Fedora 9 is dead. Long Live Fedora 10 and 11?

2009-07-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/07/fedora-9-is-dead-long-live-fed.html "From its initial creation out of what was once the Red Hat Linux distribution, Fedora has always been a fast moving distribution. As part of that fast moving approach, older releases don't live all

Re: Benchmarks Of Fedora 9 Through 11

2009-06-19 Thread Mani A
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi, > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_9_11_perf&num=1 > > "we are now looking at the performance of Fedora over their past few > releases. In this article we have a range of system

Re: Benchmarks Of Fedora 9 Through 11

2009-06-19 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 2:48 AM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi, > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_9_11_perf&num=1 > > "we are now looking at the performance of Fedora over their past few > releases. In this article we have a range of system

Benchmarks Of Fedora 9 Through 11

2009-06-19 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_9_11_perf&num=1 "we are now looking at the performance of Fedora over their past few releases. In this article we have a range of system benchmarks from Fedora 9, 10, 11, and the latest Rawhide packages as of this

Goodbye Fedora 9

2009-06-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://news.softpedia.com/news/Goodbye-Fedora-9-114319.shtml "Fedora 9 was officially released one year ago, on May 13th, 2008. It was dubbed Sulphur and it was the first Fedora Linux distribution to include hard drive encryption support in the graphical installer (a feature that is

Re: Recieved Fedora 9 CD's - Thankyou !!

2008-09-30 Thread Syed Muhammad Azam Rashdi
Well i also asked for Free Media but i think there is no in or to Pakistan who send free media. Regards, S. M. Azam Rashdi Mechanical Engineer Pakistan Navy Engineering College (NUST) 2008/10/1 Tushar Neupaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Great. Hope this will help you and your community.

Re: Recieved Fedora 9 CD's - Thankyou !!

2008-09-30 Thread Tushar Neupaney
Great. Hope this will help you and your community. Let Open Source Live 2008/9/30 rajan vaish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Tushar,I received the CD set today .Thanks for the same..Really > appreciate your help..Thanks ! > Rajan > 091 - 923 550 3181 > -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedor

Re: Fedora 9 CD/DVDs

2008-08-04 Thread Rahul Sundaram
sriram vasudevan wrote: hi .. I want fedora 9.How can i get it??? pl help.. thanx http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/India Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Fedora 9 CD/DVDs

2008-08-03 Thread sriram vasudevan
hi .. I want fedora 9.How can i get it??? pl help.. thanx On 7/31/08, Luca Foppiano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, >I sent a mail few day ago about Italian Linux Day that will be on > October 25th. > > We will bet on Fedora USB fill station, but we wish t

Fedora 9 CD/DVDs

2008-07-30 Thread Luca Foppiano
Hi all, I sent a mail few day ago about Italian Linux Day that will be on October 25th. We will bet on Fedora USB fill station, but we wish to have also CD/DVDs to give away, we won't to spend money to print CDs.. there are still Fedora 9 CD/DVDs left? Unfortunately, we can'

Linus uses Fedora 9

2008-07-19 Thread Larry Cafiero
nus Torvalds on July 18: http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/geek-of-the-week/linus-torvalds,-geek-of-the-week/ And in it, he answers the following question: RM 'Which Linux distro do you use? ' LT: 'I've used different distributions over the years. Right now I happen to use

Fedora 9 & KDE 4 review

2008-07-03 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.inatux.com/blog http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_9_KDE_4_review "We recommend Fedora 9 and the KDE that comes with it, not to the average user, people switching to Fedora or to Linux itself for that matter, but to past Fedora and KDE users, that would like to play a

Re: Fedora 9 kernel configuration

2008-06-25 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 10:15 +0300, Adrian Joian wrote: > Are this values replaced by new ones, if yes what are the new options, > and forgive my lack of knowledge? > Do the above values cause some problems, if yes where can I find the bug > reports, again and forgive my lack of knowledge ? You m

Fedora 9 kernel configuration

2008-06-25 Thread Adrian Joian
Hello, My name is Adrian Joian and I'm a fedora ambassador [1] for the Romanian community. This is my first time that I'm addressing the marketing list so please be patient with me. I plan to write an article that will speak about Fedora 9 on laptops on our local site [2]. M

Re: Fedora 9 Falls A Little Short

2008-06-17 Thread Zhukov Pavel
"The Fedora Project is the free community release from enterprise Linux giant Red Hat. It's a testing ground." https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraMyths#MYTH_-_Fedora_is_unstable_and_unreliable.2C_just_a_testbed_for_bleeding-edge_software On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 12:46 AM, Rahul Sundaram <

Fedora 9 Falls A Little Short

2008-06-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6492/1/ Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Fedora 9

2008-06-05 Thread Valent Turkovic
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Valent Turkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://osnews.com/story/19818/Ubuntu-8.04-vs.-Fedora-9 > > When it comes to Fedora, there were a few problems on the X.org side, > but what they loved was the support for SELinux. " Most users will

Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Fedora 9

2008-06-05 Thread Valent Turkovic
http://osnews.com/story/19818/Ubuntu-8.04-vs.-Fedora-9 When it comes to Fedora, there were a few problems on the X.org side, but what they loved was the support for SELinux. " Most users will find that the biggest benefit of SELinux is its management of root user authority: The program alert

Re: Fedora 9 VoIP

2008-05-30 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 00:35 -0700, Grady Laksmono wrote: > Hi everyone, > Does anybody has setup VoIP service in Fedora? I did not succeed when > I used Fedora 8. Is there tutorial for this? Some type of walk > through? I've heard that we have to request a static IP address from > the ISP, but I'm

Fedora 9 VoIP

2008-05-30 Thread Grady Laksmono
Hi everyone, Does anybody has setup VoIP service in Fedora? I did not succeed when I used Fedora 8. Is there tutorial for this? Some type of walk through? I've heard that we have to request a static IP address from the ISP, but I'm not sure the validity of that information... Thanks, Grady -- Fed

Re: Fedora 9 Media Supplies

2008-05-30 Thread Grady Laksmono
Yeah, I've announced to people about the Live USB. I'm going to promote the Live USB more then.. The Free Media doesn't have the one for the Fedora 9 though.. Thanks, Grady On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Nicu Buculei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grady Laksmono wrote:

Re: Fedora 9 Media Supplies

2008-05-29 Thread Nicu Buculei
Grady Laksmono wrote: Hi all, Many of my class mates would like to get the Fedora 9 media, where can I request the supplies for this? I'm happy that many of us are moving to open source! :) Wouldn't be cooler if you set up a "Live USB creation station", have them bri

Re: Fedora 9 Media Supplies

2008-05-29 Thread Marc Wiriadisastra
> Hi all, > Many of my class mates would like to get the Fedora 9 media, where can I > request the supplies for this? I'm happy that many of us are moving to > open > source! :) > > Thanks, > Grady Erm do you mean in with cd/dvd's? If so you will have to requ

Re: Early Days with KDE 4: openSUSE 10.3, Kubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9 compared

2008-05-29 Thread Jason Benedict Low
may be should try Fedora kde edition -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Early Days with KDE 4: openSUSE 10.3, Kubuntu 8.04 and Fedora 9 compared

2008-05-29 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi More like short notes but someone from KDE SIG might want to take a look and respond http://softvision.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/early-days-with-kde-4-opensuse-103-kubuntu-804-and-fedora-9-compared/ Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https

Fedora 9 Media Supplies

2008-05-29 Thread Grady Laksmono
Hi all, Many of my class mates would like to get the Fedora 9 media, where can I request the supplies for this? I'm happy that many of us are moving to open source! :) Thanks, Grady -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/lis

Re: Fedora 9 tools demystify installation and upgrades

2008-05-23 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Rahul Sundaram wrote: Hi, http://www.linux.com/feature/135697 http://digg.com/linux_unix/Create_Fedora_9_Live_USB_installations_from_windows Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Fedora 9 delivers cutting-edge features

2008-05-22 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Jeff Spaleta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've put in a comment in the traceback concerning the KDE4 inclusion. Oops I replied to the wrong post from Rahul. -jef -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailm

Re: Fedora 9 delivers cutting-edge features

2008-05-22 Thread Jeff Spaleta
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > http://www.ciol.com/Open-Source/News-Reports/Fedora-9-delivers-cutting-edge-features/20508106231/0/ > > "The work completed by these Fedora developers has already been adopted in &g

Fedora 9 Review

2008-05-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.mjmwired.net/linux/2008/05/22/fedora-9-review/ "I’m not a big fan of shipping development versions of software, but in the open source world - everything is development software. Overall I am not super thrilled with Fedora 9 on the desktop but the drastic improvements o

Fedora 9 tools demystify installation and upgrades

2008-05-22 Thread Rahul Sundaram
repository on DVD. With Fedora 9, the project has expanded its traditional emphasis with two new tools: LiveUSB Creator, a Windows application for producing live Fedora flash drives, and PreUpgrade, a wizard to help existing users move from one release to another. Each in its own way helps to cl

Fedora 9 Delivers Advanced Features to Community

2008-05-21 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.channeltimes.com/India/News/Fedora_9_Delivers_Advanced_Features_to_Community/551-89526-1098.html "Paul Frields, Fedora project leader at Red Hat said, "Fedora has come a long way over the past few years with a broadening user base, influx of innovative ideas and a thriving commu

Fedora 9 (Sulphur)

2008-05-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi. http://www.techiemoe.com/tech/fedora9.htm "Using the default Gnome desktop, Fedora 9 generally felt solid and polished. Previous versions of Fedora have generally been hit or miss in this respect, so it's good to find a Fedora release that actually feels like a stable on

Fedora 9 delivers cutting-edge features

2008-05-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.ciol.com/Open-Source/News-Reports/Fedora-9-delivers-cutting-edge-features/20508106231/0/ "The work completed by these Fedora developers has already been adopted in other free and open source software communities, demonstrating the effectiveness of Fedora's policy f

Fedora 9 on a USB stick

2008-05-19 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://andypiper.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/fedora-9-on-a-usb-stick/ "All-in-all I was extremely impressed with the ease-of-installation and use. I’m not sure how often I’ll want to use this, but the fact that I have a fully-usable Linux distro on a bootable stick is just bril

Fedora 9 Out

2008-05-19 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://java.sys-con.com/read/569254.htm "Fedora 9 is out. Red Hat says its community-driven operating system features the first non-destructive live USB with persistence – which Red Hat thinks is a first of a kind anywhere – and marks the first major KDE 4-based distribution"

Upgrade Your Desktop From Fedora 8 To Fedora 9 With PreUpgrade

2008-05-19 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, Somewhat incomplete instructions but take a look. http://www.howtoforge.com/upgrading-fedora8-to-fedora9-with-preupgrade Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Fedora 9: Get yours and get involved

2008-05-17 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Yuan Yijun wrote: 2008/5/15 Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi, http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/ "Over the last year, we've seen the number of contributors skyrocket along with the popularity of our "upstream" mantra.

Re: Fedora 9: Get yours and get involved

2008-05-17 Thread Yuan Yijun
2008/5/15 Rahul Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > > http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/ > > "Over the last year, we've seen the number of contributors skyrocket along > with the popularity of our "upstream" m

Video: Fedora Project leader on Fedora 9

2008-05-17 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, Watch It: http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/15/video-fedora-project-leader-on-fedora-9/ Digg It: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Video_Fedora_Project_leader_on_Fedora_9 Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Fedora 9 on Lifehacker

2008-05-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Ruth Suehle wrote: http://lifehacker.com/391067/fedora-9-puts-your-desktop-on-a-usb-drive Digg it: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Linux_On_A_Stick_Fedora_9_Puts_Your_Desktop_on_a_USB_Drive Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com

Fedora 9 on Lifehacker

2008-05-16 Thread Ruth Suehle
http://lifehacker.com/391067/fedora-9-puts-your-desktop-on-a-usb-drive Woot. -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Desktop now uses Fedora 9

2008-05-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.g-loaded.eu/2008/05/16/desktop-now-uses-fedora-9/ "What I would consider as the highlight of this release is PackageKit, a program that is used by GNOME in order to stand between the user and the various package managers, so users don’t have to worry about what happens b

Fedora 9 makes Linux easy

2008-05-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/3819.html "One of Fedora's strengths is its user-friendliness with a great deal of work having gone into making the desktop easy to use. Fedora also spends a great deal of time working to make the desktop as attractive as possible" Rahul -- Fedora

Red Hat's Fedora 9 debuts with new features

2008-05-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=software&articleId=9085258&taxonomyId=18&intsrc=kc_top "Red Hat is also providing the tools to make USB drives for Fedora 9 using a Windows-based computer. The Windows operating system

Hats Off For Fedora 9

2008-05-16 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/05/hats_off_for_fe.html "It's not about which window manager to use, or even the code itself, since the vast majority of what's in any given Linux distribution is all the same code. It's about the choices made by the folks who package

Fedora 9 a Bit Behind the Curve On Installation

2008-05-16 Thread Valent Turkovic
http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/08/05/14/2145254.shtml -- http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/ linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org. ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list

Red Hat's Fedora 9 Linux Now Runs Off USB Keys

2008-05-15 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.everythingusb.com/fedora-9-14701.html "Creating a portable Linux desktop, according to Fedora project leader Paul Frields, opens up new opportunities for "low-heat producing, low-power consuming mobile devices..." that run off a comfortably on a 2GB USB driv

Fedora 9 Sulphur makes its way into the world

2008-05-15 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-sulphur-makes-its-way-into-the-world/ "The OS updates are coming fast and furious these days, and the latest off the block is Fedora 9 Sulphur. Improvements include better KDE Desktop 4.0.3, better Bluetooth support, a revised Anaconda s

Fedora 9 "Sulphur": Less Hype, All Business

2008-05-15 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.junauza.com/2008/05/fedora-9-suphur-less-hype-all-business.html "Though I didn't notice a lot of sites and blogs that displayed a release countdown image, I didn't care because I'm still pretty much excited about Fedora 9. Counting on some rave reviews o

Re: Linux examined: Fedora 9

2008-05-15 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Rodrigo Menezes wrote: We have here 2 bugs who is not been seen as a advantage for Fedora. Some users are angry, and Ubuntu users love these problems to show that our distro has bugs in the release too. The first one is 3 versions old (yes, Fedora 6 problem): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.

Re: Linux examined: Fedora 9

2008-05-15 Thread Rodrigo Menezes
We have here 2 bugs who is not been seen as a advantage for Fedora. Some users are angry, and Ubuntu users love these problems to show that our distro has bugs in the release too. The first one is 3 versions old (yes, Fedora 6 problem): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=221336 Second, th

Re: Linux examined: Fedora 9

2008-05-15 Thread Jon Stanley
2008/5/15 Paul W. Frields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I think something our QA folks (Will et al.) should think about is a way > to expose more details about the test configurations they use for > banging on the installer. These could be exposed to the media for our > Alpha or Beta test release, as we

Re: Linux examined: Fedora 9

2008-05-15 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 23:52 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi, > > We have to review the complaints here and address them. If anyone wants > to take a closer look, please do. > > http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=E800C1E1-17A4-0F78-316FA48755E1A1AB > > "On the whole, Fedora is a solid Linux dist

Re: Fedora 9 Sulpher: First Impression

2008-05-15 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Thu, 2008-05-15 at 07:51 -0400, Yu Feng wrote: > Everything is fine except the low quality graphics for GDM. It looks > like an over-compressed jpeg file. I'd rather to use a black screen as > background instead, but there is even no way to change the background > (yet). Very happy that you g

Fedora 9 Sulpher: First Impression

2008-05-14 Thread Angel
Hi, Just released Fedora 9 Sulpher. I hope, you already downloaded and installed it. Surely, you loved it. Tell us, about your experience. How is Sulpher? what do you think about Sulpher? Thank you. -- Angel GPG key: 0xC4639705 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AshiqurRahman -- Fedora-marketing

Fedora 9 and the road to KDE4

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, A KDE 4 review from me. http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/14/fedora-9-and-the-road-to-kde4/ "KDE 4 shows exciting potential but still has a long way to go. Those who remember the days of KDE or GNOME 2.0 won’t be disappointed at the current state. Today’s new audience might

Re: Fedora 9 "Sulphur" Linux distribution released

2008-05-14 Thread Angel
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/107860 On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Angel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fedora 9 "Sulphur" Linux distribution released"Following a half-year of > development and three weeks after the release of the new version of

Fedora 9 "Sulphur" Linux distribution released

2008-05-14 Thread Angel
Fedora 9 "Sulphur" Linux distribution released"Following a half-year of development and three weeks after the release of the new version of Ubuntu<http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Ubuntu-8-04-LTS-released--/110604>, the Fedora Project <http://fedoraproject.org/> h

Linux examined: Fedora 9

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, We have to review the complaints here and address them. If anyone wants to take a closer look, please do. http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=E800C1E1-17A4-0F78-316FA48755E1A1AB "On the whole, Fedora is a solid Linux distribution that will probably serve you well for desktop usage. Red Hat

Linux examined: Fedora 9

2008-05-14 Thread Angel
*Linux examined: Fedora 9* http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=E800C1E1-17A4-0F78-316FA48755E1A1AB "For many of us, our first painful introduction to old-school Linux installs came from installing early versions of Red Hat <http://www.redhat.com/> . Like most early Linux installs, it w

First Look at Sulphur, Fedora 9

2008-05-14 Thread Angel
*First Look at Sulphur, Fedora 9* http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Look-at-Sulphur-Fedora-9-85520.shtml "Believe it or not, Fedora 9 (dubbed Sulphur) is here! It was OFFICIALLY released (as expected) today May 13th, 2008. With hard drive encryption support implemented in the grap

Fedora 9 Ships

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2428 "Fedora 9, code-named Sulphur, was developed by more than 2,000 volunteer developers, said Paul Frields, Fedora’s recently-appointed project leader." "Version 9 offers a variety of aesthetic and functional improvements, ranging

Fedora 9 (Sulphur) Released

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/05/13/165239.shtml Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Fedora 9: All That and a Bag O' Chips

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2450.html "Fedora 9 also gives you the options of the new ext4 filesystem, encrypted filesystems, partition resizing, and Xen virtualization enhancements. The ext4 filesystem is a higher-performance, high capacity filesystem based on the ext3 files

Red Hat Launches Red Hot Fedora 9

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Red_Hat_Launches_Red_Hot_Fedora_9_17582.html "Another good addition for Fedora 9 is called PackageKit and works as a universal frontend for package management. Some features introduced with Fedora 8, such as the PulseAudio sound server and the Poli

Fedora 9: Get yours and get involved

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/ "Over the last year, we’ve seen the number of contributors skyrocket along with the popularity of our “upstream” mantra. Our users–over 2.2 million just for Fedora 8–know that we strive to provide the very

Fedora 9 hits the streets

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/051308-fedora-9.html "Distribution includes KDE, identity, authentication tools and Gnome 2.22" "FreeIPA (identity, policy, audit) includes Fedora, Fedora directory server, FreeRadius, MIT Kerberos, NTP, DNS, Samba and Web browser or com

Fedora 9 Released: OS Adds Features, Revamped Look, and Portability

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006954.html " Fedora 9 adds key new features to the Linux OS including the addition of the KDE 4 desktop environment that defines the look and feel of this OS. Another key feature added is the ability to run the Fedora 9 OS from a USB drive

Red Hat's Fedora 9 debuts with new features

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9085258&intsrc=hm_list "Paul Frields, the Fedora Project Leader at Red Hat, said the new USB thumb drive capabilities include another huge feature for users called "persistence." With persistence, changes can

Red Hat's Fedora 9 Loads Portable Desktop On USBs

2008-05-14 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Note that persistence is the highlight. http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207603354&subSection=All+Stories "Fedora has gained an application in version 9, released Tuesday, that captures an image of a user's preferred desktop and loads it onto a

Re: Fedora 9 in the press?

2008-05-14 Thread Steve Morris
I would have put this in the location below but it appears that the site is still being hit hard - Woohoo for successful release! Fedora 9 screenshot walkthrough: http://gnuman.com/screenshots.html?gid=35&d6259edcd4f2df665786e2186a9cdfa6=3de6c61425f87e4bc013bc02264ce434 I'll post it

Re: Fedora 9 in the press?

2008-05-14 Thread Jonathan Roberts
2008/5/13 Jonathan Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Let's put these here: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressArchive/F9 > > I haven't actually created the page yet because it's timing out. Might > be sensible to keep track of things in this thread until the release > activity dies d

Fedora 9 reviews on german websites

2008-05-13 Thread Wolfgang Magerl
Hi! I got some Fedora 9 reviews from german sites: heise open: http://www.heise.de/open/Ein-erster-Blick-auf-Fedora-9--/artikel/107813 Pro-Linux News: http://www.pro-linux.de/news/2008/12675.html fedorablog.de: http://www.fedorablog.de/archives/438-Enthaelt-Sulfite-Fedora-9-ist-da!.html

Fedora 9 Hits the Streets

2008-05-13 Thread Kara Schiltz
Hello- NetworkWorld: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/051308-fedora-9.html Computerworld: http://blogs.computerworld.com/red_hat_unveils_fedora_9 (More to come in a subsequent post on Computerworld's site.) -Kara -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redha

New Fedora 9 makes waves by emphasizing contributors

2008-05-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.linux.com/feature/135102 Digg It: http://digg.com/linux_unix/New_Fedora_9_makes_waves_by_emphasizing_contributors "The Fedora distribution has a reputation for innovation, and the new Fedora 9, released today, is no exception. With features that range from easy files

Tip of the hat: Fedora 9 officially released

2008-05-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, They promise a more detailed review later. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080513-tip-of-the-hat-fedora-9-officially-released.html "Important architectural features—such as the PulseAudio sound server and the PolicyKit secure privilege escalation system—that were first inc

Fedora 9 Released with KDE 4.0.3

2008-05-13 Thread Rex Dieter
http://dot.kde.org/1210692815/ digg it: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_9_Released_with_KDE_4_0_3 "The Fedora Project has announced the release of Fedora 9, codenamed "Sulphur". As your periodic table will tell you, Sulphur is the element below Oxygen, a fitting release nam

Fedora 9: Linux Desktop Alive and Well at Red Hat

2008-05-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.internetnews.com/software/article.php/3746421/Fedora+9+Linux+Desktop+Alive+and+Well+at+Red+Hat.htm "I think it's inevitable that people will move to a cross distribution tool like PackageKit," Frields said. "What you're looking at here is a succe

Hat's off to Fedora 9

2008-05-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi Don't miss out on some of the background coverage and mini interview with our fearless leader. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7497650845.html "Red Hat said at the time that it just made sense for a community-supported distribution to be governed by a community, not a company. It prov

Fedora 9 Gives Ubuntu a Run For Its Money

2008-05-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/05/fedora-9-gives.html Digg It: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_9_Gives_Ubuntu_a_Run_For_Its_Money "Fedora 9 is a significant upgrade and packs in a number of new features. Perhaps the best part of Fedora 9 is the new live USB options.

Re: Fedora 9 in the press?

2008-05-13 Thread Mike McGrath
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Jonathan Roberts wrote: > Let's put these here: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressArchive/F9 > > I haven't actually created the page yet because it's timing out. Might > be sensible to keep track of things in this thread until the release > activity dies down a

Re: Fedora 9 in the press?

2008-05-13 Thread Jonathan Roberts
undaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Jonathan Roberts wrote: > > > Has anyone started making a list of Fedora 9 reviews? If not, I'll > > start one! Would be good to have as a promotional tool :) > > > > A couple of initial reviews: > &g

Re: Fedora 9 in the press?

2008-05-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Jonathan Roberts wrote: Has anyone started making a list of Fedora 9 reviews? If not, I'll start one! Would be good to have as a promotional tool :) A couple of initial reviews: ---- Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love http://www.theregister.

Re: Fedora 9 in the press?

2008-05-13 Thread Greg DeKoenigsberg
On Tue, 13 May 2008, Jonathan Roberts wrote: Has anyone started making a list of Fedora 9 reviews? If not, I'll start one! Would be good to have as a promotional tool :) Start one and tell us where it is. :) --g -- Greg DeKoenigsberg Community Development Manager Red Hat, Inc. :: 1-91

Fedora 9 in the press?

2008-05-13 Thread Jonathan Roberts
Has anyone started making a list of Fedora 9 reviews? If not, I'll start one! Would be good to have as a promotional tool :) Best, Jon -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Re: Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love

2008-05-13 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 12:44 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 06:29 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/12/fedora_9/ > >> > >> "The ninth release of Fedora ushers in a number of changes aimed at > >

Re: Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love

2008-05-13 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 06:29 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: Hi, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/12/fedora_9/ "The ninth release of Fedora ushers in a number of changes aimed at making the venerable distribution a more newbie-friendly desktop, but longtime users

Re: Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love

2008-05-13 Thread Karsten 'quaid' Wade
On Tue, 2008-05-13 at 06:29 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > Hi, > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/12/fedora_9/ > > "The ninth release of Fedora ushers in a number of changes aimed at > making the venerable distribution a more newbie-friendly desktop, but > longtime users needn't fear a g

Fedora 9 - an OS that even the Linux challenged can love

2008-05-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/12/fedora_9/ "The ninth release of Fedora ushers in a number of changes aimed at making the venerable distribution a more newbie-friendly desktop, but longtime users needn't fear a great dumbing down; version 9 packs plenty of power user punch as well"

Fedora 9 leaked

2008-05-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/12/fedora-9-leaked/1 "With the official release due tomorrow, it's clear that there's plenty for fans of the Fedora distribution to look forward to. To grab the official download, keep checking the website over the next few days."

Fedora 9 promises better eyecandy, networking

2008-05-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2411 "Fedora 9 is scheduled for release tomorrow. Six months after Fedora 8 was released, Fedora 9 will be available in a variety of “spins” (custom boot images for everything from desktop installs to USB devices) with improved networking and eye

First impressions of Fedora 9 with KDE 4

2008-05-12 Thread Rahul Sundaram
Hi, http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080512&mode=67#feature Digg it: http://digg.com/linux_unix/First_impressions_of_Fedora_9_with_KDE_4 Ladislav, I hope you are filing bug reports against the PHP/sqlite issue as well as others as you promised, the last time you mentioned the probl

Fedora 9 Released!

2008-05-11 Thread Mike McGrath
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Fedora_9_released_we_have_the_first_screenshots_of_Sulphur I'm sure that won't cause any confusion. -Mike -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

Regarding Fedora 9 Press Release

2008-05-10 Thread Abhishek Singh
Dear All, I've been searching for the draft of Fedora 9 Press Release/ so that I could translate it and forward it to the national daily newspapers for publishing. The page ( http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing/PressReleases) does not contain the latest press release. So

Re: Fedora 9 in 3lines

2008-05-08 Thread Rashadul Islam
rote: > > As per media channel request I got an invitation to sit for a TV > > program (IT) in Sri Lanka. > > I have to speak about basically Fedora localization and I have a > > chance of highlighting the Fedora 9 release too. > > Recording will be held on tomorrow.

Re: Fedora 9 in 3lines

2008-05-06 Thread Paul W. Frields
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 20:26 +0530, Danishka Navin wrote: > As per media channel request I got an invitation to sit for a TV > program (IT) in Sri Lanka. > I have to speak about basically Fedora localization and I have a > chance of highlighting the Fedora 9 release too. > Recordi

Re: Fedora 9 press kits

2008-05-06 Thread Max Spevack
On Sat, 3 May 2008, Paul W. Frields wrote: BRILLIANT! I will be sending several more of these next week, and maybe Kara can find us even more contacts, since now we have such a beautiful document. 4 more press kits went out yesterday. --Max -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-mark

Re: Fedora 9 in 3lines

2008-05-06 Thread Jonathan Roberts
2008/5/6 Danishka Navin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As per media channel request I got an invitation to sit for a TV program > (IT) in Sri Lanka. > I have to speak about basically Fedora localization and I have a chance of > highlighting the Fedora 9 release too. > Recording wil

Fedora 9 in 3lines

2008-05-06 Thread Danishka Navin
As per media channel request I got an invitation to sit for a TV program (IT) in Sri Lanka. I have to speak about basically Fedora localization and I have a chance of highlighting the Fedora 9 release too. Recording will be held on tomorrow. Due to limited lime I have give short and sweet

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