Hi folks, Linux Format is a popular magazine in the U.K but which ships all over the world. It regularly reviews interesting bits of software and I thought: a) It would be interesting to see how much of what they review is included in Fedora b) It would be a good idea to get that which is not in and/or up to date c) If there is enough interest I would like to form a SIG to do the monthly reviews - a kind of packaging wishlist on steroids perhaps :) I blogged about this recently and you can read the basic idea there: http://chruz.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/ive-got-the-music-on-my-radio/ The editor has expressed his willingness to send details of software which they will review to us so we have a head start. I have conducted the first review of the January 2010 issue which you can read here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LinuxFormatPackaging There are some interesting omissions, for example Recoll, the desktop search tool which came out ahead of Beagle and Google Desktop and which doesn't even have a review request opened for it yet. A few points that need mentioning: 1) I do not and have never worked for Linux Format nor has anyone I know :) 2) There may be some glaring errors - this is why this is on the wiki so please feel free to update/change etc. For example I have not undertaken rigorous reviews for the software's suitability. 3) This is not intended as anything other than a distillation of what would be good to have in the repositories. I welcome your comments as ever. -- Christopher Brown -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
