marketing February 2007

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Some Idea....please reply
by Giuseppe Pignataro 04 Mar '07

04 Mar '07

Dear Ambassador and member of the marketing list, I have some idea and want know what do you think about this. The first idea is this: 1) My first idea is to create a site like linuxcounter for people that use Fedora. I believe that this idea is good for two reason. The first reason is that in this way we can counter the user that use Fedora The second reason,this is a marketing reason, this is a good way which a Fedora user can distinguished about another GNU/Linux user.I want that people can undestand the "Fedora way".I want that Fedora User can say: "I'm a Fedora user, I'm a special person because I use this distro, because this distro are the best distro and i have have some that distinguish me from another generic user.I'm Fedora" I want that people can consider Fedora (the distro,the community and all around the project) as a way of life. 2)The second idea is this: I want to create something like a dating site but for Fedora user. Ok, I explain the idea about the dating site. I want to create a site where the user can meet other user in real time. The site can give at all the Fedora user around the world to know other Fedora user.Can give the possibility to resolv the problem that the newbie can have and in this way is possible to see that bihind the Fedora Project there are real people,and not only a mail address. Ok,can you say me wath do you think about this 2 idea? Best Regards, Giuseppe Pignataro Giuseppe Pignataro <http://www.giuseppepignataro.net/> http://www.giuseppepignataro.net Fedora Core Ambassador for Italy A KDE italian translator Socio TAU Visual Member of ILS

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Suggestion @ Fedoraproject / Wiki
by Siddharth Upmanyu 28 Feb '07

28 Feb '07

Hi folks.. I would like to suggest to change the Header and Footer images on the wiki to match the latest release of Fedora... i think a DNA blend in the graphic will give it a more vibrant look and with even better graphics coming every new release the Fedora website will look refreshing and new in just one change... comments/? Regards Siddharth

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ESR and Fedora
by Rahul Sundaram 26 Feb '07

26 Feb '07

Hi This is a superficial, factually incorrect and misleading article http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39286050,00.htm A couple of articles that does a much better editorial job. LXer Original Editorial: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/81919/index.html Followup: http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/81995/index.html Linux Today Editorial: http://www.linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2007022302826OPCY Rahul

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Next Fedora release delayed, new design theme selected
by Rahul Sundaram 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi Although there delays, changes, and challenges, Spevack says it will all come together to produce a great release. "Fedora 7 is ultimately about two things," he says. "The ability for users to make a custom spin of Fedora [and] the core/extras merge, which facilitates the above, and also allows greater community contributions." Spevack says the path to creating customs spins is on target and the important process of the full merge is underway so, soon, Red Hat and the Fedora community will "all be pointing in the same direction on a lot of engineering stuff like packaging, build system, and source control, etc. As long as we're making good progress, I'm happy." http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/02/22/1631225 Rahul

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Annual tech meet- Daskhh 2007.. India
by susmit shannigrahi 23 Feb '07

23 Feb '07

Hi *, Dakshh is the annual technological event of Heritage Institute Technology, Kolkata,India. This year it will be on the 22nd and 23 rd March, 2007. Me and my friends are working to ake it a success. We are arranging a fedora event to induct people into GNU/Linux community, along with several other events. Our main focus is how and why people should get into Linux community what are the scopes of work here and how *they* may be benefited from this community. We hope that this event will be able to create some Linux awareness, which is surprisingly low here. Now, as a organiser of it, 'am cordially inviting you here. Would anybody be in Kolkata at that time? Here are the links www.dakshh.org http://dakshh.org/html/index.php/page/9.html Thanks, -- ssh 0x86DD170A http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/SusmitShannigrahi

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pre-Fosdem: final schedule
by Chitlesh GOORAH 22 Feb '07

22 Feb '07

Hello there, I have already proposed this schedule (for friday) on the ML and during the meeting. No one contested it. So here you go: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/FOSDEM2007#social I've added some pictures to make it easy for anyone to find the meeting places. The germans and I will try to make our best to be there on time, but it all depends on the traffic. I think you can manage to find us a nice place meanwhile. (it's the item2 15h00 - 17h30 -Look for a nice place to chat (alias FAD )- still looking for one) Max and others have my phone number and contact me if ever you guys have figured out a nice place. :) Cheers, looking forward to see you tomorrow, Chitlesh Goorah -- http://clunixchit.blogspot.com

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Statistics poster
by Dimitris Glezos 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hi all. Just wanting to let you folks know that we managed to create and print for FOSDEM the poster with the Statistics [1]. [1]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DimitrisGlezos/StatisticsPoster There are links at the page for the SVG in case someone wants to use it. Many thanks to Máirín Duffy for the help in the design, Joerg Simon and Olli for printing it and Rahul Sundaram for the constructive comments. Off to FOSDEM now. :-) -d -- Dimitris Glezos Jabber ID: glezos(a)jabber.org, GPG: 0xA5A04C3B http://dimitris.glezos.com/ "He who gives up functionality for ease of use loses both and deserves neither." (Anonymous) --

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ESR gives up on Fedora
by Francesco Ugolini 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Read this article: http://enterprise.linux.com/enterprise/07/02/21/1340237.shtml?tid=23&tid=12 . I think we have to reflect on this pamphlet, and we have to answer him, directly or indirectly. I hope that some developers can help us understand deeper the objections and work together to change the situation. Thanks very much Francesco Ugolini -- http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FrancescoUgolini

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[Fwd: [Devrooms-stands-news] [FOSDEM] We're almost there]
by Chitlesh GOORAH 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Hello there, some updates to consider :) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pascal Bleser <loki @ fosdem.org> Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:46:37 +0100 Subject: [Devrooms-stands-news] [FOSDEM] We're almost there Hi to everyone Only a few days left and we'll finally have FOSDEM 2007 \o/ A last batch of information regarding the Developer Rooms and stands. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY -- thanks ;) 1) Developer Rooms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DevRooms only open at 14:00 on Saturday, not a second before. The point is, we only rent those rooms from 14:00 on and until then, they will all be filled with students taking courses and possibly even exams. This means that under no circumstances you should try to get into your devroom before 14:00. I will go around all the devrooms to check whether the students have effectively left the room at 14:00, but that might take a few minutes so you might want to get into your room and politely tell the prof that we are actually paying for those from 14:00 on ;) If they're still there when I pass by or after a few minutes, I'll tell them somewhat less politely to leave. But again: please do _not_ go into the rooms before 14:00 Thanks for your understanding. (obviously, if the prof and the students are leaving the room at 13:30 or 13:45, you may enter and take possession ;)) Because we were only able to get the rooms from 14:00 on this year, we've extended the devroom availability to 19:00 on Saturday. Please make sure that everyone has left your room at 19:00, as we (=staff) won't have a lot of time to close down everything. I'll go around all rooms at 19:00 to confirm closing the doors (they're remotely managed by the ULB security staff). On Sunday, we have the rooms all day so it won't be such a hassle. Availability is from 09:00 until 18:00 (here, also, please make sure you leave the room at 18:00). We provide a video projector and wireless network in every DevRoom. Most rooms actually have a built-in video projector -- for the few that don't, we will come to install it at 14:00 (or rather, let's say between 14:00 and 14:15). Each room will get a wireless access point that supports A and B (no G). Our network staff will do its best to deploy those APs as quickly as possible in all rooms, but as we have 16 developer rooms to manage, the wireless Internet connection might only be available at 15:00 in your room (because we can't enter the rooms before 14:00 either). If there are any issues, or questions, or whatever, go to the InfoDesk and let us know about it. They'll most probably ping me as I'll be busy running around everywhere all day ;) Note that this year we will have an InfoDesk in both buildings (H and AW), the main InfoDesk still being in H (for donations, ...) but there will be staff presence in the AW building as well. 2) Stands ~~~~~~~~~ All stands are in the H building. We will have built up the tables already, with A4 paper sheets sticked on them to let you know which ones are yours. You can just get into the building, look for your stand and start building up. Again, if you need information, poke us at the InfoDesk. I would recommend not coming too early in the morning to build up your stand, as there are still lectures being taken in the rooms in the H building until 14:00, which means it will be quite crowded (but then again, it's even more crowded when the DevRooms kick off ;)). If possible, come after 10:00 to build up your stand, that'll give us somewhat more time to prepare the network etc... We will provide both wired and wireless Internet access to the stands, down the H hall. The access points are quite powerful, so we hope that this time it will work smoothly ;) If you prefer wired/RJ-45 network connectivity, make sure to bring along a switch/hub as well as RJ-45 cables yourself: our network team will pull several cables to the stands, but not the endpoint connectivity (= you'll get RJ-45 plugs but no switches). Also, may I remind you again to also bring along power plugs and chords as we won't be able to provide you with those. Valuable material and devices can be stored into the room "Ferrer" (the one near the InfoDesk in the H building) on Saturday evening. That room will be locked up during the night, and if you sent me the relevant information about the devices, they will also be covered against theft by our insurance. Note that the security staff of the ULB is present on the campus 24/24. Let's please start closing the stands at 18:00 on Saturday, that'll make it easier for everyone. 3) How to get there ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://fosdem.org/2007/practical/transportation If you get there by car, a navigation system is recommended (signalization in Brussels is a nightmare) ;). If you get there by taxi, make sure to mention the "ULB" university and not just "university" -- point is, there are two universities in Brussels, the french-speaking one (ULB) and the dutch-speaking one (VUB). Also mention the "Solbosh campus" or, even better, the street ("Avenue Franklin Roosevelt"), as the ULB has several locations all over Brussels. Best practice is to print out the address mentioned on our website (see URL above) and hand it over to the cab driver. 4) Contact ~~~~~~~~~~ I'm available my email (loki(a)fosdem.org) until tomorrow (Thursday) (included) but will be almost impossible to reach by electronic means on Friday. If there are urgent issues, feel free to contact - me: +32 486 071035 or - the InfoDesk: +32 2 788 74 74 (but only for urgent issues ;)) If you still have questions, please let me know. Wishing all of you a nice trip to Brussels as well as a great time at FOSDEM 2007 (and hopefully we'll have a beer at http://fosdem.org/2007/beerevent ;)) cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser <loki(a)fosdem.org> http://www.fosdem.org /\\ FOSDEM 2007 :: 24+25 February 2007 in Brussels _\_v Free and Opensource Software Developers European Meeting -- http://clunixchit.blogspot.com

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Ambassadors and Marketing list merger
by Patrick W. Barnes 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

Following the meeting of the Fedora Ambassadors Steering Committee, the decision has been made to keep the Ambassadors and Marketing lists separate. We will be working to make the objectives of each program and mailing list more clear to reduce confusion and make the lists as efficient as possible. Please work with us as we guide the discussions on these lists to get topics to the appropriate lists. Thanks, everyone, for your input. -- Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes nman64(a)n-man.com http://n-man.com/ LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/nman64 Have I been helpful? Rate my assistance! http://rate.affero.net/nman64/ --

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