Fedora 18 发行派对

Fedora 中国区大使组决定借着 Fedora 18 刚刚发布的良好机会,于1月27日在北京举办 Fedora 18 Release Party 暨云时代的开源技术交流会。本次北京的活动将一如既往的执行 Fedora 的“自由. 友爱. 杰出. 前卫”理念,并邀请开源软件作者和技术专家分享他们的开源作品和技术。

活动时间:1月27日星期日下午2点至6点(准时哦!)

活动地点:清华大学信息技术大楼1区315室(清华大学东门(东南门,主校门)左手边,FIT总共分4个区,南边1区,西边是2区,北边3区,东边4区。西边的门是正门。FIT楼周末不开西门,开东门。)

交通工具:

乘坐地铁13号线, 在五道口站下车(A西北口出) 步行约1.1公里
乘坐562路(或375路等), 在五道口站下车步行约870米
乘坐438路(或333内; 333外; 355路; 438路; 466路; 628路; 913路; 运通110路等), 在清华东路西口站下车步行约650米

活动详情:http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleasePartyF18_Beijing

本次会议时间表:
时间 演讲主题 演讲者
13:30-14:00 会议注册&领取纪念品
14:00-14:35 Fedora 项目基础设施介绍 Robin Lee(ChinaCache)
14:35-15:10 OpenShift 介绍 Tommy He(LinuxTOY)
15:10-15:45 Fontconfig & libpinyin 介绍 Peng Wu(Red Hat)
15:45-16:00 休息
16:00-16:35 Fedora 上开发开源硬件 Tong Hui(DFRobot)
16:35-17:10 Fedora 与 Raspberry Pi(或OpenAFS、Beowulf Cluster) herdingcat(Red Hat)
17:10-17:45 Seafile 文件同步项目介绍 freeplant(Seafile)
17:45-18:00 现场交流环节

您可以在现场体验 Fedora 18,以及观看在不同平台上 Fedora 的表现。

也许部分主题或许跟您的工作没有任何联系,但可以拓阔您的知识面,结交技术圈的朋友 🙂

我们衷心希望热爱 Fedora 的朋友和热爱开源技术的朋友能够到场参加我们的会议!

Linux基金会首次在中国设立分支机构

Linux基金会今日对外透露,基金会任命了Linux业界资深人士Cliff Miller出任基金会中国区运营总监。这也是Linux基金会首次在中国设立分支机构,该基金会希望通过此举能进一步推进Linux平台在中国的普及化。

Linux基金会是一个致力于促进Linux成长的非盈利团体。据了解,Linux基金会在中国的分支机构将结合中国的社团成员和企业一起, 举行与Linux相关的会议、活动,并将重点帮助MeeGo操作系统在中国的推广。

Linux基金会认为中国开发者扮演着更为重要的角色。其执行董事Jim Zemlin认为,Linux在中国被广泛应用,相信Cliff将帮助中国的社团、企业和个人用户走到一起。

Cliff Miller是TurboLinux的创始人,目前在DeviceVM(达晖飞码)担任首席战略官。据了解,Cliff将兼任上述两个职务。

Cliff Miller表示,“在中国将会有超过十亿人通过手机、个人电脑和其他设备互联,而使用Linux系统将是快捷可靠的,我希望能促进Linux开发者和用户之间的合作。”

The 10 Best Linux Distributions of 2009

It was exactly one year ago today that I published my original “The 10 Best Linux Distributions” and it’s time to put forth a new list for this year’s best. Without looking at the old list, I’ve decided to compile this one from scratch. This 2009 list takes several factors into account for placement in the list: Community support, commercial support, software variety, update engine and distribution frequency. Even for old Linux salts, there are a few surprises on this list. For starters, Ubuntu is not number one.

The problem with this list is that I don’t hate any of the distros that I’ve entered here. Even number ten is one of my all time favorites but something has to be on top and something has to be on bottom. Check out the list and see what you think.

1. gNewSense – Ever since my conversation with Richard Stallman, I’ve decided that gNewSense is the distro that claims the top spot for this year. Based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian, gNewSense contains only free software. It’s also the distro that Stallman himself uses–how can you beat that?

2. Debian – Debian is a GNU/Linux distribution that has it all: Great support, unsurpassed stability, awesome developers, a huge community, dozens of offspring including Ubuntu and gNewSense, regular updates, apt-get, thousands of ready-to-install programs and it makes a great user computer or server system. Debian also has the best hardware discovery of any distribution, which is probably why it’s used to parent so many other distributions. If Debian has one weakness, it’s commercial support. There’s no Debian, Inc. for businesses to point to should something go awry. For businesses to adopt a particular distribution, it must have commercial support. For some, the risk is too great otherwise.

3. Ubuntu – Ubuntu picks up the slack where (don’t confuse this with SlackWare which doesn’t make the list this time.) Debian leaves off. Ubuntu offers commercial support, albeit somewhat expensive support through Canonical, Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor.

4. CentOS – This distribution is Red Hat Enterprise Linux compiled from sources. It is still my personal distribution for my user/server computer. I do most of my testing on it. I use Debian for testing as well in virtual machines but they all ride on top of my CentOS computer. I spoke with Karanbir Singh, Project Lead of CentOS a few weeks ago and he gave some insight into the project that I had not heard or read before. Listen to the original podcast, if you get a chance.

5. Fedora – Fedora is the community version supported by Red Hat, Inc. It is what we used to call Red Hat Linux. It’s also the version of Linux that Richard Stallman says comes pretty close to being an all free distribution. If you can impress Stallman, you’ve done your job. Fedora is often a bit unstable because it is out on what some call the ‘bleeding edge’ and is for those who are a bit more on the adventurous side. Don’t use it for production. For production purposes, use CentOS if you don’t want to purchase a commercial Linux distribution. Just as a side note, this is one of the funniest true stories I’ve ever read. It would still be funny if it weren’t Oklahoma but since I live here, it makes it even better.

6. Red Hat – Short of being blessed by Richard Stallman or Linus Torvalds, how can you not love Red Hat? It was one of the first companies that bucked the Microsoft-only trend and gave it a go on Linux. It worked. Red Hat is the most profitable and successful Linux/Open Source/Free Software company in the world. It’s very profitable and it keeps growing. It is one of three Linux distributions that ever makes its way into large companies as a supported operating system. SUSE (Not on this list) and Ubuntu are the other two.

7. Gentoo – Do you have a few free weekends and a need for something that goes ZOOM when you’re done? Gentoo is for you, then. Gentoo is not for those who are wanting to download, burn and boot; it’s for those who like to tinker, twist and fidget with something until it’s perfect. If you want something that rocks, and is rock-solid when you’re done, then you want Gentoo. Gentoo is the Harley-Davidson of the Linux world. It’s cool. It’s stable. It’s hot. It’s also a royal pain in your backside. If you’re impatient, like me, keep moving and just appreciate Gentoo from afar.

8. Knoppix – Yeah, Knoppix, baby. It’s cool like that. Knoppix is one of those “Show it, don’t explain it” distributions. If you want to try to explain Linux to someone, show them a Knoppix Live CD. They might never look at a Windows computer again. It’s that good. If you have an old computer that won’t handle a large hard drive, buy yourself a fast CD/DVD ROM drive and download, burn and boot Knoppix for your user computer. Save your documents and files to the ‘too small for Linux’ disk and never look back.

9. Presto – Got Windows but also want Linux? Get Presto. I installed it on my netbook and I love it. When I’m in a hurry and just want to check email or make a Skype call, I boot into Presto and get to work in about 15 seconds flat. It’s the best $20 you’ll ever spend.

10. Damn Small Linux – Damn Small Linux (DSL) is the cool of cool in small distro land. In as little as 50MB, you can have a full Linux computer and in these days of operating system bloat; that’s a real winner. DSL isn’t just small but it has features you’d expect from larger distributions: Web, RDP, Terminal Services, SSH, productivity tools, SSH server and much more. If I ran a company with more than just a handful of employees, it’s likely that DSL is what I’d use for their user interface possibly as virtual desktops on a hypervisor system. If you haven’t experienced DSL for yourself, you should. Download, burn and boot. It’s impressive.

If your favorite distro didn’t make the cut, I’m sorry, maybe next time. Perhaps you can convince me to write up another list of my reader’s favorites if you write back and tell me what they are.