The document introduces Fedora 12, an open source operating system. It discusses what open source software and GNU/Linux are, as well as some of Fedora 12's new features like faster startup times and the Ext4 filesystem. It also covers Fedora spins, virtualization support, ease of use, and resources for moving to Linux.

1. Fedora 12 Release Event Ahmed Daoud Fedora Ambassador

2. Fedora 12 Release Event Intro to Opensource. What is GNU/Linux? Fedora 12 What is new? Fedora Spins. Ease of Use. 15000 and more Applications. Virtualization. Moving from Windows to Linux

3. Intro to Opensource software whose source code is published and made available to the public, enabling anyone to copy, modify and redistribute the source code without paying royalties or fees. The GPL License. Benifits of using opensource. FOSS Repositories. The future of opensource.

4. Opensource Achivments Operating systems: Linux – Opensolaris – Chrome OS. Programming Languages: PHP – Python – Java – Perl – C/C++. Productivity tools. OpenOffice.org – Koffice – GIMP ....etc. Internet Browsers & Websites CMSs. Firefox – Opera - Chrome. Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal.

5. What is GNU/Linux? GNU/Linux is a free opensource operating system. Linux is the kernel which was built by a student as an alternative for UNIX. GNU is a set of tools and programs used with the kernel to form a full operating system. Modern GNU/Linux = Linux + GNU + X. Linux distros are versions released by Communities and companies.

6. Fedora 12 Release Fedora is a GNU/Linux distro released by fedora community and sponsered by Redhat. New release every six months. Free and open source applications only Maintained by volunteers largely (~70%) Nearly 15000 installable software packages.

7. New in Feodra 12. 20 second startup time, Plymouth improvements and Kernel Mode Support Ext4 as default filesystem. GDM and GNOME finger print integration. Set Empathy as the default IM client. Virtualization and Security enhancements. Nouveau as the default driver for Nvidia cards ( No 3D support yet!). Add full IPv6 support to NetworkManager.. Gnome 2.28, KDE 4.3, OpenOffice 3.1

8. Fedora Spins Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora, tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application set or customizations. Most Common Spins are XFCE spin: well integrated XFCE desktop Games: Showcase of best games on Fedora. FEL: Fedora Electronic Lab. Spins enable users to create their own ones.

9. Ease of Use. Fedora is easy to use. Gnome or KDE each provides an easy to use GUI system (Demo). OpenOffice.org is as easy as Microsoft Office (Demo). All multimedia applications which you need are availabe. Codecs are availabe on RPM-fushion repositories.

10. Virtualization Virtualization is fully supported on Fedora. Fedora comes with high performance virtualization utilities such as KVM. KVM is suitable for servers. For personnel use it's better to use VirtualBox. Wine is a good solution to run Windows Software on Linux.

11. The Way To Linux Prepare your USB Live Fedora stick Get a good book (may be arabic one). Start applying what you read on the Live system. Participate at one of Linux communities. Ex: Linuxac Use a small note book to write down what you learned every day. Finally you will be a Linux user.

12. Useful Websites www.fedoraproject.org Fedora Docs http://docs.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Spins http://spins.fedoraproject.org/ مجتمع لينكس العربى http://linuxac.org/ How to Forge