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Spread Fedora: "Why should I migrate, I am satisfied from my operating system now. Could I lose data on my computer?

Is it possible just to see that thing and if I like it I would give it a try?"

OStatic: "The problem, which also manifests itself on some versions of the Fedora and CentOS Linux distributions, means that some programs will take more than 100 (yes, one hundred) times longer to execute under Red Hat than other distributions.

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Cyber Cynic: "What I don't like, though, is not knowing what's what with the recent security break-in into the RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Fedora file servers."

Fedora-Announce-List: "While there is no definitive evidence that the Fedora key has been compromised, because Fedora packages are distributed via multiple third-party mirrors and repositories, we have decided to convert to new Fedora signing keys."

The Boston Linux & Unix Users Group’s 30th Installfest, which we announced in a previous blog as taking place on Sat., Aug. 16, is actually tomorrow, Sat., Aug. 23, at MIT.

Volunteers will help users install open source software on their laptops from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at MIT Building E-51, Room 61, 2 Amherst St., Cambridge.

Copies of Fedora 9, OpenSuse 11.0, Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 and Debian are available. Bring your computer, monitor, distros to be installed, a power strip and some bucks.

Mandriva Wiki: "Mandriva is proud to announce the release of Mandriva Linux 2009 Beta 2 'okapi'. This beta includes a completely new installer for the Free (and, in the final release, Powerpack) edition, and is testing the Fedora system-config-printer printer configuration tool as an alternative to printerdrake."

Internet News: "Frields said he tested the feature in a literal road test -- he was able to maintain a network connection while riding in a car, courtesy of the ad hoc network created by users in a second car, which had a broadband Wi-Fi connection."

OSDir: "The Fedora Infrastructure team is currently investigating an issue in the infrastructure systems. That process may result in service outages, for which we apologize in advance."

Techworld: "Red Hat and project contributors have released alpha code for Fedora 10, the next version of the community-sponsored, free and open-source Linux distribution that will include enhancements to the audio, security and wireless-connection features of the OS."

Linux.com: "Fedora 9 now lets you create a bootable Linux distribution on a flash drive with persistence. In other words, you can not only boot any PC that will accept USB drive booting into Linux, you can even boot into your own personal desktop."