Fedora Weekly Report: 9th - 15th June, 2008
	Another week just passed and there were a few interesting things in the Fedora world, like the Board Elections that opened three days ago, the FedoraLife concept proposed by Markus McLaughlin, and the reminder for Fedora 7 End of Life. Paul Frields was the one who announced on the fedora-an ... [read more >>]
	16 June 2008, 09:57GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 2nd - 8th June, 2008
	The first week of June brought quite a few interesting facts from the Fedora world, like the complete migration of Fedora Project's website to MediaWiki, some info about Fedora Open Day 2008 and news about the development of Fedora 10 themes. At the end of May, Mike McGrath announced on the fedora-announce mailing list that the migration to MediaWiki had reached completion. He said: "The migration to Mediawi ... [read more >>]
	11 June 2008, 03:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 19th - 25th May, 2008
	Welcome to the Fedora Weekly Report! Last week came with a couple of interesting events from the Fedora world, such as the interview with Paul Frields, Fedora Project Leader, the migration of Fedora Project's Wiki to a different platform, and a few security advisories for your ... [read more >>]
	26 May 2008, 09:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 10 Release Schedule
	The 13th of May was a very important day for Fedora: on the same day, Fedora 9 was launched and the development of Fedora 10 has started. For example, the artwork team is trying to find a good theme to fit the release that will be available somewhere in October, this year. Until now, there are only five submissions for the default theme of Fedora 10. The first one is Gears, which has a ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 12th - 18th May, 2008
	Last week was download frenzy for Fedora 9, as it was released on Tuesday, and preparations started for the next major edition, Fedora 10. Those of you who didn't know how to set up Fedora on their computers learned how to do it using ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 05:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Unity Project Comes with Fedora 9 Everything Spin
	If you want a system complete with everything you might need - or not - and have a personal repository in the form of DVDs, then you should be glad to know that the Fedora 9 Everything Spin was released. The Everything Spin comes with every package and application that was available when Fe ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 03:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 5th - 11th May, 2008
	As we're getting ready to welcome the new Fedora 9, let's have a look at what happened over this past week in the Fedora World. Max Spevack posted a reminder about the upcoming FUDCons and Jeroen van Meeuwen let us know that Fedora Unity has released Fedora 8 updated Re-Spin. The Re-Spin, announced< ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 28th April - 4th May, 2008
	Welcome to the Fedora Weekly Report! Here's what we have in stock for you: Fedora 7 reached the end of its life, the IA64 architecture received a Fedora 9 Beta release, a new Xfce SIG (Special Interest Group) was created and the nominations for the Fedora Project Board elections hav ... [read more >>]
	05 May 2008, 10:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 7 Will Die on June 13th
	As newer distributions appear, older ones have to retire. This will happen with Fedora 7 on the so-called unlucky day of June 13, 2008 (one month after the release of Fedora 9). The end of life actually means that Fedora 7 users will not receive security/critical fixes and software updates anymore. Codenamed "Moonshine", Fedora 7 was announced on May 31st, 2007 by Max Spevack (project leader at that time). From this ... [read more >>]
	02 May 2008, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 21st - 28th April, 2008
	Welcome once more to the Fedora Weekly Report! This week, we have a change in the Fedora Board composition, a discussion about the Fedora Pre-Update and a few security advisories and updates for Fedora 7 and 8. The Fedora Board was formed two years ago, in 2006, and since then, the Fedora project has changed in many different ways, becoming more and more a volunteer distribution, with two thirds of the packages maintained by p ... [read more >>]
	29 April 2008, 18:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MythDora 5.0 Simplifies the Installation of MythTV
	If you are looking for a distribution that can simplify the installation of MythTV on a home theatre PC, then MythDora is for you. It is a Linux distribution based on Fedora 8 along with MythTV-0.21. The latest version, 5.0, is only a few days old and the developers consider it as the most feature rich, cleanest and stable release they've work ... [read more >>]
	29 April 2008, 06:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 14th - 20th April, 2008
	With small steps, we're getting closer to the final release of Fedora 9, one of the most important Linux distributions at the moment. Although it was scheduled for the 29th of April, Fedora 9 will be actually launched on May 13, a decision taken by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo). But until then, users can enjoy the Fedora 9 Preview version, which is very close to how the final product will look like. Du ... [read more >>]
	21 April 2008, 10:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 9 Preview Available after a Few Delays
	If you're anxious to see what Fedora 9 has in stock for you, you now have a cure for that itch in your fingers: Fedora 9 Preview was launched yesterday, as announced by Jesse Keating. Testers, developers and even curious normal users will be glad to get their hands on the fresh Preview, because it is very close to what Fedora 9 will be like. The final edition of Fedora 9 is expected to be released on May 13th, and in a fe ... [read more >>]
	18 April 2008, 05:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 7th - 13th April, 2008
	Although Fedora 9 is still under development, plans for Fedora 10 are being made. The Art Team is trying to create the theme for Fedora 10, and two concepts have been introduced: Gears and Blue Fire. Gears uses a steampunk aspect, with clocks, gears and, of course, steam-powered engines. Blue Fire is a simple theme, that goes around the concept of... blue fire. Karlie Robinson ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 09:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 31st March - 6th April, 2008
	Every week seems to be a challenging one to the Fedora community, just like the last week. Fedora Unity released an updated Fedora 8 Re-Spin, the old Fedora test releases were purged and the Fedora Ambassadors are discussing the budget for the events that will take place ... [read more >>]
	07 April 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Unity Project Launches Fedora 8 Re-Spins
	Although Fedora 9 is nearing its launch, people keep making Re-Spins for Fedora 8. The Fedora Unity Project has launched new Re-Spins (DVD and CD Sets). The Re-Spin ISOs are based on the official Fedora 8 installation media, with all the updates available since March 31st, this year. They are available for i386, x86_64 and PPC architectures. A complete x86_64 install with many optional packages requires more than 768 MB of ... [read more >>]
	02 April 2008, 11:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 24th - 30th March, 2008
	The week that has just passed brought us the first - and last - Beta of Fedora 9, some security advisories and a new way of contributing to the development of Fedora. In fedora-announce-list, Jesse Keating announced the launch of Fedora 9 Beta: "The Beta release is the point at which w ... [read more >>]
	31 March 2008, 08:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 9 Beta Brings You GNOME 2.22 and KDE 4.0.2
	After having been delayed for a few days, Fedora 9 Beta was released yesterday. This is the point when developers need a lot of participation from users who can get the distribution and test it out on their machines. The final release of Fedora 9 will look almost the same as the Beta, exce ... [read more >>]
	26 March 2008, 06:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 17th - 23rd March, 2008
	Another week has just ended, bringing you, Fedora users, a few interesting facts and events. Fedora 9 Beta should've been released last week, but it was delayed a few days to avoid launching the beta the day before the Catholic Easter. Jesse Keating announced the delay of Fedora 9 Beta on the fedora-announce-list on Thursday, saying the following: "In order to give time for mirrors to sync up the Fedora 9 Be ... [read more >>]
	24 March 2008, 09:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 10th - 16th March, 2008
	Another week passed by, but not in vain! Fedora BugZappers was relaunched, an online magazine called "Revista Fedora Brasil" was started by Brazilian Fedora Ambassadors and Linux community members and a few security advisories were created. Built on the success of the recent "gcc43 rebuild triage effort," the Fedora Bug Triage Process was relaunched, to increase the "first line of defense" for Fed ... [read more >>]
	17 March 2008, 10:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 3rd - 9th March, 2008
	Another week has just ended. It was a silent one, with only a few news and interesting facts from the Fedora world. Fedora 8 gets a few security advisories and Fedora 7 has... seven security advisories. Jon Stanley created a few Feedburner RSS feeds – actually three of them – to assist in bug triage. The three f ... [read more >>]
	10 March 2008, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 25th February - 2nd March, 2008
	For the Fedora community, the week that has just passed brought a few interesting facts. For example, the new Fedora Project Leader wants to clear the path of obstacles for new volunteers who want to step into the Fedora world. A Fedora NPO has been founded at FOSDEM in Bruxelles, having Gerold Kassube as president, a long-time member of the Fedora Ambassador Team. Gerold Kassube ... [read more >>]
	03 March 2008, 08:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 18th - 24th February, 2008
	In the Fedora world, last week was somewhat quieter than we were used to. There are only a few security advisories and a small number of discussions and events. Let's take a look over the most important ones. Max Spevack announced that the next North American FUDCon would be held in Boston, MA. It will take place from June 19 to 21, ... [read more >>]
	25 February 2008, 09:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 11th - 17th February, 2008
	Another week passed by, but with many good things happening in the Fedora world. A new Spin was born, the Fedora 8 Xfce Spin, making two categories of users happy: those who love Fedora and those who love the Xfce desktop environment. The third round for Fedora 9 Artwork has started, and the Fedora Ambassadors Wall was announced. These are only a few of the goodies brought by this week, but the list is much bigger. Read on and find more ab ... [read more >>]
	18 February 2008, 06:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 8 Xfce Spin Now Available
	A brand-new, clean-looking Fedora 8 Xfce Spin has just been released. This is a bootable Fedora Live CD image, available for x86 and x86_64 architectures. The spin can be installed to hard disk or converted into boot USB images. If you are an Xfce fan, this is truly ideal for you. Also, this is very useful for Fedora users who have low-end systems. As a bonus feature, the spin comes with all the updates for Fedora 8 released u ... [read more >>]
	13 February 2008, 05:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 4th - 10th February
	The Fedora 9 Alpha release - codename Sulphur - was launched last week, providing the first opportunity for a broader audience to become involved in the testing of Rawhide. John Babich reminded everyone that on 9 February, 1998, Bruce Perens published the Open Source Definition. This ... [read more >>]
	11 February 2008, 06:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 28th January - 3rd February
	This week, in the Fedora world, some interesting events have taken place. The Anaconda installer received some updates and the "Fedora win32 livecd-iso-to-usb" tool was born. Here are some of the bugs solved for Anaconda: In Fedora 7 we've got: · Bugzilla Bug 243159: Upgrade does not recognize existing install (backported fix) · Bugzilla Bug 350491: Anaconda crashes when using kickstart post script ... [read more >>]
	04 February 2008, 11:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

High Schools in Philippines Receive 23,000 Linux PCs
	After successfully deploying 13,000 Fedora Linux systems, the government from the Philippines is planning to provide another 10,000 Ubuntu-based computers. Ricardo Gonzales, independent open source consultant, said that there are several reasons why Linux was chosen over Windows. Linux became popular in Philippines after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Gonzales said that "open source was a viable business alternative beca ... [read more >>]
	30 January 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 7th - 13th January
	Another week passed by, but not without some interesting things happening in the Fedora world. The FUDCon Raleigh event has just ended yesterday. Let's take a look over the last week, and go through the most important aspects. At FUDCon, more than 150 persons attended and the event started with Max Spevack's yearly "State of Fedora" speech. Paul Frields will take over the position as Fedora Project Leader from Februa ... [read more >>]
	14 January 2008, 04:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 31st December, 2007 - 6th January, 2008
	2008 has just started and the Fedora community will step into the new year with FUDCon Raleigh, a three-day event that will span from the 11th to the 13th of January. FUDCon stands for Fedora User and Developer Conference. Actually, it will be an "unconference", because it will be held as a Bar Camp – an "unconference" where people interested in a diverse range of issues come together to teach and learn. Rather than hav ... [read more >>]
	07 January 2008, 09:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Weekly Report: 10th - 16th December
	We've already had an Ubuntu Weekly Report and we thought we should take a shot with Fedora as well. So, here we are with the first issue of our weekly report! Read on and find out more about Fedora! Last week brought a lot of changes with it in the Fedora world. Let's see what exactly happened between 10th - 16th December, shall we? Although ... [read more >>]
	17 December 2007, 10:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Core 6 Reached Its End
	As of December 7th, Fedora Core 6 no longer exists. The last release of the Fedora Project which saw the split between "Community" and Red Hat sponsored (Core) editions. The transformation in just Fedora - without the Core part - took place when the core packages ended up following the guidelines of the former "Extras". Fedora is well known for not maintaining a longer release/support cycle, because this allows th ... [read more >>]
	13 December 2007, 10:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

BLAG 70000 Sugarwater Released
	BLAG 70000 (Sugarwater) was released two days ago, with Fedora 7 as its base and a huge number of applications, under the GNU GPL v3. BLAG is a completely free distribution with all the tools needed for a desktop computer and more. This Linux distribution comes on a single CD, it is very easy to install, being also user friendly. It includes a repo ... [read more >>]
	14 November 2007, 06:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nine Features Included in Fedora 9
	Although Fedora 8 just got released, the developers are thinking about the features which are going to be included in the next release, Fedora 9. There are no approved features yet, but the community is ... [read more >>]
	13 November 2007, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Werewolf Packed with Games
	Linux gamers, welcome the Fedora Games Spin, the custom variant of Fedora made just for you! It was created with the goal of demonstrating the gaming potential of the afore-mentioned Linux distribution. At this moment, it is a Live DVD (in the future, the developers might create a Live CD also), but you can also install it on th ... [read more >>]
	12 November 2007, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 8 Test 3 Released
	A few minutes ago, the Fedora project team has released the third and last Test CD of the upcoming Fedora 8 Linux distribution. Test 3 features the following improvements over previous test releases: • Online Deskto ... [read more >>]
	04 October 2007, 11:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 8 Test 2 Released
	A few minutes ago, the Fedora project team has released the second Alpha of the upcoming Fedora 8 Linux distribution. Test 2 features a 2.6.23 Linux kernel and the following improvements: • A bra ... [read more >>]
	13 September 2007, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 8 Test 1 Released
	A few minutes ago, the Fedora project team released the first Alpha of the upcoming Fedora 8 Linux distribution: "We interrupt your rawhide for a moment to make a small announcement. Fedor ... [read more >>]
	07 August 2007, 10:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Create a Fedora 7 CD in 3 Easy Steps
	Fedora is a very popular Linux-based operating system that includes all the bleeding-edge technologies. Fedora 7 was announced on the last day of May 2007 and it brings many new features and improvements over previous versions, which were entitled Fedora Core. Among the new features, we can notice that Fedora has now ... [read more >>]
	19 June 2007, 08:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Yellow Dog Linux 5.0.2 Released
	Yellow Dog Linux (or just YDL for short) is an open-source Linux distribution designed for the systems and platforms based on the Power Architecture (for example Apple Macintosh computers, IBM BladeCenter JS2x and Series p5 servers, Mercury XR9, Sony PlayStation 3 a.s.o) and it was first released in 1999 for the Apple Macintosh. Yellow Dog Linux is a product of the Colorado-based software company Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. ... [read more >>]
	15 June 2007, 06:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hot News from Fedora
	There are only a few days until the 7th release of Fedora Linux distribution will be made available to general public, and I thought it would be nice to overview some of its highlights. While the development team behind the Fedora Project is working very hard to bring you the most exciting features and hottest technologies, the main question is: Can Fedora 7 rise to Ubuntu's level? Well, like always, people will decide that, and pers ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2007, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Streaming Audio Using MPD and Icecast
	Music Player Daemon (MPD) is a music player which allows remote access for playing music and managing playlists. Together with Icecast, it integrates perfectly within a 'headless'-type computer (without a monitor), allowing control and providing playback over a network or over the Internet. Basically, it allows you to listen to your favorite music from anywhere, as long as you have a client that controls MPD (changes the song, vo ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2007, 06:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 7 Test 3 Released. Screenshots Inside!
	The third of four test releases of Fedora 7 has been announced on fedora announce mailing list by Jeremy Katz, one of Fedora's developers. This release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies, as well as some new graphical improvements and small modifications. The new test version is available for download through bittorrent or from the official mirrors. There are two live CD images (iso) available: o ... [read more >>]
	30 March 2007, 05:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora Core 6 Post-Install Guide
	You've just installed Fedora Core 6, now what? Well, there isn't a straight guide everyone should use after installing Fedora or any other operating system. Everyone should configure and install additional applications based on their needs and wishes. However, there are a few steps it's recommended to follow, just to make your Fedora system a bit better, faster and ready for any modification you may apply. ... [read more >>]
	27 March 2007, 06:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Building a Live Fedora CD
	Kadischi was created in 2005 as an alternative to Pilgrim, specifically for creating Fedora based live CDs. Although it's still in early development stages, it's a very active process and we should expect a package to be available any time soon. Unfortunately, to build and install Kadischi, you'll need to download it from CVS, but don't worry, the installation steps are covered below and overall, it's a quite usabl ... [read more >>]
	12 March 2007, 06:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

2 Million Fedora Installs!
	Some time ago, 59 days to be more specific, Fedora reached the impressive number of one million unique installs, after 74 days from the release of ZOD (FC6). Today, after 133 days from the release of Fedora Core 6, they've reached the amazing two million Fedora unique users number: " ... [read more >>]
	08 March 2007, 09:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 7 Test 2 Released. Screenshots Inside!
	Fedora 7 Test 2 has started appearing today on the mirrors worldwide, just as I am writing this. The Fedora team has made some important changes in the F7 schedule, like the inclusion of a new Test build, for the first time in the history of Fedora and of course, this will slip the final release date until the end of May 2007 and most probably, we will have Fedora 7 on our desktops by July this year. "I am plea ... [read more >>]
	01 March 2007, 10:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fedora 7 Plan
	The Fedora Project team is working very hard on the next version of Fedora Linux distribution (Fedora 7) and they published some of the upcoming changes for this release. The biggest change will be the merger of "Core" and "Extras" repositories into one huge repository of thousands of packages. Also, Fedora 7 will come ... [read more >>]
	04 January 2007, 06:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia