4. What We Believe ?
· We believe in the value of free software, and
fight to protect and promote solutions anyone
can use and redistribute
· We also believe in the power of collaboration.
Staying close to upstream projects
· We also believe in empowering others to
pursue their own visions of a free operating
system
7. friends
· Everyone has
something to give.
· 25,000 Fedora
account holders and
growing.
· Disagreement, then
discussion, then
consensus.
8. features
· Technical
excellence.
· Upstream
collaboration.
· Our features become
part of openSUSE,
Ubuntu, Mandriva,
others...
9. first
· Innovation!
· We don't wait for
others to do the
heavy lifting.
· Rapid release cycle.
· Community R&D lab
10. Spins
· Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora,
tailored for various types of users via hand-
picked application set or customizations
· There are a lot of packages in Fedora, and it
can be time-consuming to look up and install
all the software you might need for a
particular task.
· KDE, XFCE, LXDE, Security, Games, SoaS,
Electronic-Lab, Scientific-KDE, Design-suite,
Robotics
11. Remix
· A Fedora Remix is a combination of Fedora
software, with or without third-party software,
that any community member can create at any
time
· A Fedora Remix product may contain some
software that is forbidden to include in Fedora
itself
· You can call it by a completely different name,
and have different artwork and logos
· FusionLinux, Rasberry Pi, Kororaa
12. How can you help?
http://join.fedoraproject.org
16. Changes in Fedora 17
· GNOME 3.4 and KDE 4.8
· OpenStack, Eucalyptus and Open Nebula
· ICC profiles for color printing and an improved
gimp
· Still more virtualization improvements
· Software Rendering for GNOME Shell
· Removal media changes mount points
18. Presto
· The presto plugin for yum adds support for
downloading deltarpms and using them to
generate new packages
· It will make a substantial dent in the amount
of data having to be downloaded for updates
19. PackageKit
· Packagekit is a distribution neutral package
management framework and frontend
· The actual nuts-and-bolts distro tool (yum, apt,
conary, etc) is used by PackageKit using
compiled and scripted helpers. PackageKit
isn't meant to replace these tools
· Fedora, Foresight Linux, Moblin, Kubuntu,
openSUSE, SLES, Sabayon
20. PolicyKit
· PolicyKit provides a flexible framework for
granting users access to privileged operations.
It is meant to replace the old userhelper
approach, and overcome some of its
shortcomings
21. SystemD
· systemd is a system and service manager for
Linux, compatible with SysV and LSB init
scripts
· Fedora 14 featured it is a technology preview.
It is the default in Fedora 15 and above
replacing Upstart
22. SELinux
· SE (Security Enhanced) Linux is a security
feature in the Linux kernel and enabled by
default in Fedora that provides more fine
grained access control compared to traditional
file permissions
· A centralized policy determines which
software can access what resources
23. Kickstart
· Many system administrators would prefer to
use an automated installation method to
install Fedora on their machines
· Using kickstart, a system administrator can
create a single file containing the answers to
all the questions that would normally be asked
during a typical installation
26. First Boot
· For Create User make sure you create an
account for yourself. If this user account will
also be administering the computer, make
sure to select "Add to Administrators group".
