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FUDCon flickr group

Russell Harrison — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:26:41 +0000

FUDCon Raleigh 2008
© Russell Harrison

I just wanted to remind all the flickr users that took pictures at FUDCon last week that we started a flickr group durring FUDCon 9. It would be nice to keep that pool going so if you have some pictures you can add to the pool from any FUDCon past or pressent please do. Those of us that couldn’t make it this time would love to see what everyone was up to.

History bandwagon

Russell Harrison — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:40:07 +0000

OK fine I’ll jump on…
[rusharri@rusharri-lnx-t61p ~]$ history|awk '{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}'|sort -rn|head 207 ls 168 cd 66 more 63 sudo 36 ssh 29 evolution 29 emacs 28 for 24 rpm 23 rm
Yes that evolution in there is from having to do a evolution --force-shutdown all the time because the exchange connector feels much hatred.
[rusharri@rusharri-lnx ~]$ history|awk '{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] " " i}}'|sort -rn|head 216 ls 164 cd 120 ssh 66 sudo 49 more 40 man 30 ll 29 rm 23 df 18 ps

Posters Matching the Fedora Logo Colors

Russell Harrison — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:22:08 +0000

Máirín did a great job with some generic posters for the Fedora project. After some discussion on the fedora-marketing list she made a second set with more subdued colors. Some people really missed the more vibrant colors, and I sort of fall in between the two camps. Mainly I feel they should adhere to the Fedora brand a bit closer. You should be able to look at any marketing materials from a distance and know without reading them it pertains to the Fedora Project. So I grabbed her original svg and made a version based on the Fedora logo colors. Considering I’m a total beginner at inkscape I’m kind of proud of how they turned out.

I mean all I did was change a few color values but I can still say “I made this.” Thanks Rahul for pointing me to the font packages I needed so the text would render properly. Here’s my svg for anyone who wants to try some other colors.

FUDCon flickr group

Russell Harrison — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:48:33 +0000

I went ahead and made a public flickr group for the Fedora User and Developer Conference (FUDCon). I took a few pictures at FUDCon Raleigh 2008 (still going on now) and I’m uploading them now. Anyone who has pictures related to any of the FUDCons (past and present) feel free to post your pictures there.

Thanks Max

Russell Harrison — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:29:25 +0000

Max,

As a long time Fedora user (back when it was called Red Hat) I have been truly been thrilled by the progress on your watch. The most important being overseeing the merger of extras and core. An event that marks the final return of the community to the Fedora project. Something that has been long over due. I credit it in no small way as being pivotal in making Fedora 8 the best release yet. The quality is much higher while the innovation has gotten even faster.

An awful lot of brilliant people worked really hard to make this happen. That is the hardest part of your job. Having to diplomacy to find the common ground when truly intelligent people disagree (they are probably both right in a way) Helping convince the business types at Red Hat to return the philosophies that made the company great to start with. Bringing people together is no small skill.

Even way you’re handling this next step shows your class and consideration for all involved. I’m sorry to see you stepping down, but I understand needing a break from such a demanding job. By building on the efforts of your predecessors and welcoming the efforts of new users you’re leaving some very big shoes to fill.

Thank You,

Russell

Do you really want to kill the baby seal

Russell Harrison — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:18:59 +0000

Taken from the Fedora Fix Wakeups feature wiki page. It made me a chuckle.

With the introduction of a tickless kernel, any extraneous wakeups cause more power to be used, drain batteries, produce more heat, and use more natural resources, threatening the environment of this baby seal.

Do you really want to kill the baby seal?