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


In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora - 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.  


http://planet.fedoraproject.org
Contributing Writer: [[User:Jbraun|Joel Braun]]
 
Contributing Writer: [[:User:Mspevack|Max Spevack]]
 
=== Shameless Recruiting Pitch ===
 
We begin this week's summary of Planet Fedora with a [http://iquaid.org/2008/07/21/deep-writer-beat-writer-finding-your-niche-in-fedora/ recruitment pitch for Fedora Weekly News beat writers], scribed by [[KarstenWade|Karsten Wade]].
 
=== Intel's Moblin moves to Fedora ===
 
The topic that took Planet Fedora by storm on Friday and Saturday was the announcement of [http://www.moblin.org/ Intel's Moblin] moving from Ubuntu to Fedora as its base OS.  [http://loupgaroublond.blogspot.com/2008/07/random-speculation.html Yaakov Nemoy], [http://www.j5live.com/2008/07/24/interesting-news-out-of-the-intel-camp/ John Palmieri], [http://skvidal.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/moblin-moves-to-fedora/ Seth Vidal], and [http://iquaid.org/2008/07/25/a-word-about-intels-moblin-and-fedora/ Karsten Wade] all weighed in with their thoughts.


=== Events ===
=== Events ===


A number of event reports were posted on Planet Fedora this week.
====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>.
* [http://spevack.livejournal.com/60327.html LUG Radio Live UK], attended by [[MaxSpevack|Max Spevack]].
* [http://ausil.us/blog/OLS-Day1.html Ottawa Linux Symposium (day 1)], as reported by [[DennisGilmore|Dennis Gilmore]].
* [http://wtogami.livejournal.com/26811.html LTSP Hackfest (day 1)], which included hackers from numerous Linux distros, and Fedora's own [[WarrenTogami|Warren Togami]].
* A [http://dimitris.glezos.com/weblog/2008/07/24/guadec08-notes/ GUADEC] trip report (including pictures) from [[DimitrisGlezos|Dimitris Glezos]].
* A second place finish in the [http://www.niemueller.de/blog/show.php?id=227 2008 RoboCup World Championships], with a report from [[TimNiemueller|Tim Niemueller]].
 
In other event news:


* [[SandroMathys|Sandro "red" Mathys]] has [http://blog.sandro-mathys.ch/2008/07/24/fad-emea-2008-date-location/ posted details] about the upcoming Fedora Ambassador Day EMEA.
[[user:jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted pictures<ref>http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html</ref> of the event.
* [[JamesMorris|James Morris]] shares his [http://james-morris.livejournal.com/32158.html Ottawa Linux Symposium paper] with us, which is a detailed update on SELinux.


=== Tech Tidbits ===
[[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.


[http://dimitris.glezos.com/weblog/2008/07/22/transifex-03-released/ Transifex 0.3] has been released.  "Transifex 0.3 is a major release, including a lot of under-the-hood changes. We’ve added full i18n support, and now in addition to the templates, per-module information stored in the database, such as names and descriptions, can be translated as well," explains project lead [[DimitrisGlezos|Dimitris Glezos]].
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[LorenzoVillani|Lorenzo Villani]] is [http://blog.binaryhelix.net/2008/06/getting-zypp-stack-in-fedora.html working on adding the ZYpp stack into Fedora].  He explains, "It seems that with the latest releases of sat-solver, libzypp and zypper, the whole stack has become more stable on Fedora, especially, in the past few weeks I wasn’t able to update packages due to various resolver’s problems, but now it seems that 'zypper up' does its job smoothly."
[[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===


[http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2008/07/fel-its-own-mailing-list.html Fedora Electronics Lab] now has its own mailing list, and there has been [http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2008/07/fel-updates-on-toped-090-startup-crash.html lots] [http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/2008/07/26/fedora-electronic-lab-updates/ of] [http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2008/07/fel-systemc-was-put-aside-legal.html discussion] about this particular respin on Planet Fedora over the past few days.
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.


Red Hat Magazine has a [http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/07/22/networkmanager-secret-weapon-for-the-linux-road-warrior/ great article] about NetworkManager, written by [[KyleGonzales|Kyle Gonzales]].
[[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>.


=== Other Interesting Posts ===
===General===


[[NicuBuculei|Nicu Buculei]] gives us a [http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2008/07/fedora-10-themes-round-1.html detailed look] at the first round of themes that have been developed by the Art Team for Fedora 10.
[[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.


[[DavidNalley|David Nalley]] authors what might be the first in a four part series about Fedora's new "Freedom, Friends, Features, First" marketing focus.  [http://www.nalley.sc/david/?p=55 This post] focuses on the Freedom topic.
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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.