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Introduction to FedoraTw3nty CAT

Mohamed FawzyPRESENTED BY:

Fedora ambassador

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Who am I …???

Today's Topics

· What is Fedora......?

· Our mission

· Four Foundations

· Fedora Spins

· Contributing to Fedora

· Find a team or project you're interested in

· Start Today!!

What is Fedora?

Fedora is .......

●GNU/Linux Distro

●100% Free & Open

●Innovative

●Stable

●Secure

Our mission

The Fedora Project's mission is to lead the advancement of free and open source software and

content as a collaborative community.

The Four Foundations

FreedomFriendsFeaturesFirst

Freedom

● 100% free, legal, redistributable.

● Software, Artwork, Project

code,EVERYTHING.● a completely free project anyone can emulate or copy in whole or in part for their own purposes. .

Represents dedication to free software and content

Friends

● Red Hat and our enormous volunteer community working together regardless of technical skill

● Like any friends, we occasionally disagree on details, but we believe in finding an acceptable consensus to serve the interests of advancing free software.

Represents the strength of our community

Features

● We create many of the technical features that have made Linux powerful, flexible, and usable for a wide spectrum of millions

● we improve all free software users benefit -- regardless of their distribution of choice. Our feature development is always done openly and transparently.

represents our commitment to excellence.

First

● We don't wait for others to do the heavy lifting.

● Fedora always aims to provide the future, first

represents our commitment to innovation.

Getting Fedora

http://getfedora.org/

Fedora spins

● Desktops:

KDE, XFCE, LXDE, MATE

● Electronic Lab (FEL)

● Security

● Design Suite

● Games

Discover a different Fedora environment. See http://spins.fedoraproject.org

Fedora Spins

● Robotics

● Sugar on a Stick (SoaS)

● Fedora ARM:Pidora (Raspberry Pi)

Discover a different Fedora environment. See http://spins.fedoraproject.org

Here we can help you....

Ask Fedora: http://ask.fedoraproject.org• Forums: http://fedoraforum.org• IRC: #fedora on irc.freenode.net, etc.• Mailing Lists:

users@lists.fedoraproject.org• RTFM: http://docs.fedoraproject.org• Wiki: http://wiki.fedoraproject.org

· Arabic group: fb.com/groups/fedora.arabic

· Arabic page : fb.com/fedora.arabic

Contributing to Fedora

Our Community

Content Writer

· Communicate through words.

· Write tutorials, documents, guides,how-tos, FAQs,marketing material, process/methodology docs, release notes.

· Write documentation about usability.

Skills : Writing, editing, grammar, technical knowledge (specific and general)

Translator

· Communicate through translation

· Translate documents, guides, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs.

· Translate the software to your native language.

Skills : English, Non-English native language,technical knowledge

People Person

· Communicate through one-on-one contact to Spread the word of fedora

· Think of creative ways for promoting Fedora

· Develop marketing strategy to promote the usage and support of Fedora worldwide.

· Provide Feedback to Developers about bugs. Skills : People skills, event

organization, customer service/support, enthusiasm

OS Developer

· Communicate through code and Create new applications

· Become a package maintainer to createand maintain RPM packages for software in Fedora.

· Test/Break Fedora.

Skills : Programming, RPM/Packaging, Bugfiling

Web Developer or Admin

Communicate through the World Wide Web to Improve Fedora's image and create the best possible web interface for users and contributors on the Internet.

Skills : Python, XML/XHTML, CSS, Web App development, Linux system administration

Designer

Communicate through images, Designprojects including: Fedora Logo, Promo Banners, Widgets, Icon Themes, Media Art, Posters, T-Shirt Design

Skills : Inkscape , GIMP, design, usability/interaction

What are you waiting for...?

Join Today· Start by Creating Fedora account “Fas”

see : “join.fedoraproject.org”

· Find a team or project you're interested in Join their mailing list and send an

introduction e-mail then start working on something!

· Keep up with the latest news around Fedora

· Don't be afraid to ask questions!

Any Questions?Mohamed FawzyFedora Project Contributor

mohamedfawzy@fedoraproject.orgfb.com/medo2233fb.com/fedora.arabic

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