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=== Five Best Linux Distributions ===
=== Fedora 17 beta review – Miraculously beefy ===


[[User:Jasonbrooks|Jason Brooks]] posted<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-April/014277.html</ref> the results of a recent Lifehacker reader poll:
[[User:Jasonbrooks|Jason Brooks]] posted<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-May/014294.html</ref>:


"Fedora updates every six months, much like some of the other popular distros, but you'll find the community behind Fedora tends to stay on
"The Fedora Project is preparing for the final release of Fedora 17 with the beta version of their cutting edge distribution. Dubbed Beefy Miracle, the release of the beta was delayed for three weeks while further testing and bug fixing was done to meet the stringent requirements set down by the team.
the cutting edge when it comes to platform updates, driver updates, and application updates. it's fast and it's stable—but be ready to start
troubleshooting when something you've just installed breaks down."


The full article is available<ref>
"This development version brings with it a number of new features and upgrades, all of them to show off the very latest, and upcoming, open source software."
http://lifehacker.com/5904069/five-best-linux-distributions</ref>.
 
The full article is available <ref>http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/fedora-17-beta-review-miraculously-beefy/</ref>.
 
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=== Fedora 18 Linux will be a Spherical Cow ===
 
[[User:Jasonbrooks|Jason Brooks]] posted<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-May/014295.html</ref>:
 
"How do you follow-up a name like Beefy Miracle? (the name of the
upcoming Fedora 17 Linux release).
 
"With another Cow of course."
 
The full article is available <ref>http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-will-be-a-spherical-cow.html</ref>.


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Revision as of 02:35, 11 May 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

Fedora Project is naming names

Jason Brooks posted[1]:

"The Fedora Project is still trying to clarify its process of naming major releases, a process that has been met with calls for revision within the Fedora community.

"To address the problem, Fedora Advisory Board member Toshio Kuratomi is working to build a new naming process that will avoid some of the pitfalls of the most-recent naming concerns."

The full article is available [2].

Fedora 17 beta review – Miraculously beefy

Jason Brooks posted[1]:

"The Fedora Project is preparing for the final release of Fedora 17 with the beta version of their cutting edge distribution. Dubbed Beefy Miracle, the release of the beta was delayed for three weeks while further testing and bug fixing was done to meet the stringent requirements set down by the team.

"This development version brings with it a number of new features and upgrades, all of them to show off the very latest, and upcoming, open source software."

The full article is available [2].


Fedora 18 Linux will be a Spherical Cow

Jason Brooks posted[1]:

"How do you follow-up a name like Beefy Miracle? (the name of the upcoming Fedora 17 Linux release).

"With another Cow of course."

The full article is available [2].