Marketing
In this section, we cover Fedora Marketing Project.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing
Contributing Writer: Pascal Calarco
Interview with Jim Whitehurst
Rahul Sundaram shared [1] an enligtening interview with Red Hat's CEO Jim Whitehirst [2], who reveals he's been a long-time Fedora user and talks about some of his insights in his first few months at Red Hat.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-June/msg00009.html [2] http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23797416-24169,00.html
Screencast Ideas
Michael Beckwith offered an initial list of screencast ideas to explain Fedora features to new users [1], and encourages everyone to add ideas to the wiki page [2]. Michael explained that any Ambassadors interested can "...edit the wiki page and type out what the screencast should cover. Explain with details or an example problem that the screen cast would solve, if necessary." Nicu Buculei forwarded a helpful link [3] to a screencast of how to set up Fedora to create screencasts [4]
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-June/msg00003.html
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/ScreencastIdeas
[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-June/msg00048.html
[4] http://howto.nicubunu.ro/video/howto-istanbul.ogg
Linux World News Recommends Fedora 9 for Laptops over others
Max Spevack forwarded LWN's recent review of five current distributions on an aging Thinkpad X31 and votes Fedora 9 to be the best: "Your editor must now make a choice as to which distribution will remain on these laptops. For the X31, the choice makes itself: Fedora. It works the best while installing only free software."
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-June/msg00015.html
Fedora contributor video
Jeff Spaleta invited FUDCon attendees to consider bringing laptops with Cheese and video capture to conduct "some candid documentary styled interviews of individual contributors". [1] There was some followup discussion focusing on what questions to ask, concise responses and the ideal outcomes for this experiment. There was some further discussion along these lines of taking longer video using Miro.
[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2008-June/msg00021.html
Ubuntu 8.04 vs Fedora 9
Valent Turkovic forwarded a comparative review [1] of the latest Ubuntu and Fedora have to offer from PCWorld Australia and summarized in OSNews. The review concludes "For users who are already familiar with Linux, Fedora 9 is an excellent choice. Robust security features and installation options make it somewhat more versatile than Ubuntu, which offers a more streamlined (and therefore more restricted) installation. For most users, though, including millions interested in trying Linux for the first time, Fedora lacks the polish and ready-to-run simplicity of its more popular rival." There were a significant number of comments on this last statement in the comments section on OSNews.