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Fedora 7 release day
by Max Spevack 31 May '07

31 May '07

There will be lots of press articles today about Fedora 7. Let's try to gather all the links together on the wiki. There will be stuff on Digg and Slashdot, I would imagine. Let's keep an eye out for it. Congrats to everyone on the release! See fedora-announce-list for more. --Max -- Max Spevack + http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MaxSpevack + gpg key -- http://spevack.org/max.asc + fingerprint -- CD52 5E72 369B B00D 9E9A 773E 2FDB CB46 5A17 CF21

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avoid the wiki for a while
by Max Spevack 31 May '07

31 May '07

Wait a few hours before doing any edits of the press page in the wiki. there's enough traffic without us hitting reload on wiki pages again and again. thanks, Max

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[Fwd: release announcements]
by Karsten Wade 30 May '07

30 May '07

FYI ... Paul and I worked out an idea, I'll be doing a draft tonight. Anyone want to be in the writing party? Send me an email (here or directly), and I'll draft you. You lose the element of surprise and fun, but you help us make it funnier. :) -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Karsten Wade <kwade(a)redhat.com> Reply-To: fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com To: fedora-ambassadors-list <fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com> Subject: [Ambassadors] release announcements Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:11:20 -0700 Finally ready for you to use: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/ReleaseAnnouncements/TalkingPoints Use this template to make sure you have all the correct links: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/ReleaseAnnouncements/Announcement… When you have your announcement sent, link to it from the Fedora 7 release announcements page. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/Announcements You can send your announcement out on 31 May as soon as you see the first, formal project announcement sent to fedora-announce-list. In addition to any language/locale specific lists you want to use, please send a copy to fedora-announce-list so we all can see it. Use the f-announce-l URL as the link on Releases/7/Announcements. Note the Red Hat copyright in the template. This is standard for anything covered by the CLA. If you announcement is *not* a contribution to the Fedora Project, note that in the footer and replace the copyright notice with your own. - Karsten, spreading open marketing love -- Fedora-ambassadors-list mailing list Fedora-ambassadors-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-ambassadors-list -- Karsten Wade, 108 Editor ^ Fedora Documentation Project Sr. Developer Relations Mgr. | fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject quaid.108.redhat.com | gpg key: AD0E0C41 ////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

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Fedora Project's new website and Linux action show
by Rahul Sundaram 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hi Got some props for the new website. http://www.linuxactionshow.com/?p=113 Rahul

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Some comments on Fedora 7
by Rahul Sundaram 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hi "Fedora 7, the latest and arguably most ambitious release from the increasingly community-friendly Fedora Project, will hit the download mirrors later this week. With its installable live CDs, merged package repositories and much improved artwork, the new Fedora should prove a major attraction on the 2nd quarter release calendar" http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20070528#feature "Fedora 7 comes along with a pretty impressive set of changes - however, the average user will not see most of them... All over all, from the user point of view an evolutionary but very useful step to a new version of Fedora" http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/05/27/fedora-7-moonshine-first-impressio… http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/05/22/fedora-7-around-the-corner/ Rahul

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IV ESLAM - Free Software Event in the Amazonas State - Brazil
by Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira 28 May '07

28 May '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Guys!! The event was a great success. Many people had talked with us after the lecture interested in contributing with the project. We are now organizing the creation of a local representation (Amazon State) of the fedora project. ESLAM IN NUMBERS - - 2 Ambassadors present in the event Rodirgo Padula Cristiano Furtado - - 2 Lectures First DAY 05/25 Lecture About Fedora Project (Great success!!) 300 persons present in the LECTURE ROOM Second DAY 05/26 Lecture About Fedora - Potentialities for the Desktop (Great success!!) 400 persons present in the LECTURE ROOM - - Creation of the Amazonic Fedora Project (in progress) with 13 local colaborators interested. - - Fedora Booth - Flyers. - 400 DVDS FC6. - Fedora 7 LiveCDS. - Beryl and system demonstration with datashow. - 1 PC (LCD 17") with Fedora 7 installed. - 1 Laptop with fedora core 6 Installed - Install Fest (instalation and configuration - FC6 e F7). Rodrigo Padula de Oliveira www.projetofedora.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGWwGcPg3HAC1vlg4RAiAeAJ45Z7YlIxWVDBCu/UhZFH7/5CO/hACfXJu4 ItTk4EyQBOM47OMhtznpnU0= =qq/x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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release announcement talking points (HURRY!)
by Karsten Wade 25 May '07

25 May '07

Please help us get these completed: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/ReleaseAnnouncements/TalkingPoints Um ... by tomorrow. Seriously. Or there won't be any time at all for Ambassadors et al to write up their local version. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/ReleaseAnnouncements#Schedule - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, 108 Editor ^ Fedora Documentation Project Sr. Developer Relations Mgr. | fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject quaid.108.redhat.com | gpg key: AD0E0C41 ////////////////////////////////// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

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Fedora 7 at Respins.org
by Karlie Robinson 25 May '07

25 May '07

On May 12, I went to a BarCamp at RIT [1] and Saw a presentation on F7 by Luke Macken. That reminded me of how cool the Re-spin feature on 7 is. My hope is that we can encourage the community to get creative with Fedora by giving them an outlet for their work. To that end, Webpath Technologies has created http://respins.org My hope is that we can encourage the community to get creative with Fedora by giving them an outlet for their work. The general thought is if somene is only goofing around, there's no reason to set up downloads or torrents for the ISO. But if we can created a clearing house, it could bring Fedora to a new level. So it's not just one guy goofing around but a lot of people working and sharing their "ideal" Fedora Since this is an effort of Webpath Technologies and On-Disk.com, the gathered re-spun ISOs will be listed in the same way Fedora is now - With a sponsorship built in. Order F7 - send a sponsorship. Order F7RS - Send a sponsorship. Features of the Re-Spins.org website: Users can submit respins they have made and make them available to the general public via Respins.org to be distributed on On-Disk.com, where every remaster shipped helps spread Fedora Far and wide via Sponsored Media. Not only can they submit respins/remasters, but they can also: * Create informative homepages for each respin right on the Respins.org Website. * Have full use of the Respins.org forums to answer any questions that users might have. * Allow others to private message them or contact them via email. * Contact others, through the Respins.org community connections and forums, who are also creating Respins for ideas and assistance when problems arise. Please keep in mind that the site is a bit "Fresh" and will need a little spiffing up, and should be in tip-top shape by Thursday's release (that's the plan anyway) I hope you enjoy the site. Karlie [1] http://barcamp.org/BarCampRochester2

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Fedora Marketing Press Release in English
by Thomas Chung 24 May '07

24 May '07

RE: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressReleases We *really* need Press Release in English. Any volunteer? Regards, -- Thomas Chung http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung

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Re: Release announcement talking points
by chasd 24 May '07

24 May '07

> Big Message #1: REMIX. > Big Message #2: APPLIANCES. > These are essentially the same message -- but they hit two different > audiences. The first message is "consumer-y", the second is > "enterprise-y". > > --g I see the first one as "enterprise-y" as well. I my use here, I have two use cases for Fedora, and I have written scripts to customize what packages are installed. I know, kickstart, that's a hill I have yet to climb. It is easier for me to write a shell script right now. However, creating my own "spin" for use within my company has advantages. One such advantage is making a Live CD of our own chosen environment that employees can take home for use there. It is easier to justify the learning time for making our own spin rather than spend the time learning kickstart. I get a lot more from learning how to make my own spin. As far as other points, new versions of Fedora are about relatively small amounts of continual improvement. There is usually one BIG thing each release, there isn't really time for more than one BIG thing. My conservitive side says maybe its a good idea not to have more than one BIG thing each release - too much change can be a bad thing. A base hit each time at bat wins a lot of baseball games, and I think Fedora has had at least a base hit each release since FC3, IMHO. That fits with the goals of Fedora. It isn't about a home run every seven years, it is about making all the pieces a bit better, and what doesn't get caught this release, we'll get it next time. And next time is not that long of a wait. If I was to pick out something really visible to me personally, it would be Firefox 2 and Thunderbird 2. If I look through the "IN" rankings at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/7/FeatureList I would point out to people in conversations -- More KDE love - if you like KDE and have shied away from Fedora, try it again. Tickless kernel - get more run time for your laptop ( well sort of anyway, FixWakeups is OUT ). Better updates workflow - You thought Fedora had a lot of updates before, you ain't seen nothin' yet ! Charles Dostale

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