FWN/Beats/PlanetFedora

Planet Fedora

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

http://planet.fedoraproject.org

Contributing Writer: Max Spevack

FUDCon Brno

Sandro "red" Mathys posts on his blog[1]:

"The FUDCon Brno 2008 in Brno, CZ has been announced a while ago (previously as being located in Prague, though). But only just yesterday, some basic facts were confirmed, after a short planning meeting on last Tuesday.

So, the facts so far are:

• It will take place from Friday, 2008-09-05 to Sunday, 2008-09-07. Saturday, 2008-09-06 being the most important day, since people will probably travel there/back on Friday/Sunday.
• It will take place at some university in Brno, CZ and we’ll have a hotel near the university which we’re told will not be very expensive.

That’s not much yet, but I think the most important things are fixed: When to travel and where to travel."

[1] http://blog.sandro-mathys.ch/2008/07/17/fudcon-brno-2008-in-the-czech-republic/

Privacy policy update

Paul Frields discusses the need to update Fedora's privacy policy on his blog[1]:

"Thankfully, we have a proposal from Tom ’spot’ Callaway that will fix some of these gaps, and improve the transparency of our project. The new policy, and FAS, will continue to keep absolutely private your vital personal information, like address and phone number. And the FAS will provide “opt-out” capabilities for any project member who does not want to share their other data.

The fedora-advisory-board mailing list has a thread to discuss the policy. After a discussion period over the next several days, the intention is to submit it to the Board for a vote."

[1] http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=1063

Beat writers needed

Paul Frields puts out the call for writers[1]:

"As we approach the Fedora 10 Alpha release, the Docs team finds our list of beat writers for the Release Notes is sadly outdated. We need to get it updated with people who are willing to write information on Fedora 10 changes."

[1] http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=1066

Workarounds

Chris Tyler posts[1]:

"Some workarounds and fixes for annoyances I've recently encountered in Fedora:

• Fedora Planet display problems in Firefox 2 (F8) and 3 (F9)
• Unable to boot from a CD using KVM"

[1] http://blog.chris.tylers.info/index.php?/archives/127-Workarounds.html

Python dictionary optimizations

Luke Macken writes[1]:

"In my recent journey through the book Beautiful Code, I came across a chapter devoted to Python's dictionary implementation. I found the whole thing quite facinating, due to the sheer simplicity and power of the design. The author mentions various special-case optimizations that the Python developers cater for in the CPython dictionary implementation, which I think are valuable to share."

[1] http://lewk.org/blog/python-dictionary-optimizations.html

Go go AllemaniACs!

Paul Frields cheers on the AllemaniACs Robocup@Home team[1]:

"They use Fedora for all their programming and onboard their robot soccer team, and they’re in Suzhou, China this week for the RoboCup@Home world finals, after winning the German Open in Hannover earlier this spring.

Earlier today, we saw that at the end of the first day of the competition, the AllemaniACs are in first place. Congratulations to Tim Niemueller and the rest of the AllemaniACs team!"

[1] http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=1061

SELinux and Security in the 2.6.26 Kernel

James Morris discusses SELinux in the 2.6.26 kernel on his blog[1].

"What's new and exciting with SELinux and security in the new 2.6.26 kernel?"

[1] http://james-morris.livejournal.com/31714.html

Steampunk photography - a GIMP tutorial

Nicu Buculei posted on his blog[1]:

"Now I can proceed to writing a GIMP tutorial about turning a regular photo intro "steampunk photography" effectively photos that would fit my Gears theme proposal for Fedora 10. (note: those photos are intended as additional graphics, not as a default wallpaper, I am not a big fan of photographic wallpapers as default and I can see no way of adding some blue to it, to make it look like Fedora).

Those familiar with my graphic tutorials probably know that I use to address the beginners, showing some techniques as simple as possible (and only pre-built filters), followed by some pointers about advanced usage and also letting it open, with a lot of optional steps and alternative ways, so I will try to do the same this time."

[1] http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2008/07/steampunk-photography-gimp-tutorial.html