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[[User:Rjones|Richard W.M. Jones]] posted the first five<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/ocaml-internals/</ref><ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/08/05/ocaml-internals-part-2-strings-and-other-types/</ref><ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/08/06/ocaml-internals-part-3-the-minor-heap/</ref><ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/ocaml-internals-part-4-the-major-heap/</ref><ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/ocaml-internals-part-5-garbage-collection/</ref> parts to a series "A beginners guide to OCaml internals. Topics covered include all kinds of internal details such as the different heaps and garbage collection.
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.


[[LuisVilla|Luis Villa]] asked<ref>http://tieguy.org/blog/2009/08/02/how-do-busy-people-deal-with-identicatwitter/</ref> "how do busy people deal with identica/twitter?"
[[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".


[[MichaelDeHaan|Michael DeHaan]] shared<ref>http://michaeldehaan.net/2009/08/03/tech-support-with-parents/</ref> a humorous "Tech Support Conversation With Parents".
[[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:Lucabotti|Luca Botti]] wrote<ref>http://www.lbotti.net/blog/2009/08/03/java-and-fedora/</ref> a tutorial on installing Sun's Java on Fedora, without breaking RPM.
[[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:Kanarip|Jeroen van Meeuwen]] wondered<ref>http://www.kanarip.com/node/842</ref> about possible solutions to the space constraints for Fedora Live CDs. Could document or additional locales be dropped? Should Live CDs be dropped altogether (leaving Live DVDs)?
[[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.


[[VenkateshHariharan|Venkatesh Hariharan]] republished<ref>http://osindia.blogspot.com/2009/08/power-of-open-source-development.html</ref> an article originally from the August 2009 edition of Network Computing's India edition, titled "The Power of Open Source Development".
[[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.


[[Peter Hutterer|Peter Hutterer]] made<ref>http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/08/case-for-zsh.html</ref> the case for ZSH (ed: Agreed, ZSH rocks!) while [[User:Bochecha|Mathieu Bridon]] scripted<ref>http://blog.fedora-fr.org/bochecha/post/2009/08/A-git-aware-prompt</ref> bash (easily translatable to ZSH) to make the shell prompt git aware.
[[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>.


[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] proposed<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/fedora-website-design-ideas/</ref> a few ideas for a new Fedora website design.
[[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:Ujjwol|Ujjwol Lamichhane]] presented<ref>http://ujjwollamichhane.blogspot.com/2009/08/sanskrit.html</ref> (at BarCamp Kathmandu 2009<ref>http://ujjwollamichhane.blogspot.com/2009/08/review-creating-history-barcamp.html</ref>) all about संस्कृत (Sanskrit) and its relation to (and usage in) computing.
[[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/].
 
[[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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Revision as of 13:53, 6 September 2009

Planet Fedora

In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora[1] - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide.

Contributing Writer: Adam Batkin

  1. ↑ http://planet.fedoraproject.org

General

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.

Nicu Buceli expressed[1] concern about The Great Panda Debate. "Already Panda iz in ur computer, developing Fedora".

Máirín Duffy did a few sets of UI mockups for Fedora. The first mockup[2] was of a new look for the Fedora Spins site. The other[3] was for a new set of screens for handling advanced storage device configuration in Anaconda.

Colin Walters showed off[4] mockups of the new Gnome 3 shell, which radically changes the way that applications are launched and managed.

Andrew Overholt mentioned[5] that a new version of the Eclipse Linux Tools (0.3.0) has been released. Eye candy included.

Jef Spaleta analyzed[6][7] the productivity of Fedora packagers and the rate that the number of Fedora packages and Fedora packagers has changed over the last few releases.

Máirín Duffy looked at[8] the "Getting Fedora" survey results. Also, further discussion[9].

Mark J Cox examined[10] the security vulnerabilities affecting RHEL between release 5.3 and (the just-released) 5.4.

Tim Waugh described[11] how printing has improved and is more flexible in Fedora, now that PolicyKit has been integrated with CUPS.

Michael DeHaan presented[12] a vision for [1].

Luis Villa asked[13] if "there a state of the art for free software project bounties?"

Mathieu Bridon continued[14] developing a git-aware BASH prompt.

Mel Chua explained[15] "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)

Nicu Buceli posted[16] photos from FLOSSCamp 2009.

Richard Hughes stumbled[17] upon an interesting bug in gnome-power-manager, where the screen will suddenly blank, even though the system is in active use.

Richard W.M. Jones answered[18] the question "How does mount load the right kernel module?"

Kamil Páral introduced[19] 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."

  1. ↑ http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-panda-debate.html
  2. ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/fedora-spins-site-idea/
  3. ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/anaconda-advanced-storage-devices/
  4. ↑ http://cgwalters.livejournal.com/25818.html
  5. ↑ http://overholt.ca/wp/?p=135
  6. ↑ http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/46759.html
  7. ↑ http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/47023.html
  8. ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/getting-fedora-survey-results/
  9. ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/getting-fedora-survey-result-discussion/
  10. ↑ http://www.awe.com/mark/blog/20090902.html
  11. ↑ http://cyberelk.net/tim/2009/08/11/policykit-and-printing/
  12. ↑ http://michaeldehaan.net/2009/08/11/a-vision-for-fedorahosted-org/
  13. ↑ http://tieguy.org/blog/2009/08/12/state-of-the-art-for-bounties/
  14. ↑ http://blog.fedora-fr.org/bochecha/post/2009/08/A-git-aware-prompt-%28part2%29
  15. ↑ http://blog.melchua.com/2009/08/16/how-the-zikula-based-test-instance-of-fi-was-put-up-part- 1/
  16. ↑ http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/08/report-flosscamp-2009.html
  17. ↑ http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/08/17/gnome-power-manager-and-blanking-removal-of-bodges/
  18. ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/how-does-mount-load-the-right-kernel-module/
  19. ↑ http://kparal.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/zsync-transfer-large-files-efficiently/
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