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Fedora Core 4 Status Update
by Bill Nottingham 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

As is customary, the Fedora Core maintainers plan to transfer Fedora Core 4 to the Fedora Legacy project at the release of Fedora Core 6 test 2. This is currently scheduled for July 19, 2006, as noted on: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Core/Schedule

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Fedora Weekly News Issue 52
by Thomas Chung 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Welcome to our issue number 52 of Fedora Weekly News. http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Fedora_Weekly_News_Issue_52 In this issue, we have following articles: 1 Open Video Contest takes place now 2 Announcing Fedora Core 6 Test 1 (5.90) 3 A Fresh Look for Fedora Core 6 4 Phoronix: Fedora Core 6 Preview 5 FC6T1 mostly running on MacTel Mini 6 Yum Extender Update 7 Ohio LinuxFest 2006 schedule announced 8 Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed Book Giveaway 9 Fedora Weekly Reports 2006-06-19 10 Fedora Core 4 and 5 Updates 11 Contributing to Fedora Weekly News 12 Editor's Blog The latest issue can always be found at http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Fedora_Weekly_News_Latest_Issue We need more volunteer writers who watch the Fedora community and report about what is going on. To find out how you can contribute, please visit http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Contributing_to_Fedora_Weekly_News See you in next issue of FWN! -- Thomas Chung FedoraNEWS.ORG (http://fedoranews.org) "..where you can free your knowledge for your free community!"

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Cooperative Bug Isolation for Fedora Core 5
by Ben Liblit 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

After a truly embarrassing delay, I am pleased to announce that the Cooperative Bug Isolation Project is now available for Fedora Core 5. We currently offer the following instrumented applications: - Evolution 2.6.2 - Gaim 1.5.0 - The GIMP 2.2.11 - Gnumeric 1.6.3 - Nautilus 2.14.1 - Rhythmbox 0.9.4.1 - SPIM 7.2.1 Download at <http://www.cs.wisc.edu/cbi/downloads/>. We support yum, apt, and many other RPM updater tools; see <http://www.cs.wisc.edu/cbi/downloads/repo-config.html> for customized configuration help for any of our supported distributions and updater tools. What's that? You say you've never heard of the Cooperative Bug Isolation Project (CBI)? Get with it! CBI is an ongoing, award-winning (http://campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/3_2006/liblit.cfm) research effort exploring ways to find bugs and improve the quality of open source software using lightweight instrumentation, automated feedback, and sophisticated machine learning algorithms. Check us out at <http://www.cs.wisc.edu/cbi/> for more information. CBI needs *you*! The more data we get, the more bugs we can find! Even if you've never written a line of code in your life, you can help just by installing and using our specially instrumented builds of software you use every day. For those of you still on Fedora Core 1/2/4, we offer a limited selection of packages for those distributions too. When and if you decide to upgrade to FC5, we'll be ready for you. Until then, your participation remains valuable!

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Fedora Project Board Update (2006-06-20)
by Max Spevack 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

The summary from yesterday's Fedora Project Board meeting is now available on the wiki. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2006-06-20 As always, your thoughts and comments are encouraged on fedora-advisory-board(a)redhat.com Thanks, Max -- Max Spevack + http://people.redhat.com/mspevack/ + gpg key -- http://people.redhat.com/mspevack/mspevack.asc + fingerprint -- CD52 5E72 369B B00D 9E9A 773E 2FDB CB46 5A17 CF21

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Announcing Fedora Core 6 Test 1 (5.90)
by Jesse Keating 21 Jun '06

21 Jun '06

Just two years ago, a brave test pilot by the name of Mike Melvill successfully guided SpaceShipOne 62 miles above California, USA, overcoming technical problems that could have proven tragic to become the first civilian to reach space, part of a team effort that won the ANSARI X Prize. A team of civilians working together to accomplish a dream, an unbelievable goal. Today, we of the Fedora Project send our "test pilot" out into the world, hoping to do the impossible. Improve upon the last release! (: Fedora Core 6 Test 1 (5.90) Now Available ================================== The Fedora Project announces the first release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and ppc/ppc64 architectures, including Intel based Macintosh computers. Beware that Test releases are recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts or for the technology evaluation, as many parts are likely to be broken adn the rate of change is rapid. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Core/Schedule Test 2 is scheduled for release July 19, marking the developmental freeze of the Fedora Core 6 release. No new features after this point. It is important that we get your help in testing, reporting and suggesting fixes for bugs, and directing the technological improvements we attempt with this release of Fedora Core. Please direct bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com, product Fedora Core, Version fc6test1. As always, be sure that your bug is not already fixed by updates and search for existing bugs before filing. Thanks to all in the Fedora Project Community who have contributed to this release. Your continued efforts are what makes Fedora possible. Downloads ========= DVD, CD 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. Notable Features of FC6 Test 1 ============================== * Support for the Intel based Macintosh platform, see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraOnMactel * ipv6 support in the installer * scim-bridge for improved i18n input * puplet applet for update notifications * new printing system (new system-config-printer, cups 1.2, new GTK+ printing technology) * gnome 2.15 * kde 3.5.3 * 1600+ Extras packages conveniently available via yum Have fun testing and never stop reaching for the stars! -- Jesse Keating Release Engineer: Fedora

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CREATIVE COMMONS ANNOUNCES OPEN VIDEO CONTEST WITH THE FEDORA PROJECT
by Alex 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

CREATIVE COMMONS ANNOUNCES OPEN VIDEO CONTEST WITH THE FEDORA PROJECT San Francisco, USA - June 20, 2006 Creative Commons and the Fedora Project are pleased to announce the Open Video Contest taking place now. The contest promotes flexible copyright, open media formats and the Fedora Project. Entries must be 30 seconds or less, in OGG Theora format, promote freedom and openness, and be released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license. Visit http://creativecommons.org/video/openvideocontest/ before July 20, 2006 to enter. The contest will be judged by representatives of the Fedora Project and Red Hat, Creative Commons jurisdiction leads from Brazil, Nigeria, and Poland, and a representative of the Wikimedia Foundation Special Projects Committee. "This contest spreads the message that a combination of open licensing, open formats and open source software gives creators, consumers, and developers infinite freedom" says Alex Maier, Chair of Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee. About OGG Theora Theora is an open, royalty-free video codec developed by the Xiph.org Foundation as part of the Ogg multimedia framework. Theora is released to the public under a BSD-style open source software license, completely free for commercial or noncommercial use. For more information about Theora visit http://theora.org. About the Fedora Project The Fedora Project is a Red Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project. The goal? Work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from free software. Public forum. Rapid progress. Open process. A proving ground for new technology that may eventually make its way into Red Hat products. Fedora Core is an operating system and platform, based on Linux, that is always free for anyone to use, modify and distribute, now and forever. It is developed by a large community of people who strive to provide and maintain the very best in free, open source software and standards. About Creative Commons Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that promotes the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works – whether owned or in the public domain. Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms that build upon the "all rights reserved" concept of traditional copyright to offer a voluntary "some rights reserved" approach. Creative Commons is sustained by the generous support of various foundations including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Omidyar Network Fund, the Hewlett Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation, as well as members of the public. For more information about Creative Commons, visit the organization's Web site (http://creativecommons.org/). Contact Eric Steuer Creative Director, Creative Commons eric(a)creativecommons.org Press Kit http://creativecommons.org/presskit

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Fedora Weekly News Issue 51
by Thomas Chung 19 Jun '06

19 Jun '06

Welcome to our issue number 51 of Fedora Weekly News. http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Fedora_Weekly_News_Issue_51 In this issue, we have following articles: 1 Red Hat Magazine Issue 20 June 2006 2 Looking for a few good women (and men) 3 Interview with Max Spevack from the Fedora project 4 Distrowatch: Still undecided? Then install Fedora Core 5! 5 Google Earth 4 Beta for Linux 6 Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed Book 7 IT Reviews: Fedora Core 5 Review 8 Open Video Contest goes live this week 9 Fedora Weekly Reports 2006-06-12 10 Fedora Core 4 and 5 Updates 11 Contributing to Fedora Weekly News 12 Editor's Blog The latest issue can always be found at http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Fedora_Weekly_News_Latest_Issue We need more volunteer writers who watch the Fedora community and report about what is going on. To find out how you can contribute, please visit http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Contributing_to_Fedora_Weekly_News See you in next issue of FWN! -- Thomas Chung FedoraNEWS.ORG (http://fedoranews.org) "..where you can free your knowledge for your free community!"

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Unofficial FAQ Update: 2006-06-09
by Max Kanat-Alexander 15 Jun '06

15 Jun '06

Howdy Fedora. I did a little update to the Unofficial Fedora FAQ. As always, the FAQ is at: http://www.fedorafaq.org/ * Updated the NTFS, ATI, and nVidia instructions to also work for dual-processor or dual-core machines. * Updated the Java instructions to the latest version of Java 1.5.0 (Update 7). * Fixed a few typos and other small things. As always, I really appreciate your contributions: http://www.fedorafaq.org/contribute/ -Max -- http://www.insiderfaq.com/ The Insider FAQ: Linux Made Simple.

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the push toward fc6
by Max Spevack 13 Jun '06

13 Jun '06

My fellow Fedora-ites, Many of you have probably seen this, but for those who haven't, I would like to point your attention to an op-ed piece that was recently posted on distrowatch: http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060612#opinion The author looks at the most recent releases of Ubuntu, SuSe, and Fedora, and concludes that fc5 is "possibly one of the most stable and dependable Linux distributions ever built." This is tremendous praise, and I hope that everyone who contributes to Fedora -- whether you contribute code to Core or Extras, documentation, testing, design skills, web work, translation, or something else -- feels a strong sense of pride from this, since it is the combined efforts of the Fedora community that has gotten us to where we are. Everywhere I go, people who find out that I work on Fedora compliment me on fc5. I hear over and over again that it's the best yet, that things "just work" and that it's powerful and slick. The credit for all of this belongs to the developers, release engineers, and testers who put in countless hours to get us there. Thank you. We have a devel freeze for fc6-test1 tomorrow, and a scheduled release of fc6-test1 next Wednesday. So I'd like to thank all of the people who have been working hard on getting things ready, and I'd like to urge everyone to put in the testing effort that we need to make sure that fc6 lives up to the same standard that we created for fc5. Will Woods is our Fedora Test Lead, and fc6 is going to be the first release that he works on. Please offer him your help, your time, and your talent. We will continue to make our mark by being the most innovative and highest quality distribution. Let the other folks talk about it -- meanwhile, we'll just keep making it happen. You are Fedora. -- Max Spevack + http://people.redhat.com/mspevack/ + gpg key -- http://people.redhat.com/mspevack/mspevack.asc + fingerprint -- CD52 5E72 369B B00D 9E9A 773E 2FDB CB46 5A17 CF21

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Looking for a few good women
by Elliot Lee 12 Jun '06

12 Jun '06

...but men are just as welcome! The Fedora Infrastructure and Administration Project is looking for people who want to help create & maintain infrastructure that will take Fedora to the next level. If you're willing to help regularly in your spare time, and think you have some skills to lend (web app coders especially wanted), please see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure, or e-mail admin(a)fedoraproject.org if you have any questions. Best, -- Elliot

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