To all of our partner friends:
We've received a lot of inquiries from our partners about packaging their software in RPM format for use with Fedora. With good reasons:
* Millions of Fedora users can install any RPM in the Fedora universe with one simple command.
* RPM is the cornerstone of Linux systems management applications, allowing sysadmins to manage a complete list of all software on their systems, through many different tools.
* RPM is also the basis of much of the appliance work that Red Hat is advancing. Putting your software into RPM format makes it much simpler to build Live CDs, network install images, or even virtual appliances around your software solution.
Any open source software provider can package their work as an RPM for Fedora. Getting software into Fedora is not as easy as it could be, but it's not that difficult, either -- and we are committed to working with our partners to make it as painless as possible.
At the Red Hat Summit / Fedora User and Developer conference, developers have unprecedented access to the knowledge of the Red Hat and Fedora communities. For those who are interested specifically in learning how to make the best use of RPM and Fedora, we would like to recommend the following sessions:
* Topic: Fedora images and live CDs. Presenter: Jeremy Katz Time: Wednesday 6/18, 11:30am - 12:30pm Location: Red Hat Summit Session Hall
* Topic: How to make good RPM packages Presenter: Tom Callaway Time: Wednesday 6/18, 1:30pm - 2:30pm Location: Red Hat Summit Session Hall
* Topic: Building Appliances with the Red Hat Appliance OS Presenter: Bryan Kearney Time: Wednesday 6/18, 2:45pm - 3:45pm Location: Red Hat Summit Session Hall
* Topic: Fedora packages for RHEL Presenter: Karsten Wade Time: Thursday 6/19, 2:45pm - 3:45pm Location: Red Hat Summit Session Hall
* Topic: ISV Packaging Hackfest Presenter: Various Time: Thursday 6/19, 10am - 4pm Location: Fedora Hackfest Area
* Topic: Java Packaging Hackfest Presenter: Various Time: Friday 6/20, 10am - 4pm Location: Fedora Hackfest Area
Also, on Saturday 6/21, we will be holding the Fedora Users and Developers Conference at Boston University, just minutes from the Hynes Convention Center. FUDCons are the lifeblood of the Fedora community; every FUDCon draws the best and the brightest of the Fedora community from all over the world. We urge Summit participants who are interested in learning more about Fedora to attend this exceptional conference. Learn more about FUDCon at:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConF10
If you have any questions, please contact Greg DeKoenigsberg gdk@redhat.com, Paul Frields pfrields@redhat.com or Max Spevack mspevack@redhat.com for more information.
We look forward to seeing you at the Summit, and at FUDCon.
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