shirt (http://redhat.brandfuelstores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=37_50), Fedora Pen (http://redhat.brandfuelstores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=37_51) and Fedora DVD (http://redhat.brandfuelstores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=37_54). Please note currently Fedora DVD is out of stock but expected to be available to order soon.
http://redhat.brandfuelstores.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=37
Fedora Weekly Reports 2006-06-05
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/2006-06-05
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 June 05 - June 11, Fedora Project released 09 Fedora Core 4 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC4) including 04 Security Advisory.
During the week of June 05 - June 11, Fedora Project released 54 Fedora Core 5 Updates (http://fedoranews.org/cms/FC5) including 05 Security Advisory.
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