I got the bare minimum of service back online, including my weblog, from a catastrophic HDD failure yesterday. That really threw a monkey wrench into my workday, I’m sorry to say! But thanks to a couple wonderful people including James Laska and Aristeu Rozanski, I’m back in business. Over the …
[This post was supposed to be out yesterday, but somehow I managed to brush my touchpad the wrong way and… well, the dog ate my homework. Or WordPress did. Either way, sorry about the lateness of the hour, and all that. Revised now for more contemporary enjoyment. — Ed.] Yes, …
Fedora has been running IRC classes for some time in the #fedora-classroom channel on IRC Freenode. Classes are scheduled for this weekend, and they’re at a convenient time for people in the APAC (Asia/Pacific) region to hold informative sessions with Fedora contributors. The classroom “days” for both Saturday and Sunday …
Yes, it’s a little late because of some fumbling in the wake of a great event, but we have a survey available for the FUDCon that happened in Boston from January 9-11. In the case of this survey, there are a number of important data points we’re capturing, such as …
It’s good to see that the kernel developers as always are seeing that we get the latest file system support. The exFAT format is apparently something that Microsoft is pushing for large removable media. Of course Linux will be there to provide compatibility for those of us who prefer freedom. …
I participated in yesterday’s building of unit tests for pykickstart, and it was a great learning experience. Like many contributors, I’m not a coder. But I have done very simple scripts in Python and it turned out I didn’t need much more, other than a helping hand from James Laska, …
As Chuck Frain mentions on his blog, I’ll be travelling up to the Columbia Area Linux Users Group in Maryland in a couple weeks for an appearance, at which I’ll likely be talking about Fedora Remixes. The drive is always a bit bracing from the southern edge of the DC …
As Joe has pointed out, the Linux Foundation is sponsoring a “We’re Linux” video contest, soliciting budding filmmakers for their take on Linux for the masses. As someone pointed out in an earlier comment here, a winning commercial is really going to have to stand out compared to IBM’s super-cool …
The Wii Fit is a great way to unwind. That is all. And yes, I ran out of microblogging credit for the day.
Thank you to the kind folks at Neowin, particularly Matthew Hopson, for the opportunity to do a lengthy Q & A with their community about Fedora. I was able to work in a couple not-so-sneaky plugs for the Fedora 11 Alpha that’s due next Tuesday, February 3. (That just happens …