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Btrfs Fedora Remix

valent — Sat, 29 May 2010 13:37:43 +0000

Currently I’m testing if it is possible to create btrfs live CD-USB Fedora Remix. If this works next release of Community Fedora Remix will have btrfs by default.

What you need to do is to edit Fedora kickstart file. Instead of just one line that creates single ext4 root partiion you also need a dedicated /boot partition. Currently it is not possible to boot from btrfs partition.

Original lines from Fedora kickstart files look like this:

part / --size 5000 --fstype ext4

And you need to change so it look like this:

part /boot --size 120 --fstype ext4 part / --size 6000 --fstype="btrfs" bootloader --location=mbr --append="btrfs"

Keeping my fingers crossed that this works ;)

UPDATE:
This isn’t working, livecd-creator just fails when use kickstart file that is edited this way. I got a tip to try one different setup:

part /boot –size=128 –onpart=sda1 –fstype=ext3 part pv.01 –size=128 –onpart=sda2 –grow volgroup VolGroup pv.01 logvol / –size=128 –vgname=VolGroup –fstype=btrfs –grow –name=root –fsoptions=ssd

This works so far that it creates iso image but it is ext3 image, and not btrfs?!? Any ideas on how to create btrfs livecd is more than welcome.

Izašao je Community Fedora Remix 13.1 “Lucky 13″

valent — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:08:11 +0000

Nakon mnogo mukotrpnog rada, štrikanja kickstart skripti, pravljenja novih rpm paketa i testiranja Community Fedora Remix 13.1 “Lucky 13″ je spreman za download.

Dvije su osnovne ideja koje stoje iza Community Fedora Remixa, prva je “više od upstreama” a druga je “multimedija odmah”.

Što znači “više od upstreama”?
Fedora je vrlo usko vezana za upstream projekte (GNOME, KDE i sve ostale) te s njima ima jako usku suradnju, takav način suradnje donosi i puno prednosti pri razvoju novih mogućnosti. No bliska suradnja s upstream projektima ima i nedostatak ako netko želi bilo što eksperimentirati s nekim promjena na desktopu to ne može napraviti u Fedori već sve treba prvo dogovoriti s upstream projektima, što ubije sve ideje u početku. Zbog toga je izgled Fedora desktopa malo “zaostao” u odnosu na druge Linux distribucije koje grabe hrabro naprijed poput Linux Mint-a. Ovdje ne mislim na dizajn jer Fedora dizajn tim radi odličan posao, već na ukupan izgled i funkcionalnost desktopa.

Kao je Fedora projekt omogućio pravljenje Remix-a iskoristili smo tu mogućnost kako bi napravili najbolji mogući Fedora Remix za desktop korisnike.

Što znači “multimedija odmah”?
Druga ideja “multimedija odmah” znači da su multimedia codeci i flash podrška odmah instalirani, nema potrebe za instaliranjem bilo kakvih dodatnih paketa.

Ovaj Fedora Remix možete zamisliti kako Pimy My Ride verziju Fedore ;)

Jedna od najvećih promjena u odnosu na sve mainstream distribucije je korištenje mintMenu-a i DoxkbarX-a na GNOME sučelju umjesto standardnih GNOME panel komponenti.

Ovim putem vas pozivam da se i uključite u ovaj projekt. Ako imate ideju i znanje kako ju implementirati više ste nego dobrodošli. Ako imate samo ideju kako poboljšati ovaj Remix svakako javite, bilo bi nam drago da čujemo vašu ideju, a još draže da se priključite i sami ju ostvarite. Ako nešto i ne znate pomoći ćemo vam oko tehničkih detalja.

Za suradnju se prijavite na mailing listu ovog Community Fedora Remix projekta.

Kako pomoći ovom projektu:

- ako imate ideje i znanje:
* kako poboljšati Linux Destop
* koje programe instalirati kao standardne
* koje programe izbaciti s popisa standardnih
* koje GNOME teme instalirati

- ako ste grafički dizajner
* pomognite nam u dizajnu web stranica
* dizajn logotipa i zaštitnog znaka distribucije

- ako ste web programer
* pomognite nam podići novi web site, forum i sve ostalo što treba

- ako ste Linux Ninja
* uključite se u direktan razvoj ove distribucije

Za detalje pogledajte i službene stranice.

Google wants http:// to die

valent — Wed, 12 May 2010 08:28:30 +0000

From what Google is doing in Chrome/Cromium browsers it is obvious that Google wants http to disappear. Google is saying that http confuses regular users, but that is just pure PR nonsense and a lie.

The real reason is that spdy:// would confuse users, but Google is spinning it a different way and Chrome/Chromium developers must do as Google tells them to do.

If you aren’t familiar with spdy:// it is a new and protocol that is faster and better than http protocol for browsing, it is developed by Google.

Spdy hasn’t gained much traction since it’s announcement, and none of major sites uses spdy protocol yet, so to make it ambiguous Google has decided to remove http from Chrome/Chromium browsers address bar thus causing lots of havoc.

Chromium developers aren’t listening to any comment and just ignore all issues that have been cropping up. For me first issue is that copy/paste of url links on Linux is broken, but there are more serious issues if you read through comments.

Now even commentig is disabled and on the bug page there is a message saying: “This issue is read-only. New comments cannot be added.” This is a really bad move from Chromium developers. The discussion was locked on first mention of spdy protocol.

The obvious solution to show http:// when users click on the address bar just isn’t what Google wants, no matter what users want.

Fedora 13 – btrfs and Asus eee issues

valent — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:57:10 +0000

I have friend’s Asus eee 701 with only 512 Mb of RAM and 2GB SSD storage. I would like to install Fedora 13 on this netbook and increase SDD performance and speed via btrfs and enabling compression.

I immediately stumbled upon some issues:
- Anaconda graphical installed doesn’t support 800×480 resolution
- Anaconda text installer fails on 2GB SDD
- No support for btrfs compression during the install

I reported these three issues:

RFE: Include btrfs compression option in Anaconda installed

Anaconda installed doesn’t fit Asus eee screen (800×480)

Anaconda text install fails on 2GB SSD

Any help with getting Fedora 13 installed on Asus eee 701 with btrfs + compression is more than welcome.

DockbarX in Fedora? Yes, please.

valent — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:06:15 +0000

DockbarX brings much needed advancement in terms of dockbar features, ease of use, features and usabillity. This is especially noticable on netbooks where screen real estate is much better handled in DockbarX than in any other dock for Gnome desktop.

DockbarX is DockBar (a TaskBar with grouping and group manipulation) with some “experimental” features. It is not a fork of DockBar. This is just a branch of DockBar holding new “experimental” features.

The goal of this branch is to bring new and innovative features to enhance the experience of using DockBar in the long run, rather than to bring stability in terms of predictable behavior from a release to the next.

The branch do aim to be as bug free as possible, though, and to be usable for everyday computer usage (for people who are not bothered by rapid changes).

I really hope DockbarX comes to Fedora repositories as soon as possible, this dock is much better than any other on Gnome and works great. Also there are some great themes for DockbarX.

You can also look at Gnome Look page for more info on DockbarX.

Retro čekićanje

valent — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:23:33 +0000

Ovu subotu smo imali zabavno druženje osječkog ogranka Hrvatske udruge Linux korisnika. Primarni cilj nam je bilo druženje i upoznavanje jer se većina ljudi zna samo preko forum prepiski.

Događaj je tematski bio posvećen Retro Linux Gamingu, a Teeworlds je kao igra pobrao najviše simpatija. Prostor nam je ustupio Tehnološko Razvojni Centar te im se još jednom zahvaljujemo na tome. Rado nam je poklonio licence za Galcon Fusion koje smo podijelili najboljima.

Zabave nije nedostajalo te ćemo vjerojatno uskoro ponoviti ovakvo neformalno druženje.

Par slika s događaja biti će na galeriji, Facebook grupi i na forumu.

Fedora transparency?

valent — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:40:46 +0000

From what I have seen in this blog post looks like Ubuntu has gained option to have transparent GNOME windows.

I hope this feature goes upstream as fast as possible so that Fedora gets this great feature as soon as possible, maybe for Fedora 14? Anybody has some insight regarding Fedora and transparency?

mintMenu in Fedora

valent — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:42:00 +0000

LinuxMint is considered by many the best Linux desktop distribution, it is a Ubuntu based distribution and has some really great additions for desktop users on top of Ubuntu features. LinuxMint team has worked hard on porting mintMenu to Fedora.

mintMenu is currently stuck in review process, but hopefully it will come to Fedora repositories soon so everybody can test it and start using it.

We at Community Fedora Remix are looking into making mintMenu default Gnome menu for our next release.

Moovida still not in Fedora :(

valent — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:03:23 +0000

I’m looking forward to seeing Moovida in Fedora, but currently it is stuck in bugzilla limbo :(

Currently Ubuntu has much better choice of multimedia and media center apps, that is why I hope Moovida gets in Fedora repos soon.

If you know somebody who would sponsor this packet please point him/her in the right direction.

Community Fedora Remix 12.3

valent — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:05:30 +0000

We would like to announce live DVD/USB release of Community Fedora Remix 12.3

* 100% compatible with Fedora
* Compiz Fusion compositing window manager
* KDE + GNOME desktops
* multimedia support out of the box (mp3 playback)
* additional XFCE desktop
* GNOME Do – intelligent application launcher (http://tinyurl.com/yntg9l)
* OpenOffice 3.1
* Inkscape, Scribus and GIMP 2.6
* Blender
* Evolution with native Exchange support (mapi)
* Thunderbird 3.0
* better hardware compatibility for broadcom wireless cards
* better printer hardware compatibility
* better games selection
* Educational and astronomy software installed
* Google Chrome Internet browser + Firefox
* wireless security tools (aircrack-ng and kismet)
* GPS and location apps (TangoGPS and tools)
* Nautilus in browser mode by default
* enabled clicking via touchpad by default
* optimized smaller iso image (1.7GB vs 2GB)
* many other enhancements

If you have any suggestion on how to make this Remix better and to get involved feel free to join us and make this Fedora Remix even better on our mailing list community-fedora-remix@googlegroups.com or via comments on this blog.

Torrent download: linux tracker and demonoid
direct download: coming soon