Howtoforge posted another Linux desktop guide, this time for Fedora 7
All freshrpms add-on packages are now available for Fedora 7.
http://freshrpms.net/ - "click here" to import yum configuration
http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/ for the complete package listing
http://freshrpms.net/ - "click here" to import yum configuration
http://moonshine.freshrpms.net/ for the complete package listing
ATrpms is officially launching Fedora 7 support for i386, x86_64 and ppc.
http://ATrpms.net/dist/f7/
o The packages will be available at `date -d "Thu May 31 14:00 UTC"', which is Fedora's release. I usually wait for the official release announcement of Fedora to announce ATrpms' support, but due to LinuxTag activities I'll be afk for about 24h.
http://ATrpms.net/dist/f7/
o The packages will be available at `date -d "Thu May 31 14:00 UTC"', which is Fedora's release. I usually wait for the official release announcement of Fedora to announce ATrpms' support, but due to LinuxTag activities I'll be afk for about 24h.
Fedora 7 has been released:
Howdy, cousins! Welcome to our little Fedora hollow, where we've brewed up some mighty, mighty Fedora 7 Moonshine for your enjoyment. Here, I'll help you pour that ... and some for me ... *cough, cough* Smoooooth ... sure does taste good. It's been sitting here in the jug for almost a whole month now! Go ahead and help yourself to some more:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora.html
What's the most important thing to do if you are upgrading your Fedora version? Why, that's easy! Read the release notes, it prevents hangovers:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes
Howdy, cousins! Welcome to our little Fedora hollow, where we've brewed up some mighty, mighty Fedora 7 Moonshine for your enjoyment. Here, I'll help you pour that ... and some for me ... *cough, cough* Smoooooth ... sure does taste good. It's been sitting here in the jug for almost a whole month now! Go ahead and help yourself to some more:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora.html
What's the most important thing to do if you are upgrading your Fedora version? Why, that's easy! Read the release notes, it prevents hangovers:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes
The Fedora Project website has gotten a face lift:
http://fedoraproject.org/
Prior to today that site went straight to the wiki, which is largely developer content with good (but somewhat hard to find) docs. Now we're expanding on fedoraproject.org and adding some more user-centric content like that found at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
The websites team has been hard at work at this for a while and we're all excited to release it today.
Help get the word out and digg:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_Project_gets_a_web_face_lift
-Mike
http://fedoraproject.org/
Prior to today that site went straight to the wiki, which is largely developer content with good (but somewhat hard to find) docs. Now we're expanding on fedoraproject.org and adding some more user-centric content like that found at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/
The websites team has been hard at work at this for a while and we're all excited to release it today.
Help get the word out and digg:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_Project_gets_a_web_face_lift
-Mike
With the Red Hat Summit kicking off, I'd like to take a few minutes to discuss some of the recent happenings in the Fedora Project, particularly around Fedora 7. This email is being sent both to public Fedora mailing lists, and to Red Hat mailing lists, so that folks in both the external and internal Fedora communities can have a chance to read it, and people can all sort of consistently spread the same message about Fedora.
FEDORA 7
The next version of Fedora will be released on May 24th. It will be called "Fedora 7" -- not "Fedora Core 7". It's the most ambitious release of Fedora that we've undertaken, and I hope that when we look back at Fedora 7 one or two years down the road, the decisions that we made for this release will have proven to be as impactful as anything we've done in the Fedora space since the start of the Fedora Project.
FEDORA 7
The next version of Fedora will be released on May 24th. It will be called "Fedora 7" -- not "Fedora Core 7". It's the most ambitious release of Fedora that we've undertaken, and I hope that when we look back at Fedora 7 one or two years down the road, the decisions that we made for this release will have proven to be as impactful as anything we've done in the Fedora space since the start of the Fedora Project.
Linux.com reports that the Fedora project merges both Core and Extra repositories
Fedora Core 5 will be discountinued on June 29th, 2007
The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of the fourth and final test release of Fedora 7!
Test 4 is for beta users. This is the time when we MUST have full community participation. Without this participation both hardware and software functionality suffers. We need your help. Join us!
Road Map And Release Schedule
=============================
This is the final test release before the final Fedora 7 release, which is scheduled for May 24, 2007.
For further information see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/
Test 4 is for beta users. This is the time when we MUST have full community participation. Without this participation both hardware and software functionality suffers. We need your help. Join us!
Road Map And Release Schedule
=============================
This is the final test release before the final Fedora 7 release, which is scheduled for May 24, 2007.
For further information see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/
Fedora 7 Test 3 has been released:
I am please to announce the third of four test releases for Fedora 7.
Downloads
=======
DVD and network installation are available.
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site.
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html
HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time.
I am please to announce the third of four test releases for Fedora 7.
Downloads
=======
DVD and network installation are available.
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site.
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html
HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time.
Fedora 7 Test 2 (6.91) has been released:
DVD and network installation are available. Please read the Important Warnings below in this announcement for more details.
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site.
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html
HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time.
DVD and network installation are available. Please read the Important Warnings below in this announcement for more details.
http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/
The recommended method of download is via BitTorrent from this site.
http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/mirrors.html
HTTP, FTP, and RSYNC downloads are available from Fedora Project mirrors listed above. Note that not all mirrors may be synced at this time.
Howtoforge published the first part of their The Perfect Desktop - Fedora Core 6 series
The Fedora Project has posted the Fedora Desktop User Guide for Fedora Core 6
The Fedora Core 7 Test 1 Release Notes have been published:
Fedora 7 Test 1 Release Notes
==============================
An abridged, "one-sheet" version of the Release Notes for Fedora 7 test1 (6.90) is now available at the following URL:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F7Test1/ReleaseNotes
For test1 and test2 releases, the Fedora Documentation Project does not release complete sets of release notes. A full set of release notes is released with test3, including a robust set of localizations provided by volunteer translators. This schedule allows us to make efficient use of volunteer resources for writing, editing, and translating content.
The release notes process requires participation from documenters, developers, and other interested community members throughout the test release cycles. To find out more about how you can help, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Process.
Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and platform based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever.
Fedora 7 Test 1 Release Notes
==============================
An abridged, "one-sheet" version of the Release Notes for Fedora 7 test1 (6.90) is now available at the following URL:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F7Test1/ReleaseNotes
For test1 and test2 releases, the Fedora Documentation Project does not release complete sets of release notes. A full set of release notes is released with test3, including a robust set of localizations provided by volunteer translators. This schedule allows us to make efficient use of volunteer resources for writing, editing, and translating content.
The release notes process requires participation from documenters, developers, and other interested community members throughout the test release cycles. To find out more about how you can help, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Process.
Fedora is a set of projects sponsored by Red Hat and guided by the contributors. These projects are developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. The central Fedora project is an operating system and platform based on Linux that is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever.
Issue number 76 of Fedora Weekly News is online
Hello Fedora world!
Yes, that's right! It's done! Bring out the horns, spread the news, the Unofficial Fedora FAQ is updated for Fedora Core 6!
http://www.fedorafaq.org/
There are a LOT of changes in the new FAQ:
* Updated yum configuration
* Updated Java instructions
* Uses mozplugger for PDFs instead of Acrobat Reader
* Uses ntfs-3g so you can read and write to your NTFS drives
* Help for 64-bit users, since I now have a 64-bit machine!
And there are lots and lots of other improvements--I went over every question, in detail, to make sure that each one was good.
Enjoy the updated FAQ! And as always, please do contribute:
http://www.fedorafaq.org/contribute/
-Max
Yes, that's right! It's done! Bring out the horns, spread the news, the Unofficial Fedora FAQ is updated for Fedora Core 6!
http://www.fedorafaq.org/
There are a LOT of changes in the new FAQ:
* Updated yum configuration
* Updated Java instructions
* Uses mozplugger for PDFs instead of Acrobat Reader
* Uses ntfs-3g so you can read and write to your NTFS drives
* Help for 64-bit users, since I now have a 64-bit machine!
And there are lots and lots of other improvements--I went over every question, in detail, to make sure that each one was good.
Enjoy the updated FAQ! And as always, please do contribute:
http://www.fedorafaq.org/contribute/
-Max
Fedora 7 Test 1 has been released:
Just a quick blurb. Fedora 7 Test 1 has been released today. For this particular release, we only did a Desktop spin of the package collection. We are still fine tuning targetted spins of the collection as part of the merger of Core and Extras. We also produced a LiveCD that has the ability to install to your harddrive should you wish.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7 has the gory details of our work o the 7th release of Fedora.
Just a quick blurb. Fedora 7 Test 1 has been released today. For this particular release, we only did a Desktop spin of the package collection. We are still fine tuning targetted spins of the collection as part of the merger of Core and Extras. We also produced a LiveCD that has the ability to install to your harddrive should you wish.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7 has the gory details of our work o the 7th release of Fedora.
Smolt is a hardware profiler for Fedora so we can get a better idea of what type of hardware is out there in the Fedora universe. It's still in beta but those of you running FC6 or newer (rawhide) can participate.
Just type "yum install smolt" followed by "smoltSendProfile". All sends are anonymous and the only tie to hardware is via a UUID that gets sent. We can't trace the UUID back to you without you giving us the UUID, which may be helpful for those experiencing hardware or driver issues.
Check out the stats at http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/stats
For more information on smolt look at:
https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/smolt/wiki
and
https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/smolt/wiki/Scope
-Mike
Just type "yum install smolt" followed by "smoltSendProfile". All sends are anonymous and the only tie to hardware is via a UUID that gets sent. We can't trace the UUID back to you without you giving us the UUID, which may be helpful for those experiencing hardware or driver issues.
Check out the stats at http://smolt.fedoraproject.org/stats
For more information on smolt look at:
https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/smolt/wiki
and
https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/smolt/wiki/Scope
-Mike
Fedora announced this month that by using a tracking tool to monitor unique IP addresses, it was able to determine that Fedora Core 6 now has more than one million users. Fedora decided to track metrics with the release of Fedora Core 6 (FC6) because the lack of data from previous releases made it difficult to be sure what users value in Fedora Core packages. Not only does the data help with improving future releases, it also attests to the growing number of Linux users within the computing community which, in turn, may spur hardware vendors into offering more Linux-friendly goods and services.
Fedora's metrics have ripple effect
Fedora's metrics have ripple effect
Fedora Weekly News Issue 75 is online
