FUDCon and Linked-In

2009-05-25 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
s, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Why would I want Fedora?

2009-05-15 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On 05/15/2009 08:03 AM, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: I also think the Fedora Project is stronger in it's development edge/focus, thriving Free Software innovation by early adoption and being a platform (often? most?) used by upstream developers, yada yada, blabla, , then it is in spreading

Re: Why would I want Fedora?

2009-05-14 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On 05/15/2009 07:14 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: On 05/15/2009 10:36 AM, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: I would like to object to the image of Fedora merely being "an alternative", especially in the context of being an alternative to Microsoft Windows. If anything, Microsoft Windows is a ve

Re: Why would I want Fedora?

2009-05-14 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On 05/15/2009 02:57 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: Hi I helped write what is described in the front page of what Fedora is for. To quote from http://fedoraproject.org " Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. ..." While I think what follo

Revisor article on PCPlus

2009-05-05 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
new distribution, it's worth creating your own customised version. Revisor is a tool that lets you do just this, and in this tutorial, we'll show you how...""" Read more: http://www.pcplus.co.uk/node/3020 Please digg: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Tutorial_Build_Your_

Re: Slogan, redux

2009-04-24 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
On 04/23/2009 10:48 PM, Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) wrote: Let it ROAR That's actually nice ! Is « roar » an action verb in english ? If so, it could be nice to use it as the main verb of the sentance, something like « Roar with pleasure » (but with something other than « pleasure », it's

NLUUG Filesystems & Storage (May 7th)

2009-04-23 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Hello, I'm sending you this announcement because it's a very interesting event organized by the Dutch UUG, on the subject of Filesystems & Storage, with key people giving keynotes and sessions amongst which is the core developer of ext4. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kana

Re: This Weekend?

2009-03-06 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Red Hat Fedora Linux 10 nears 1 million user mark

2009-02-25 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Hi, Two things: 1) Should we get reporters to stop calling it "Red Hat Fedora"? Yes. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Interview with HSIB

2008-12-30 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Hey there, I was interviewed by HowSoftwareIsBuilt.com a few weeks ago; the interview's transcript is online now; http://howsoftwareisbuilt.com/2008/12/21/interview-with-jeroen-van-meeuwen-fedora-project-vice-president-fedora-emea/ Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- F

Re: distributor spin

2008-09-15 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
the Spin SIG with this particular use case? We love use-cases, you know ;-) https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fedora-spins Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: counting packages (was Re: Fedora Package Status of Aug 12, 2008)

2008-08-20 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Jeff Spaleta wrote: 2008/8/19 Karsten 'quaid' Wade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Owners stats: - 6517 packages - 10799 binary rpms in devel Darn, I was afraid of that. We are all perfectly aware that one package (tarball + spec file) can yield more than one binary rpm. Would it be better to consist

Re: Zimbra changes license to address Fedora concerns

2008-07-21 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Mike McGrath wrote: On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote: On Sat, 2008-07-19 at 18:29 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: This is awesome, and as far as I was involved, a direct result from talking to Zimbra on the Red Hat Summit, where we showed them the exact same

Re: Zimbra changes license to address Fedora concerns

2008-07-19 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Hi This paves the way for Zimbra to be packaged for Fedora. Good to see Yahoo responding to the concerns expressed earlier. http://www.zimbra.com/forums/announcements/19581-license-5-0-7-foss.html "Just wanted to provide a heads up that, in collaboration with legal cou

Re: Small Businesses WILL need a Red Hat Linux suited for them!!!

2008-06-30 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Markus McLaughlin wrote: I remember Red Hat Linux all too well, I think it needed to go away for a while, but now that Vista isn't doing so well, it is time to revive RHL but have it sold to Small Businesses instead. Have you considered recommending CentOS? -Jeroen -- Fedora-marketing-list m

Re: Fedora in the Enterprise (was: Co-branding?)

2008-04-02 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
g to learn Linux because they want to work in the enterprise, and run right out and install Ubuntu... Russell I think this new topic says all I have to say. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/

Re: Associating the Red Hat and Fedora brands?

2008-04-01 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Rahul Sundaram wrote: I even gave the same wording "sponsored by Red Hat" so maybe your interpretations are different. Read the last sentence of my mail. Rahul There's enough nuance in the subject line to let the last line look completely different then you may have intended. Co-branding

Re: Associating the Red Hat and Fedora brands?

2008-04-01 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
though is something completely different then putting a cute little Shadowman in some corner saying truthful things. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Associating the Red Hat and Fedora brands?

2008-03-31 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
half the truth out there. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Key Marketing Messages

2008-03-27 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Don't forget the huge take-off spins have had, some if not most of which are being developed and maintained by the community. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: [Ambassadors] Re: Meeting Minutes of Fedora EMEA NPO Meeting

2008-03-26 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
ly not commit to non-FOSS software no matter how much pressure there is, but at this point we will need something (whether it be a spreadsheet or SAP-like POS), and we will need to do it right, right-away. I'd rather do it right with something temporary, then do it wrong with something s

Re: Co-branding?

2008-03-26 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
this back in the day. If they're really interested / valuable as contributors, it'll come naturally. If not, it'll still come naturally with the work of our Ambassadors and thanks to other exposure. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Fedora on the Final Frontier

2008-02-29 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
John Babich wrote: On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 1:21 PM, Jeroen van Meeuwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This includes inviting one of us and actually show us what "cool" and "inspiring" stuff it is they do with Fedora, so that we can take pictures and extens

Re: Fedora on the Final Frontier

2008-02-29 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
at "cool" and "inspiring" stuff it is they do with Fedora, so that we can take pictures and extensively blog about it, right? ;-) Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Fedora at NASA!

2008-02-28 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: Digg it, if you would be so kind: http://digg.com/linux_unix/NASA_uses_Fedora_a_lot Dugg ;-) -Jeroen -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Digg this, put a a pro-fedora spin on the situation

2008-02-12 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
ccount and 2) learn how to use the thing. Still not sure I'm 100% on the latter :) Dugg it at: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_leading_the_way_again Dugg. Thanks for posting this link, I was looking for such as livejournal.com ;-) Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedo

Re: More statistics

2008-02-08 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Jeff Spaleta wrote: On Feb 7, 2008 8:32 AM, Dimitris Glezos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sounds like something we'd like to have as well for Fedora? What I want...what I really really want is a very simple heartbeat that is on for all fedora clients by default.. that does NOT get in the way o

Re: Fedora 9 Marketing plan?

2008-02-02 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Mike McGrath wrote: Alpha's about out, whats our marketing plan for Fedora 9? How can people help out? :: cough cough :: http://digg.com/linux_unix/First_Look_Ubuntu_8_04_Hardy_Heron_alpha_4 Good to hear PulseAudio made it into a major distribution ;-) We oughta send them a huge, big thank

Re: Fedora brand WAS Re: Self-Introduction | John Adams, Red Hat Brand Manager

2008-01-26 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
ant. Thought I'd ask though becuase that discussion interested me and I don't remember any particular resolution to it. Another good thread came from a post on the advisory board list a while ago. www.peachpit.com/content/images/0321348109/goodies/The_Brand_Gap.pdf Kind regards, Jer

Re: Fedora more successful, developer-wise, than Ubuntu

2007-12-24 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
ent purposes. Yes, and the shorter release cycle for Fedora -at least in my opinion- helps us to do what we do best, moving forward, not "wasting" resources to what Enterprise Linux does best, being stable. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-l

Re: Fedora more successful, developer-wise, than Ubuntu

2007-12-24 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
e going to use it, whenever you feel you want newer software you upgrade to the next release. Meanwhile, it's stable. The Fedora Project moves in with EPEL, Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, perfectly suitable for a CentOS machine and with the same release and 'support' cycle.

Re: Red Hat's isthereachoice.com ... hosted on Windows?

2007-11-17 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
jan birsa wrote: Well, with windows you can make much more powerfull websites You're being sarcastic aren't you? ;-) Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Fedora Unity releases Fedora 8 Everything Spin

2007-11-15 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
eport bugs in the Re-Spins please use http://bugs.fedoraunity.org/ Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen Fedora Unity Founder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fedora is a trademark of Red Hat, Inc. [1] "Everything Spin?" -thread on fedora-advisory-board m-l. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-advisory

Re: Fedora Unity releases Fedora 8 Everything Spin

2007-11-15 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: The Fedora Unity Project is proud to announce the release of new spin, the Everything Spin. Included in this spin are all the packages available at the time Fedora 8 was released. [...snip...] http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_8_Everything_Spin_Released Kind

Re: Fedora 8 sees strong adoption in first week

2007-11-13 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
hanism, yes. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: What would a Fedora Store sell?

2007-11-13 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
edora 8 promo materials ;-) Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: PolicyKit: looser limitations, tighter security for Linux applications

2007-11-13 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Rahul Sundaram wrote: H Check out this article which has some nice details on how PolicyKit is useful. Digg it: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_8_adds_PolicyKit_to_provide_best_proactive_security Dugg. ;-) Thanks again. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing

Re: Fedora 8 sees strong adoption in first week

2007-11-13 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
ng to statistics released this morning by Red Hat, Fedora 8 has been already been installed over 54,000 times in only four days." Rahul Dugg, thanks Rahul. I think we maybe could have more (of 'our own') people Digg stuff like this. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip

Re: What would a Fedora Store sell?

2007-11-13 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
lity. They stand out between the other (often) white T-Shirts, and they're discrete enough to wear at work (I've not had complaints yet ;p). Just an example. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://ww

Re: Fedora Store special interest group

2007-11-13 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
gards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: What would a Fedora Store sell?

2007-11-13 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Máirín Duffy wrote: Some ideas, let's brainstorm like mad and see what we come up with, no idea is too crazy: An official Fedora (Hat). I've been looking for these. Out-of-jail-Free Cards ;-) Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora

Fedora 8 CD Sets Released

2007-11-08 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Fedora Linux Rave

2007-11-05 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Marc Wiriadisastra wrote: "Except for a very minor issue with my Network Card (NIC), it just plain installed and worked!" Let me guess, he had a broadcom? ;-) Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat

Re: [Fwd: Re: Get Fedora]

2007-10-29 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
led selfish bastards. I don't vote :p I am a GNOME fanboy; please put me down for both. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Fedora: Freedom is a Feature.

2007-10-07 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
M Daniel R Magarzo wrote: > El vie, 05-10-2007 a las 19:33 +0200, Jeroen van Meeuwen escribió: > >> My gut feeling tells me I disagree although my brain admits I haven't >> been using too much other distros lately; what distro (non-Fedora based) >> exactly does offer

Re: Fedora: Freedom is a Feature.

2007-10-05 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
ppreciate it's actual meaning. My brain comes up with another variation: "Features Freedom", but my gut feeling already tells me I like the original better. - -- Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen - -kanarip - -- http://www.kanarip.c

Re: Fedora: Freedom is a Feature.

2007-10-05 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
audience > participation segment of the talk, Luis slipped this gem in. > > It's been rolling around in my head ever since. What do you folks think? > > --g > I'm loving it. We could then also add to the fedora-release RPM: Provides: Freedom Kind regards, Jer

Re: Fedora-fr association was born !

2007-09-30 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
ws or ideas, I hope we get some time to share those (FAD Nov 24th, Basel?). - -- Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen - -kanarip - -- http://www.kanarip.com/ RHCE, LPIC-2, MCP, CCNA C6B0 7FB4 43E6 CDDA D258 F70B 28DE 9FDA 9342 BF08 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Vers

Re: Fedora-fr association was born !

2007-09-30 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Canniot wrote: However, it will be as slow and > unresponsive than the Fedora Amb. project. > No it won't, that's where I kick in. - -- Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen - -kanarip - -- http://www.kanarip.com/ RHCE, LPIC-2

Re: Using "Fedora"

2007-08-26 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
se you to put it up for review at Livna: http://bugzilla.livna.org - -- Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen - -kanarip - -- http://www.kanarip.com/ RHCE, LPIC-2, MCP, CCNA C6B0 7FB4 43E6 CDDA D258 F70B 28DE 9FDA 9342 BF08 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG0

Re: How to compete against Ubuntu (Clarification)

2007-08-06 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
life's focus, would you rather pursue to convince the world to help cats rather then dogs, or actually help cats? Would you care if the dog helpers get to help more dogs then you get to help cats? Whether their dogs have a better color scheme? Warmer fur? Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeu

Re: How to compete against Ubuntu

2007-08-03 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Chitlesh GOORAH wrote: > On 8/2/07, Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote: >> It's not about who gets the bigger userbase. >> It's not about who gets the most users off Windows. >> It's not about who gets the most exposure. >> And Fedora is not getting killed by Ub

Re: How to compete against Ubuntu

2007-08-02 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Our > Fedora From Ubuntu!!! > > Mark McLaughlin - linuxglobe.wordpress.com <http://linuxglobe.wordpress.com> > It's not about who gets the bigger userbase. It's not about who gets the most users off Windows. It's not about who gets the most exposure. And Fedora is n

Re: Infinite Freedom???

2007-06-20 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Note that Fedora has trademarked content which aren't modifiable either. > Sounds like nothing more then a use case to me ;-) Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Infinite Freedom???

2007-06-20 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
zilian "100% Free Fedora" spin including the Live media. Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Infinite Freedom???

2007-06-20 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
; Based on the new understanding of the Board's role, shouldn't it be the > Board says, "Fedora needs to formally recognize new community-sourced > spins that are within Fedora guidelines," and FESCo makes it so? > Presumably by firing up a SIG, modifying some buil

Re: Infinite Freedom???

2007-06-20 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Bryan J Smith wrote: [...] +1, *applause* Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: 3rd party repositories vs the floppy disk

2007-06-19 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
s it is Free and Open Source Software. If anything, we move forward on improving that very branch, too. There's lots of people putting in lots of effort working on that set of principles, for their own sake as well as yours. And because it's cool and challenging. Kind regards, J

Re: Hats!

2007-06-05 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Can this probably endless discussion please stop now or be taken offline? Thank you, Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: rotating banners, first idea

2007-06-03 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
lly pimping the distro? Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: rotating banners, first idea

2007-06-03 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Karsten Wade wrote: > On Sat, 2007-06-02 at 08:16 +, Karlie Robinson wrote: >> We've started gathering the how-to info at http://Respins.org > > Would you like to join in the effort upstream? [...] +1, really Jeroen van Meeuwen -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list

Re: "Microsoft wants royalties for open-source software"

2007-05-15 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Francesco Ugolini wrote: Me too, as European citizen we are immune by such policies, but it could real help people understand the situation. We're not immune, we're just outside US jurisdiction. -kanarip -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.red

Re: Join page (new)

2007-04-19 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
nice, +1 Karsten Wade wrote: We are ready to make this page the new standard: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join It should now contain all of the useful content from the HelpWanted page[1], in a better and more useful format. Anything missing? Anything to add? The goal is to have a master J

Re: Dell Promises Linux on Desktop and Laptop PCs...

2007-04-03 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
; (i don't remember what this was called exactly), people could also vote for 'no operating system installed'. I guess this vote was added later, because it was like on page 20. My point being, any number from Dell's inquiry may be indicative, but just that. Kind reg

Re: FEDORA MASCOT

2007-03-19 Thread Jeroen van Meeuwen
Mohd Izhar Firdaus Ismail wrote: flying symbolize freedom +1 to condor .. flying high with freedom perhaps not condor, other birds?? How about an owl? Kind regards, Jeroen van Meeuwen -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman