marketing August 2008

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distributor spin
by Arnav Kalra 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

i hope to create a distributor spin. in this spin i hope to add a software with which we can make any type of spin with that software in conjunction with the everything spin package tree.we could also add packages from other repos and apps

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CD/DVD Distributors
by Paul W. Frields 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

On what basis do we remove vendors from our distribution list? -- Paul W. Frields gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://paul.frields.org/ - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

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Linux popularity across the globe
by Angel 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

*Linux popularity across the globe*: http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=340 The Linux landscape is constantly changing and has a strong community of both developers and users. But where is Linux the most popular, and where are the different Linux distributions the most popular? To try to answer these questions, we have looked at data from Google with the highly useful Insights for Search, which gave us a number of interesting and often surprising results. Aside from just looking at Linux itself, we have included eight common Linux distributions in this survey: Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Fedora, Debian, Red Hat, Mandriva, Slackware and Gentoo. ..................................................... *Some interesting observations*: * Ubuntu is most popular in Italy and Cuba. * OpenSUSE is most popular in Russia and the Czech Republic. * Red Hat is most popular in Bangladesh and Nepal. * Debian is most popular in Cuba. * Cuba is in the top five (interest-wise) of three of the eight distributions in this survey. * Indonesia is in the top five of four of the distributions. * Russia and the Czech Republic are in the top five of five of the distributions. * The United States is not in the top five of any of the distributions. Note again that when we say "popular" here, we mean how popular the search term is. After all, this is based on Google search data. ..................................................... *Countries with highest interest in Fedora*: 1. Sri Lanka 2. Bangladesh 3. India 4. Nepal 5. Zimbabwe Dig deeper into Google's search statistics for Fedora here. Google Insights for search Linux: http://www.google.com/insights/search/#cat=&q=linux&geo=&date=&clp=&cmpt=q -- Angel GPG key: 0xC4639705 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Angel Fedora -- Freedom² and rapid innovation

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Fedora - Ireland (maybe ot-ish)
by Frank Murphy 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

Hi gang, 1: Am wondering what the reaction would be to setting up a Fedora-Ireland u\g. Seem to be lagging behind U again http://www.ubuntu-ie.org/ 1b: Should, I try get web-space myself (who know nothing of webbing) or try get something within fedora webspace. 2: Looking at "Camara" http://www.camara.ie/ What would be the opinion, of Fedora Ambassador(s)\ug, (namely me at the moment). Getting involved with the Camara project, (Ubuntu Based) but been involved as Fedora Reps. The general idea, being to try setup a local office in the "South-East" Ireland. As they currently have Belfast and Dublin. I have signed up for sfd, to get the fell of what going on and make new contacts. Frank PS: please update any gpg keys to keyid: 46F74662 -- gpg id EB547226 Revoked Forgot Password :( Skype: Frankly3D http://www.frankly3d.com

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VIA releases open source Xorg driver
by Rahul Sundaram 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

Hi http://lwn.net/Articles/296221/ Harald Welte reports in a blog post that VIA has released an open source Xorg driver for their integrated graphics chips. "I am very happy to see this! It's one more step that VIA has been working on to improve and show their support for Free Software and Linux. Please notice that this driver (as opposed to VIA's proprietary binary-only Xorg driver) has no support for 3D, hardware video codec or TV encoder support. Nevertheless, it is a big step ahead." Rahul

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Fedora marketing meeting, 3pm EST today.
by Greg DeKoenigsberg 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

See you all there. #fedora-mktg, irc.freenode.net. --g

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Re: [Ambassadors] Policy RFC: Dealing with Media (and no I don't mean CD/DVDs)
by Paul W. Frields 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 08:52 -0400, David Nalley wrote: > What I fear is that at some point there something will rub someone the > wrong way. I'd far rather have the opportunity to define the policy > that gets applied to us than live with whatever policy is born out of > reaction. That being said if the group consensus is that we remain > laissez-faire then that's fine too. David, There's a good opportunity here for Ambassadors to work with the overall Marketing group. Ambassadors regularly speak to the public, since that's part of the natural responsibilities they willingly take on. In dealing with print and broadcast media, of course it's very helpful for Ambassadors to be thoroughly familiar with the Fedora marketing plan, our overview, and general tips on how to be an effective interview subject. The idea is not to tie Ambassadors down so that they need approval for local media contacts. Rather, it's to make them confident in answering tough questions like "Why should people care?" and "What makes Fedora different?" in constructive, positive ways. I think many Ambassadors do this very well already, but like anything else it's a skill one develops, and we can help each other develop that skill. The Fedora Marketing group is always available to assist. We should encourage collaboration and partnership between Ambassadors and Marketing overall to make our public contacts as meaningful, positive, and cohesive as possible. ` -- Paul W. Frields gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://paul.frields.org/ - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

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Approaching for a Fedora migration
by Danishka Navin 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Dear all, This is for schools. and they don't have good band width for network installation and technical knowledge. Means each and every lab administrator doesn't have GNU/Linux Administration skills. But at least we need 1500 media dicks. I mean still I am talking with officials, and if we can approach early as possible. We can move 10k Boxes in to Fedora. Why our community selected Ubuntu? coz they do free shipping. Nobody want to wait till 3rd of the each month. Really we are far behind them. We have good stuff with in our each and every releases. But only techniques used to download latest release, and compare each other. During last year I was trying to keep non techy's on Fedora 8. Might this is not applicable for your region. More over... We should find out why people not coming to Fedora or why people moving out from Fedora. Now in my country BIA is operating. And it is good chance to spread Fedora. We always talking on what's New in Fedora next release. Why not what's new in marketing? frankly telling I don't know the Fedora market share.. :( -- Danishka Navin

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Policy RFC: Dealing with Media (and no I don't mean CD/DVDs)
by David Nalley 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Larry Cafiero has put a draft of dealing with the media up on the wiki: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/NA/Draft/NewsMedia_HowTo That brought up the point of what's the policy for our dealing with the press. Quaid pointed out that @redhat types have some limits due to SEC and similar regulations regarding making press statements that may alter stock price. However there doesn't appear to be a polcy for @fp.o types. Quaid submitted the following: "You do the right thing and publicize you see fit; represent the project well; on Big Things , coordinate with Marketing." I believe that is a good basis for beginning a policy. Please discuss, comment, flame, argue, and lets get something ready to present to the Fedora Board so they put their blessing on it.

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Approaching for a Fedora migration
by Danishka Navin 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

Folks, I am trying to migrate 10,000 boxes in Sri Lanka. Need assistance from team leads of Ambassadors project and the Fedora Marketing. Please contact me off the list. -- Danishka Navin

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