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Chapter 1 ✦ Introduction to Linux Troubleshooting
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from the get-go, community involvement in other areas will, by their nature, take more time to
develop.
The Fedora Project has an active set of mailing lists that are available through Red Hat, Inc. To
access the mailing lists (both archives and e-mailed versions are available to everyone), visit
the following site:
http://redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/
There is very active participation from Red Hat, Inc., developers on all of these lists, so you
can often get information straight from those people developing and making decisions about
the direction of Fedora. Here’s a rundown of what you can expect from each of the Fedora
mailing lists:
✦ General Fedora questions (fedora-list)—The fedora-list is for general questions about
Fedora. Of the available mailing lists, fedora-list is the most active. If you sign up for this
list, you can expect 100 to 200 posts per day (or more) devoted to questions about
Fedora. Although there are all types of Fedora questions on this list, the list is especially
good for “how do I get” and “where do I find” types of questions.
✦ Fedora testing discussions (fedora-test-list)—The fedora-test-list tracks the development
of Fedora software. For the troubleshooter, this is a good list to talk about software that
has broken down and is in the process of being fixed.
✦ Fedora announcements (fedora-announce-list)—If you are using Fedora, you should at
least subscribe to fedora-announce-list. This list announces the availability of critical
updates for your Fedora systems.
✦ Fedora desktop (fedora-desktop-list)—For issues related to troubleshooting desktop
problems or discussing desktop enhancements, the fedora-desktop-list is a good place
to start.
✦ Fedora software updates (fedora-legacy-list)—To get in on discussions of how updates
will be available for Fedora (and older Red Hat Linux systems as well) beyond the
officially supported update plans from Red Hat, Inc., you should join the
fedora-legacy-list.
To keep up with the ongoing development of Fedora, there are also other lists that might
interest you. Fedora-devel-list contains information on newly built packages and lets people
comment on feature changes. For development issues related directly to configuration tools,
there is fedora-config-list. If you want to contribute to the Fedora documentation effort, you
can join fedora-docs-list.
Getting on Fedora Internet Relay Chat
If you have never used Internet Relay Chat (IRC) before, it offers a great way to participate in
(or just watch) discussions by typing messages to a scrolling list. Messages are transferred in
real time, so anyone on the IRC channel can participate right at the moment.
The Fedora Project offers several IRC channels through the Freenode IRC Network
(
www.freenode.net). Channels include:
✦ Fedora general chat (#fedora)—Open to end users or any participants in the Fedora
Project.