August 2006

● What is Fedora? ● Who is Fedora? ● Why does Fedora matter? ● How do you join the open source movement?

August 2006 What is fedora?

...A powerful operating system... ● stable ● secure ● Innovative ● Second most popular LINUX

...a set of projects...

August 2006 Ambassadors Artwork Directory Server Distribution Documentation Printing Translation Websites Fedora for Women

● Translation ● Artwork ● Documentation ● Ambassadors ● Infrastructure ● website ● Bug triage ● Marketing

● Content Writer ● Designer ● People Person ● OS Developer ● Translator ● Web Developer or Administrator

Content writer ● write tutorials and articles ● write documents, guides, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs, release notes. ● write documentation about usability. ● Skills: Writing, editing, grammar,technical knowledge (specific and general)

Designer.. ● design projects including: Fedora Logo, PromoBanners, Widgets, Icon Theme, MediaArt, Posters, T-Shirt Design ● Skills:GIMP,design

Os Developer.. ● Create new applications ● Become a package maintainer to create and maintain RPM packages for software in Fedora. ● test/break Fedora. ● Skill : Programming, RPM/Packaging, Bugfiling

People Person.. ● Spread the word of fedora ● Think of creative ways for promoting Fedora ● Develop marketing strategy to promote the usage and support of Fedora worldwide. ● Provide Feedback to Developers about bugs. ● Skill : People skills, event organization, customer service/support, enthusiasm

Translator... ● Translate documents, guides, how-tos, FAQs, marketing material, process/methodology docs. ● Translate the software to your native language. ● Skill : English, Non-English native language, technical knowledge

Web Developer or Administrator... ● Improve Fedora's image and to create the best possible web interface for users and contributors on the Internet. ● Skill : Python, XML/XHTML, CSS, Web app development, Linux system administration

August 2006 How to join

● It is as easy as getting account in any social networking site. ● Talk to

August 2006 [ How use fedora? ]

● Linus Torvalds, the creator and primary maintainer of Linux ● NASA systems ● Roadrunner, the number one Supercomputer in the world ● Evo Smart Console gaming console ● Over a hundred Derived distributions including Red Hat Enterprise Linux ● humanoid robots ● Millions of other users

Features of Fedora and What's new in Fedora 11?

Quick fact ● New release every six months ● Free and open source applications only ● Free and open source Infrastructure ● Maintained by volunteers largely (~70%) ● Nearly installable software packages ● Rapid progress of free and open source softwaare

What's New in Fedora 11? ● 20 second boot time ● Nouveau as the default driver for Nvidia cards ● Ext4 as default filesystem. ● Presto Yum Plugin for Delta RPM's ● GDM and GNOME finger print integration ● Windows Cross Compiler (MinGW + cross compiled packages) ● Security enhancements

August 2006 We can't wait to impress you, The team