1. chitlesh@fedoraproject.org - 12 August 2006

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

3. What is fedora?
chitlesh@fedoraproject.org - 12 August 2006

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

5. ...a set of projects...

6. Ambassadors
Artwork
Directory Server
Distribution
Documentation
Printing
Translation
Websites
Fedora for Women
chitlesh@fedoraproject.org - 12 August 2006

7. How to get into projects?

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

9. 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)

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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. How to join
chitlesh@fedoraproject.org - 12 August 2006

16. http://fedoraproject.org/join-fedora
●It is as easy as getting account in any social
networking site.
Talk to
●

17.  [ Who's using Fedora? ]
chitlesh@fedoraproject.org - 12 August 2006

18. ● Linus Torvalds, the creator and primary maintainer
of Linux
● NASA's 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

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

20. Quick facts
● New release every six months
● Free and open source applications only
● Free and open source Infrastructure
● Maintained by volunteers largely (~70%)
● Nearly 15,000 installable software packages
● Rapid progress of free and open source
software

21. 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

22. We can't wait to impress you,
The team
chitlesh@fedoraproject.org - 12 August 2006