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
Sugar on a Stick v3 Mirabelle released (h-online.com)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded a posting from The H from 2010-06-14:
"At last week's LinuxTag conference in Berlin, Sugar Labs, the organisation behind the One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop software, released Sugar on a Stick version 3.0, also known as "Mirabelle". Sugar on a Stick is a version of the free open source Sugar Learning Platform that can be installed on a bootable USB flash drive to run on a conventional desktop, notebook or netbook computer."
The full post is available[2].
Fedora’s lucky 13 (ghacks.net)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded a review of highlights from Fedora 13:
"I could continue on forever and a day about how Fedora 13 brings a world of improvement to the Fedora/Linux experience. But the best thing I can say is that Ubuntu better watch out or Fedora might well usurp it as the king of Linux for new users. And since Fedora is already one of the most popular distributions with experienced users . . . you get the picture.
If you have never tried Fedora do so now. If you jumped ship on Fedora some where around Fedora 9, I’d say it’s about time you jumped back on the ship and enjoyed an incredible experience."
The full post is available[1]
Counting the Cost of Free: What Value, Linux? (Computer Zine)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded an interview with Amanda McPherson, marketing and developer programs VP at the Linux Foundation, in which she discusses a recent study calculating the cost of producing the Fedora 9 release:
"Bentley: Why the Fedora community distribution and not another?
McPherson: Fedora is the basis for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which represents a large percentage of the Linux market. This provided us with a very relevant model to assess. Also, David A. Wheeler had used Red Hat for his study in 2002. OpenSuse and Debian/Ubuntu would, of course, also be great targets for this study. We may do that at a later date. We also would like to use an embedded distribution."
The full post is available[1].
Pino: Fedora’s default social tool (ghacks.net)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded a discussion of the Pino tool within Fedora 13:
"Pino is an outstanding app for Twitter status updates. It’s not nearly as feature-rich as Gwibber, but it won’t gobble up your CPU like Gwibber is prone to. If you are looking for a tool to post twitter status updates, and you use Fedora – look no further than Pino."
The full post is available[1].
Sugar on a Stick hits 3.0, teaches us about a new kind of fruit
Rahul Sundaram forwarded a discussion of Fedora-based Sugar on a Stick 3.0:
"Turns out it's a small, orange plum that really has nothing to do with Sugar's Fedora underpinnings, but certainly sounds healthier than Google's versioning schemes. Mirabelle has just been given the Sugar on a Stick treatment, and as with previous releases this one can be loaded to DVD or thumb drive and booted to give a taste of XO without requiring any repartitioning. Sugar on a Stick is now an official Fedora spin, distributed on the Fedora site in both 32- and 64-bit flavors at the other end of that source link below. "
The full post is available[1].
Can Fedora be the new Ubuntu? (Tech Republic)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded a discussion of Fedora 13:
"Fedora has done something that, in many peoples’ eyes, is much more important . . . they have released an amazingly rock-solid operating system. What happened to the good old days of installing Fedora and then having to spend time tweaking it to get it to work right? Now it’s just install and go. And go it does."
The full post is available[1].
Backing up with Deja Dup (ghacks.net)
Rahul Sundaram forwarded a follow-up article in ghacks that discusses Deja Dup in Fedora 13:
"In a recent article I introduced to the Ghacks readers the latest release from Fedora (see “Fedoras Lucky 13“). In this article I mentioned a number of features that helped to make Fedora one of the more user friendly Linux distributions available today. One of the reasons this is so is the inclusion of some tools that make using Fedora 13 incredibly easy. One such tool is the backup system Deja Dup. Deja Dup makes backups incredible simple. With an interface containing no more than a menu bar and two buttons, backing up couldn’t be easier.
But that simplicity doesn’t mean Deja Dup is complete bereft of features. Not at all. In fact, you’d be surprised at how many different ways you can backup with Deja Dup. In this article you are going to see how easy it is to back up your Fedora 13 files and folders with this handy tool."
The full post is available[1].
Fedora 13 Boasts Many Leading-Edge Enhancements (eWeek)
Kara Schlitz forwarded an article in eWeek reviewing Fedora 13's features:
"Since its first version, in 2003, Red Hat's Fedora Linux has been the best place to track what's on the leading edge of Linux and open-source software. Of course, the trouble with running on the leading edge is that it's easy to get cut, and the Fedora distribution's fast development pace has required a certain amount of bug-squashing tolerance from its users.
Fedora 13, which began shipping in late May, boasts many of the leading-edge enhancements—and few of the rough spots—that I've come to expect from the popular Linux-based operating system. In particular, I appreciated the work the Fedora team has done in the area of security and permissions, with progress toward more granular rights management through Fedora's PolicyKit framework, and an implementation of the SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) framework that remained, for the most part, tucked away unobtrusively in the background."
The full post is available[1].