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Fedora 14 Alpha End Game

With the arrival of feature freeze for Fedora 14, things are about to get a lot more interesting. I haven’t talked about the full release processes in a while so hopefully someone out there will find this useful towards understanding… Continue Reading →

Subjectivity Isn’t Sustainable

We’re seeing a beautiful thing happen in bugs proposed as release blockers for the Fedora 14 Alpha–people are quoting and referencing specific sections from the Fedora 14 Alpha Release Criteria as justification. There was discussion at the first Fedora 14… Continue Reading →

Fedora 14 Retrospective Begins Today

Inspired by the QA Retrospective that James Laska and the QA team created over the life of Fedora 13, I’ve created a Fedora 14 Schedule Retrospective page.  Everyone participating in the Fedora 14 release cycle, from any team, is welcome… Continue Reading →

2010 Second Quarter Goals Check-up

The second quarter of 2010 has come to an end and it’s time to see how things have progressed since the first quarter check-up. 1. Weigh 170 lbs by December 31, 2010 As I noted at the end of March,… Continue Reading →

Shipping on Time is a Feature For Fedora 14

I’m throwing down a challenge for Fedora 14–we ship all three releases: Alpha, Beta, and Final on time.  I’m not advocating cutting any corners or lowering our standards.  I expect them to remain the same.  What I would like to… Continue Reading →

One More Month of Fedora 14 Development

For some reason Fedora 14 feels like it is coming too soon and yet the calendar says it is true.  Here are a few reminders about some important upcoming dates: Two weeks from today, July 13, 2010, is the Feature… Continue Reading →

Kitchen Timer Power

Want to get unstuck and get more done?  You need this “high tech” gadget from the kitchen! The picture above is one of my secrets to success.  The electronic version died and got replaced by this one from the junk… Continue Reading →

Mind Mapping With VUE

While searching for a solution to a problem with XMind, I came across this forum post mentioning VUE. I haven’t spent very much time with VUE, but it appears to be a very robust and full featured mind mapping tool. … Continue Reading →

How to Manually Adjust XMind Node Placement

I’ve been using XMind and getting familiar with how to use and modify its visually pleasing presentation. The biggest frustration I’ve had so far is trying to manually move and place sub-nodes on the map. Others have experienced this problem… Continue Reading →

Mind Mapping With XMind

I’ve been dabbling in mind mapping programs again.  In the past year several new mind mapping tools have appeared.  XMind recently caught my fancy.  XMind is eclipse based and is more polished and professional looking compared to Freemind.  I’ve been… Continue Reading →

Stop Firefox From Stealing Focus

When Ubuntu 10.4 was released I used it as my primary desktop for a week before alternating between it and Fedora.  The polish and finish of the desktop experience is subtle in some places and  noticeable in others–with the exception of the… Continue Reading →

Fedora 13 End Game Part 2

Paul has already eloquently noted that the release date of Fedora 13 has changed to May 25, 2010. This was disappointing after the AMAZING effort that went into meeting the original challenge–addressing all of the outstanding blocker bugs by May… Continue Reading →

Fedora 13 End Game

Like many of the releases before, the end of Fedora 13 is sneaking up on us.  Huge thanks to James Laska, Adam Williamson, Jesse Keating, and others who have gathered for several Fridays to beat down the blocker bug lists. … Continue Reading →

Monty Python Does The Fedora Development List

I can’t watch the sketch below without thinking about some of the Fedora mailing list threads that make me want to poke one of my eyes out.  If you listen closely I think they might be talking about package updates… Continue Reading →

Fedora 12 USB Headset Volume Too Low

About a month ago I was out of town and went to make a phone call using Twinkle and my Logitech USB headset.  The volume was so faint I could barely hear the person on the other end. A few… Continue Reading →

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