Re: [in the news] Virtualisation Enhancements in F12

2010-01-07 Thread Paul W. Frields
licensed appropriately for our wiki? I couldn't find any copyright statement on it, so I'd like to ensure the publisher licensed this for our use. I'll check with the uploader to find out. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerp

Re: Openoffice.org EOL announcement

2010-01-04 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 06:48:25PM +0300, Frankie Mangoa wrote: > On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 07:47:00PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> I like the FAQ they have in the EOL announcement

Re: Marketing goals, revisited: the 4 Foundations

2010-01-04 Thread Paul W. Frields
(major Marketing milestones for each > release - when did we start doing X, when did we try Y and find out > that it didn't work, etc?) - this might make an entertaining story > session during the FAD. Also serves as good briefing for new marketeers so we don't have to retread ol

Re: Openoffice.org EOL announcement

2010-01-03 Thread Paul W. Frields
er development: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/End_of_life_SOP I also added a link to that page on the main EOL page so it would be easier for you or anyone else to help contribute directly to it. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3D

Re: F13 Schedule - question!

2010-01-03 Thread Paul W. Frields
or F12 (or F13, and so forth)? > > Yes! We should do this when we revise the SOPs. > > Thanks for bringing this up, Robyn - I think we're shaping up to > have a really solid F13 schedule. Now all we have to do is clean up > Trac. :) Late, but +1 to Robyn's suggestion on

Re: FUDCon survey draft - last call for feedback

2009-12-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
eting Research page > so folks can see how we put this survey together and that they can > help us with it (can haz limesurvey library packagers plz), but that > page needs a *lot* of cleanup first. > > Robyn's on the road right now but we'll be in #

Re: [in the news] Review: 3 top Linux distros go for different users

2009-12-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
hat the masses don't care about such things. What's most important is a working set of well-integrated functionality that behaves consistently and predictably. The ability to fine tune that later is certainly great, but the average user isn't interested in spending time finding and

Re: Fedora Board, FESCo & FAmSCo Elections - Voting Information

2009-12-14 Thread Paul W. Frields
ncy plan, the voting period for the Board, FESCo, and FAmSCo elections will be extended by one additional day. These elections now end on 2009-12-16 UTC 2359. - -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937

Re: Marketing FAD 2010 - First Brainstorm

2009-12-11 Thread Paul W. Frields
27;s only 4, though. When the wiki comes back > up, I'll add myself. I was thinking about adding myself but was worried about swelling the ranks and budget. If I came I'd keep my FPL hat on for purposes of doing "Great Karnac" impressions, but would mostly be there in the s

Re: Fedora Insight: Remaining items

2009-12-09 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Dec 08, 2009 at 07:55:52PM -0500, Pascal Calarco wrote: > Hi all -- > > Simon made excellent progress on Monday resolving most of the errors > on publictest6 for Fedora Insight. Xinhua works nicely and I am > able to submit, decision, and publish articles with the workflow we > designed f

Re: Fwd: F13 goals and marketing objectives...

2009-12-03 Thread Paul W. Frields
ate for producing interesting material throughout a release cycle, to smooth out (somewhat) the peaks-and-troughs graph of workload that occurs over a release cycle. This is a pretty tough one to do in one cycle, and I suspect we will learn it over iterations, much as we've done with

Re: Video: 5 Fun Things in Fedora 12

2009-12-01 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 10:18:36PM +0100, wonderer wrote: > Flash was for me no problem. I wonder if anyone else tried Gnash? -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.

Re: Video: 5 Fun Things in Fedora 12

2009-12-01 Thread Paul W. Frields
earlier in the thread, and then handle the filing of the bug(s) and follow-up. That seems like a very constructive way forward. I enjoyed the video. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937

Re: Fedora twitter account

2009-12-01 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 10:33:33PM -0300, Matias Kreder wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 12:38:56PM +0530, susmit shannigrahi wrote: > >> > To further entice folks to pick up on our social networking strategy, >

Re: Fedora twitter account

2009-12-01 Thread Paul W. Frields
just hold it. I'd like to make sure things are maintained cooperatively through a team, and it sounds like we're already making strides toward that goal, so right on! Obviously I don't just want to paste this login info to the wiki, but if someone has suggestions for how to handle

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-20 Thread Paul W. Frields
here with > thoughts/advice/tips/strategies/examples of similar issues being > handled well in the past. I also posted updates to my Twitter and identi.ca feeds this morning, with hashtagging that will help them get carried. RTs welcome. -- Paul W. Frieldsht

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread Paul W. Frields
lternate behavior they want. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #

Re: [in the news] Users howl as Fedora 12 gives root to unwashed masses

2009-11-19 Thread Paul W. Frields
to gain root access by installing an application with a known security > vulnerability and then intentionally exploiting it." > > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/19/fedora_12_root_imbroglio/ There's already an update in progress: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-ann

Re: news / press release index

2009-11-18 Thread Paul W. Frields
o the > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_press_archive wiki page. > > Should I merge? Thoughts? I'd merge, and leave a redirect at the new page you made pointing to the F12 merged area. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC

Digg it up! F12 release...

2009-11-17 Thread Paul W. Frields
http://digg.com/d31AI1X If you're watching this list, please take the time to Digg worthwhile articles on Fedora 12 release, such as the above submission, which links directly to our beautiful one-page (or so) ;-) release notes. -- Paul W. Frields

Tour wiki fix

2009-11-17 Thread Paul W. Frields
not as attractive or helpful IMHO.) Hope this works for everyone? -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org

Re: Fedora Classroom Marketing Class: Monitoring release PR

2009-11-09 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 05:04:35AM +0800, Mel Chua wrote: > So... our usual Marketing Meeting this week > (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_meetings#Meeting_details) > is a little special. > > It's not at 20:00 UTC - it's at 20:30 UTC. > It's not in #fedora-mktg - it's in #fedora-classroom

Re: Fedora 12 tour

2009-11-08 Thread Paul W. Frields
the wallpaper > and the actual composition were produced using the free tools in Fedora > itself (Gimp and Inkscape) - should go without saying but it's still > important. I showed this to Spot, sitting next to me in Brisbane, and he agreed it was superb. This document is really

Re: Fedora 12 tour

2009-11-08 Thread Paul W. Frields
t when we talk about the things that Fedora offers. After all, that enables us to talk about virtualization and hardware enablements. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.c

Fedora 12 tour

2009-11-03 Thread Paul W. Frields
so forth. It seems to me an additional tour page is unnecessary. I just want to voice my opinion, and if there's general agreement, we can knock that off the release deliverables page in favor of the new standard of a meaningful one-page release notes document. -- Paul W. Fr

Some relevant dates

2009-11-03 Thread Paul W. Frields
Mel is working on finalizing her interview text, and then it will get the same treatment. Everything else looks ready to go, so all in all I'd say we're in "B+ to A-" shape. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0

Robyn's interview

2009-11-03 Thread Paul W. Frields
thing officially. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fr

Re: This week's meeting: come to either Daylight Savings Time or not (2 meeting slots)

2009-11-03 Thread Paul W. Frields
m going to make our meeting time unaffected by DST. > 19:14:00 < mchua> I'm going to resign myself to doing two 1-hour > meetings today (mostly worksprints) to catch everyone. > 19:14:18 < mchua> And I'm going to update the meetings page and the > mailing

Re: Interviews and podcasts, update

2009-10-28 Thread Paul W. Frields
g Matthias Clasen for me, that would be awesome - I > may be in his spam bucket. Just for historical note, I did get Matthias and Robyn hooked up via email. Robyn, how's the interview coming at this point? -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gp

Re: Polish done Tuesday?

2009-10-26 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 08:27:21AM -0400, Mel Chua wrote: > On 10/25/2009 07:04 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > >Hi Documenters and Marketeers, > > > >There are some late breaking but fairly minor changes happening that > >might affect screenshot making. If any

Polish done Tuesday?

2009-10-25 Thread Paul W. Frields
on Wednesday to take those shots and captures: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2009-October/msg00260.html Please stay tuned and I'll keep you guys informed of any news that might affect that date. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frield

F12 Beta stuff

2009-10-20 Thread Paul W. Frields
/ Please spread the news and of course, TRY IT! (Remember to report any remaining issues in Bugzilla, too.) :-) -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http

Re: New blog post

2009-10-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
The change has essentially been: "Can we remix this non-commercially?" "No." "What about now?" "Maybe, and here's the person to ask about that." Saying this is a step backward because you now have to ask a question obfuscates the point a bit. :-) N

Re: [Fedora-legal-list] Re: New blog post

2009-10-15 Thread Paul W. Frields
xcept maybe in the case of Steven Seagal, or possibly Gary Busey. If only I hadn't happened upon that dog-eared copy of "Acting: If I Can (Hic!) Do It, So Can You" that day in a dusty Greenwich Village bookstore The world rues the day. -- Paul W. Frields

Re: New blog post

2009-10-07 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 12:32:40PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 10/07/2009 05:17 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > > > Gianluca, this is an interesting idea. The video is CC BY-ND, so that > > would mean that any subtitles or translations in the video itself > &g

[Fwd: Re: didn't see "md5 mismatch" error on today's Rawhide noarch packages]

2009-10-07 Thread Paul W. Frields
. --- Wed Oct 07 2009 Jindrich Novy 4.999.9-0.1.20091007.beta - update to 4.999.9beta - sync with upstream to generate the same archives on machines with different endianess --- Rahul -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-l...@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-dev

Re: New blog post

2009-10-06 Thread Paul W. Frields
C BY-ND, so that would mean that any subtitles or translations in the video itself would need to come from Red Hat (i.e. we can't remix it ourselves here in Fedora). I don't think it would be a problem if you or another volunteer wanted to transcribe the audio and put a

Re: In-depth profiles

2009-10-06 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 11:16:33AM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote: > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 10:33:38AM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote: > >> I'm going to pick up one, as discussed in last week's mktg meeting > &g

Re: In-depth profiles

2009-10-06 Thread Paul W. Frields
se of NM, or Matthias Clasen in the case of Desktop overall. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: sticks

In-depth profiles

2009-10-06 Thread Paul W. Frields
show for what has been a very energetic, feature-packed release! -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net

Re: F12 In-depth features - Print / Podcast interviews

2009-10-01 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 08:27:33AM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 05:34:55PM -0700, Robyn Bergeron wrote: > > As discussed in the marketing meeting yesterday on irc > > > > Now that the Fedora 12 talking points have been settled, we need to >

Re: F12 In-depth features - Print / Podcast interviews

2009-09-24 Thread Paul W. Frields
the mailing > list. I created my stub page for the SystemTap interview as I did in F11. The page is here if anyone wants to copy my work (which is encouraged!): https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SystemTap_in_Fedora_12 I'll write the print interview questions shortly and should have answers a

Re: [Ambassadors] F12 talking points are out!

2009-09-21 Thread Paul W. Frields
verall. Just for point of reference, we froze the talking points list back in August, after list and meeting conversation that happened throughout July and August: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-August/msg00044.html -- Paul W. Frieldshtt

Re: Slogan use

2009-09-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
. Besides, when you think about it... "Unite" may be a nice precursor to uniting our sloganeering efforts. :-) Metaslogan! -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/

Re: Fedora News on Zikula

2009-09-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
ontinue to build up new Zikula components? -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-

Re: Fedora News on Zikula

2009-09-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 09:55:22AM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On 09/16/2009 09:18 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: >> Agreed, no one should have to hand code HTML to do this work! > > The way Zikula works on pt6 right now, they are going to have to hand > code HTML when posting

Slogan use

2009-09-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
lacing the slogan prominently on the get-fedora page (get.fedoraproject.org) and having something more general on the front page itself, in the space currently occupied by the filler "Free your computer" in the mockups. Any thoughts on this? -- Paul W. Frields

Re: Fedora News on Zikula

2009-09-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:35:25PM -0700, Dale Bewley wrote: > - "Paul W. Frields" wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:28:23AM -0400, Mel Chua wrote: > > > Thanks for asking, Dale. > > > > > > On 09/10/2009 06:19 PM, Dale Bewley wrote: >

Podcasts for F12

2009-09-15 Thread Paul W. Frields
ad and critique (kindly!), and then allow time for editing if needed, a week or two. The final versions would be posted in an appropriate place and we could generate traffic pointers through macro- and micro-blogs, and so forth. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frield

FUDCon Toronto 2009 update!

2009-09-11 Thread Paul W. Frields
advance. Visit this URL and add what you'll be working on: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon:Toronto_2009#Hackfests More information will be forthcoming as it develops! - -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 F

Re: Fedora News on Zikula

2009-09-11 Thread Paul W. Frields
asily. That sounds kind of hazy and conceptual, but it's pretty simple to have URLs and navigation on the site work to support something like: http://insight.fedoraproject.org/weekly-news http://insight.fedoraproject.org/podcasts ... -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields

Re: Fedoracommunity.org index page

2009-09-10 Thread Paul W. Frields
y're on our infrastructure or not, are not confused about what to expect. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.f

Re: Fedoracommunity.org index page

2009-09-10 Thread Paul W. Frields
nk rots but they are minimal --> k0k (n=...@fedora/k0k) has joined #fedora-ambassadors that's only for us though -- don't know about the other guys we sort of liked fedoracommunity though :D -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ g

Re: Fedoracommunity.org index page

2009-09-10 Thread Paul W. Frields
ave the Logistics list now to coordinate such things, but didn't back in the winter when #3 was happening (and probably #2 too). Having said that, I'd propose that we get in touch with the groups using the fedoracommunity.org domain (#3) to find out to what extent a renaming would hamper their

Re: Save time on downloads with delta RPMs in Fedora 11

2009-09-05 Thread Paul W. Frields
ode comes from our friends in the openSUSE community. Credit where credit is definitely due! -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeop

Re: usesthis.com interview

2009-08-31 Thread Paul W. Frields
7;d point > it out. What a fantastic interview! Nice job calling out all the awesome software you use in Fedora -- and you're right, it is a cool site. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACD

Re: Fedora 12 Alpha release notes: TODO

2009-08-20 Thread Paul W. Frields
of these items? Putting f-marketing-l on the CC just to see if we can catch anyone there looking for easy ways to help. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - -

Re: Alpha announcement checked

2009-08-19 Thread Paul W. Frields
doraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Alpha_Announcement > > Steven, it's all yours. https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/16 I did just a smidge more fine tuning this morning. I'm going to cc the Docs team so they know this has been worked on. -- Paul W. Frields

Re: FUDCon

2009-08-18 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:26:47PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-August/msg7.html > > So, with the FUDCon announcement out the door (finally), Mel Chua and > I are looking into how we can get information from Toron

FUDCon

2009-08-18 Thread Paul W. Frields
skills so that they can enjoy Fedora, and potentially contribute to it as a result. So this message is not meant to kick off a thread of "Here's what we should offer." Instead, I want it to make people think about "Here's how we should find out from our prospective audience

Congratulations

2009-08-17 Thread Paul W. Frields
l you continue to do for Fedora, and it's wonderful to see your many achievements recognized with this award. I look forward to seeing you in Chicago in a few weeks! -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906

Re: Summit USB key doco

2009-08-13 Thread Paul W. Frields
09 10:39:27 -0400 > > > > On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 19:10 -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > > I posted the document here, and if you see something vital missing > > > please let me know. The finished product is due shortly. > > > > w Scribus :) > &

Summit USB key doco

2009-08-12 Thread Paul W. Frields
e can meet people and answer questions. That fact will also be announced to Summit attendees and highlighted in some of the promo material. http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/temp/summit-key/ -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58

Re: Generic Marketing release cycle schedule (draft)

2009-08-04 Thread Paul W. Frields
27;t resist an opportunity to advocate for good > ticket-writing skills. (Further suggestions welcome.) This is spot-on in my opinion. Actionable tickets are self-documenting and make collaboration and contribution a snap. Nice work. -- Paul W. Frieldshtt

Re: Generic Marketing release cycle schedule (draft)

2009-07-31 Thread Paul W. Frields
beta-4wkgen availability + 4wk > > Final Readiness meeting mtgdate mtgdate > > GA Day social media explosion sprint > date date > -- > Fedora-marketing-list mailing list &

Re: News distribution network 2.0

2009-07-29 Thread Paul W. Frields
o push the most important FI news worldwide, it's a tool deigned > just for that. FWIW, it should be possible for us to select stories by some method and tag them in a way that gives you (or anyone involved with the NDN) a display of top stories. -- Paul W. Frields

Re: Talking Points

2009-07-27 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 05:29:42PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > * Better Webcam support - SSIA Decided that this, while wonderful work, might be a less compelling story than: * PackageKit command-line and browser plugin support I'm having a hard time finding features that are compel

Re: Fedora 12 Marketing Schedule Review

2009-07-23 Thread Paul W. Frields
pen? High priority, since we definitely want to make sure that F12's > schedule and Fedora Marketing's schedule are in sync. I'd like to participate too if that suits everyone else. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint:

Re: Slogan task for schedule

2009-07-22 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 06:13:24PM -0400, Mel Chua wrote: >> F12 release slogan: >> 2009-08-27 -- open the call for suggestions >> 2009-09-17 -- final slogan is ready for websites/design > > Updated on https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_F12_schedule. Thank you M

Talking Points

2009-07-21 Thread Paul W. Frields
performance, etc. -- see individual pages -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs

Slogan task for schedule

2009-07-21 Thread Paul W. Frields
09-09-17 -- final slogan is ready for websites/design The process we used in F11 seemed to work well, and that should occur in between those dates. Any required intermediate deadlines can be set by the Marketing team but should also be included in the schedule. -- Paul W. Fr

Re: Comments about Microsoft and the GPL

2009-07-21 Thread Paul W. Frields
think it means that at all. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-d

Re: Comments about Microsoft and the GPL

2009-07-21 Thread Paul W. Frields
to get them in the kernel, we've done it." Certainly there are places in Microsoft that are open to thinking constructively about open source and how it fits into their business and customer engagements. But I think trying to cast it as a philosophical sea change is wishful thinking. -- P

Re: New member to the group

2009-07-16 Thread Paul W. Frields
s interesting, speak up and we can then hook you up with the person running that task to see how you can help. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://

Re: $foobar update

2009-07-14 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 05:44:42PM -0400, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 12:45:27AM -0400, Mel Chua wrote: > > Another thing for the "jack todo when he gets back" list, then. :) I'll > > add it to the wikitable (updates coming soon, racing m

Re: Self-Introduction: Martin Duffy

2009-07-14 Thread Paul W. Frields
vejayohbe, so feel free to say hi if you see me! I did the same thing. Say Martin, you wouldn't be interested in changing your name to something like Eoghan, would you? Otherwise I forecast a lot of crossed email threads... :-) Just kidding of course. Welcome to our huge dysfunctional

Re: Fedora on Netbooks (Was: Re: Reminder: Meeting in 24 hours, #fedora-meeting)

2009-07-14 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:40:12PM -0800, Jeff Spaleta wrote: > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 11:51 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > > This is a great point Mathieu.  As a matter of fact, one of the calls > > I got about Fedora 11 on a netbook was from a certain prominent > > executive

testing moderation

2009-07-14 Thread Paul W. Frields
test -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

Re: Fedora on Netbooks (Was: Re: Reminder: Meeting in 24 hours, #fedora-meeting)

2009-07-14 Thread Paul W. Frields
2133 and said it was the first distro of any kind where he could read the screen properly. Not having a netbook, I'm wondering where currently our user experience suffers, and where we can do better -- although that's not really a Marketing topic per se. -- Paul W. Frields

Re: Reminder: Meeting in 24 hours, #fedora-meeting

2009-07-14 Thread Paul W. Frields
fers right now on those Netbooks. When someone tries Fedora out of the box, what if anything are they missing? I have anecdotal reports for F11 that range from "OK" to "amazing." Probably the best thing we could provide is a roundup of support with a "gree

Re: The "One" Page Release Notes

2009-07-13 Thread Paul W. Frields
rget audiences * Screenshots illustrating changes * Alignment with the feature list and talking points where appropriate * Links to (and not reproductions of) gory details in the actual release notes -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3D

Re: $foobar update

2009-07-10 Thread Paul W. Frields
an't seem to poke the list in any way that makes it resend me the admin password (as opposed to my individual password), so I'm kind of stuck. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 37

Re: $foobar update

2009-07-08 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 12:45:27AM -0400, Mel Chua wrote: > Another thing for the "jack todo when he gets back" list, then. :) I'll > add it to the wikitable (updates coming soon, racing my RSI and laptop > battery running out so this might happen in 7 hours if i don't finish in > 20min.) > >

Re: Help Wanted?

2009-06-26 Thread Paul W. Frields
; regarding who makes what types of content and how often. >>> >>> Thoughts? >>> >> >> I don't mind. If it is a magazine, news etc combo, what would you call it? >> >> Rahul >> > We are working on trying to figure out a name. Mo

Re: Fedora 11 Review

2009-06-17 Thread Paul W. Frields
pen Source Bridge[1] this morning regarding that subject. [1] http://opensourcebridge.com/ -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/

From the desk of Jim Whitehurst...

2009-06-11 Thread Paul W. Frields
art of our large extended family of contributors. Thanks to all of you for making this release such an incredible experience. I hope you enjoy Fedora 11 too, and I'm very excited about working with all of you on Fedora 12! -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frield

Re: Linux 2.6.30 Gets Faster Boot

2009-06-11 Thread Paul W. Frields
ntirely done by improving init scripts in userspace, and by making > applications more intelligent about the I/O they are doing." > > Jones adds that the fastboot patches are valuable, but there larger > problems remain in userspace that can be addressed in Fedora." I suggested tha

Re: Fedora 11 Tour

2009-06-09 Thread Paul W. Frields
enshot tour, I'm worried about smashing the server on which J5 and Luke are currently working, so I didn't link that. We can add it once the app is deployed where the load is handled better, though. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint

Re: Docs FAD at the Southeast Linuxfest

2009-06-08 Thread Paul W. Frields
l free to suggest changes > > If you are remotely interested in the Docs Project, and are in the > southeast, please consider attending, it will be a huge benefit for > you and the project. When I look at the list of decision tasks, I think they may take longer than 90 minutes total.

Re: Fedora 11 Tour

2009-06-05 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 10:01:56AM -0400, Jack Aboutboul wrote: > Paul W. Frields wrote: >> It also missed the freeze for the press.redhat.com blog entry, which >> had to go out for review early in the week. Nevertheless I'll see if >> we can get this ins

Re: Fedora 11 Tour

2009-06-05 Thread Paul W. Frields
htmare, but also ends up being very confusing to the teams trying to figure out what the difference is between them. I can only imagine how confused they make end-users. The tour is the right place for this high-level information. -- Paul W. Frields

Re: Bracing for Impact

2009-06-02 Thread Paul W. Frields
g work are, so we could concentrate on doing the most effective things for spreading news to *outside* the Fedora Project, and bringing those visitors in. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3

Re: Fedora 11 Release Announcement FINAL

2009-06-01 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 01:13:52PM -0400, Eric Christensen wrote: > Thanks to Jack and Paul for stepping up and really getting the release > announcement[1] built. We, at Docs, have reviewed the final draft and > think we are in consensus that it is complete. Please look over it > and see if anyt

Re: Fedora Project leader Paul W Frields talks with FLOSS Weekly

2009-06-01 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 07:12:58PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi > > http://twit.tv/floss71 > > "Paul W. Frields of the Fedora Project, the free and open source arm of > the Red Hat Linux distribution. An unfortunate misnomer, but we should keep in mind that the F

Re: Fedora 11 Release Announcement FINAL

2009-06-01 Thread Paul W. Frields
icular. I suppose I could go read up and find out how they were used idiomatically way back when, but it didn't seem vital. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.c

Re: Self-Introduction: Mel Chua

2009-05-29 Thread Paul W. Frields
your involvement here is going to get a lot of enthusiasm flowing, so welcome! -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.

Re: Myths

2009-05-23 Thread Paul W. Frields
This includes the template that puts them in a list of pages needing maintenance: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Pages_that_need_love -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://

Re: [Ambassadors] The Sound of Fedora 11 - An Interview on Fedora 11's enhanced Audio Control with Lennart Poettering

2009-05-22 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 10:34:26AM -0400, Jack Aboutboul wrote: > An Interview on Fedora 11's enhanced Audio Control with Lennart Poettering [...snip...] Please Digg it up! http://digg.com/linux_unix/The_Sound_of_Fedora_11 -- Paul W. Frields

Re: Draft of Tomorrow's 05/21 Print Interview w/Lennart Poettering

2009-05-20 Thread Paul W. Frields
27;s work. It always is a great feeling to see how PA got incorporated into so many distributions and how it is now used by so many people. I am pretty sure that only if you hack on Linux software you get this in this ways. *8. Speaking of all in a days work, what

Re: DRAFT: Monday's Podcast with Spot

2009-05-15 Thread Paul W. Frields
ibutors, and why Fedora is the very best place to be. -- Paul W. Frieldshttp://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster

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