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Linux and Open Source: Fedora 16, thanks in large part to GNOME 3.2, was an awful Linux distribution. With this new version, and GNOME 3.4, Fedora 17 is back to being a useful Linux distribution.
LinuxGrrl: Fedora 17′s grub2 screen won’t be the ugly black and white thing you saw in Fedora 16.
LinuxPlanet: This week's Linux Top 3, once again has a strong desktop component
ITWorld: The Fedora Project is still trying to clarify its process of naming major releases, a process that has been met with calls for revision within the Fedora community.
InternetNews: From the 'Open Source Bovine Addiction' files:
Linux User & Developer: Dubbed Beefy Miracle, the release of the beta was delayed for three weeks while further testing and bug fixing was done to meet the stringent requirements set down by the team.
InternetNews: Tandoori Chicken could follow the Beefy Miracle - or will it be a nameless number?
InternetNews: From the 'Linux Desktop Miracle' files:
Fedora: The Beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 17.
Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 17: "We are delighted to announce the availability of the beta release of Fedora 17. This release of Fedora includes a variety of features both over and under the hood that show off the power and....
InternetNews: Though we're still a few month away from the May release date for Fedora 17 - aka 'The Beefy Miracle' - the Fedora community is now turning its attention to naming Fedora 18.
Toms Hardware: Ubuntu and Mint don't want it; Linus called it an "unholy mess."
New submitter LordDCLXVI writes with a review at Tom's Hardware that starts out with some loaded questions about GNOME 3, as included in the newest version of Red Hat's Fedora: "While most other distros are passing up or postponing GNOME Shell, Fedora is full steam ahead. Does Red Hat know something the rest of us don't? Or is GNOME 3 really as bad as everyone says?" Writes LordDCLVXI: "This massive article amounts to a full-blown guide to Fedora 16 'Verne' and complete dissection of GNOME Shell. It begins with an installation guide, with instructions for enabling third-party repos, proprietary graphics drivers, Wi-Fi, Flash, Java, multimedia codecs, and 32-bit libs. Next up is a GNOME Shell tear-down, including customization options and methods to 'fix' the Shell or mimic GNOME 2. Finally, Fedora is benchmarked against Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7. [While the author] adds to the voices criticizing GNOME Shell, he also points out that the extensions can empower distributors to create unique, yet compatible layouts. One of the most fair and constructive critiques of GNOME 3 — definitely worth the read, and even makes GNOME 3 worth a second look." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Fedora 16 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support."
Phoronix:This initiative is about improving system logging on Linux.
LinuxBSDos.com: "This article lists the top ten features that will appeal primarily to enterprise users. Keep in mind that most of them have not been fully implemented in Fedora 17 alpha, the first public release of what would become Fedora 17."
HowtoForge: "This tutorial will show you how to install the Cinnamon desktop, Mint's new desktop environment to be used in Linux Mint 13, on Fedora 16 as well as on OpenSUSE 12.1."
InternetNews: The first alpha milestone of the Fedora Linux 17 release is now available.
Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the initial public test release of Fedora 17 - featuring the GNOME 3.4 and KDE 4.8 desktops, a development build of GIMP 2.8, and the controversial placement of system files in /usr: "The Fedora 17 'Beefy Miracle' alpha release is available!....
Floss4Science: Our latest interview is with Amit Saha, responsible for Fedora Scientific, a Fedora based distribution geared towards scientists, students and professionals alike.
ComputerWorld UK: "Early adopters of the Raspberry Pi $25 computer will be offered a cut down and customized Fedora 'remix' compiled to run on the system's ARM microprocessor."
TheNextCorner writes "What software runs on the Raspberry Pi $25 computer? This video shows some of the preparation of the software package, run from a SD card using the open source Fedora OS." Read more of this story at Slashdot.
HowtoForge: "his tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a Fedora 16 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support."
InternetNews: From the 'Would You Like a Mint with your Fedora' files..
LinuxPlanet: Employment on the Linux Planet is going strong according to a number of barometers.
Datamation: "Red Hat's new Fedora Project Leader, Robyn Bergeron has a lot of work ahead of her as she helps to grow one of the world's largest Linux distribution communities.
Phoronix: The Fedora / Red Hat developers working on the Beefy Miracle are tentatively moving ahead with their plan to use Btrfs as the default Linux file-system for Fedora 17 and beyond.
InternetNews: It looks like current Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith will not be overseeing the Beefy Miracle Fedora 17 release.
darthcamaro writes "Red Hat is changing the leadership at the Fedora Project. Jared Smith is out after having been the Fedora Project Leader since June of 2010. In is Robyn Bergeron — who will be the first female leader of the open source project's history. Bergeron is well known in the community as she has most recently been the Fedora Program Manager." Read more of this story at Slashdot.