Planet Fedora
In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora[1] - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide. This edition covers highlights from the past three weeks.
Contributing Writer: Adam Batkin
General
Richard W.M. Jones shared[1] tips for using shell redirection with arbitrary file descriptors. Some later tips include[2] using libguestfs to examine VMWare guest images.
Tom Callaway has posted[3] new Chromium packages, and some workarounds and fixes for running with SELinux enabled.
Mel Chua explained[4] what the Fedora Marketing folks are up to for Fedora 13. Hint: A lot.
Greg DeKoenigsberg responded[5] to criticism of the OLPC project, explaining that "OLPC is now, and has always been, a single piece of a very large puzzle" while there are many outgrowths from the OLPC work that have been incredibly successful, including the entire Netbook craze.
Julian Aloofi described[6] the real problem with Free Software. "There is one real problem with Free Software, and it is very hard to fix. I would even say it is impossible." Read on for the awesome truth.
- ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/tip-shell-redirection/
- ↑ http://rwmj.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/examine-vmware-esx-with-libguestfs/
- ↑ http://spot.livejournal.com/312626.html
- ↑ http://blog.melchua.com/2009/12/24/whats-marketing-doing-for-f13-anyway-a-show-with-dancing-penguins/
- ↑ http://gregdek.livejournal.com/58631.html
- ↑ http://julianaloofi.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/the-big-problem-with-free-software/