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Introduction To Fedora

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Arindam Ghosh
Arindam Ghosh

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest free and open source software. It is built and maintained by an international community of volunteers as a collaboration project. Key aspects of Fedora include its focus on freedom, features, community involvement, and being a testing ground for new technologies before they are included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

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What is Open Source Software The freedom to run the program, for any purpose The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs The freedom to redistribute The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits
What? Where? Who? Why? How?
What is Fedora? Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project.
Freedom Free/Libre Open Source Software Free from patent encumbrances Free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever
Friends Friends – working towards a common goal “ stickster? sure we know each other from irc”
Features Taking ownership of features – making them usable Well managed feature implementation Fedora – the feature-full distribution
First Fedora is often the first mainstream distribution to tackle new features SELinux PulseAudio KDE4 Fedora leads in putting freedom first Zimbra Perl artistic licenses Actively seeking FSF review
What is Fedora – other projects Directory Server Fedora 10 has over 7,000 source packages. Documentation (release notes, howtos, wiki). Translation (80+ languages). Worldwide ambassadors and marketing. Worldwide volunteers and infrastructure team. Artwork and websites. Quality assurance and bug triage.
Family Tree
Where?
Who uses Fedora? NASA systems...a lot. Roadrunner, the number one Supercomputer in the world. Over a hundred derivative distributions, RHEL and OLPC. Even some Robots do. Many universities and institutes. Linus Torvalds. Millions of other users.
Who uses Fedora? kernel.org. Sourceforge.net. Foss.in. Wikipedia.org (roughly 85% of servers). Many universities and Web hosting companies
Who uses Fedora?
Who?
Who are behind Fedora? People from all over the World. Contributors Users RedHat Fedora Board
Why?
Why Fedora is for you? Because it's freedom Because it grows fast Because it's Community Based Because it does everything you need ..... Why not?
Why don't you join us? Why #1 Fedora People provides free web space for hosting Fedora related content. Fedora Planet is an aggregation of contributor blogs. Fedora Hosted is the perfect location for hosting your free and open source projects. Fedora's own servers, so we can collaboratively work in real time. Fedora Build System to build your software across multiple architectures. The skills and experience of hundreds of fellow Fedora contributors!
Why #2 Personal Relationships... Meaningful work...Do what matters... Limitless work so Limitless opportunity... A chance to payback to the community. [Hidden] A chance to upgrade your CV. Why don't you join us?
What You can do?
Lab Rules: 1. If you do it, do it in public. 2. Make it new, but make it work. 3. Fail, learn, repeat. 4. As quickly as possible. A lab for open source development
Documentation Infrastructure Translation Websites Marketing Live CD Tools Ambassadors Distribution Artwork Mentors What you can do here.
More... Make your own distribution. Play with latest technology Build contacts.
Steps First, you play, and be curious Then, you learn Then, you do Then, you give back Then, you teach
Availability
How do I get Fedora? Download [fedoraproject.org/get-fedora] FreeMedia. LocalContacts. Events.
How?
How to Join? You have to (step by step) Fill registration form Download Contributor License Agreement (CLA) Sign (gpg) CLA and send it back Add yourself to destination membership (for instance: Ambassadors, Art Work, etc...) Download Client Side Certificate Ask to a Fedora Member to be inserted into EditPage on the wiki
Get Help Real Time Support (IRC) E-mail Support Forum Support Written Documentation
Fire It Up!! [email_address]

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Introduction To Fedora

  • 1.  
  • 2. What is Open Source Software The freedom to run the program, for any purpose The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs The freedom to redistribute The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits
  • 3. What? Where? Who? Why? How?
  • 4. What is Fedora? Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project.
  • 5. Freedom Free/Libre Open Source Software Free from patent encumbrances Free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute, now and forever
  • 6. Friends Friends – working towards a common goal “ stickster? sure we know each other from irc”
  • 7. Features Taking ownership of features – making them usable Well managed feature implementation Fedora – the feature-full distribution
  • 8. First Fedora is often the first mainstream distribution to tackle new features SELinux PulseAudio KDE4 Fedora leads in putting freedom first Zimbra Perl artistic licenses Actively seeking FSF review
  • 9. What is Fedora – other projects Directory Server Fedora 10 has over 7,000 source packages. Documentation (release notes, howtos, wiki). Translation (80+ languages). Worldwide ambassadors and marketing. Worldwide volunteers and infrastructure team. Artwork and websites. Quality assurance and bug triage.
  • 12. Who uses Fedora? NASA systems...a lot. Roadrunner, the number one Supercomputer in the world. Over a hundred derivative distributions, RHEL and OLPC. Even some Robots do. Many universities and institutes. Linus Torvalds. Millions of other users.
  • 13. Who uses Fedora? kernel.org. Sourceforge.net. Foss.in. Wikipedia.org (roughly 85% of servers). Many universities and Web hosting companies
  • 15. Who?
  • 16. Who are behind Fedora? People from all over the World. Contributors Users RedHat Fedora Board
  • 17. Why?
  • 18. Why Fedora is for you? Because it's freedom Because it grows fast Because it's Community Based Because it does everything you need ..... Why not?
  • 19. Why don't you join us? Why #1 Fedora People provides free web space for hosting Fedora related content. Fedora Planet is an aggregation of contributor blogs. Fedora Hosted is the perfect location for hosting your free and open source projects. Fedora's own servers, so we can collaboratively work in real time. Fedora Build System to build your software across multiple architectures. The skills and experience of hundreds of fellow Fedora contributors!
  • 20. Why #2 Personal Relationships... Meaningful work...Do what matters... Limitless work so Limitless opportunity... A chance to payback to the community. [Hidden] A chance to upgrade your CV. Why don't you join us?
  • 22. Lab Rules: 1. If you do it, do it in public. 2. Make it new, but make it work. 3. Fail, learn, repeat. 4. As quickly as possible. A lab for open source development
  • 23. Documentation Infrastructure Translation Websites Marketing Live CD Tools Ambassadors Distribution Artwork Mentors What you can do here.
  • 24. More... Make your own distribution. Play with latest technology Build contacts.
  • 25. Steps First, you play, and be curious Then, you learn Then, you do Then, you give back Then, you teach
  • 27. How do I get Fedora? Download [fedoraproject.org/get-fedora] FreeMedia. LocalContacts. Events.
  • 28. How?
  • 29. How to Join? You have to (step by step) Fill registration form Download Contributor License Agreement (CLA) Sign (gpg) CLA and send it back Add yourself to destination membership (for instance: Ambassadors, Art Work, etc...) Download Client Side Certificate Ask to a Fedora Member to be inserted into EditPage on the wiki
  • 30. Get Help Real Time Support (IRC) E-mail Support Forum Support Written Documentation
  • 31. Fire It Up!! [email_address]