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Freemedia program is for GIVING freemedia, if you join this, you will have to GIVE free media, you will NOT receive any media yourself. If you wish to receive freemedia, see Request Media
| Fedora Free Media Program is a volunteer initiative under Fedora Distribution Project that aims to distribute Fedora Media (DVDs) for free to individuals who can't afford to buy or download. Please note this is a volunteer initiative by local Fedora Ambassadors or Contributors. More Fedora Ambassadors or Contributors are invited to participate . If you have any question about this, please contact Susmit. |
If you'd like to start a Fedora Free Media Program for your country, please contact ThomasChung or Susmit.
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Policy
- One media per person per release + source media if requested.
- Any duplicate requests will be cancelled.
- If you're a Fedora Ambassador or Fedora Contributor, you will not receive any DVD via this program.
- Please note this is a volunteer initiative by local Fedora Ambassadors or Contributors.
- Please note we can't ship media to U.S. embargoed or restricted destinations. See Fedora Export Control Product Matrix
- Per Fedora Project Board's recommendation , physical media with source code is available upon request.
- For historical records, visit Fedora Free Media Program Achieve page.
Join
- Do you have a DVD burner?
- Have you downloaded the latest Fedora binary and source ISO images?
- Can you accept at least two media requests per month?
If you answered yes to all of your above questions, there are only three steps to join
All three steps are MANDATORY. In absence of any one, your subscription will not be approved.
- Please make sure your personal wiki page is in place with your contact details. You can find out the template here.
- Apply for "freemedia" group via Fedora Account System first. (Please make sure to include Country Code in your FAS profile)
- Subscribe to Fedora Free Media Program Mailing List and wait for an approval. If you don't apply for 'freemedia' group in FAS first, your subscription to the list will be rejected!
If you have any question, please contact ThomasChung or Susmit.
We appreciate all of the support and interest we have received so far, and we hope that more volunteers will step forward to help us increase our capacity and accept a larger number of requests.
Donation
- Make a Donation to the program
- We have very limited resources. Please consider ordering from Online vendors or sponsoring from Sponsor Media.
Resource for Contributors
- Please read Standard Operating Procedure before you handle tickets.
- After you are familiar with the process, you may go to Freemedia Ticketing System to take care of the request.
Existing Freemedia programs
- These are the existing programs around the globe.
- Direct E-Mail Requests addressed to the Program Coordinators will not be accepted.
| Country | Coordinator | Available Releases | Available architecture | Comments |
| Bangladesh | AshiqurRahman | F10 (LiveCD) | x86 | |
| Brazil | RodrigoPadula | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64 | Para solicitar mídias, cadastre-se em nosso site http://www.projetofedora.org e solicite a um de nossos colaboradores no Fórum |
| Cameroon | Jean-Francis Ahanda | F10 & F11 (LiveCD) | x86, x86_64, ppc | |
| Canada | Jean-Francois Saucier | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64, ppc | |
| China | YuanYijun | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64, ppc | |
| India | SiddharthUpmanyu | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64, ppc | |
| Malaysia | MohdSyafarulRazi, SyamsulAnuar, MohdIzharFirdaus | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86 | Fedora Free Media Program Malaysia |
| Pakistan | Muhammad Aslam | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64 | |
| Poland | PawelSadowski | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64, ppc | |
| Scotland | Keiran Smith | F10 & F11 (DVD or LiveCD) | i386 / x86 | |
| Serbia | Ferenc Pravda | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | i386 | |
| Singapore | Jason Benedict Low | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64, ppc | |
| Sri Lanka | DanishkaNavin | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64, ppc | |
| USA | Scott Harvanek | F10 (DVD or LiveCD) | x86, x86_64, ppc |