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=== | === What Will Fedora 14 Linux be Named? (InternetNews.com) === | ||
[[User:Sundaram| Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-May/ | [[User:Sundaram| Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-May/012784.html</ref> a post on the process of choosing a name for the next version of Fedora: | ||
" | "Some Linux distributions are named by benevolent-dictators-for-life | ||
(Ubuntu). In the case of Fedora, the choice of distro name is one that | |||
is voted on (and suggested) by the community." | |||
The full post is available<ref>http:// | The full post is available<ref>http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/05/what-will-fedora-14-linux-be-n.html</ref> | ||
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=== Nearing The Release Of Fedora 13 (Phoronix) === | |||
[[User:Sundaram| Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-May/012785.html</ref> an article last week from Phoronix: | |||
"The screenshots you see in this article are taken from a Fedora 13 | |||
nightly snapshot via compose on 2010-05-06 and represent what the final | |||
Fedora 13 "Goddard" experience should look like. Some of our favorite | |||
features for Fedora 13 include Btrfs system rollback support, Nouveau's | |||
Classic Mesa and Gallium3D drivers being readily available, Anaconda | |||
installer improvements, better DisplayPort support for open-source | |||
graphics drivers, the GNOME 2.30 desktop (and KDE 4.4 too), many package | |||
updates, and NetworkManager improvements. | |||
Going forward, the codename for Fedora 14 will be announced next week | |||
and developers will quickly be turning their attention to this next Red | |||
Hat release. The final release of Fedora 14 is tentatively scheduled for | |||
release on the 26th of October, but we would be surprised if it is not | |||
pushed back into early November per the usual Fedora milestone delays. | |||
Fedora 14 is likely to ship with GNOME 3.0, KDE 4.5, the Linux | |||
2.6.35/2.6.36 kernel, GCC 4.5, and X.Org Server 1.9." | |||
The full post is available<ref>http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_13_coming&num=1</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 15:35, 12 May 2010
Fedora In the News
In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora Marketing list[1]
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
What Will Fedora 14 Linux be Named? (InternetNews.com)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[2] a post on the process of choosing a name for the next version of Fedora:
"Some Linux distributions are named by benevolent-dictators-for-life (Ubuntu). In the case of Fedora, the choice of distro name is one that is voted on (and suggested) by the community."
The full post is available[3]
Nearing The Release Of Fedora 13 (Phoronix)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] an article last week from Phoronix:
"The screenshots you see in this article are taken from a Fedora 13 nightly snapshot via compose on 2010-05-06 and represent what the final Fedora 13 "Goddard" experience should look like. Some of our favorite features for Fedora 13 include Btrfs system rollback support, Nouveau's Classic Mesa and Gallium3D drivers being readily available, Anaconda installer improvements, better DisplayPort support for open-source graphics drivers, the GNOME 2.30 desktop (and KDE 4.4 too), many package updates, and NetworkManager improvements.
Going forward, the codename for Fedora 14 will be announced next week and developers will quickly be turning their attention to this next Red Hat release. The final release of Fedora 14 is tentatively scheduled for release on the 26th of October, but we would be surprised if it is not pushed back into early November per the usual Fedora milestone delays. Fedora 14 is likely to ship with GNOME 3.0, KDE 4.5, the Linux 2.6.35/2.6.36 kernel, GCC 4.5, and X.Org Server 1.9."
The full post is available[2]