Hi Marketing team, John Terrill (cc'ed) has a draft blog post for the Red Hat blog announcing the F29 Beta. Content is below. Please provide any feedback you have by Thursday morning. (This might also help jump start the content for the Ambassadors talking points) ### Fedora 29 Beta now available By Matthew Miller, Fedora Project Leader September 18, 2018 We’re pleased to announce that Fedora 29, the latest version of the Fedora operating system, is now available in beta. The Fedora Project is a global community that works together to help the advancement of free and open source software, culminating in the innovative Fedora operating system designed to answer end user needs across the computing spectrum. Delivered as three separate editions (Fedora Server, Fedora Atomic Host, and Fedora Workstation), each is designed to provide a free, Linux-based system tailored to meet specific use cases. As with all Fedora beta releases, the common foundation of all Fedora editions has been updated with minor bug fixes and package tweaks. Enhancements to Fedora 29 Beta’s base packages include Python 3.7, Perl 5.28. glibc 2.28, gloang 1.11, and MySQL 8 . Modularity for all Highlighting Fedora 29 Beta is the addition of modularity across all Fedora editions. First delivered in Fedora 28 Server, modularity enables multiple versions of the same software (like Node.js) to exist on a single instance of Fedora 29 Beta. This provides some users the ability to use tried-and-true versions of software while enabling other users to work with just-released innovation, without impacting the overall stability of the Fedora operating system. [EXPLAIN HOW THIS IMPACTS EACH EDITION OF FEDORA - DEVELOPERS, ADMINS, ATOMIC?] ARM, the Internet of Things and Fedora As the world of connected devices grows, from smart homes to industrial sensors, the importance of Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies does as well. Helping to power these technologies are ARM microprocessors, which are often delivered in small, energy-sipping form factors to power these armies of tiny devices. The importance of ARM to IoT has not been lost on Fedora, and several new features in Fedora 29 Beta are aimed at making the Fedora operating system a solid home for both ARM and IoT. These features start with enhanced ZRAM support for swap on ARMv7 and aarch64, which helps improve the performance and reliability of Fedora 29 Beta on ARM Single Board Computers, like the Raspberry Pi. These devices are frequently used by “makers” and in many developmental IoT solutions. Additionally, Fedora 29 Beta now also supports uEFI for ARMv7, which helps to simplify the user experience across architectures, including ARM. Previous versions of Fedora delivered a separate boot cycle for ARM devices - while still a supported architecture, this could lead to end user challenges. With the full support of uEFI for ARM, all users, regardless of architecture, can have a smoother Fedora experience from start to finish. You can take Fedora 29 Beta for a spin yourself at https://getfedora.org. As always, the Fedora Project team wants to hear from you – let us know about any bugs or problems that you encounter, as your feedback can help us improve Fedora 29. Common issues can be found on the Fedora 29 common bugs page (please read this on how to effectively report bugs). If you are interested in becoming more involved with Fedora, we want you on our team! You can contribute to the Fedora Project in many ways other than bug reporting – the Fedora Project is always looking for translators, testers, content creators, marketers, designers and so much more. Whatever your skill set, we would love to have you involved – find out more at http://whatcanidoforfedora.org/. The Fedora Project is a Red Hat-sponsored community project. For more information about Fedora, please visit the Fedora Project homepage. ### -- Ben Cotton Fedora Program Manager TZ=America/Indiana/Indianapolis _______________________________________________ Fedora Marketing mailing list -- marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to marketing-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct.html List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
