Well, we did it! We released Fedora 14 on schedule after one adjustment for the Fedora 14 Alpha. Want to know how? All the gory details are on the Fedora 14 retrospective page. Think we can make Fedora 15 even… Continue Reading →
The October 2010 issue of Wired Magazine had and interesting article titled Where Ideas Come From. These excerpts struck me in particular: KELLY: The musician Brian Eno invented a wonderful word to describe this phenomenon: scenius. We normally think of… Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I announced that we are looking for someone new to take on the Fedora Program Manager role. Have no fear TK009, I have definite plans to keep blogging. With a perfect record so far in 2010,… Continue Reading →
If you use kerberos for authentication and you’ve recently moved to Fedora 14, you may encounter this error while requesting a ticket with kinit: kinit: KDC has no support for encryption type while getting initial credentials The bug report suggests… Continue Reading →
It has been quite a journey and we’re almost to the finish line. After shipping the Fedora 14 Alpha a week late because of too many big changes at the last-minute, we released the Fedora 14 Beta on time. We’re… Continue Reading →
Approximately one month from today (November 2, 2010 at 10 AM EDT), the final release of Fedora 14 will be made available to the world. And when it is, you can get it at http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora. We still have an opportunity… Continue Reading →
The third quarter of 2010 has come to an end and it’s time to see how my unfinished goals have progressed since the first and second quarter check-ups. 1. Weigh 180 lbs by December 31, 2010. Currently at 182 lbs…. Continue Reading →
I’ve been involved in Fedora for a while. I started lurking on the Fedora lists at the beginning of 2007, and as a result of some internal organizational changes at Red Hat, received the opportunity to make Fedora part of… Continue Reading →
I recently returned from seven solid days of vacation at a cabin on a lake in Northern Idaho. It was also a vacation from work, home, and the internet. I brought my computer along in case I was inspired to… Continue Reading →
Updated September 28, 2010: The beta is available. One week from today, September 14, 2010, we reach Feature Complete for Fedora 14. It also signals the start of preparations for the Beta release. Here’s how things will roll from here… Continue Reading →
People continue to tell they are sorry my dream of an on-time Fedora release could not be met for Fedora 14. I appreciate their concern, but I don’t take things like this personally. The reality is it was something I… Continue Reading →
White Space by Robin Johnson-Simpson–Looking forward to a week of white space at a cabin on a lake without the internet or cell coverage. How to Not Really Win an Argument by Donald Miller–Excellent advice for some of the “discussions”… Continue Reading →
The Fear Tax by Seth Godin–Are we shipping Fedora or are we focusing on just in case scenarios like 100% elected governance bodies? Five Principles of Civil Dialogue by Donald Miller–I really like point #4: Every person has sovereignty and… Continue Reading →
Lots has has happened since first laying out how things would go down for the Fedora 14 Alpha release. Tonight Jared announced that the Alpha would be slipping by a week as would the rest of the schedule. This means… Continue Reading →
I’m tired of the judgment and self-righteousness I see in the open source community. I’m tired of seeing it inside my company. The in-your-face, public shaming techniques to get others to change their behavior don’t work. Have the recent or… Continue Reading →
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