As you're probably aware, Fedora is participating in Google's Summer of Code. Below is one provisional bounty specifically for Fedora Docs, involving screencasting, and we'd like your comments and ideas. Note that projects don't have to involve heavy-duty coding (see the library.gnome.org bounty on the GNOME Website). Bounties that can open participation in Fedora Documentation are particularly valuable. For example, developing features of Docbook Wiki or a similar system. We will be posting two or three final Docs bounties on the Fedora page to maximise potential uptake. Fedora Bounties - http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraBounties Google Summer of Code - http://code.google.com/summerofcode.html GNOME Bounties (Documentation) - http://www.gnome.org/bounties/Documentation.html ** Demonstrate Screencasting on Fedora ** Video screen capture or "screencasting" has multiple applications for documentation, training and advocacy. The challenge is to create a working screencast on a Linux desktop using Open Source software, in such a way that it can be easily reproduced by a non-programmer. The file format of the screencast must be playable on a Windows system using either commonly available or pre-installed plug- ins. The twist is that the screencast itself must show the process of installing Fedora Core with the default options. Your screencast should begin with the boot screen, and end with logging in to the completed desktop installation for the first time. How - This bounty allows a range of possible solutions. Virtual machine technologies such as Xen and QEMU may be useful. Alternatively, the Anaconda installation system itself includes support for remote access through VNC and telnet, and as well as support for capturing static screenshots. Pointers - Software that might be useful starting points: Istanbul - http://live.gnome.org/Istanbul VNC2SWF - http://www.unixuser.org/~euske/vnc2swf/ -- Stuart Ellis stuart@xxxxxxxx Fedora Documentation Project: http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/docs/ GPG key ID: 7098ABEA GPG key fingerprint: 68B0 E291 FB19 C845 E60E 9569 292E E365 7098 ABEA
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