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== Planet Fedora ==
== Planet Fedora ==


In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide.
This is the Planet Fedora section, covering news from planet.fedoraproject.org[http://planet.fedoraproject.org], a collection of blogs from Fedora users spanning the globe.  


http://planet.fedoraproject.org
Contributing Writer: [[User:Jbraun|Joel Braun]]


Contributing Writer: [[User:Abatkin|Adam Batkin]]
=== Events ===


=== General ===
====FudCon Pune 2011====
[[user:kishan|Kishan Goyal]] posted on his experience on day 2 at FudCon Pune<ref>http://kishangoyal.co.cc/post/12549697509/fudcon-pune-11-day-2</ref>.


[[DeepakBhole|Deepak Bhole]] joined the blogging world (Welcome!) by explaining<ref>http://dbhole.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/the-future-of-icedtea-plugin/</ref> changes that the IcedTea Java web browser Plugin will be undergoing in order to continue functioning after some ancient APIs (LiveConnect and OJI) are removed from Gecko (Mozilla-based projects) in the coming months.
[[user:jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted pictures<ref>http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html</ref> of the event.


Eclipse Linux Tools has released version 0.2 of their Eclipse plugin, and [[User:Overholt|Andrew Overholt]] described<ref>http://overholt.ca/wp/?p=130</ref> some of the new features along with the requisite eye candy.
[[user:izhar|Izhar Firdaus]] wrote about his experience<ref>http://blog.kagesenshi.org/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ShadowLogs%2FFedora+%28%3A%3A+Shadow+Logs%3A%3A+Fedora%29#!/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011.html</ref> at FudCon, as well as some thoughts on the atmosphere of the event.


<code>Dracut</code> is a new tool, designed to generate an initramfs and replace all of the different methods currently employed by various distros. [[User:Harald|Harald Hoyer]] appealed<ref>http://www.harald-hoyer.de/personal/blog/dracut</ref> for anyone interested in helping contribute, noting that it is one of the Features slated for Fedora 12.
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]] linked<ref>http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=1631</ref> to a fedora-devel post by [[User:Jkeating|Jesse Keating]] explaining how to configure a system to ensure that a Fedora 11 pre-release properly transitions onto the stable Fedora 11 repositories once it has been released (or how to stay on rawhide if that is your plan).
[[user:kushal|Kushal Das]] posted photos<ref>http://kushaldas.in/2011/11/10/photoset-from-fudcon-pune-2011/</ref> of the event to his blog.
===Fedora Community===


The release of Fedora 16 has been the main topic of the blogroll recently, and it's fair to say that it's being greeted with open arms by many of the users.


[[user:jjmartinez|Juanjo Martinez]] blogged on his first impressions of F16, calling it an "impressive release"<ref>http://engbblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/welcome-fedora-16/</ref>.


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Event reports and photos of FOSSComm in Greece by [[DimitrisGlezos|Dimitris Glezos]]<ref>http://dimitris.glezos.com/weblog/2009/05/12/fosscomm-recap-2</ref> and [[User:Ppapadeas|Pierros Papadeas]]<ref>http://pierros.papadeas.gr/?p=24</ref>.
 
[[User:Acedip|Anirudh Singh Shekhawat]] posted<ref>http://acedip.blogspot.com/2009/05/countdown-to-fosjam-day-0.html</ref> photos<ref>http://acedip.blogspot.com/2009/05/preparing-for-fosjam.html</ref> and descriptions of the setup for FOSJAM in India (which included the setup of Fedora 10 on 80 machines!).


[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] attended an ACM SIGCHI panel on "User Experience in Open Source" and posted<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/notes-on-the-user-experience-in-open-source-panel-at-sigchi-boston-april-2009/</ref> detailed notes on the topic.
[[User:adamwill|Adam Williamson]] posted about <ref>http://www.happyassassin.net/2011/11/10/stupid-fedora-tricks/</ref>starting work on Fedora 17, and experimentation with the new kernel in a virtualized environment.


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Latest revision as of 06:21, 11 November 2011

Planet Fedora

This is the Planet Fedora section, covering news from planet.fedoraproject.org[1], a collection of blogs from Fedora users spanning the globe.

Contributing Writer: Joel Braun

Events

FudCon Pune 2011

Kishan Goyal posted on his experience on day 2 at FudCon Pune[1].

Joerg Simon posted pictures[2] of the event.

Izhar Firdaus wrote about his experience[3] at FudCon, as well as some thoughts on the atmosphere of the event.

Suchakra also blogged on Fudcon Pune[4].

Kushal Das posted photos[5] of the event to his blog.

Fedora Community

The release of Fedora 16 has been the main topic of the blogroll recently, and it's fair to say that it's being greeted with open arms by many of the users.

Juanjo Martinez blogged on his first impressions of F16, calling it an "impressive release"[6].

General

Adam Williamson posted about [7]starting work on Fedora 17, and experimentation with the new kernel in a virtualized environment.