fedora 11 intro
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● What is Fedora?● Who is Fedora?● Why does Fedora matter?● How do you join the open source movement?
...A powerful operating system...
●stable●secure●Innovative●Second most popular LINUX
...a set of projects...
[email protected] - 12 August 2006
AmbassadorsArtworkDirectory ServerDistributionDocumentation
PrintingTranslationWebsitesFedora for Women
How to get into projects?
● Translation● Artwork● Documentation● Ambassadors● Infrastructure● website● Bug triage● Marketing
● Content Writer● Designer● People Person● OS Developer● Translator● Web Developer or Administrator
Content writer
● write tutorials and articles● write 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)
Designer..
● design projects including: Fedora Logo, PromoBanners, Widgets, Icon Theme, MediaArt, Posters, T-Shirt Design
Skills:GIMP,design
Os Developer..
● Create new applications● Become a package maintainer to create and maintain RPM packages for software in Fedora.● test/break Fedora.
Skill : Programming, RPM/Packaging, Bugfiling
People Person..
● 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.
Skill : People skills, event organization, customer service/support, enthusiasm
Translator...
● Translate documents, guides, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs.● Translate the software to your native language.
Skill : English, Non-English native language, technical knowledge
Web Developer or Administrator...
● Improve Fedora's image and to create the best possible web interface for users and contributors on the Internet.
Skill : Python, XML/XHTML, CSS, Web app development, Linux system administration
http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora
●It is as easy as getting account in any social networking site.
●Talk to
● Linus Torvalds, the creator and primary maintainer of Linux
● NASA's systems
● Roadrunner, the number one Supercomputer in the world
● Evo Smart Console gaming console
● Over a hundred Derived distributions including Red Hat Enterprise Linux
● humanoid robots
● Millions of other users
Features of Fedora and What's new in Fedora 11?
Quick facts
● New release every six months● Free and open source applications only● Free and open source Infrastructure● Maintained by volunteers largely (~70%)● Nearly 15,000 installable software packages● Rapid progress of free and open source
software
What's New in Fedora 11?
● 20 second boot time ● Nouveau as the default driver for Nvidia cards ● Ext4 as default filesystem.● Presto Yum Plugin for Delta RPM's● GDM and GNOME finger print integration● Windows Cross Compiler (MinGW + cross
compiled packages)● Security enhancements
