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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>.


It has been about four weeks since the last installment of Planet Fedora here, so we'll be presenting a mix of interesting topics covering that time period. Normal weekly coverage should resume next week.
[[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:Nicubunu|Nicu Buceli]] expressed<ref>http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-panda-debate.html</ref> concern about The Great Panda Debate. "Already Panda iz in ur computer, developing Fedora".
[[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.


[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] did a few sets of UI mockups for Fedora. The first mockup<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/fedora-spins-site-idea/</ref> was of a new look for the Fedora Spins site. The other<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/anaconda-advanced-storage-devices/</ref> was for a new set of screens for handling advanced storage device configuration in Anaconda.
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[ColinWalters|Colin Walters]] showed off<ref>http://cgwalters.livejournal.com/25818.html</ref> mockups of the new Gnome 3 shell, which radically changes the way that applications are launched and managed.
[[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:Overholt|Andrew Overholt]] mentioned<ref>http://overholt.ca/wp/?p=135</ref> that a new version of the Eclipse Linux Tools (0.3.0) has been released. Eye candy included.
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:Jspaleta|Jef Spaleta]] analyzed<ref>http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/46759.html</ref><ref>http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/47023.html</ref> the productivity of Fedora packagers and the rate that the number of Fedora packages and Fedora packagers has changed over the last few releases.
[[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>.


[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] looked at<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/getting-fedora-survey-results/</ref> the "Getting Fedora" survey results. Also, further discussion<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/getting-fedora-survey-result-discussion/</ref>.
===General===


[[User:Mjc|Mark J Cox]] examined<ref>http://www.awe.com/mark/blog/20090902.html</ref> the security vulnerabilities affecting RHEL between release 5.3 and (the just-released) 5.4.
[[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.
 
[[TimWaugh|Tim Waugh]] described<ref>http://cyberelk.net/tim/2009/08/11/policykit-and-printing/</ref> how printing has improved and is more flexible in Fedora, now that PolicyKit has been integrated with CUPS.
 
[[MichaelDeHaan|Michael DeHaan]] presented<ref>http://michaeldehaan.net/2009/08/11/a-vision-for-fedorahosted-org/</ref> a vision for [http://fedorahosted.org/ fedorahosted.org].
 
[[LuisVilla|Luis Villa]] asked<ref>http://tieguy.org/blog/2009/08/12/state-of-the-art-for-bounties/</ref> if "there a state of the art for free software project bounties?"
 
[[User:Bochecha|Mathieu Bridon]] continued<ref>http://blog.fedora-fr.org/bochecha/post/2009/08/A-git-aware-prompt-%28part2%29</ref> developing a git-aware BASH prompt.
 
[[User:Mchua|Mel Chua]] explained<ref>http://blog.melchua.com/2009/08/16/how-the-zikula-based-test-instance-of-fi-was-put-up-part- 1/</ref> "How the zikula-based test instance of FI was put up, part 1". (Zikula is the new CMS that is being deployed for a number of Fedora sites)
 
[[User:Nicubunu|Nicu Buceli]] posted<ref>http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/08/report-flosscamp-2009.html</ref> photos from FLOSSCamp 2009.
 
[[RichardHughes|Richard Hughes]] stumbled<ref>http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/08/17/gnome-power-manager-and-blanking-removal-of-bodges/</ref> upon an interesting bug in gnome-power-manager, where the screen will suddenly blank, even though the system is in active use.
 
[[User:Rjones|Richard W.M. Jones]] answered<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/how-does-mount-load-the-right-kernel-module/</ref> the question "How does mount load the right kernel module?"
 
[[User:Kparal|Kamil Páral]] introduced<ref>http://kparal.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/zsync-transfer-large-files-efficiently/</ref> zsync, a tool that can efficiently synchronize binary files over a network. "It allows you to download a file from a remote server, where you have a copy of an older version of the file on your computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of the file."


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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.