Also, feel free to lift any of this for Fedora Magazine should it be needed.
On Tue, Sep 11, 2018, 5:13 PM Ben Cotton <bcotton@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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)
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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.
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Ben Cotton
Fedora Program Manager
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