From 25d88375506a89ccd1cce6005965c1805fdc747f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter W Smith Date: Jun 10 2021 12:55:05 +0000 Subject: changes made to landing page. I made the sentences in general shorter to read easier. I also tried to 'jazz up' the section of why to choose fedora server, adding some short takeaways in bold before the explanation. --- diff --git a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc index 6b9805e..4ff0c97 100644 --- a/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc +++ b/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ = Fedora Server Documentation -Peter Boy; Jan Kuparinen +Peter Boy; Jan Kuparinen, Peter W. Smith :page-authors: {author}, {author_2} image::Logo_server2.png[Server] @@ -18,50 +18,51 @@ Creation Date: 2021-03-10 | Last update: 2021-03-28 | Related Fedora Version(s): *As a user, you gain the opportunity to use the server of the future right now.* -Fedora Server provides a stable, flexible and universally adaptable basis for the everyday provision of digital services and information of all kinds by organizations and individuals, based on the latest technology and makes them available as early as possible. +Fedora Server provides a stable, flexible and universally adaptable basis for the everyday provision of digital services and information, suitable for use by all kinds of organizations and individuals. +It is based on the latest technology and as such, brings the most modern environment to users as early as possible. -*As a developer or system integrator, you gain an eye on the server of the future.* +*As a developer or system integrator, you preview the server of the future.* -Fedora Server is a platform for developers and system integrators, which provides an implementation of the latest server technology for further evaluation and practical appropriation. +Fedora Server is a platform for developers and system integrators, providing an implementation of the latest server technology for further evaluation and practical use -== What's Cooking +== What's in the Pipeline? -Currently, we work on several projects +Currently, several projects are in development: -- We are preparing Fedora Server 34 -- We are working on improving Server's documentation (you currently get a first glimpse) -- We are exploring opportunities of aligning cloud images and server installation more closely with each other and further harmonizing technical details. -- Technically we are revisiting defaults ... filesystem / partitioning +- Preparations for Fedora Server 34 +- Improvements to the documentation (you're currently getting a preview) +- Possibilities of aligning cloud images and server installation more closely with each other and further harmonizing technical details +- Evaluation of system defaults, particularly with regards to filesystem / partitioning Stay tuned. The results will soon be visible. == Why Use Fedora Server -Fedora Server Edition offers users and system administrators several attractive features +Fedora Server Edition offers users and system administrators several attractive features: -* The biannual release cycle allows the inclusion of the latest versions of system and application software almost immediately. This empowers users and system administrators to swiftly respond to new market options and changing or expanding customer requirements. +* *You get the latest software almost immediately*: Fedora Server's biannual release cycle allows for the inclusion of the latest versions of system and application software almost immediately. This empowers users and system administrators to swiftly respond to new market options and changing or expanding customer requirements. -* A sophisticated and highly engineered release and quality assurance process enables a high level of reliability and stability, despite a comparatively fast release cycle. This achieves an excellent balance between 'bleeding edge' and maturity for productive use in mainstream deployments. +* *You can trust it*: Fedora Server has a sophisticated and highly engineered release and quality assurance process, which enables a high level of reliability and stability, despite a comparatively fast release cycle. It therefore achieves an excellent balance between 'bleeding edge' and maturity for productive use in mainstream deployments. -* Enterprise-grade security minded, the Fedora release engineering results in carefully pre-configured releases, offering uncompromising security without prior extensive configuration work by system administrators. +* *Confidence in security*: Enterprise-grade security minded, the Fedora release engineering results in carefully pre-configured releases, offering uncompromising security without prior extensive configuration by system administrators. -* A great variety of available packages, all of them included in that elaborated release process, opens up a wide range of possibilities for building a server very flexibly according to customer specific needs and wishes. +* *You can get what you need*: Fedora Server has an extensive collection of available packages, all of them subject to the same extensive release process. This opens up a wide range of possibilities for building a server very flexibly according to customer specific needs and wishes. -* Inclusion of modern sysadmin tools (i.e. cockpit, dnf, systemd) in their latest stable version noticeably reduces the burden of system administration. +* *It will help ease a sysadmin workload*: Fedora Server includes the latest stable versions of modern sysadmin tools (i.e. cockpit, dnf, systemd), noticeably reducing the burden of system administration. -* Due to the release cycle less disruptive release jumps combine a very easy update process without re-installation requirements, and the option to skip one release jump, in case new capabilities are not immediately needed. Several small updates are easier to manage than a few but big updates. +* *Less disruption with upgrades*: Fedora Server's short release cycle means less disruptive release jumps. There is a very easy update process without re-installation requirements. There is also the option to skip one release jump in case new capabilities are not immediately needed. Several small updates are easier to manage than a few big updates. -* Utmost freedom from restrictions imposed by commercial interests or corporate feature management and excellent backwards hardware compatibility (including a complete set of standard kernel drivers). +* *You've got the freedom you want*: Fedora Server allows utmost freedom from restrictions imposed by commercial interests or corporate feature management, combined with excellent backward hardware compatibility (including a complete set of standard kernel drivers). -* Developer find an excellent development environment for the next generation server as well as application software with the latest software versions available. +* *Developers will feel right at home*: Fedora Server is an excellent development environment for the next generation server as well as application software with the latest software versions available. == What You Will Find Here - Server installation and administration guides + -You find information about installation and basic system administration supplementing the general Fedora Installation Guide and System Administration Guide. Several other sections cover specific Fedora Server Edition related options and solutions. This includes virtualisation and containerisation in particular. +You find information about installation and basic system administration supplementing the general Fedora Installation Guide and System Administration Guide. Several other sections cover specific Fedora Server Edition related options and solutions. This includes virtualization and containerization in particular. - Example Use Cases + @@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ Users describe how they use Fedora Server for a wide variety of tasks as well as - Tutorials + -Detailed step-by-step instructions are given for various typical areas of application. They are intended to enable not only experienced system administrators but also inexperienced users to safely install and configure the system. +Detailed step-by-step instructions are given for various typical areas of application. The tutorials are intended to enable not only experienced system administrators but also inexperienced users to safely install and configure the system. - People, policies, and working methods