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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:Abatkin|Adam Batkin]]
=== Events ===


=== General ===
====FudCon Pune 2011====
[[FabianAffolter|Fabian Affolter]] posted a nice graph[0] showing the number of unique fedoraproject.org visitors (progressively growing since 2006!)
[[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>.


[0] http://fabaff.blogspot.com/2008/12/fedoraprojectorg-unique-visitors.html
[[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:Kwade|Karsten Wade]] appealed for information about configuring a misbehaving Synaptic touchpad[1] on Fedora 10, then followed shortly thereafter by a solution[2]
[[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.


[1] http://iquaid.org/2008/11/30/synaptic-tapping-fail-is-there-a-good-fix/
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[2] http://iquaid.org/2008/12/02/more-than-one-way-to-skin-a-touchpad/
[[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===


[[MaxSpevack|Max Spevack]] wondered[3] whether there is a nice way to build a custom Fedora mirror tailored specifically to one's installed package set
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.


[3] http://spevack.livejournal.com/69145.html
[[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>.


[[User:Thl|Thorsten Leemhuis ]] critiqued the Fedora Release Notes[4], providing some suggestions for how to make the important bits stand out more
===General===


[4] http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2008/12/read-same-paragraphs-every-half-year.html
[[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.


A look ahead[5] at some of the innovations in the open source world that we can look forward to during 2009
<references/>
 
[5] http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/the-open-source-year-2009/
 
[http://tieguy.org/ Luis Villa] muses on innovation in general and the Linux Desktop[6][7] (think Gnome and KDE) in particular
 
[6] http://tieguy.org/blog/2008/12/05/the-linux-desktops-change-problem/
 
[7] http://tieguy.org/blog/2008/12/06/slight-innovation-followup/
 
[[GregDeK|Greg DeKoenigsberg ]] wrote a few[8] posts[9] chronicling[10] his experiences with Sugar
 
[8] http://gregdek.livejournal.com/40932.html
 
[9] http://gregdek.livejournal.com/41431.html
 
[10] http://gregdek.livejournal.com/41616.html
 
Apparently Luis Villa had a similar idea[11]
 
[11] http://tieguy.org/blog/2008/12/02/playing-with-sugar/
 
A video interview[12] with [[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]] about the Fedora 10 release
 
[12] http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/12/02/video-fedora-10/
 
=== How-To and Tips ===
[[TomTromey|Tom Tromey]] wrote an 8-part (so far) series[13] on using a Python-enabled GDB. The series is not just about debugging Python with GDB, but also extending GDB using Python.
 
[13] http://tromey.com/blog/?p=494
 
[[User:Kanarip|Jeroen van Meeuwen]] provided some instructions for composing EL5 media on Fedora 9 or 10 systems[14] by running Revisor inside mock
 
[14] http://kanarip.livejournal.com/6276.html
 
[[User:Jlaska|James Laska]] wrote a tutorial on how to automate a classroom/lab-type[15] setup using tools such as Cobbler, Snake and Koan
 
[15] http://jlaska.livejournal.com/3696.html
 
[[User:Stahnma|Michael Stahnke]] had some problems (and solutions)[16] for getting Fedora 10 running as a Xen guest on EL5
 
[16] http://www.stahnkage.com/blogs/index.php?/archives/482-F10-and-Xen-images.html
 
[[DaleBewley|Dale Bewley]] wrote about expanding[17] an Encrypted Filesystem with LVM and Fedora 10
 
[17] http://tofu.org/drupal/node/71
 
[[User:Moixs|Steven Moix]] managed to get[18] iTunes music sharing working in Fedora 10
 
[18] http://www.alphatek.info/2008/12/01/itunes-music-sharing-in-fedora-10/
 
[[DaveJones|Dave Jones]] had some tips[19] for making an ASUS Eee PC 900 (or any generally underpowered UMPC with a solid state disk) happier under Linux
 
[19] http://kernelslacker.livejournal.com/132087.html
 
[[User:Harald|Harald Hoyer]] also provided some performance advice[20], this time to help identify disk IO bottlenecks during bootup using SystemTap
 
[20] http://www.harald-hoyer.de/personal/blog/fedora-10-disk-io
 
=== [http://foss.in/ FOSS.IN] ===
A number of people wrote up their experiences and provided pictures from FOSS.IN
 
[21] http://james-morris.livejournal.com/36445.html
 
[22] http://james-morris.livejournal.com/36715.html
 
[23] http://soumya.dgplug.org/?p=33
 
[24] http://kushaldas.in/2008/12/02/through-my-lenses-fossin-2008/
 
[25] http://rahulpmb.blogspot.com/2008/12/pics-from-fossin.html
 
[26] http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/2008/12/07/fossin-2008-lots-of-fun/

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.

  1. ↑ http://kishangoyal.co.cc/post/12549697509/fudcon-pune-11-day-2
  2. ↑ http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/
  5. ↑ http://kushaldas.in/2011/11/10/photoset-from-fudcon-pune-2011/
  6. ↑ http://engbblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/welcome-fedora-16/
  7. ↑ http://www.happyassassin.net/2011/11/10/stupid-fedora-tricks/
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