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Contributing Writer: [[:User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]]
Contributing Writer: [[User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]]


=== Fedora Board Meeting ===
=== Fedora 11 ===
 
[[PaulWFrields|Paul Frields]] wrote<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-January/msg00018.html
</ref> that "the Board is holding its monthly public meeting on Tuesday, 3 February 2009, at 1900 UTC on IRC Freenode."
 
* Join #fedora-board-meeting to see the Board's conversation.  This channel is read-only for non-Board members.
 
* Join #fedora-board-public to discuss topics and post questions. This channel is read/write for everyone.
 
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=== Legal ===


[[TomCallaway|Tom Callaway]] announced
[[JesseKeating|JesseKeating]] announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-February/msg00004.html</ref> the release of Fedora 11 Alpha.  The release is available at [http://get.fedoraproject.org http://get.fedoraproject.org] and includes mingw (for Windows cross-compiling), the ext4 filesystem, GNOME 2.26, KDE 4.2.0, and XFCE 4.6 Beta.
<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-January/msg00012.html</ref> that "after talking with Red Hat Legal about how we should be handling trademarks in package summaries and descriptions, we came to the conclusion that it would be far easier (and less risky for Red Hat) if we did not use "(TM)" or "(R)" notations at all."


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Furthermore, [[JamesLaska|James Laska]] informed<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-February/msg00003.html</ref>the community about a Fedora Test Day focused on ext4.


=== Fedora 11 ===
=== Technical Announcements ===


Fedora 11 Alpha is likely to be delayed for a few days (originally scheduled for February 3) due to a GUI checkbox bug in Anaconda and a problem with nfs-utils that prevented installs over NFS.
[[User:Mso|Martin Sourada]] published<ref>https://fedorahosted.org/echo-icon-theme/wiki/MonthlyNews/Issue6</ref> the latest issue of Echo Monthly News.


See the links
[[WarrenTogami|Warren Togami]] announced<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-February/msg00002.html</ref> "the release of K12Linux F10 Live Server. K12Linux is Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP.org) integrated with Fedora 10, in a convenient LiveUSB or DVD media installer."  The release inclues auto-configuration of diskless thin clients, sound forwarding over the network via PulseAudio, and more.
<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-January/msg00013.html</ref>  <ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-January/msg00014.html</ref>
<ref>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=483375</ref> below for all the technical details.


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All package maintainers should read the updated<ref>http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-February/msg00004.html</ref> package update guidelines<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/Package_update_guidelines</ref>, as announced by [[MarkMcLoughlin|Mark McLoughlin]].


=== Upcoming Events ===
=== Upcoming Events ===


Fedora will have a presence at several events in the next few weeks.  Feel free to join us,  
Fedora will have a presence at several events in the next few weeks.  Feel free to join us,  
February 6 - 8: Free and Open Source Developers European Meeting (FOSDEM)<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FOSDEM/FOSDEM2009</ref>


February 20 - 22: Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE)<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SCALE7X_Event</ref><ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Activity_Day_at_SCaLE_7x</ref>
February 20 - 22: Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE)<ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SCALE7X_Event</ref><ref>https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Activity_Day_at_SCaLE_7x</ref>

Revision as of 14:00, 9 February 2009

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

Fedora 11

JesseKeating announced[1] the release of Fedora 11 Alpha. The release is available at http://get.fedoraproject.org and includes mingw (for Windows cross-compiling), the ext4 filesystem, GNOME 2.26, KDE 4.2.0, and XFCE 4.6 Beta.

Furthermore, James Laska informed[2]the community about a Fedora Test Day focused on ext4.

Technical Announcements

Martin Sourada published[3] the latest issue of Echo Monthly News.

Warren Togami announced[4] "the release of K12Linux F10 Live Server. K12Linux is Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP.org) integrated with Fedora 10, in a convenient LiveUSB or DVD media installer." The release inclues auto-configuration of diskless thin clients, sound forwarding over the network via PulseAudio, and more.

All package maintainers should read the updated[5] package update guidelines[6], as announced by Mark McLoughlin.

Upcoming Events

Fedora will have a presence at several events in the next few weeks. Feel free to join us,

February 20 - 22: Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE)[7][8]

Also, people are encouraged to register for Fedora or JBoss.org related speaking slots at LinuxTag 2009.[9]