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


In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora<ref>http://planet.fedoraproject.org</ref> - 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.  


Contributing Writer: [[User:Abatkin|Adam Batkin]]
Contributing Writer: [[User:Jbraun|Joel Braun]]


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=== 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>.


[[User:Jdieter|Jonathan Dieter]] described<ref>http://cedarandthistle.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/deltarpm-problems-part-i/</ref> some of the challenges that were involved in the development of deltarpms.  
[[user:jsimon|Joerg Simon]] posted pictures<ref>http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html</ref> of the event.


[[User:Rjones|Richard W.M. Jones]] shared<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/tip-and-in-the-shell/</ref> a couple shell tricks for using and modifying the shell's history in order to save time and work more efficiently.
[[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.


[[GregDeK|Greg DeKoenigsberg]] visited<ref>http://gregdek.livejournal.com/56850.html</ref> Pittsburgh for the opening of the new Red Hat Computing Lab at Carnegie Mellon University. Among the treats was a look at OpenISR<ref>http://isr.cmu.edu/</ref>, the Internet Suspend/Resume project. Sound cool? It is.
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[DevanGoodwin|Devan Goodwin]] has "been doing some work recently on <tt>cobbler4j</tt>, a small Java library for interacting with Cobbler over XMLRPC based on the work done to integrate Cobbler into Spacewalk." <ref>http://rm-rf.ca/blog/introducing-cobbler4j</ref>
[[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===


[[User:Lmacken|Luke Macken]] announced<ref>http://lewk.org/blog/TurboGears2-in-Fedora.html</ref> that TurboGears 2 is now available in Fedora and EPEL.
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.


[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] says: On Tuesday, November 24 there will be a Fedora Interaction Design Hackfest<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/want-to-learn-design-skills-want-to-help-fedora-fedora-interaction-design-hackfest-tuesday-24-nov/</ref>. Anyone interested in learning about Interaction Design or improving the Fedora user experience should join in on IRC.
[[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>.


A number of folks chimed in with thoughts on some recent changes to the PackageKit default permissions in Fedora 12. [[User:Skvidal|Seth Vidal]] explained<ref>http://skvidal.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/polkit-and-package-kit-and-changing-settings/</ref>: "In f12 the default policy for polkit for package kit is to allow users at the
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desktop to install signed pkgs from repositories enabled on the system." However, shortly thereafter it was announced that the default would change in an updated package. [[User:Ankursinha|Ankur Sinha]] linked to the announcement<ref>http://dodoincfedora.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/fedora-packagekit-change/</ref> on fedora-devel.


[[User:Steve|Steven Pritchard]] shared<ref>http://blog.stevecoinc.com/2009/11/why-developers-suck-as-admins.html</ref> some further thoughts in a provocatively titled post "Why developers suck as admins".
[[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.
 
[[GregDeK|Greg DeKoenigsberg]] used the opportunity to discuss<ref>http://gregdek.livejournal.com/57105.html</ref> "the difference between transparency and communication" in relation to the recent PackageKit changes.
 
[[User:Poelstra|John Poelstra]] looked<ref>http://poelcat.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/fedora-target-audience-amp-release-criteria/</ref> at Fedora's Release Criteria now that a Target Audience has been discussed and agreed upon.
 
[[DaveMalcolm|Dave Malcolm]] introduced<ref>http://dmalcolm.livejournal.com/3935.html</ref> <tt>2to3c</tt>, "a tool to help people port their C python extensions from Python 2 to Python 3."
 
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=== Fedora 12 Roundup ===
 
[[User:Pfrields|Paul W. Frields]]<ref>http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=2811</ref> and [[KulbirSaini|Kulbir Saini]]<ref>http://gofedora.com/news-fedora-12-constantine-released-all-you-need-to-know/</ref> answered some of the more common questions to do with the new release.
 
[[MairinDuffy|Máirín Duffy]] announced<ref>http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/new-fedora-spins-site-with-fedora-12/</ref> that the new Fedora Spins site has gone live<ref>http://spins.fedoraproject.org/</ref>.
 
[[User:Sparks|Eric Christensen]] outlined<ref>http://fedora-sparks.blogspot.com/2009/11/documenting-fedora-12-or-what-docs.html</ref> twelve different types of documentation available with Fedora 12, from Release Notes to Security and Virtualization guides.


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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.

  1. ↑ http://kishangoyal.co.cc/post/12549697509/fudcon-pune-11-day-2
  2. ↑ http://kitall.blogspot.com/2011/11/fudcon-pune-2011-travel-und-event.html
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/
  5. ↑ http://kushaldas.in/2011/11/10/photoset-from-fudcon-pune-2011/
  6. ↑ http://engbblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/welcome-fedora-16/
  7. ↑ http://www.happyassassin.net/2011/11/10/stupid-fedora-tricks/
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