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== Fedora In the News ==
== 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<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/</ref>
In this section, we cover news from the trade press and elsewhere that is re-posted to the Fedora Marketing list<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/</ref>. 


http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing


Contributing Writer: [[User:pcalarco | Pascal Calarco]]
Contributing Writer: [[User:jasonbrooks | Jason Brooks]]


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=== Project Harmony Takes Aim at Open Source Contribution Agreements (ITManagement) ===
=== The 5 most popular Linux distributions ===


[[User:rahul|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-August/013332.html</ref> coverage of Project Harmony, a multi-vendor project to streamline and solve the problems associated with contributor agreements, with participation by Red Hat Inc.:
"...Fedora clearly has its fans. And, if you work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) development, it's a really wise idea to keep a copy of Fedora on hand so you can see RHEL's future."


"In a separate session about contributor license agreements, Red Hat attorney Richard Fontana argued that formal contribution agreements are usually bad, suggested that the legal benefits for the project are dubious.
The full article is available <ref>http://www.zdnet.com/the-5-most-popular-linux-distributions-7000003183/</ref>.


"It also signals a lack of confidence in free software licenses that regular open source licenses aren't good enough," he said.
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Fontana added that he is participating in Project Harmony, though he has mixed feeling about the effort."
=== Why Fedora 18 Will Be The Practical Choice For Vanilla Enthusiasts ===


The full post is available<ref>http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3898411/Project-Harmony-Takes-Aim-at-Open-Source-Contribution-Agreements.htm</ref>.
Arnav Kalra posted <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-August/014486.html</ref>:


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"Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) and future releases — along with RHEL 7 and future CentOS releases — will be the best way to enjoy a vanilla Gnome 3 experience."


=== LinuxCon: What Is the Future of Linux Development? (LinuxPlanet) ===
The full article is available <ref>http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/08/why-fedora-18-will-be-the-practical-choice-for-vanilla-enthusiasts/</ref>.


[[User:jnalley|Jonathan Nalley]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2010-August/013327.html</ref> an article on the future of the Linux kernel, with interviews of attendees at LinuxCon, including Fedora's kernel maintainer, Dave Jones:
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"When we ship Fedora updates the story is more of the same, more drivers and fixes to existing drivers," said Dave Jones, Red Hat's Fedora kernel maintainer. "There are some great features in every release, but it's mostly more of the same from our perspective."
=== Fedora 18 Linux Set To Package Spherical Cow Load of Features ===


Overall the increasing level of complexity and quality is also making it more difficult for new people to contribute to the kernel. Jones believes that the barrier to entry for kernel developers has been raised in recent years.
"The clock is starting to tick down on the Fedora Linux release with the feature freeze now in place. As such, now is as good a time as any to take a look at some of the new features that are likely to land when Fedora 18 goes live at the end of the year."


"A driver that would have been merged in the early days would now get shot down, with request for re-writes," he said.  
The full article is available <ref>http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-set-to-package-spherical-cow-load-of-features.html</ref>.


Jones noted that there are certain areas where new kernel developers can make more of an impact than others.
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"The kernel is big enough and there are whole areas are that are prime areas for people to come and clean up," Jones said.


That said, Jones suggested that new developers not choose to start with what he referred to as janitor patches that help to eliminate needless whitespace.
=== Fedora 18 schedule slips by a week ===


"Find something that is interesting and useful but at the same time easy enough to understand so you can get involved with it," Jones said."
"At a go/no-go meeting of the Fedora QA Team, the developers decided to postpone the release of the first Fedora 18 alpha by a week. The team unanimously voted to not go forward with the release because of the relatively large number of blocker bugs that are still unresolved."


The full post is also available<ref>http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/7151/1/</ref>.
The full article is available <ref>http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-18-schedule-slips-by-a-week-1673640.html</ref>.


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Latest revision as of 21:21, 29 August 2012

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: Jason Brooks

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/

The 5 most popular Linux distributions

"...Fedora clearly has its fans. And, if you work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) development, it's a really wise idea to keep a copy of Fedora on hand so you can see RHEL's future."

The full article is available [1].

  1. ↑ http://www.zdnet.com/the-5-most-popular-linux-distributions-7000003183/

Why Fedora 18 Will Be The Practical Choice For Vanilla Enthusiasts

Arnav Kalra posted [1]:

"Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) and future releases — along with RHEL 7 and future CentOS releases — will be the best way to enjoy a vanilla Gnome 3 experience."

The full article is available [2].

  1. ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-August/014486.html
  2. ↑ http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/08/why-fedora-18-will-be-the-practical-choice-for-vanilla-enthusiasts/

Fedora 18 Linux Set To Package Spherical Cow Load of Features

"The clock is starting to tick down on the Fedora Linux release with the feature freeze now in place. As such, now is as good a time as any to take a look at some of the new features that are likely to land when Fedora 18 goes live at the end of the year."

The full article is available [1].

  1. ↑ http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-set-to-package-spherical-cow-load-of-features.html

Fedora 18 schedule slips by a week

"At a go/no-go meeting of the Fedora QA Team, the developers decided to postpone the release of the first Fedora 18 alpha by a week. The team unanimously voted to not go forward with the release because of the relatively large number of blocker bugs that are still unresolved."

The full article is available [1].

  1. ↑ http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-18-schedule-slips-by-a-week-1673640.html
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