The Grand Fallacy

Linux, musical road-dogging, and daily life by Paul W. Frields
 
The Grand Fallacy

Restoring a voice.

To Ian’s post I can only say, “right on.” There’s an even deeper underlying concern for free software’s desire to have an unencumbered way to create content. It’s to restore the ability of people to use moving pictures as part of their voice in the processes around them. Codecs are …

Gource CTA.

So according to Michael and Greg, Gource is awesome. And it’s just waiting on a completed package review and sponsorship and then we’ll see it in the repositories. If you’re also of the opinion it’s awesome, and you are (or know) a Fedora packaging sponsor, check it out!

GNOME Shell tryout.

I’ve been using the GNOME Shell preview available in Fedora 12 this week and I’m really enjoying it. I was testing out some candidates for updates to the free drivers for my ATI Radeon HD4850 (and the stuff that went with them) already, and decided to see what happened when …

Swinging for the fences.

This review popped up on my scope today, and three things struck me immediately: The article has nice (and well-deserved) things to say not just about Fedora 12 (download it now) and its many cool features and usability, but specifically about our Fedora Documentation team, which has been working harder …

A spoonful of sugar.

Kevin, Thanks for your thoughtful posting about being helpful in the Fedora support channels. I think among the keys to understanding what someone seeking help needs — let’s just call this person “Nathan” to make this blog post easier to read — are: Good listening skills Good empathizing skills Essentially, …

Walking tall.

I love the fact that in addition to the millions of Fedora fans around the world, we also have in our community a very special group of hundreds upon hundreds of individuals known as Fedora Ambassadors. These contributors give of their free time to represent Fedora in schools, governments, businesses, …

Here there be lawyers.

Over the past year-and-some-change, I’ve spent quite a bit of time working with Red Hat Legal on the treatment of Fedora trademarks in our community. In particular, Pam Chestek, one of the very small handful people I work with who’s been at Red Hat for a shorter time than I, …