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Fedora 21 for IBM System z release
by Dan Horák 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Hello everyone, Fedora 21 GA release for the IBM System z (s390x) is here. This time only 9 days after primary release. The difference against primary Fedora is smaller than it was in Fedora 20, but we are still missing packages related to nodejs (v8 engine not publicly ported to s390x) or golang (but work is being done on gcc-go, so this should change in the future) and most of ocaml modules (native port would be required). For details see http://fedora.danny.cz/s390/rebuild/koji-compare-f21.txt The links to the actual release are here: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/21/s390x/ or directly at http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/21/Server/s… http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora-secondary/releases/21/Everythi… Currently Fedora for s390x is available as the Server flavor (refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora.next for more information). The first directory contains the installation tree as well as one DVD ISO with the complete release. There are plans on adding Cloud flavor in the future, but it depends on s390x support in several related projects. Everything as usual contains, well, everything. :) For general Fedora documentation please see http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ and Fedora 21 common bugs are documented at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F21_bugs Additional information about known issues, the current progress and state for future release, where and how the team can be reached and just anything else Fedora on IBM System z related can be found here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/s390x/21 For architecture specific release notes, please read it as there are changes in the interactive installation process. It's a wiki so don't hesitate to add your knowledge there. You can find useful information also in the previous release notes linked from the current ones. More information about Fedora on IBM System z can be found at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/s390x Our team got expanded during the last year so my thanks also go to the other team members and to everyone involved in making this happen! Your Fedora/s390x Maintainers -- Dan Horák Senior Software Engineer, Secondary Architectures Team Lead Red Hat Czech s.r.o., Purkyňova 99, 612 45 Brno

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Announcing Fedora 21 for AArch64!
by Paul Whalen 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

Announcing Fedora 21 for AArch64 -------------------------------- The Fedora ARM Team is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 21 for AArch64, ready to run on your next generation servers. Fedora 21 is a game-changer for the Fedora Project, and we think you're going to be very pleased with the results. The Fedora 21 AArch64 release includes a bootable DVD, net installation media, and an installation tree. Highlights in the Fedora 21 AArch64 Release ------------------------------------------- Fedora 21 Server ---------------- The Fedora Server flavor is a common base platform that is meant to run featured application stacks, which are produced, tested, and distributed by the Server Working Group. Want to use Fedora as a Web server, file server, database server, or platform for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service? Fedora 21 Server is for you. Supported Hardware ------------------ * Applied Micro X-Gene (Mustang) * Advanced Micro Devices Opteron A1100 (Seattle) All systems boot with UEFI via grub2, and Device Tree by default. Optional ACPI device enumeration is also available. Software Emulation using QEMU is also being developed in Rawhide (see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/AArch64/Install_with_QEMU). Installation Documentation & AArch64 Specific Bugs -------------------------------------------------- Read the full release notes including installation documentation, architecture specific bugs and known issues : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/AArch64/F21/Installation Fedora 21 Common Bugs --------------------- This page documents common bugs in Fedora 21 and, if available, fixes or workarounds for these problems. If you find your problem in this page, please do not file a bug for it, unless otherwise instructed. Where appropriate, a reference to the current bug(s) in Bugzilla is included. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F21_bugs Getting Involved with Fedora ARM & AArch64 ------------------------------------------ Please join us on the IRC in #fedora-arm channel on Freenode or on our mailing list (https://lists.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm). There are many ways to contribute and all efforts are appreciated!

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Fedora 21 for Power Now Available
by Dan Horák 17 Dec '14

17 Dec '14

[ The latest version of this announcement can be found online at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PowerPC/F21_PPC_release_announcement ] We can say with great certainty Fedora for Power is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 21. Download this leading-edge, free and open source operating system now: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/21/ Detailed information about the Fedora 21 release which Fedora for Power is based on can be seen in the release notes: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/21/html/Release_Notes/index.html == Supported Hardware == IBM POWER servers are the only systems fully supported by Fedora for Power at this time. All the bare metal, PowerVM and PowerKVM environments should work equally. OpenPOWER systems might work, but they weren't tested. Apple MacPPC systems are not supported, have not been tested and it is expected the installer won't work. Please see the mailing list possible updates. == Power-Specific Features == In addition to all of the standard Fedora 21 features, Fedora 21 for Power also has the following changes: - The installer for Fedora for Power is available as the Server flavor only. - The Little Endian variant of the architecture has been added under the identifier ppc64le. - Support for 32-bit packages has been removed. == Maturity and Advanced Features == Sometimes it's not the big, new features that make a user's experience better; it's the little enhancements or long-awaited tricky features that really help make a new release the bee's knees. Fedora for Power inherits all enhancements and changes from Fedora 21. == Power-specific Known Bugs == - KVM guest installation on virtio disk is not possible (bug 1153080), please select virtio-scsi or ibmvscsi in your guest definiton ... == Fedora Project Documentation and Common Bugs == Read the full release notes for Fedora 21, guides for several languages, and learn about known bugs and how to report new ones: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora 21 common bugs are documented at: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F21_bugs This page includes information on several known non-blocker bugs in Fedora 21, please be sure to read it before installing! == Future Fedora for Power Development == Currently Fedora for Power is available as the Server flavor as the outcome from the Fedora.next project. For the future we plan to expand this offering also with the Cloud and Workstation flavors. == Contributing to The Fedora Project == We hope that you're excited to have Fedora 21 in your hands and are looking forward to using it and exploring its new features and many improvements over Fedora 20. But that's not all! Fedora never stands still, we're always working towards a new and better release and sharing our work with the world. Want to be part of the fun? It's easy to get involved! There are many ways to contribute to Fedora, even if it's just bug reporting. You can also help translate software and content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join today! == Contributing to Fedora for Power == More information on Fedora for Power can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Arch:PPC. To get involved in testing and development of Fedora for Power, join us on IRC in #fedora-ppc on Freenode, on the ppc mailing list, or on the general secondary mailing list. on behalf of the Fedora for Power team, best regards, Dan

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Planned Outage: Updates and Migrations - 2014-12-15, 2014-12-16, 2014-12-17 22UTC
by Kevin Fenzi 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

Planned Outage: Updates and Migrations - 2014-12-15, 2014-12-16, 2014-12-17 22UTC There will be 3 outages, each starting at 22UTC on 2014-12-15, 2014-12-16, and 2014-12-17 which will last approximately 4 hours. To convert UTC to your local time, take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto or run: date -d '2014-12-15 22:00 UTC' Reason for outage: 2014-12-15 - We will be updating servers and rebooting them with the latest updates. 2014-12-16 - We will be migrating database servers to RHEL7 and ansible deployed. 2014-12-17 - We will be migrating various other virthosts and instances to RHEL7 and ansible deployed. Affected Services: All services may be affected in the outage window, although we will try and keep downtime for any one service to a minimum. Ask Fedora - http://ask.fedoraproject.org/ Badges - https://badges.fedoraproject.org/ BFO - http://boot.fedoraproject.org/ Blockerbugs - https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ Bodhi - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/ Buildsystem - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/ GIT / Source Control - pkgs.fedoraproject.org Darkserver - https://darkserver.fedoraproject.org/ DNS - ns-sb01.fedoraproject.org, ns02.fedoraproject.org, ns04.fedoraproject.org, ns05.fedoraproject.org Docs - http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Elections - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/voting Email system Fedmsg busmon - http://apps.fedoraproject.org/busmon Fedora Account System - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/ Fedora Community - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/community/ Fedora Calendar - https://apps.fedoraproject.org/calendar/ Fedora Hosted - https://fedorahosted.org/ Fedora OpenID - https://id.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora People - http://fedorapeople.org/ Main Website - http://fedoraproject.org/ Mirror List - https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/ Mirror Manager - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mirrormanager/ Package Database - https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/ QA Services Secondary Architectures Spins - http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ Start - http://start.fedoraproject.org/ Torrent - http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/ Wiki - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ Unaffected Services: Contact Information: Ticket Link: https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/4614 Please join #fedora-admin or #fedora-noc on irc.freenode.net or add comments to the ticket for this outage above

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Reminder: Fedora 19 end of life on 2015-01-06
by Dennis Gilmore 10 Dec '14

10 Dec '14

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings. This is a reminder email about the end of life process for Fedora 19. Fedora 19 will reach end of life on 2015-01-06, and no further updates will be pushed out after that time. Additionally, with the recent release of Fedora 21, no new packages will be added to the Fedora 19 collection. Please see http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DistributionUpgrades for more information on upgrading from Fedora 19 to a newer release. Dennis -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJUiI5EAAoJEH7ltONmPFDRCEMP/1Gh7JBy2mRQQxuIA+wqTX3u c4eE42Gld1TzH7bqtGXSBdVdgYIykqAF7jl/kHBRcfL9pKUzc0VyrIBKnxxIFl7e LGpFQJXgIg3nKIUSbX6VQohYiZQ9FvAnHp+oU+GdEg46uNViGWZQsL0PiBD1MV0/ 2pZg4GBQw/nHJoppGMEeMYJe2DTaTyRZ0+HL/H4ROfaMeSs6pu1ZtuqZlUSJx8J3 DIPLewfzbLapTITga2FnWU6IB+cYbBr5rP98F7/Hb3A9BCLysZy5NBu81ty4Xlqn hSYEzsxNFXfo1vrG7UcDOno/UVhukmrVNFw/JTf6+fHW2+FeHwXjnD16wD1JQ1KE 3m0nLgEKVSrPgRmeDT3z6jFXTsuhPx53bnoPcz1D5coVZ4zB/O6gt3xgq1phZNUC He/4CfADjIQivanuUfp8Wo2gEVOk+vwsgQ3DcTqWB5B0eXdyfiGepDp1alavpCXr 6Ca2xdiCF0R404ixndjZPG0ns9ezo8eTLBIYUOAga42U8gbKJ3t3BB0mlaawyEWm izd6+u/85OCSFwghoNSAFe0+YjPEVqjluGFzILihC7ROh+KVfkw6fOtW4HFwXMPl TUd5seF8w1eliO5HW1nxVQ3/i6zjMlA4hlF1wre+o2Q/f/J5Qg3xGSe0PjlcAMKd yhl0rdJSesuC/dE+CUzQ =4gwv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Announcing Fedora 21!
by Matthew Miller 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

Fedora 21 Release Announcement ============================== <http://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-21/> The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 21, ready to run on your desktops, servers, and in the cloud. Fedora 21 is a game-changer for the Fedora Project, and we think you're going to be very pleased with the results. Fedora.next and Fedora 21 Flavors ================================= As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 comes in three flavors: Cloud, Server, and Workstation -- whether you're using Linux on your laptop, using Linux on your servers, or spinning up containers or images in the cloud, we have what you need to be successful. Fedora 21 Base -------------- Each of the flavors builds on the "base" set of packages for Fedora. For instance, each flavor uses the same packages for the kernel, RPM, Yum, systemd, Anaconda, and so forth. The Base Working Group develops the standard platform for all Fedora deliverables, which includes the installer, compose tools, and basic platform for the other flavors. The Base set of packages *is not* intended for use on its own, but is kept as a small, stable platform for other initiatives to build on. Highlights in the Fedora 21 Release =================================== Fedora 21 Cloud --------------- The Fedora Cloud Working Group and Special Interest Group (SIG) has been busy leading up to Fedora 21. Cloud is now a top-level deliverable for Fedora 21, and includes images for use in private cloud environments like OpenStack, as well as AMIs for use on Amazon, and a new "Atomic" image streamlined for running Docker containers. * Modular Kernel Packaging for Cloud Space is precious, and there's little reason to include drivers for hardware that doesn't exist in the cloud. As part of the work for this release, the cloud SIG and kernel team split the kernel into two packages. One package contains the minimum modules for running in a virtualized environment, the other contains the larger set of modules for a more general installation. With other size reduction work, the F21 cloud image is about 25% smaller than F20, making for faster deployment and more room to whatever *you* need. * Fedora Atomic Host In early April, Red Hat announced Project Atomic, an effort to provide the tools and patterns for a streamlined operating system to run containers. The Fedora 21 release is the first to offer an "Atomic" host for Fedora, which includes a minimal set of packages and an image composed with rpm-ostree. While using the same RPMs as other Fedora offerings, the Atomic host lets you roll back updates (if necessary) as one atomic unit -- making update management much easier. Our Atomic image includes Kubernetes and Cockpit for container management, and will receive updates through the Fedora 21 release cycle as rpm-ostree updates. Fedora 21 Server ---------------- The Fedora Server flavor is a common base platform that is meant to run featured application stacks, which are produced, tested, and distributed by the Server Working Group. Want to use Fedora as a Web server, file server, database server, or platform for an Infrastructure-as-a-Service? Fedora 21 Server is for you. * Fedora Server Management Features The Fedora Server flavor introduces new Server management features aimed at making it easier to install discrete infrastructure services. The Fedora Server introduces three new technologies to handle this task, rolekit, Cockpit, and OpenLMI. Rolekit is a Role deployment and management toolkit that provides a consistent interface to administrators to install and configure all the packages needed to implement a specific server role. Rolekit is at an early stage of development in Fedora 21. Cockpit is a user interface for configuring and monitoring your server or servers. It is accessible remotely via a web browser. OpenLMI is a remote management system built atop DMTF-CIM. Use OpenLMI for scripting management functions across many machines and for querying for capabilities and monitoring for system events. * Domain Controller Server Role As part of the server role offerings available for Fedora 21, the Server flavor ships with a role deployment mechanism. One of the roles offered in 21 is the Domain Controller Service. The Domain Controller Service packages freeIPA's integrated identity and authentication solution for Linux/UNIX networked environments. A FreeIPA server provides centralized authentication, authorization, and account information by storing data about user, groups, hosts, and other objects necessary to manage the security aspects of a network of computers. Fedora 21 Workstation --------------------- The Fedora Workstation is a new take on desktop development from the Fedora community. Our goal is to pick the best components, and integrate and polish them. This work results in a more polished and targeted system than you've previously seen from the Fedora desktop. We want our desktop operating system to solve your problems, not be your problem. * Easy access to all your software The cornerstone of the Fedora Workstation is the Software installer, which lets you find all kinds of applications quickly and easily. The improvements to the Software installer in Fedora 21 provide a responsive and fast user experience. In addition, Fedora packagers have worked with developers around the world to greatly improve the number of featured applications. * Improvements to the Terminal application We want developers to have a great experience, so a strong Terminal application is absolutely important. We've integrated a set of additional features in the Terminal, such as: - Support for transparent backgrounds - Automatic title updates to help you identify different terminals - A simple toggle for disabling shortcuts in the Terminal - Search for Terminals by name in the GNOME desktop overview * Experimental Wayland support Wayland is a new and exciting display server technology that will power Linux desktops of the future. With Fedora Workstation 21 you can visit the future now, and see how well your applications work with Wayland. You can also experiment with making your applications take advantage of Wayland's new capabilities. Much of the core Wayland development comes from Fedora Workstation contributors, so this is your chance to try out Wayland straight from the source. * DevAssistant We recognize developers need an easy and straightforward way to set up many different programming environments. In Fedora Workstation, we offer the DevAssistant developer helper, which takes care of this setup for a large number of language runtimes and IDEs. To provide the most flexible development environment possible, DevAssistant integrates with Fedora Software collections, to provide multiple versions of different languages to suit your needs. Software Collections allow you to install additional language support alongside the system software, without any conflicts. For example, you could use Software Collections to enable a separate version of Perl or Ruby without conflicting with the system version. * Ease of installation We want the installation of the Fedora Workstation to be as straightforward and simple as possible. In Fedora Workstation we've distilled this process down to selecting the layout of your physical media, and then pressing "Install." (In fact, you can even let the installer choose the disk layout for you.) And because the future of installations is not optical disks, we ship with an easy to use tool to help you create bootable USB sticks -- just download a new Live image, right-click, and write to USB. * Web service integration We recognize you have work to do, and you want to use the tools that let you get it done. That's why we're working to make all your applications in Fedora Workstation look and feel the same. With the ability to run HTML5 web services in a chromeless window, we aim to make your apps feel like a natural extension to your desktop. More integration upgrades are coming in future Fedora Workstation releases. * Support for high resolution displays (HiDPI) Technology never stands still, and as a software developer you are used to using the best technology available. So we've spent a lot of time and effort on supporting the new generation of HiDPI displays found on new hardware like many new ultrabook models, or the Apple Retina display. That's probably why Fedora has been called the best of HiDPI. * Exciting roadmap This Fedora Workstation release is not the end. It's the beginning of a new era for Fedora on the desktop. We have a roadmap lined up to bring a range of exciting new technologies to the Linux desktop: - Containers - Smarter virtual machines - Better development tools - Improved toolkit integration - More web integration - ...and much more So if you want to be part of the future of the Linux desktop, get on board now! Downloads, upgrades, documentation, and common bugs =================================================== You can start by downloading Fedora 21: <https://getfedora.org/> If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to: <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading> * Fedora now includes the FedUp utility to enable an easy upgrade to Fedora 21 from previous releases. See the FedUp page on the Fedora wiki for more information: <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp> Documentation ------------- Read the full release notes for Fedora 21, guides for several languages, and learn about known bugs and how to report new ones: <https://docs.fedoraproject.org/> Fedora 21 common bugs are documented at: <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F21_bugs> This page includes information on several known non-blocker bugs in Fedora 20, please be sure to read it before installing! Spins ----- In addition to the new Fedora flavors, Fedora users also have the alternative of Fedora Spins that highlight user favorites like KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce, LXDE, and Sugar on a Stick (SoaS). If you're interested in trying out one of the spins, head over to the page for Fedora Spins and grab the spins you're interested in! <https://spins.fedoraproject.org/> Contributing ------------ We hope that you're excited to have Fedora 21 in your hands and are looking forward to using it and exploring its new features and many improvements over Fedora 20. But that's not all! Fedora never stands still, we're always working towards a new and better release and sharing our work with the world. Want to be part of the fun? It's easy to get involved! There are many ways to contribute to Fedora, even if it's just bug reporting. You can also help translate software and content, test and give feedback on software updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit <https://join.fedoraproject.org> today! -- Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader

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