Thomas Edison said genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration. This month we pay tribute to the tenacity and sweat of the geniuses of the Fedora Project, who just released Fedora™ Core 5.

Featured articles:

Inside Fedora Core 5

by Rahul Sundaram

New installer, new desktop, new software package management, new security features. Your guide to all the fun you can have with Fedora Core 5. P.S. It's new.

Introduction to Eclipse on Fedora

by Igor Foox

Eclipse™ is an open source development platform that plays a feature role in Fedora Core 5. We've got the full story--its history, where it's at today, where it's headed.

Confessions of an Eclipse convert

by Tom Tromey

A skeptical Emacs™ fan tests Eclipse, described by some as 'the premiere open source integrated development environment.' Did the tool live up to the hype? Is it sundown for Emacs?

FUDCon Friday

Torrential rain. A smashed windshield. Missing DVDs. Just when it seemed like the theme for this year's FUDCon Boston would be "Murphy's Law," the open source community rallied together and turned the event around. Greg DeKoenigsberg tells the whole story.

Fedora Reloaded: Episode 5

  The usual suspects from fedorareloaded.com talk with David Woodhouse about Fedora™ on PPC. They also check in with Fedora Project Board leaders. Hilarity ensues...

The future of the Fedora community

  Listen as Community Relations Manager Greg DeKoenigsberg interviews new Fedora™ Project Leader Max Spevack about FUDCon Boston, the release of Fedora Core 5, and plans for Fedora Core 6.

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Red Hat to acquire JBoss

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Certified engineer and jazz musician lives to improvise

by Alex Maier

  Red Hat® Certified Engineer® Ivan Fetch, Systems Administrator at Denver University, sees things differently, whether he's laying down code or improv melodies. Don't miss the podcast.

Red Hat Summit: He came, he saw, he got a job

  How one amiable RHCE® turned a productive trip to the Summit into a career opportunity. Looking for a reason to attend the Summit? Jon Benedict knows a few.

Red Hat plans Summit IP panel

Patent law, copyright law, and intellectual property rights are critical to our future. How open will content be? How freely can ideas be shared? This year's Summit is bringing together sharp legal minds for a panel discussion on that very topic.

UNC Symposium on Intellectual Property, Creativity, and the Innovation Process

Did you miss the IP Symposium? Catch up now--you might see a few faces you recognize.

Opening Red Hat Knowledgebase

Red Hat Magazine talks with two of the caretakers of the open (and now registration-free) Red Hat Knowledgebase.

Volunteers join Sri Lanka tsunami relief effort

  Two weeks. Twenty-two volunteers. Seven houses. A village in Sri Lanka, once devastated by the tsunami, begins to rebuild.

Virtualization: What's happening lately?

Virtualization. More than a buzz word. Read the latest news and developments.

CD-adapco lowers costs, increases performance with GFS

  See how Red Hat Global File System and in-house UNIX® experts helped CD-adapco Vice President Dennis Nagyis streamline even the most complicated calculations.

In each issue:

• Editor's blog
• Red Hat speaks: Max Spevack, Fedora Project Leader
• From the inside
  • News
  • Whitepapers and case studies
  • Global events
• Ask Shadowman: Shadowman in his skivvies
• Tips & tricks: partprobe, ISCSI, and Dell
• Fedora status report