Juank Prada's Live Journal

I could not resist the temptation :)



name: Juan Camilo Prada
nick: juank_prada
IRC channels: #fedora-websites, #fedora, #fedora-admin
location: Bucaramanga, Colombia
Profesion: Story teller at the IT department / Coffee drinker/ Programmer when possible

So I'm back. I've returned from the almost dead (after a peritonitis which almost killed me) and now I'm trying KDE 4.3 from updates-testing repo in Fedora 11.

I'm speechless. Last time I tryed KDE was when it was on version 3.5.X and i didn't really liked it at all. I found it messy and i couldn't found my way on that desktop environment, so i stick to Gnome as it was more intuitive for me. Now after lots of improvements I have to say KDE 4 rocks!.

Even though I'm using testing-repo to fetch KDE 4.3 packages I found my desktop to be rock solid. No critical bugs and no annoying missconfigurations. The interface is awesome and the plasma widgets makes the desktop way more appealing.

So far I feel like home using KDE 4.3, and im only hoping to get multimedia keys work out of the box and to replace NetworkManager-gnome with a working version of plasma-NetworkManager.

BTW, congratulations to fedora's KDE SIG for their great job on getting KDE to Fedora. Keept up the good job guys!!.

There has been a lot of movement in the Fedora Websites team lately. Some new proposals for a new design for the planet has been posted on the mailing list and they have been brought to the meeting getting a lot of attention and feedback (great work Craig).

Once again its time to show some changes to the Fedora's main site (http://fedoraproject.org) that I've proposed and that are also a subject that still need some discussion before it gets mature enough to be a real change for the site. This time the changes focused more on the first page of the site in which are shown some options to download Fedora Desktop Live image either by Torrent or in a direct download method (HTTP). The idea was to promote only one single media that will hopefully fulfil all the user's need, so that is why the Desktop Live Media is the one proposed.



There is also a news and Spins column that I'm sure need a lot more work (and probably some RSS feeds to make the news more content rich).  Also the Get-Fedora section was changed to provide a more intuitive way for new users to download Fedora.



If you followed the last month discussions about get-fedora in the mailing list you will probably notice this proposal is fairly equal to the one proposed back then. The changes were made in the JavaScript and now no more fancy animations are there (i didnt like them that much). Also there is only options to the official Fedora installation media and all spins will be their own space (which will be spins.fedoraproject.org).

I know it still need some work specially to provide a more efficient-not-so-user-friendly way for all hackers/experts who just want a one click method to download any media they want (i have already seen people complaining about too many clicks to download the media eventhough its only 3 clicks which imho isnt that much)

Anyway, these are my proposals and as i said they need some work so i would like you people to give some feedback, propose new things, correct when you see fit, and cricise if thats the case so all the people involved with the Fedora Websites Team an I can work on this feature that may lead us to have a so much better website

Current working site is available at http://jprada.fedorapeople.org/out/en

yeah.. i couldn't resist :)


You are in a mall when zombies attack. You have:

1. One weapon
2. One song blasting on the speakers
3. One famous person to fight along side you.

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1. As right now I'm into Martial Arts I would go for my bare hands!... (taste the fury of my fists you rotten corpses)
2. The Final Sacrifice from Avantasia. We all know I wont survive without a real weapon :P
3. I would choose a Breton, their magic ability to control summoned beasts and their skills in white magic are certainly a help

So I'm in quest for an internship. I would really like to get something related to what I actually do which is web development or linux in general. I'm a serious guy, I learn fast and I'm always willing to accept challenges. so, if any of you know of any available internship please let me know, it would be very appreciated :)