We are happy to welcome our new sponsored Fedora Ambassador in February:

• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jcarlosgarcia mentored by lbazan
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Galoget mentored by dbruno
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lautb1ru  mentored by kaio
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Anishjp mentored by cmpahar
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Hagr182 mentored by lbazan

Mon Mar 11 02:53:08 2013 | Accounts: 624 | Inactive: 81 (12.98%)

Cheers,

herlo

We are happy to welcome our new sponsored Fedora Ambassador in January:

• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Psylocke mentored by azneita
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Kaptk2 mentored by herlo
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Danniel mentored by dbruno
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Surfistawagner mentored by dbruno
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jamielinux mentored by eischmann

Fedora Ambassador Statistics

Cheers,

herlo

Yes, the announcement is behind this month. Moving into a new home will do that to you!

Here’s a list with links to the videos (all of them are on youtube):

• FUDCon Session Pitches
• Robyn’s ‘World Famous State of Fedora’ Talk
• ARM to primary
• ARM Building Exercises
• Overhauling the Fedora release model
• State of Fedora security
• An intro to the new Fedora 18 installer
• Ansible (config command control and rpc)
• The Blocker and NTH Process
• Secure Linux Containers
• Fedora Spins and Formulas
• Pulp (Repository management, yum, puppet, others) – Part 1
• Pulp (Repository management, yum, puppet, others) – Part 2
• FedMsg
• Micro-web framework, unit tests, web-app maintainability
• FEL, a little intro to the electronic world with Fedora

Enjoy,

herlo

While I was there, I had another agenda item, creating a HOWTO for enabling a GPG SmartCard for use with SSH. Of course, the SmartCard can be used for both encryption and signing as well.

After finishing that HOWTO, I was talking about it with a few people within Fedora, and there seemed to be quite a bit of interest. It turns out there was quite a bit of interest, so I’ve decided to do a hackfest on Saturday at FUDCon to help move people over to GPG SmartCards. This is also going to be quite nice in that there will be a GPG key signing event after this hackfest.

Come Prepared – Equipment Required

It’s important you come prepared! If you have ever had interest in this sort of thing, there’s time to get equipment for the hackfest. Here’s what you need:

• SmartCard Reader, any will do. I recommend the Gemalto USB Shell Token V2 from kernelconcepts.de.
• An OpenPGP SmartCard. Several vendors have them. I recommend the OpenPGP SmartCard V2 from kernelconcepts.de.

Both pieces are required. Order ASAP, it takes about 10 days to ship. Consider even shipping to the FUDCon hotel if you are concerned or late. I know Petra will work hard to deliver them as fast as possible.

Doing a Little Prep Work

If you get your Token and SmartCard before FUDCon Lawrence and have a few spare minutes, feel free to read through my HOWTO. If you get through it, come to the hackfest and help others who might not have had time.

Cheers,

herlo