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| Fedora Overview</H1>
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| ==<A NAME="line-4"></A><A NAME="line-5"></A><A NAME="head-9bb8484a2bb697545b581916cec7c593e2791bea"></A>
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| Freedom: What *is* Fedora?==
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| <P>Fedora is a linux based operating system released twice yearly
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| that is built on the principles of open source. Fedora is used
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| everyday on laptops, desktops, and servers with the knowledge that
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| everything is free, secure, and stable.</P>
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| <P>Fedora is sponsored by Red Hat who enables the community of
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| volunteers, from all walks of life and all places around the globe, a
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| means of contributing and coming together with a common set of
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| principles to create an operating system that is unique, rare, and
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| innovative.</P>
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| ==What can I install Fedora on?==
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| <P>Fedora can be installed using our live-cd, dvd or, you can get one
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| of our other 'spins' of Fedora. Installation is a breeze with either
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| our graphical or text based install which will guide you through the
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| install process.
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| </P>
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| <P>Fedora can be installed on a significant number of computers
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| including PPC, i386, and x86_64. Additional platforms will be
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| available soon for the Sparc, Alpha, and IA64 architectures. Simply
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| put Fedora is perfect for use on laptop's, desktops, and servers.
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| </P>
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| ==Security: Is Fedora Secure?==
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| <P>Fedora out of the box comes configured and enabled with
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| <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/Features">outstanding
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| security</A> to make sure your peace of mind is maintained. We
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| constantly strive to improve the security within every release with
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| the first linux distribution to include SELinux. We also maintain 13
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| months of security updates to make sure that your computer has the
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| latest software to make it more secure.</P>
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| <P><BR><BR>
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| </P>
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| <P>To take the next step of having you being able to adjust your own
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| security we have added in Fedora system-config-securitylevel and
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| system-config-selinux which helps you to make sure the security level
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| is customised to suit your every need.</P>
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| ==Fedora Project: What is this Project?==
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| <P>The Fedora Project is the name of the separate functions of Fedora
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| coming together unified under one cause. Each part of “The Project”
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| serves an important function in bringing together the different
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| aspects of the operating system. The Fedora Project is united with a
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| common goal that is guided by the Fedora Project Board.</P>
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| ==<A NAME="line-21"></A><A NAME="line-22"></A><A NAME="head-e792bdbce7fefdc59d5e26d71ed8c62d2c87ea4f"></A>
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| Free, Easy, And Efficient==
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| <P><A NAME="line-25"></A><A NAME="line-26"></A>Fedora is free, free
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| as in Freedom. There are no catches, no small print, and no cost.
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| Install and configure the latest open source software with ease with
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| our graphical installation, update, and configuration tools made with
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| the process of making your life easier and efficient.
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| </P>
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| ==<A NAME="head-f559b18fcacf71ee417a57c5bac0482ec3966355"></A>Freedom:
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| Make ogg, not mp3==
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| <P>The free and open <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codec">multimedia
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| codecs</A> such as the Ogg family of codecs are superior, and they
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| are not patent-encumbered. That's why we support Ogg Vorbis (lossy)
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| and FLAC (lossless) for general audio, Speex for speech, and Ogg
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| Theora for video.</P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-35"></A><A NAME="line-36"></A>Ogg is the open-source
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| alternative to mp3 it is activated by default when Fedora is
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| installed which means that you have audio working straight out of the
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| box. Ogg is used extensively on the following music websites <A HREF="http://www.jamendo.com/" TARGET="_blank">Jamenjo</A>
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| and <A HREF="http://www.magnatune.com/" TARGET="_blank">Magnatune.</A>
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| <P>Mp3 is popular because its creators licensed it broadly to spur
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| its adoption. Then, once it was the de facto format, they started to
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| enforce their patents aggressively and restrictively.</P>
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| <P>For those people who insist upon using mp3, it's not difficult to
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| <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/Codeina">figure out</A>
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| how to get these players. Still, we'd much rather change the world
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| instead of going along with it.
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| </P>
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| ==<A NAME="head-e4b5ba029e2b4674f8231ab905cab7cb4374ee2f"></A>Communicate:
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| Fedora Community==
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| <P><A NAME="line-38"></A><A NAME="line-37"></A><A NAME="line-40"></A><A NAME="line-39"></A>
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| Fedora Web Forums
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| <UL>
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| <LI><P><A NAME="line-41"></A>For end user help, use our Fedora
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| community <A HREF="http://fedoraforum.org/">web forums</A>
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| </P>
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| </UL>
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| <P><A NAME="line-43"></A><A NAME="line-42"></A>Fedora Mailing lists
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| </P>
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| <UL>
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| <LI><P><A NAME="line-44"></A>Fedora Project has several <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate#mailinglists">mailing
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| lists</A> for users and contributors.
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| </P>
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| </UL>
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| <P><A NAME="line-46"></A><A NAME="line-45"></A>Fedora IRC Chat
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| Channels
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| <UL>
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| <LI><P><A NAME="line-48"></A><A NAME="line-47"></A>Chat and ask
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| questions live in the Fedora <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate#IRC">IRC
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| channels</A> at irc.freenode.net.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-49"></A><A NAME="line-50"></A>For other ways of
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| communicating with the Fedora community, refer to
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| <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate.</A>
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| </P>
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| </UL>
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| ==<A NAME="head-ddabae574c6d826ad8a9c06729495c75b9f6fcc3"></A>Governance:
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| Fedora Project Board==
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| <P><A NAME="line-52"></A><A NAME="line-51"></A><A NAME="line-53"></A><A NAME="line-54"></A>
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| The <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board">Fedora Project
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| Board</A> is made up of Fedora community members both inside and
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| outside of Red Hat. The Board defines the overall direction of
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| Fedora, strengthens the ties between Red Hat and the community, and
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| empowers the community to innovate in new and exciting ways. Most
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| importantly, the Board ensures that Fedora remains forever free, for
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| everyone.
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| </P>
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| ==<A NAME="head-4677f4a2e0ede9974bd91b0f17a3f94fca136898"></A>References==
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| <UL>
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| <LI><P><A NAME="line-56"></A><A NAME="line-55"></A><A NAME="line-57"></A><A NAME="line-58"></A>
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| <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board
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| </A>
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| </P>
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| </UL>
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| ==<A NAME="head-81ce8b88594097adcd5f16bab53748fe98803e92"></A>Innovation==
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| <P>In every new release of Fedora there are new and exciting open
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| source programs that make your life easier.
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| </P>
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| <P>In recent times improvements to the administration tools have been
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| added such as system-config-securitylevel and system-config-selinux
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| these have been improved to make administering your system
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| significantly easier.
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| </P>
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| <P>There has been the introduction of a new sound system known as
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| Pulse Audio. Make no mistake this is definitely not an audio system
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| but a full sound system that gives you unbelievable clarity and
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| quality in the sound that comes from your speakers.
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| </P>
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| <P>As always the latest additions can be found on the wiki for your
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| enjoyment.</P>
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| ==Virtualization: How to hide your computer?==
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| <P>Virtualization is the term used to describe how one computer is
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| able to run many guest virtual machines on top of Fedora. Xen and
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| KVM are the programs that come with Fedora for you to achieve this
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| result, they come with additional programs to help you get started,
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| configured, and manage the virtual machine.</P>
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| <P>Recent advances in libvirt from the community have enabled Fedora
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| to be one of the leaders in enabling virtualization to be an easy
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| process. These advances help you to set up your own virtual computer
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| network.</P>
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| ==Sponsors: Who helps us?==
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| <P>Fedora is honored to have created alliances with some well know
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| companies who have all contributed to the growth of Fedora.</P>
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| <UL>
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| <LI><P>Red Hat have provided the Fedora Project with funds to grow
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| into what we have become. They have graciously provided
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| engineering, marketing, experience, innovative programs and
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| advancements to Xen and most of all the bandwidth to bring you this
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| great operating system.</P>
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| <LI><P>We could not have provided this great website and all the
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| associated locations without the strong hardware that Dell provides.
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| The logo on the bottom of the websites all show how much Dell have
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| supported us.</P>
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| <LI><P>Duke have provided resources to help Fedora through housing
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| the development of Yum and they have been an avid supporter of
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| Fedora.</P>
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| <LI><P>Proio provide us with with the capability to maintain our
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| servers in Germany which means we can spend more time on the things
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| we do best.</P>
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| </UL>
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| ==<A NAME="head-fc1a8737bcaff5a7a0e1fd488732748e89b5797e"></A>How
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| You Can Help==
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| <P>Fedora would not be around without the help of the community so it
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| is integral that we ask for your help in contributing to Fedora and
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| it's future success. To contribute to Fedora you do not need to know
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| how to program you do not need to have any qualifications you just
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| need to have a willingness to learn and grow.</P>
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| <H3><A NAME="line-63"></A><A NAME="line-64"></A><A NAME="head-fdd780e9c9e947597826783afcd7c76e0fc850d9"></A>
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| Triage: Join the Fedora Triage project</H3>
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| <P><A NAME="line-66"></A><A NAME="line-65"></A><A NAME="line-68"></A><A NAME="line-67"></A>
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| Fedora moves very quickly and has lots of users. As a result we see
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| our fair share of bugs.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-70"></A><A NAME="line-69"></A>People often aren't so
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| careful about how they file bugs, though. A lot of these bugs are
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| poorly explained, not replicable, duplicates, or simply not bugs at
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| all. It takes a very long time for developers to cull through these
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| bug reports to determine which are valid and which aren't.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-72"></A><A NAME="line-71"></A>Fedora Triagers
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| provide an incredibly valuable service. By ensuring that all bugs are
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| good bugs, they save countless hours of developer time and allow
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| Fedora to produce better software quicker.
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| </P>
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| <P>Join the Fedora Triage project at
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| <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers.</A>
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| </P>
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| <H3><A NAME="head-b6b3465bf64b825f48fef108964d0e1c5a19b0da"></A>Documentation:
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| Join the Fedora Docs project</H3>
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| <P><A NAME="line-76"></A><A NAME="line-75"></A><A NAME="line-78"></A><A NAME="line-77"></A>
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| The goal of the Documentation Project is to create easy-to-follow,
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| task-based documentation for Fedora users and developers. Longer
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| guides are available to cover major topics such as Installation, and
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| Administration. One of the best ways to learn how to use Fedora is to
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| participate in this project because you experience the process while
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| documenting.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-79"></A><A NAME="line-80"></A>Join the Fedora
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| Documentation Project at <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/</A>
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| </P>
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| <H3><A NAME="head-90759da89bd102ae1b2d11f172efd49daecbd9df"></A>Package
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| Collection: Join the Fedora Packaging project</H3>
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| <P><A NAME="line-82"></A><A NAME="line-81"></A><A NAME="line-84"></A><A NAME="line-83"></A>
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| There's a great big world of free software out there, and more being
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| developed every day. The goal of Fedora Packaging is to make all of
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| that software available to Fedora users with the click of a button.
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| <P><A NAME="line-86"></A><A NAME="line-85"></A>It takes a lot of work
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| to package and maintain software, though. What about that cool piece
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| of software that just isn't available as an easy-to-install RPM?
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| Someone just needs to package it up. Would you be interested to
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| create this package for us?
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-88"></A><A NAME="line-87"></A>Learn how to make good
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| software packages, and share your favorite applications with hundreds
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| of thousands of Fedora users worldwide.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-89"></A><A NAME="line-90"></A>Join our Fedora
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| Packaging project at <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers</A>
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| </P>
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| <H3><A NAME="head-0b727386fa7617f9e0f09f59fa4de915b8bbac20"></A>Translation:
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| Join the Fedora Translation Team</H3>
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| <P><A NAME="line-92"></A><A NAME="line-91"></A><A NAME="line-94"></A><A NAME="line-93"></A>
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| Fedora needs to be available for users all around the world. Does
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| Fedora speak your language? If it doesn't, it should. You can help.
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| </P>
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| <P>Join the Fedora Translation Team at
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| <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Translation">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Translation</A>
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| </P>
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| <H3><A NAME="head-5058e1366cd6ad6fb328c187cf06173e50afc30b"></A>Spread
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| the Word: Become a Fedora Ambassador</H3>
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| <P><A NAME="line-98"></A><A NAME="line-97"></A><A NAME="line-100"></A><A NAME="line-99"></A>
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| Do what we are doing here. Spread the good word of Fedora. Spread the
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| glamor. Spread the action. Spread freedom. Make waves. Encourage
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| participation. Encourage the community. Become a part of Fedora
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| Ambassadors world wide.
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| <P><A NAME="line-102"></A><A NAME="line-101"></A>Do not forget to
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| collect feedback and listen to users. Give a good critique, or hear
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| the good critiques of others. Tell us what works and what doesn't.
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| Help us improve the project and gain even more Fedora users. We love
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| hearing from your community and local user groups.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-103"></A><A NAME="line-104"></A>Help Fedora Do the
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| Right Thing. Join us at <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors</A></P>
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| <H3><A NAME="head-05c12977c92a40e4391b5df78b6b47c9e07499c9"></A>Live
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| CDs: Join the Fedora Live CD Project</H3>
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| <P><A NAME="line-106"></A><A NAME="line-105"></A><A NAME="line-108"></A><A NAME="line-107"></A>
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| Want to demonstrate the power, technology and usability of Fedora?
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-110"></A><A NAME="line-109"></A>Want to take Fedora
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| for a test ride?
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-112"></A><A NAME="line-111"></A>Want to tinker and
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| experiment?
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-114"></A><A NAME="line-113"></A>Create your own
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| Fedora Live CDs.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-116"></A><A NAME="line-117"></A>Use the Fedora Live
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| CD's and creation tools at <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD</A>
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| Prefer a graphical interface <A HREF="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JeroenVanMeeuwen">Revisor</A>
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| is for you.</P>
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| ==<A NAME="head-e843e33b3edb637a48c665a49ccfa296c83e4925"></A>Why
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| Should I Help?==
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| <P><A NAME="line-119"></A><A NAME="line-118"></A><A NAME="line-121"></A><A NAME="line-120"></A>
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| <STRONG>Your name in lights, an online CV, and maybe a trip to
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| FUDCon.</STRONG>
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-123"></A><A NAME="line-122"></A>First, contribute to
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| Fedora and get your name in the distribution. Hey, fair is fair.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-125"></A><A NAME="line-124"></A>Second, if you're a
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| Fedora contributor, you don't need a fancy resume; you can just tell
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| potential employers to Google your name.
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| </P>
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| <P><A NAME="line-127"></A><A NAME="line-126"></A>Third, top Fedora
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| contributors receive travel stipends to attend the Fedora Users and
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| Developers Conference at the location closest to them. You will have
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| the opportunity to meet some of the giants of the open source
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| movement in person, as their peers and equals.
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| </P>
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| <P>And last, you'd be playing with this stuff anyway. Spend your time
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| doing stuff that you will enjoy and helps other users in the
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| community. Spread free software. What more incentive do you need?
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