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== Planet Fedora ==
== Planet Fedora ==


In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora<ref>http://planet.fedoraproject.org</ref> - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide.
This is the Planet Fedora section, covering news from planet.fedoraproject.org[http://planet.fedoraproject.org], a collection of blogs from Fedora users spanning the globe.  


Contributing Writer: [[User:Abatkin|Adam Batkin]]
Contributing Writer: [[User:Jbraun|Joel Braun]]


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=== Events ===


=== General ===
====FudCon Pune 2011====
[[user:kishan|Kishan Goyal]] posted on his experience on day 2 at FudCon Pune<ref>http://kishangoyal.co.cc/post/12549697509/fudcon-pune-11-day-2</ref>.


[[User:Thl|Thorsten Leemhuis]] explained<ref>http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2009/06/leave-kmods-in-rpm-fusion-but-make-sure.html</ref> why he believes that Fedora should ensure that kmods work well, while leaving the actual kmods themselves in RPM Fusion.
[[user:jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted pictures<ref>http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html</ref> of the event.


[[User:Jack|Jack Aboutboul]] linked<ref>http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-podcast-series-5-presto-with.html</ref> to the Fedora 11 Podcast interview with Jonathan Dieter about <code>Presto</code>, which allows users to update their RPM-based system without having to download entire RPM files (only their deltas are downloaded).
[[user:izhar|Izhar Firdaus]] wrote about his experience<ref>http://blog.kagesenshi.org/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ShadowLogs%2FFedora+%28%3A%3A+Shadow+Logs%3A%3A+Fedora%29#!/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011.html</ref> at FudCon, as well as some thoughts on the atmosphere of the event.


[[User:Jspaleta|Jef Spaleta]] announced<ref>http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/43194.html</ref> that a record 1,996,040 unique IPs accessed fedoraproject.org over May 2009.
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[Peter Hutterer|Peter Hutterer]] explained<ref>http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/06/button-mapping-in-x.html</ref> how X handles mouse button mappings (it's not as easy as you think!) and continued<ref>http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/05/xi2-recipes-part-1.html</ref> with "XI2 Recipes, Part 1" and example programs that can support multiple mouse cursors and keyboard foci.
[[user:kushal|Kushal Das]] posted photos<ref>http://kushaldas.in/2011/11/10/photoset-from-fudcon-pune-2011/</ref> of the event to his blog.
===Fedora Community===


[[User:Kwade|Karsten Wade]] wrote<ref>http://iquaid.org/2009/06/03/power-from-the-people-power-for-the-people/</ref> about the process necessary to vote in the FESCo and Fedora Board election, from signing the CLA to joining a contributing sub-project.
The release of Fedora 16 has been the main topic of the blogroll recently, and it's fair to say that it's being greeted with open arms by many of the users.


[[User:Jack|Jack Aboutboul]] interviewed<ref>http://jaboutboul.blogspot.com/2009/06/fedora-11-raise-thy-might-finger.html</ref> Bastien Nocera, "long time Fedora Contributor and Desktop Renaissance Man" about authentication and fingerprinting in F11/12.
[[user:jjmartinez|Juanjo Martinez]] blogged on his first impressions of F16, calling it an "impressive release"<ref>http://engbblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/welcome-fedora-16/</ref>.
 
[[DaveMalcolm|Dave Malcolm]] released<ref>http://dmalcolm.livejournal.com/3069.html</ref> a new version (0.4) of <code>squeal</code>, the command line text query tool, with a number of new features include the ability to handle arbitrary text files (split on whitespace like awk, or use regular expressions) and support for pcap (tcpdump/wireshark) dump files.
 
[[MaxSpevack|Max Spevack]] answered<ref>http://spevack.livejournal.com/82143.html</ref> the age-old question "why is Fedora always released on a Tuesday?"
 
[[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]] published<ref>http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=2500</ref> a "Fedora teams’ call to action" which might be described as a number of important points to make Fedora teams more "sustainable" (how would a team cope if a contributor was eaten by a dinosaur?)


===General===


[[User:adamwill|Adam Williamson]] posted about <ref>http://www.happyassassin.net/2011/11/10/stupid-fedora-tricks/</ref>starting work on Fedora 17, and experimentation with the new kernel in a virtualized environment.


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Latest revision as of 06:21, 11 November 2011

Planet Fedora

This is the Planet Fedora section, covering news from planet.fedoraproject.org[1], a collection of blogs from Fedora users spanning the globe.

Contributing Writer: Joel Braun

Events

FudCon Pune 2011

Kishan Goyal posted on his experience on day 2 at FudCon Pune[1].

Joerg Simon posted pictures[2] of the event.

Izhar Firdaus wrote about his experience[3] at FudCon, as well as some thoughts on the atmosphere of the event.

Suchakra also blogged on Fudcon Pune[4].

Kushal Das posted photos[5] of the event to his blog.

Fedora Community

The release of Fedora 16 has been the main topic of the blogroll recently, and it's fair to say that it's being greeted with open arms by many of the users.

Juanjo Martinez blogged on his first impressions of F16, calling it an "impressive release"[6].

General

Adam Williamson posted about [7]starting work on Fedora 17, and experimentation with the new kernel in a virtualized environment.