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Contributing Writer: [[:User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]]
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=== FWN Holiday Break ===
=== Election Results ===


Fedora Weekly News will be on vacation for the next two weeks. Our next issue will be published on January 12th. Happy holidays!
Bill Nottingham and Matt Domsch were re-elected to the Fedora Board for two-release terms.
 
Josh Boyer, Dan Horák, Jarod Wilson, and Jon Stanley were elected to the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee for two-release terms.
 
Max Spevack, Joerg Simon, Francesco Ugolini, Thomas Canniot, Rodrigo Padula, David Nalley, and Susmit Shannigrahi were elected to the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee for two-release terms.
 
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00019.html
 
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00017.html
 
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00018.html


=== FUDCon Boston 2009 ===
=== FUDCon Boston 2009 ===


FUDCon Boston 2009 is January 9-11. It is not too late to register[1].
Don't forget to attend FUDCon Boston, January 9-11.
 
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConF11


=== Fedora Remixes ===
ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConF11


[[RahulSundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] announced[2] the General Availability of Omega 10, "a Linux based operating system and a community Fedora Remix for desktop and laptop users."
=== Fedora 8 End of Life ===


Sundaram added, "It is a installable Live CD for regular PC (i686 architecture) systems. It has all the features of Fedora 10 and a number of additional multimedia players and codecs. You can play any multimedia including MP3 music or commercial DVD's out of the box."
The end-of-life for Fedora 8 is Wednesday, January 7. No further updates will be issued, no new builds will be allowed in the build system, and all open bugs against Fedora 8 will be closed WONTFIX.


For additional information, and to download Omega or view the kickstart used to create it, please read the full announcement.
ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00018.html


[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00014.html
ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life

Revision as of 06:14, 31 December 2008

Announcements

In this section, we cover announcements from the Fedora Project.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/

Contributing Writer: Max Spevack

Election Results

Bill Nottingham and Matt Domsch were re-elected to the Fedora Board for two-release terms.

Josh Boyer, Dan Horák, Jarod Wilson, and Jon Stanley were elected to the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee for two-release terms.

Max Spevack, Joerg Simon, Francesco Ugolini, Thomas Canniot, Rodrigo Padula, David Nalley, and Susmit Shannigrahi were elected to the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee for two-release terms.

ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00019.html

ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00017.html

ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00018.html

FUDCon Boston 2009

Don't forget to attend FUDCon Boston, January 9-11.

ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConF11

Fedora 8 End of Life

The end-of-life for Fedora 8 is Wednesday, January 7. No further updates will be issued, no new builds will be allowed in the build system, and all open bugs against Fedora 8 will be closed WONTFIX.

ref: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-December/msg00018.html

ref: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life

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