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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:Reality|Luke Slater]] mentioned<ref>http://dinosaur-os.com/post/691754809/fedora-microblogging</ref> that "we've recently acquired the username 'Fedora' on Twitter and we're using this event as the catalyst to start Fedora's foray into the world of Microblogging (or relaunch it, perhaps...). We're currently deciding on what exactly to do in respect to this and a discussion took place in the Fedora Marketing meeting this Tuesday..."
[[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:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] announced<ref>http://fedoranext.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/fedora-14-three-new-features/</ref> that three new features have been approved for Fedora 14: More content in live images, faster picture browsing (replacing libjpeg with libjpeg-turbo) and Multi-path device support including bootup.
[[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.


[[MichaelDeHaan|Michael DeHaan]] suggested<ref>http://michaeldehaan.net/2010/06/09/googling-for-error-messages/</ref> a way to use Google Analytics to help track down (and presumably fix) common error messages.  
[[user:suchakra|Suchakra]] also blogged on Fudcon Pune<ref>http://suchakra.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/fudcon%e2%86%94funcon-pune-2011/</ref>.


[[User:Johnp|John Palmier]] provided<ref>http://www.j5live.com/2010/06/09/multitouch-working-in-fedora/</ref> an update on the status of Multitouch in Fedora.
[[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:Rjones|Richard W.M. Jones]] found<ref>http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/freezing-filesystems/</ref> that Linux now has a set of APIs for freezing ("Quiescing") filesystems.  
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.


[[VenkateshHariharan|Venkatesh Hariharan]] posted<ref>http://osindia.blogspot.com/2010/06/challenges-in-using-proprietary.html</ref> an excerpt from Flash Co-Creator Jonathan Gay, discussing "the challenges they faced in using H.264 standard."
[[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>.


[[User:Ianweller|Ian Weller]] discussed<ref>http://ianweller.org/2010/06/10/datanommer-making-fedora-metrics-more-transparent/</ref> how Fedora metrics are tracked, and the process of releasing the (anonymized) raw data that was used to produce the final statistics.
===General===


[[User:Herlo|Clint Savage]] is trying to comabt<ref>http://sexysexypenguins.com/2010/06/08/combatting-apathy-in-free-and-open-source-communities-part-2/</ref> apathy, which "is what kills communities around the globe" and how to get people to contribute back.
[[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.