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REMINDER: EMEA Ambassador Meeting this Wednesday !
by Fabian Affolter 13 May '08

13 May '08

REMINDER: EMEA Ambassador Meeting this Wednesday ! Ladies and gentlemen, Don't you remember there is an EMEA Ambassador meeting next Wednesday (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) on #fedora-meeting ? Day : Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Time : 20:00 UTC (check http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=14&month=05&year=2… to know your own time depending on your countries) Channel : #fedora-meeting Meeting agenda (add your topic before the meeting please) : http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-05-14 Update your agendas, and don't forget to join us. Kind regards, Fabian

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Linuxtag 2008 in Berlin / eTickets
by Gerold 13 May '08

13 May '08

Hi there around the world, I got the first eTickets which I want to share with you. Not everybody can have one, but first come, first serve ... Please write me an E-mail if you want to attend ... Regards Gerold PS.: Berlin, 2008-05-28 - 2008-05-31

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LinuxTag 2008
by Robert M. Albrecht 13 May '08

13 May '08

Hi, I have a free 4 day ticket to give away. If someone is interessted, I need an email-address to transfer the ticket. cu romal

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Linux Fest Northwest
by Jesse Keating 13 May '08

13 May '08

Ah, the smell of the salty air; the crystal clear sky over a beautiful skyline; the busses quietly humming by on their electric powered motors; Starbucks on just about every corner; Seattle, I have arrived. I love this city, I really do. The people, the scenes, the ocean, the sushi, I just can't get enough of it. I spent a couple days getting back together with my friends from the area; developers, system builders, IT admins, etc... We talk shop, family, weather, and take in a Mariners game at the wonderful Safeco Field. I'm reluctant to leave, but trek north we must for Linux Fest Northwest. In Bellingham we arrive, somewhat late at night. Driving through the downtown area we spot a large banner hanging across the street advertising the Fest. Times have certainly changed. It's certainly fun to see the influx of geeks mesh with the biker bars and the college crowd. At the hotel you can tell it's fest time. Lobby filled with geeks: laptops, ham radios, smarmy t-shirts abound; excited conversations about kernels and desktops, and rpms, and debs, and who's going to win Alpha Geek this year. Snickering comments about whether or not the hotel wireless will withstand the abuse a hotel full of Linux geeks can throw at it, and a bemused rueful grin is the only answer one gets from the hotel staff (turns out that the hotel internet is pretty unusable by the time we arrive, but there is open wireless somewhere near that still works!). A few hours later, after having scrambled to finish up my presentation slides, I collapse into sleep. Very excited about the next morning, dreading the early wake up time though. Of course I wake up an hour before the alarm is set, but that gives me time to write this down. Shower, quick hotel breakfast, a few last minute discussions with fellow Festies and we're off to the show! Day 1 Lots of excited people filing into the college. Booths mostly setup, last minute scrambles and fixes that always happen. Almost double the exhibitor space this year, a welcome surprise. The usual suspects are in place, Novell, Google, Ubuntu, hey look, a Mandriva! Many booths are using Fedora on their display systems, hooray! I attend a talk from a friend who is now a Google employee. This is a talk about network protocols and the various evil things folks can do along those protocols. Many people seemed surprised at how many vectors there are to attack and will certainly be thinking twice about what protocols they use. >From there I go to another talk, this one on Grease Monkey. Fascinating stuff, however it really showed that one would have to know javascript pretty well to take full advantage of it. Next up is my first talk, A sneak peek at Fedora 9. Ustream has a <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/375057">video</a>, and slides are <a href="http://jkeating.fedorapeople.org/presentations/lfnw-fedora-9-sneakpeek.odp">here</a>. This talk went great. I got to showcase a lot of really cool features in Fedora 9, as well as give out USB keys pre-loaded with almost Fedora 9. As soon as the audience caught on to the fact that asking questions got you a USB key I started getting a lot more questions. Not just your typical mp3 questions (which in fact wasn't asked at all!) but more interesting ones, like what is IPA and what about the Certificate Server and things like that. The audience was nice and engaged and seemed reluctant for the talk to end which is always a good sign. I get dragged into the "Alpha Geek" competition where I do horribly, no surprise there. It was still incredibly fun especially since there were a few Fedora questions which seemed a little unfair given me being a competitor. The after party was as after parties are, but with a twist. This one had a fair number of ways to damage one's self. Brews, pizza, loud music, oh and lots of electricity generating devices. What fun! The party was set in <a href="http://www.amre.us/site/index.html">American Museum of Radio and Electricity</a>. Lots of fantastic old devices to look at and play with plus lots of open source consumers/creators with loosened tongues and stories to tell. After a few hours, the crew I hang out with migrated to our traditional haunt during the fest. A Greek restaurant/bar that just happens to be within stumbling distance of our hotel. Alas they ran out of Grey Goose rather early. Rehashing of the days events, reminisces of years gone by, and lots of jokes and innuendos thrown about. A few friends stop by to share a drink and a story and before you know it the bar is closing and it's time to capture some sleep before the next day begins. Day 2 A quick blast through Starbucks and we're on our way to the final day of LFNW. I've got a talk in the first time slot, "Fedora Distribution Toolbox" (<a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/377262">Video</a>, <a href="http://jkeating.fedorapeople.org/presentations/lfnw-fedora-toolbox.odp">Slides</a>). Here I get to show off all the cool tools and services that Fedora has created, fostered, adopted, etc.. over the past few years to make our distribution happen completely on opensource software. There were fewer attendees for this talk, partly because they were aware that the talk would be available as a video later where some other talks wouldn't (also, they knew I had no more USB keys to give away). I still got a good number of questions, particularly around koji, transifex, and MirrorManager. A number of people after the talk informed me that they were much more inclined to bring their software into Fedora and work with Fedora as a distribution mechanism after hearing about all the tools we create and the ideals we hold dear. There were a number of other people who were interested in taking our tools and using them for their own needs. I think I'll give this talk more often as it seems to be an enlightening one. I didn't make it to any further talks that day, I was too busy chatting 1 on 1 with various attendees who had further questions about Fedora or about some software they were writing and would like to get into Fedora. Before I knew it time had come for me to run the Fedora Birds of a Feather. I saw a lot of familiar faces, those that had been in my previous two talks, but a number of new faces as well. The BOF started off a little slow with people a little shy about asking questions but the conversations did finally get rolling. After the 3rd or so question related to my previous talks somebody had the bright idea to quickly run through the presentations again for those that might have missed it. Lightening round begin! I blew through the presentations pretty quickly and still got a few questions along the way. Once again we were way over time but people seemed reluctant to leave. Finally we had to usher them out as the campus was closing and my ride was leaving. Exhausted I fell into the back of my friend's car. Satisfied with yet another great LFNW trip and sad that I was leaving the area in a few days and leaving my friends behind. This show has always been one of my favorites. It's very "grass roots"; free admission, word of mouth advertising for the most part, planned in open meetings, and very welcoming of speakers and exhibitors. I will continue to go for as long as the show exists and I can get funding to make the trek. The timing of the show makes it a great target to show off Fedora's next release and to talk about whatever seemed important for that release cycle. If anybody lives in the greater northwest area of the US I would highly recommend making the trip to see this show. -- Jesse Keating Fedora -- Freedom² is a feature!

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Croatian Fedora 9 launch party
by Valent Turkovic 13 May '08

13 May '08

Hi, here is the link to my blog entry for Fedora 9 launch party in Croatia: http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/fedora-9-launch-party-… We intend to do the following: - make 30 minute presentation of new and most interesting Fedora 9 features - hand out Fedora 9 Live CDs - hand out Fedora stickers for laptops - make live-usb sticks for people that show up with sticks (in the text they are encouraged to come with their usb stick in pocket) - install Fedora 9 on laptops and desktops that people bring to this event Cheers, Valent - Croatian Ambassador. -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic

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[Fwd: North America: Quote for Fedora Polos]
by Pascal Calarco 12 May '08

12 May '08

Folks, I have received an initial quotation from the Fedora preferred vendor for the North American Ambassadors polos. I asked for different quantities to see how order sizes might affect pricing. Here is more information on the styles: *Style Number:*D100 Devon & Jones Pima Pique Knit in French Blue *Style Description:* 100% Peruvian Pima Cotton. Additional yarn in collar and cuffs for a neater appearance and greater durability; stretch tape in shoulders for extra strength; three-button placket, Dura-pearl™ buttons; rib-knit cuffs; grey heather is 90% cotton, 10% polyester. *Style Link:* http://www.4logowearables.com//CDD36BB771654D5EB36ED73F301BA619.asp?pcs_key… *Style Number:*6091 Outerbanks Egyptian Diamond Knit in Royal Blue *Style Description:* 100% Egyptian cotton, 6oz. Luxuriously soft and durable 50/2 ply fabric; no-curl collar; dyed-to-match twill tape neck and side vents; clean, finished three-button placket; locker patch with natural contrast lining. *Style Link:* http://www.4logowearables.com//CDD36BB771654D5EB36ED73F301BA619.asp?pcs_key… I wasn't able to attend the North & South American meeting this past Monday, so thought I'd send to the list here for further discussion/decisioning. Let me know if you'd prefer to take this to the next regional Ambassadors meeting instead, and we can certainly do that. Thanks, - pascal Fedora Ambassador, Indiana, USA http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PascalCalarco -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Quote for Fedora Polos Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:47:52 -0400 From: Screen Printed Products <spp(a)dacor.net> To: Pascal Vincent Calarco <pcalarco(a)nd.edu> Pascal: Here's the quote for the polo's: One time charge for artwork for embroidery logo: 50.00 The following prices are for sizes small thru x-large. Please add 2.00 for 2x-large, 3.00 for 3x-large D100 Devon & Jones Pima Pique Knit in French Blue: 10 polo's- 22.20/ea 30 polo's-20.55/ea 50 polo's-18.70/ea 100 polo's-17.35/ea 150 polo's-16.80/ea 6091 Outerbanks Egyptian Diamond Knit in Royal Blue: 10 polo's-22.50/ea 30 polo's-20.85/ea 50 polo's-18.95/ea 100 polo's-17.60/ea 150 polo's-17.05/ea These two colors were the closest we could come to Fedora Blue. Please go to our website (screenprintedproducts.com) to actually see the above colors. Let us know if you have any questions (419) 352-1535 Lori Screen Printed Products

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How to setup USB Creation Station?
by Grady Laksmono 12 May '08

12 May '08

Hi all, I'll be hosting Los Angeles Fedora 9 Release Party next weekend on Friday, May 23, 2008, I'm just wondering on how do you setup the USB Creation Station? Is there instructional materials for this? Thanks, Grady Laksmono http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GradyLaksmono http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/ReleaseParty/F9/LA

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want to write your own native language release announcement?
by Karsten Wade 12 May '08

12 May '08

We did this the last few releases, and hope it works well again. This is very short notice, very sorry about that. You are encouraged to write your own original announcement, collaborating with Ambassadors and translators. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Announcements The Fedora Marketing team asks that you use the "talking points" we have written. These talking points are about parts of the Fedora 9 release we want to see attention on. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/TalkingPoints Thanks and happy release parties! - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, Sr. Developer Community Mgr. Dev Fu : http://developer.redhatmagazine.com Fedora : http://quaid.fedorapeople.org gpg key : AD0E0C41

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Forwarded: I love Fedora
by Angel 12 May '08

12 May '08

Hi, I got this reply from a Ubuntu mailing list. Already you got, his thinking is wrong from the start. I want to give him a strong but positive and good reply. Need all of your help, please. Thank you. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Omi Azad <me(a)omiazad.net> Date: Sun, May 11, 2008 at 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [ Ubuntu-BD ] I love Fedora To: Ubuntu Bangladesh <ubuntu-bd(a)lists.ubuntu.com> Hello There, I'm taking this conversation at the end but I must say some words. So sorry for not keeping Russell Bhai's request for the time being. We like oils and don't like to be straight. You did not ask for any help here and I neither pulled your leg nor discouraged you. May be I pulled your leg on some other place and that is why you are hiding your name. I appreciate your initiative but alas you took a wrong side this time :) . I wanted to use Linux and the first version was Red Hat 4, which I got free with some Indian IT mag. That time my brother (was a CSE student) and his friends tried to use it and after 9 days of trying they successfully brought the Kernel Desktop Environment on. It's still that painful. Let me give you a small example and then you might understand why we should forget about all the other Linux distribution and start using Ubuntu. Here in Ubuntu I wrote "apt-get install skype" from my Gnome's shell and it installed Skype and all it's KDE dependencies ( as Skype is a QT application). Now when I tried to install Skype through YUM, it says this not found that not found (for example libqt3c102-mt not found, libqt3c102 not found) so why should I keep trying and trying and trying? Can you change the system? No you are not. I did not attack you, I just wanted to tell you Red Hat's ultimate goal is to make money, so they will not change anything, our options are not closed yet. We have BOSS distributions like Debian and Ubuntu, so why bother to keep trying Fedora. :) Hope you get the message. If you want to stick with Fedora, you are absolutely welcome. None of us here have any problem. What I mentioned above is only my personal opinion and not a part of any survey. But I feel that is the major reason people don't like to use that OS as a primary daily life computing OS. One more thing, we really feel disturbed when we spend huge time on finding solution and make the solution to public. Make that as simple as my kid can understand. But people don't go through the solution and ask nonsense questions. I honestly feel disturbed then. Thanks for the understanding Omi -- Angel GPG key: 0xC4639705 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AshiqurRahman

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Fedora Polo Shirts
by Valent Turkovic 12 May '08

12 May '08

Sorry it this was asked before but I'm in between moving to I'm rarely looking at any email. Soon I'll be back. So how do I get hold of Fedora Polo and other shirts? How do I send money and to whom? I live in Croatia (Europe). Cheers, Valent. -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic

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