Monthly Archives: October 2009

Upcoming Fedora Elections

Posted on October 26, 2009 by mdomsch

Yes, it’s that time of year again.  Rain is falling, another Fedora release is about to conquer the known world, and volunteers everywhere are busy preparing their ideal Fedora Mission Statements to captivate the electorate.  Fedora’s Winter Election is upon … Continue reading →

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Fedora is Self-Hosting

Posted on October 22, 2009 by mdomsch

Fedora 12 (Beta available now), is self-hosting. What does this mean? Simply put, it means that you can use a copy of Fedora 12 to rebuild, from source, all* of Fedora 12 again. Why is this important? One of the … Continue reading →

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Installing Fedora 12 and saving the environment

Posted on October 21, 2009 by mdomsch

If you’re like me, chances are you have a system or three with DVD / CD burners in them.  Aside from their use for backups, I have tended to use my burners to create Linux install DVDs, done my install, … Continue reading →

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TPMs are good for something

Posted on October 19, 2009 by mdomsch

TPMs (Trusted Platform Modules) have long been avoided on Linux, given that their primary use cases have historically been around licensing and Digital Rights Management, concepts which are mostly foreign to Free and Open Source software.  However, as new use … Continue reading →

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Google Voice: Why do I need a home phone?

Posted on October 14, 2009 by mdomsch

For the past 3 months I’ve been using Google Voice, and I must say, I like it.  But I’m not exactly using it as intended. I’ve had the same home phone number for 10 years.  A lot of people have … Continue reading →

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