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back from travels
I’m back from a trip I took out to tacoma to go to a graduation. Sorry for missing out on the first of the Fedora IRC Town Halls. If you are a Fedora contributor, do read the Elections Questionnaire...
View ArticleFedora 13 IRC release party!
Fedora 13 is just around the corner, coming out this coming tuesday (2010-05-25). I’d like to invite everyone to join us on irc.freenode.net in #fedora-social for a all day release party! Come by and...
View ArticleFedora 13 Xfce Spin…get it while it’s hot!
With the release of Fedora 13, the Xfce SIG is happy to release a new version of the Xfce spin. There were not a lot of vast changes in this cycle, but there were some nice tweaks and of course all the...
View Articleaccentuate the positive
There has been a fair bit of discussion in the past in the Fedora community about how to deal with people who are projecting a community that some don’t find welcoming enough or are sending out...
View ArticleHow much of an Open Source Gypsy are you?
A while back I was helping someone out over in the #fedora irc support channel. We managed to work on their issue and get it solved, but instead of enjoying their victory or working on another problem...
View ArticleBugzilla bugs and voting
A few folks were confused and dismayed to get an email today from bugzilla.redhat.com like: “Some or all of your votes have been removed from bug NNNNN. You had X votes on this bug, but X have been...
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Linux Desktops, Servers and the Future
Last night was the local Blug meeting, and as always it was a good and thought provoking talk. This month we had Bart Massey down from Portland talking about Linux history, where we are and where we...
View ArticleFedora IRC Class coming up tomorrow! (2010-09-14)
Just a quick note to let folks know about an IRC class that Mel Chua is going to be running in #fedora-classroom on irc.freenode.net tomorrow at 16:00 UTC. See Mel’s post for more details. I’m probibly...
View ArticleFESCo, features and systemd
One of the new exciting features that was tenatively planned for Fedora 14 was systemd, a new cool init replacement. In tuesday’s FESCo meeting, it was decided to defer this feature until Fedora 15....
View Articlebazcamp, software freedom day and talk like a pirate day
This weekend seems to be the confluence of (at least) 3 great events: bazcamp Software freedom day Talk like a pirate day I intend to participate in all 3 if possible. Bazcamp is always a good time,...
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Fedora 14 release tomorrow!
Wow. Time sure does fly. Tomorrow (2010-11-02) is the release day for Fedora 14! Please join us over in #fedora-social on irc.freenode.net all day for a release party. Of course #fedora will be open...
View ArticleCommunities and Support channels
Recently (as it does from time to time) the question of professionalism and good behavior in Fedora’s support channels has come up again. Personally I spend a lot of time helping out on irc in #fedora,...
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Diaspora
I recently got an invite to the private alpha of the joindiaspora site (Thanks Clint!). Diaspora is a open source, distributed social networking software. The joindiaspora site is an instance that the...
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Fudcon Coming up…
Fudcon 2011 will be coming up next weekend. I’m looking forward to it, and hope to see lots of Fedora folks I talk with on irc and on mailing lists, as well as new folks I haven’t met yet. A few things...
View ArticleA quick reminder to folks going (and also not going) to Fudcon
I hope to see lots of folks at Fudcon this year, but I know sadly that some Fedora contributors are not going to end up being able to make it. If you can’t make it to this fudcon you can drop by...
View ArticlePrivate messages considered harmful
I use IRC a LOT. Most/all IRC Clients can send what are called “private messages” (or PM’s). There are a few cases where PM’s could possibly be acceptable: You have something that NEEDS to be private...
View ArticleFudcon bound
Just heading to the airport for a day of travel, then late lunch with my sister in Tempe, then to the fudcon hotel/party central. Looking forward to seeing lots of fedora folk.
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fudcon day -1
Just a quick report (I need to get a little sleep before sessions start tomorrow) on Fudcon day -1. I had a reasonably nice flight and travel through the airport. The security guard checking tickets...
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Fudcon 2011 day 1
Today started way too early (after going to sleep late). Breakfast was in the hotel food area. I had a nice chat with Dave Malcolm about python and packages and so forth, then off to the main event....
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Fudcon 2011: Day 2
Another full day here at Fudcon. Fudpub was great fun, but left me with not much sleep by the time sunday morning rolled around. Still, I made it over to the venue right around time to snag a bagel and...
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