The Fedora Universe

1. The Fedora Universe
• History
• The Project
• The company behind it
• The Merger
2. Fedora: Getting past the terminology
• Core, Extras, Alternatives, Legacy
• base, updates, updates-testing, development
• Release cycle, how long "support" lasts
3. Installing Fedora
• anaconda
• GUI, text mode, askmethod, HTTP, NFS, FTP, hard disk, CDROM, etc... (including passing options to the kernel)
• Dual booting
• (Macs) - yaboot, instead of grub
• Installing the base system
• Personal desktop, workstation, server, custom (minimal/everything)
  
• firstboot - license, set time, add user
4. X Window System
• system-config-display, Xorg 6.8.0, Settings, ddcprobe (?)
5. Introduction to Fedora Software Package Management
• yum, up2date, apt
• Choosing compatible repositories (/etc/yum.conf, /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources, /etc/apt.conf)
• www.fedoratracker.org
6. Security Patches and Updates
• fedora-announce-list, track "updates"
7. The GNOME Desktop
8. The K Desktop Environment (KDE)
9. Productivity Software (OOo, GNOME Office, KOffice)
10. Attaching Peripherals - hal, udev, kudzu
11. Printing
• system-config-printer
• CUPS
  
12. Networking - system-config-network, NetworkManager, internet-druid
13. Running Web Services - apache
14. Running Mail Services - sendmail, postfix, system-switch-mail
15. File Serving - samba, nfs
16. Running a Firewall - system-config-securitylevel
17. SELinux
18. Internationalising Fedora - IIIMF, system-config-im
    
19. Pakage Caching: Updating Multiple Machines
• mirroring a tree; /var/cache/yum via NFS; squid
20. Creating Fedora Packages
• create RPMs
• basic, good enough guide to conform to fedora.us standards
• point to Maximum RPM
• intro to GPG here, for signing packages
21. Compiling Kernels The Fedora Way
• kernel-sourcecode
• Tools you will need - kernel development from system-config-packages
• make rpm (from kernel.org)
• rpmbuild fun :)
• Setting grub(/yaboot) up
22. Becoming a Fedora developer
• first we'll "define" this okay? ;-) Otherwise, fedora.us introduction for instance
23. Misc.
• XFce4
• what else?