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Marketing

In this section, we cover the Fedora Marketing Project.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing

Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco

Linus Torvalds' personal Linux distro? Fedora 9, of course

[User:Lcafiero Larry Cafiero] reported[1] that the creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, currently uses Fedora 9 "on most of his computers" as reported in a recent interview[2]. "I've used different distributions over the years ... Fedora had fairly good support for PowerPC back when I used that, so I grew used to it. But I actually don't care too much about the distribution, as long as it makes it easy to install and keep reasonably up-to-date," Torvalds added.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00150.html

[2] http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/geek-of-the-week/linus-torvalds,-geek-of-the-week/

Asus Eee PC Fedora Respin

Valent Turkovic asked[1] if there was interest in working on a Fedora spin for the Eee PC. Clint Savage reported[2] that his kickstart for the Eee is working almost perfectly, and Mathieu Bridon pointed[3] to the [EeePc wiki page] for this activity.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00156.html

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00164.html

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00160.html

Zimbra changes license to address Fedora concerns

Rahul Sundaram reported[1] that Yahoo has responded[2] to the suggestion that the license language for Zimbra be modified to allow it to be consonant with the Fedora project, which now paves the way for Zimbra to be made available in Fedora. "Our colleagues in the Fedora community were concerned that the old version of 6.2 did not give licensees enough certainty that they could keep exercising their license, even if they followed its requirements. We thought this change was a reasonable request, and we were very pleased that we were able to respond to the Fedora community in the way they asked. Many thanks to our Fedora friends for their input," the Yahoo spokesman explained. Jeroen van Meeuwen added[3] that efforts are already underway to package Zimbra for Fedora.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00147.html

[2] http://www.zimbra.com/forums/announcements/19581-license-5-0-7-foss.html

[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00172.html

#1 Supercomputer in the World Runs Fedora

Rahul Sundaram shared [1] his posting on OSNews [2] documenting that the $100 million IBM Roadrunner [3], the current fastest supercomputer in the world, runs Fedora Linux.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00122.html

[2] http://osnews.com/story/20054/_1_Supercomputer_in_the_World_Runs_Fedora

[3] http://www.top500.org/system/9485

July 17th Marketing Meeting: A new Fedora Brand Motto

Michael Beckwith posted [1] the log of the July 2008 Marketing meeting. One of the major topics of the meeting was the Fedora brand of "infinity / freedom / voice" vs. the motto of "friends / freedom / features / first", developed earlier this year. Paul Frields later posted [2] that these new "four foundations" need to come to the front and become the new motto for Fedora. He invites ideas to express the four foundations graphically, and is going to be moving the request into the Artwork project queue.

[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00141.html

[2] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-July/msg00142.html