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Continuing from the recent announcement of new Fedora Project Leader, Jared Smith, this past week saw one more story in the trade press on this. from PC World.
Continuing from the recent announcement of new Fedora Project Leader, Jared Smith, this past week saw one more story in the trade press on this. from PC World.


=== This Week In Fedora Podcasts (Frostbite Media) ===
=== Fedora 13: what you need to know (techradar.com/Linux Format) ===


Neville A. Cross forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-July/013222.html</ref> a brief posting about the latest interview with him on This Week in Fedora.
Kara Schlitz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-July/013266.html</ref> a repost from Linux Format about Fedora 13, from the blog techradar.com:


Previous podcasts include interviews with Fedora Community Gardener, Karsten Wade, Fedora Design Team lead Máirín Duffy and past Fedora Project Leader, Paul W. Frields.
"Corporate backing and a large supportive community – almost all Linux distributions can boast of at least one half of that.


This and previous interview podcasts are available<ref>http://www.frostbitemedia.libsyn.com/rss/twifogg</ref>
Fedora, since its inception in late 2003 as Red Hat's community distribution, has nurtured around itself a devoted community. It has
achieved this after providing, release after release, an innovative and
complete distribution that demands attention and respect.
 
Being a rather large distribution (the number of DVD distributions now
pales in comparison to single CD variants), Fedora 13 has something for
just about every variety of Linux user."
 
The full post is available<ref>http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/fedora-13-what-you-need-to-know-705989</ref>.


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===10 things that will make you want to use Fedora again (TechRepublic) ===
===Fedora vs Ubuntu (MyBroadband - South Africa) ===
 
Rahul Sundaram forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-July/013253.html</ref> a posting comparing Fedora and Ubuntu project approaches to creating linux distributions:


Rahul Sundaram forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-July/013220.html</ref> a posting overviewing "top ten" reasons why users should give Fedora 13 a try.
"The difference between Ubuntu and Fedora lies primarily in their
approaches to the end product they produce. Ubuntu's approach is to
produce an easy-to-use desktop alternative to Windows. While not a
Windows clone it is designed to be used by anyone keen to leave Windows
behind. And in this it is remarkably successful.


"I will confess that I jumped off the Fedora Linux boat somewhere around Fedora 9. It just seemed the distribution that served as a testing ground for Red Hat Enterprise Linux was too much work to get stable and too prone to falling to pieces. That was then; this is now. Fedora 13 was just released, and I am here to tell you it’s a completely different ball game. Fedora 13 is solid… rock solid. So much so, it has made me a believer in the Hat once again. Here are some of the reasons I think you too will find Fedora 13 ready for your service now."
Fedora, on the other hand, strives to make a desktop operating system
that offers the best that the world of free and open source software has
at the time. It routinely includes software that many other
distributions consider too experimental to use and yet, somehow, manages
to team that with stability."


The full post is available<ref>http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1659</ref>.
The full post is available<ref>http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/13806-Fedora-Ubuntu.html</ref>.


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===Open source alternative for Active Directory (ZDNet UK) ===
===My Linux: Fedora 13 for Software Developers (University of Auckland New Zealand Linux User Group) ===


Jonathan Nalley forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-July/013218.html</ref> a brief posting about ZDNet UK's mention of the 389 Directory server in Fedora:
Rahul Sundaram forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-July/013252.html</ref> a posting from a New Zealand LUG about Fedora 13, from the perspective of an engineer:  


"the open source community responded with a product that is full
"This is (hopefully) the first in a series of posts in which members of
featured, and very powerful. It's currently called the "389 Directory
the LUG will detail their personal Linux set-ups and what they use them
Server", and is developed as part of the Fedora Project (Red Hat's
for. I’m going to start out by detailing my set-up which is based on
free Linux operating system)."
Fedora 13. As a Computer Systems Engineer use my system(s) largely for
developing software, both for desktop platforms and embedded systems.
Therefore this article isn’t really for those new to computers, but it
should be of use to those who are tech-savvy on other platforms. I’ll
start by giving a quick overview of how I came to be a Fedora user, give
a description of Fedora as a distribution and then give an overview of
my system."


The full post is available<ref>http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/the-open-source-revolution-10014902/open-source-alternative-for-active-directory-10017931/</ref>.
The full post is available<ref>https://ualug.ece.auckland.ac.nz/archives/246</ref>.


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Revision as of 00:50, 29 July 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

Continuing from the recent announcement of new Fedora Project Leader, Jared Smith, this past week saw one more story in the trade press on this. from PC World.

Fedora 13: what you need to know (techradar.com/Linux Format)

Kara Schlitz forwarded[1] a repost from Linux Format about Fedora 13, from the blog techradar.com:

"Corporate backing and a large supportive community – almost all Linux distributions can boast of at least one half of that.

Fedora, since its inception in late 2003 as Red Hat's community distribution, has nurtured around itself a devoted community. It has achieved this after providing, release after release, an innovative and complete distribution that demands attention and respect.

Being a rather large distribution (the number of DVD distributions now pales in comparison to single CD variants), Fedora 13 has something for just about every variety of Linux user."

The full post is available[2].

Fedora vs Ubuntu (MyBroadband - South Africa)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a posting comparing Fedora and Ubuntu project approaches to creating linux distributions:

"The difference between Ubuntu and Fedora lies primarily in their approaches to the end product they produce. Ubuntu's approach is to produce an easy-to-use desktop alternative to Windows. While not a Windows clone it is designed to be used by anyone keen to leave Windows behind. And in this it is remarkably successful.

Fedora, on the other hand, strives to make a desktop operating system that offers the best that the world of free and open source software has at the time. It routinely includes software that many other distributions consider too experimental to use and yet, somehow, manages to team that with stability."

The full post is available[2].

My Linux: Fedora 13 for Software Developers (University of Auckland New Zealand Linux User Group)

Rahul Sundaram forwarded[1] a posting from a New Zealand LUG about Fedora 13, from the perspective of an engineer:

"This is (hopefully) the first in a series of posts in which members of the LUG will detail their personal Linux set-ups and what they use them for. I’m going to start out by detailing my set-up which is based on Fedora 13. As a Computer Systems Engineer use my system(s) largely for developing software, both for desktop platforms and embedded systems. Therefore this article isn’t really for those new to computers, but it should be of use to those who are tech-savvy on other platforms. I’ll start by giving a quick overview of how I came to be a Fedora user, give a description of Fedora as a distribution and then give an overview of my system."

The full post is available[2].