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
General
Pavol Rusnak described[1] how scripts using LD_LIBRARY_PATH can be written to work in a more secure way.
Konstantin Ryabitsev explained[2] the many reasons why embedding passwords in PHP scripts is a Bad Idea, and possible alternatives.
Matt Domsch helped[3] get some patches integrated so that Linuxes can use embedded TPM chips to feed the entropy pool (and get better/more secure random numbers).
Kamil Páral created[4] a tool, rpmguard "for checking differences between RPM packages. It is very similar to rpmdiff, but it prints only important changes, not all. Therefore it can be used every time a new package is built to easily see if something hasn’t went completely wrong."
Richard W.M. Jones has been busy at work on libguestfs. There are a few new tools: virt-tar[5] and virt-ls[6] as well as a list[7] of current (and upcoming) virt-* tools. Richard provided some tips too, obtaining[8] the Windows version and service pack number and unpacking[9] a Mac .dmg installer. And lastly, building a supermin appliance using febootstrap: Given a Fedora appliance on a Fedora host, "Let’s strip out all those programs and libraries from the appliance, and we’ll add them back from the host just before we launch it."
- ↑ http://stick.gk2.sk/blog/2009/10/wrong-usage-of-ld_library_path/
- ↑ http://blog.mricon.com/2009/10/passwords-in-php-scripts.html
- ↑ http://domsch.com/blog/?p=107
- ↑ http://kparal.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/rpmguard-print-important-differences-between-rpms/
- ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/new-tool-virt-tar/
- ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/new-tool-virt-ls/
- ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/fedora-virt-commands/
- ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/tip-get-windows-version-service-pack-number/
- ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/unpack-a-mac-dmg-installer-using-guestfish/
Fedora 12 Beta Roundup
Lots of people have downloaded, installed and written up their experiences with the just-released Fedora 12 Beta. Collected here are some of the Fedora Planet blog posts on the topic.
Adam Williamson[1], Sandro Mathys[2], Paul W. Frields[3] and Andrew Vermilya Jamison[4] all installed the Beta and posted their initial thoughts.
Nicu Buceli noted[5] F12's better webcam support and threw[6] a Windows 7 party to celebrate. And if you want your menu icons back, Nicu can tell[7] you how to do that too.
Nicu also reviewed[8] the new GNOME Shell, as did Jeff Ollie[9].
Matt Domsch mentioned[10] that Fedora 12 is now self-hosting. "What does this mean? Simply put, it means that you can use a copy of Fedora 12 to rebuild, from source, all of Fedora 12 again."
Máirín Duffy displayed[11] the work so far in developing a new desktop wallpaper background image.
And finally, some news from off-planet. Ars Technica took a look[12] at the Fedora 12 Beta release.
- ↑ http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/10/20/fedora-12-beta-is-go/
- ↑ http://blog.sandro-mathys.ch/2009/10/20/f12-beta-on-lenovo-t400s
- ↑ http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=2808
- ↑ http://blogs.andyjamison.com/andy/linux-trials/fedora-12-beta-initial-thoughts-and-a-pre-review/
- ↑ http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/10/better-webcam-support.html
- ↑ http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-own-windows-7-party.html
- ↑ http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/10/give-back-my-icons.html
- ↑ http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/10/way-of-dodo.html
- ↑ http://jeff.blogs.ocjtech.us/2009/10/gnome-shell.html
- ↑ http://domsch.com/blog/?p=116
- ↑ http://linuxgrrl.com/blog/2009/10/24/f12-wallpaper-sprinting/
- ↑ http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2009/10/ars-takes-a-first-look-under-the-hood-of-fedora-12.ars