Planet Fedora
In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora[1] - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide.
Contributing Writer: Adam Batkin
General
It has been about four weeks since the last installment of Planet Fedora here, so we'll be presenting a mix of interesting topics covering that time period. Normal weekly coverage should resume next week.
Nicu Buceli expressed[1] concern about The Great Panda Debate. "Already Panda iz in ur computer, developing Fedora".
Máirín Duffy did a few sets of UI mockups for Fedora. The first mockup[2] was of a new look for the Fedora Spins site. The other[3] was for a new set of screens for handling advanced storage device configuration in Anaconda.
Colin Walters showed off[4] mockups of the new Gnome 3 shell, which radically changes the way that applications are launched and managed.
Andrew Overholt mentioned[5] that a new version of the Eclipse Linux Tools (0.3.0) has been released. Eye candy included.
Jef Spaleta analyzed[6][7] the productivity of Fedora packagers and the rate that the number of Fedora packages and Fedora packagers has changed over the last few releases.
Máirín Duffy looked at[8] the "Getting Fedora" survey results. Also, further discussion[9].
Mark J Cox examined[10] the security vulnerabilities affecting RHEL between release 5.3 and (the just-released) 5.4.
Tim Waugh described[11] how printing has improved and is more flexible in Fedora, now that PolicyKit has been integrated with CUPS.
Michael DeHaan presented[12] a vision for [1].
Luis Villa asked[13] if "there a state of the art for free software project bounties?"
Mathieu Bridon continued[14] developing a git-aware BASH prompt.
Mel Chua explained[15] "How the zikula-based test instance of FI was put up, part 1". (Zikula is the new CMS that is being deployed for a number of Fedora sites)
Nicu Buceli posted[16] photos from FLOSSCamp 2009.
Richard Hughes stumbled[17] upon an interesting bug in gnome-power-manager, where the screen will suddenly blank, even though the system is in active use.
Richard W.M. Jones answered[18] the question "How does mount load the right kernel module?"
Kamil Páral introduced[19] zsync, a tool that can efficiently synchronize binary files over a network. "It allows you to download a file from a remote server, where you have a copy of an older version of the file on your computer already. zsync downloads only the new parts of the file."
- ↑ http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-panda-debate.html
- ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/fedora-spins-site-idea/
- ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/anaconda-advanced-storage-devices/
- ↑ http://cgwalters.livejournal.com/25818.html
- ↑ http://overholt.ca/wp/?p=135
- ↑ http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/46759.html
- ↑ http://jspaleta.livejournal.com/47023.html
- ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/getting-fedora-survey-results/
- ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/getting-fedora-survey-result-discussion/
- ↑ http://www.awe.com/mark/blog/20090902.html
- ↑ http://cyberelk.net/tim/2009/08/11/policykit-and-printing/
- ↑ http://michaeldehaan.net/2009/08/11/a-vision-for-fedorahosted-org/
- ↑ http://tieguy.org/blog/2009/08/12/state-of-the-art-for-bounties/
- ↑ http://blog.fedora-fr.org/bochecha/post/2009/08/A-git-aware-prompt-%28part2%29
- ↑ http://blog.melchua.com/2009/08/16/how-the-zikula-based-test-instance-of-fi-was-put-up-part- 1/
- ↑ http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2009/08/report-flosscamp-2009.html
- ↑ http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2009/08/17/gnome-power-manager-and-blanking-removal-of-bodges/
- ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/how-does-mount-load-the-right-kernel-module/
- ↑ http://kparal.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/zsync-transfer-large-files-efficiently/