The O/S that keeps me free (as in speech and beer)
Whoa, looks like opensource.com has posted a Q&A interview with yr. humble narrator. If you’ve got a few minutes free please check it out — and more importantly, look through the site to find truly and deeply insightful stories about and by other great thought leaders in open source areas. …
Today is release day for Fedora 13! Go grab a copy of the latest goodness at the download site. Remember that our Live images can be turned into discs or you can make a Live USB for even more hotness. If you choose to use BitTorrent to download, please be …
During the next week, Fedora contributors will vote for open seats on both the Fedora Project Board and the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo). The polls are now open for both elections through the Fedora Election System. (Remember to login or you won’t see the voting link for an election.) …
As seen on the official announcement list, the final release of Fedora 13 will be postponed by a one-week slip. As the announcement notes, the blocker bug list is not empty, which means that according to our F13 final release criteria, we slip the release. It’s always disappointing when we …
The Fedora 14 name has been announced, and it’s Laughlin. Later this week our other election processes will be moving ahead as well. Paul Mellors and Larry Cafiero will post answers to the candidate questionnaire, and following that, John Rose will help kick off our series of live, IRC town …
Voting is now open for the Fedora 14 release name. Naming the next release is yet another way that our community is involved in making the future of Fedora. If you’re a member of any group in Fedora (beyond completing the CLA), you can vote on this ballot. To cast …
I’ll be away from the keyboard for most of the day today to take in the weather, get some personal errands and other stuff done. Tonight I’m heading to a club with a friend to possibly suss out a potential opportunity for a long-term side gig (music, that is). I …
Well, we’d definitely like to erase that question mark in the title if possible, when it comes to the next North American FUDCon. Why? Well for one thing, our last several FUDCons for North America have been held in northern locations. And since those events are held between December and …
Fedora people attend a lot of events. I mean, a LOT of events. Our Ambassadors are constantly on the go, representing Fedora at conferences, conventions, symposia, expositions, and other gatherings around the world. Just this weekend, esteemed Fedora Ambassadors throughout Central and South America were involved in the FLISOL (
We now have a wiki page open for suggestions for the Fedora 14 name. Every release, we provide our community a chance to give name suggestions for the next one. Each consecutive name must be linked to the previous one, but that link must be different from the link that …