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Spin Name

Fedora Netizen

Summary

Fedora Netizen Spin is an operating system providing privacy, security, analytics, and engagement tools for citizens, governments, and nonprofits operating and administering network devices on the internet.

Initial Release Goal

Fedora 23

Owner(s)

  • Name: Corey Leong, MNM, MA*
  • Email: cleong at fedoraproject dot org

Detailed Description

Fedora Netizen is an open source operating system for enabling internet citizens, also known as netizens, to engage online services and communities. Fedora Netizen includes software packages for focusing on civic engagement and internet safety features related to cybersecurity and online privacy.

Nonprofit Organizations and public agencies will benefit from Fedora Netizen by switching to free open source software (FOSS) for running on workstations and laptops. Fedora Netizen empowers netizens with their online activism for changing the world with the help of open source software.

Benefit to Fedora

In an effort to benefit Fedora, Netizen's marketing goal is to expose the spin project to new users not yet targeted such as:

  • Activists
  • Political Advocates
  • Volunteers
  • Researchers

In addition, organizations and institutions in the public and charity sectors are ideal entities for gaining new users and new installations. The following are Netizen potentials:

  • Government Agencies
  • Political Action Committees
  • Nonprofit Organizations
  • Research Institutes

As development continues, new types of users, organizations, and sectors may be identified for maximizing future marketing efforts of Netizen and its beneficial features as an ideal operating system and open source software solution.

Kickstart File

https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/netizen.git/tree/fedora-livedvd-netizen.ks

ISO Name / FS Label

  • ISO Name: Fedora-$release-$arch-Netizen.iso
  • FS Label: Fedora-$release-$arch-Netizen

Netizen Package Hierarchy

Netizen Engagement Packages

Package Name Web site Summary
firefox http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ Mozilla Firefox Web browser

Netizen Security Packages

Package Name Web site Summary
aircrack-ng http://www.aircrack-ng.org/ 802.11 (wireless) sniffer and WEP/WPA-PSK key cracker
iptables http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables Tools for managing Linux kernel packet filtering

Netizen Privacy Packages

Package Name Web site Summary
gnupg2 https://www.gnupg.org/ Utility for secure communication and data storage
keepassx http://www.keepassx.org/ Cross-platform password manager
pidgin https://www.pidgin.im/ A Gtk+ based multiprotocol instant messaging client
pidgin-otr https://www.pidgin.im/ Off-The-Record Messaging plugin for Pidgin
privoxy http://www.privoxy.org/ Privacy enhancing proxy
ssss http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/ Shamir's secret sharing scheme
svrcore http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/ Secure PIN handling using NSS crypto
sweeper https://userbase.kde.org/Sweeper Clean unwanted traces the user leaves on the system
tor https://www.torproject.org Anonymizing overlay network for TCP


Modifications

Initially, generic logos have replaced the fedora logos. For the first official release, a custom logo and theme are planned for branding the spin.

No other modifications exist.

Testing / Quality Assurance

Each software package included in a netizen release will be tested for installation errors and software package bugs.

A quality assurance (QA) report will accompany each test for documentation purposes.

Dependencies

No dependencies exist.

Spins Page

Page URL to be added after approval.

Slogan

Empowering Internet Citizens Everywhere.

Spin description

Fedora Netizen is a custom built linux operating system for empowering internet citizens, also known as netizens, for engaging online services and communities privately and securely. By aligning to netizens' virtual needs, Fedora Netizen offers a unique environment based upon a needs model similar to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Initially, three specific package levels comprise the netizen operating system: privacy, security, and engagement. With this unique approach of addressing netizens' needs first, Fedora Netizen provides professional productivity, communications, and development by including open source privacy and security tools.

Screenshot

Download

This is the latest version of Fedora Netizen. It's everything you need to try out Fedora Netizen Operating System which means you don't have to erase anything on you current system to try it out, and it won't put your files at risk. Take Fedora Netizen for a test drive, and if you like it, you can install Fedora Netizen directly to your hard drive straight from the Live Media desktop.

Support

Trac/Git Wiki

Monitor our ongoing progress for this project on our trac/git wiki.

Help via Email

Fedora Netizen users and developers are also available on the Fedora Netizen mailing list at netizen@lists.fedoraproject.org.

For guidance on how to interact on Fedora mailing lists, please review the Fedora Mailing List Guidelines.

Custom branding

Customized Spin branding to be developed and incorporated for initial release.

Comments and Discussion