fedora 21 Release Party Talk by arcolife

Intro talk for Release party of Fedora 21 in Bangalore, held on 10th January, 2015. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Party_F21_Bangalore

Transcript

1. Fedora 21 Release Party
   Bangalore
   Talk By
   Archit Sharma
   FAS User:Arcolife
   Twitter: @arcolife
   http://work.arcolife.in
   Associate SE @ RedHat
   

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2. Overview
   ..But first, what is Linux?
   $ whoami
   Official mascot
   of Linux kernel.
   ● Initial release
   1991; 24 years ago
   ● Latest release
   7 December 2014
   ● Target market
   Personal computers, mobile devices, embedded devices, servers,
   mainframes, supercomputers
   

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3. Overview
   Ok.. now whaaaaat is Fedora?
   http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fedora+project
   ● Initial release
   6 November 2003
   ● Latest release
   21 (9 December 2014)
   ● Target market
   Personal computers, mobile devices, embedded devices, servers,
   mainframes, supercomputers
   

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4. Overview
   ● How is it different from other Linux distributions?
   Fedora has a reputation for focusing on innovation, integrating new
   technologies early on and working closely with upstream Linux
   communities. Making changes upstream instead of specifically in Fedora
   ensures that the changes are available to all Linux distributions.
   ● Current Fedora flavors
   Cloud, Server, and Workstation.
   ● What to expect from new flavors?
   Better repositories, more stability, more security, faster updates, great
   support and a great community as always!
   

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5. History – Fedora Linux
   ● An undergraduate project, called ‘Fedora Linux’, started by
   Warren Togami in 2002; intended to provide a single repository
   for well-tested third-party software packages so that non-Red
   Hat software would be easier to find, develop, and use.
   ● 2003 was a landmark year for open-source development, chiefly,
   Linux development. This was the year Red Hat discontinued its
   popular Linux distribution and branched off into enterprise-first
   development with Red Hat Enterprise Edition, and a community
   powered Linux distribution called ‘Fedora’.
   

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6. Fedora Project
   ● The key of Fedora Linux and Red Hat Linux
   Fedora's repository development would be collaborative with
   the global volunteer community. Fedora Linux was eventually
   absorbed into the Fedora Project, carrying with it this
   collaborative approach
   ● Reasons behind the initiative
   - Innovation vs stability
   - Avoid mixing development with production.
   

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7. Foundation
   ● Freedom, Friends, Features, First
   “Fedora is always free for anyone to
   use, modify, and distribute. It is
   built and used by people across the
   globe who work together as a
   community: the Fedora Project.”
   - Fedora Project
   

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8. Fedora sub-projects
   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects
   

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9. Future
   ● Fedora.Next
   - Next 10 year vision: The Fedora.next project is a rethink of
   the way Fedora is made and developed, and who it’s targeted
   towards.
   - 5 working groups working on Workstation, Server, Cloud,
   Base Design and Environment & Stacks.
   ● What can you do for us?
   That said, how could Red Hat Fedora community benefit from
   your contributions? Well, Fedora was originally developed to
   encompass directions that speak of innovations.
   

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10. Some Information
    ● Join Fedora Project
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join
    ● Fedora Project Packages GIT repositories
    http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/
    ● Fedora sub-projects
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects
    ● Fedora Packaging Software - Koji
    http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/
    

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11. Some More Information
    ● IRC channels (for communications; on Freenode IRC n/w)
    #fedora - for endusers, channels topics include general discussion.
    #fedora-devel - for Fedora developers.
    #fedora-admin - Fedora development infrastructure administrators.
    #fedora-india – fedora India Channel
    ● On searching for Fedora, Github says
    “We've found 1,665 repository results”
    ● Definition of a project, from Fedora Wiki
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Defining_projects
    

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12. Even More Information
    ● Fedora Release life cycle
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle?rd=LifeCycle
    ● Download your copy of Fedora 21 now!
    https://getfedora.org/
    ●
    Wanna go for an alternative version? Use Fedora spins -
    https://spins.fedoraproject.org/
    

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13. Additional
    Random Information
    short N sweet.. Opinion Mining on Fedora (Twitter based)
    Well... mostly positive I'd say.. :D
    

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14. Questions?
    Questions?
    

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15. Questions?
    Thank You!
    

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