Episodes

  • 33: The Birthday Episode

    33: The Birthday Episode
    Nov 8 2023
    We just celebrated the Fedora Project's birthday! Join our host as he interviews Neal Gompa, long-time contributor, and Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Lead as we reminisce, look at Fedora Linux 39, and plenty of laughs in between. The Fedora Podcast features interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome! These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, produce the distro itself, or help put Fedora into the hands of users. There is so much going on in Fedora that it takes a whole podcast series! 🖥️ Get Started with Fedora Linux: https://fedoraproject.org 📢 Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org 🗣️ Chat With Us in the Fedora Podcast room: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org 🫂 Become a Part of the Fedora Community: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/join/ 📱 Connect with Us: Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://mastodon.social/@itguyeric Fedora Project: Announcing New Direction https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JJDFRS2M7FWINXR2QE63WQO7UW2XLQYY/ Announcing Fedora Linux 39 https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-39/ 00:00 Stream start 00:20 Welcome 01:25 Introductions 07:39 Fedora’s start 22:01 Fedora engineering 33:30 Fedora Wallpaper 36:15 Fedora Linux 39 50:20 Future of Fedora 53:03 Closing thoughts
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    1 hr
  • 32: How Do You Fedora: Neal Gompa

    32: How Do You Fedora: Neal Gompa
    Oct 25 2023
    Fedora Linux wouldn't be possible without the community, the people. In our ongoing focus, How Do You Fedora, we meet these amazing people and learn their stories. We'll be chatting with Neal Gompa, a long time contributor for CentOS and Fedora! The Fedora Podcast features interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome! These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, produce the distro itself, or help put Fedora into the hands of users. There is so much going on in Fedora that it takes a whole podcast series! 🖥️ Get Started with Fedora Linux: https://fedoraproject.org 📢 Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org 🗣️ Chat With Us in the Fedora Podcast room: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org 🫂 Become a Part of the Fedora Community: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/join/ 📱 Connect with Us: Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://mastodon.social/@itguyeric Neal Gompa: https://fosstodon.org/@Conan_Kudo Neal's website: https://neal.gompa.dev/ GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/Conan-Kudo 🔖 Chapters: 00:00 Stream start 00:20 Introductions 01:56 Meet Neal 05:55 Neal meet's tech 12:01 Getting into open source 21:50 Contributions to Fedora 28:15 Community of communities 32:52 Present and future 40:45 Fedora Asahi 43:00 Closing thoughts
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    48 mins
  • 31: The Fedora Slimbook

    31: The Fedora Slimbook
    Oct 18 2023
    The Fedora Project and Slimbook just announced the Fedora Slimbook, a cutting-edge ultrabook. We'll take to Alejandro and Vaja from Slimbook about the new hardware and how Fedora Linux is optimized for this new platform! The Fedora Podcast features interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome! These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, produce the distro itself, or help put Fedora into the hands of users. There is so much going on in Fedora that it takes a whole podcast series! 🖥️ Get Started with Fedora Linux: https://fedoraproject.org 📢 Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org 🗣️ Chat With Us in the Fedora Podcast room: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org 🫂 Become a Part of the Fedora Community: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/join/ 📱 Connect with Us: Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://mastodon.social/@itguyeric Fedora Slimbook: https://fedora.slimbook.es/ 🔖 Chapters: 00:00 Stream start 00:15 Introductions 03:55 What was announced? 07:41 Slimbook partnership 12:01 Laptop hardware 16:50 Fedora Spins 22:16 Future plans 27:55 Closing thoughts
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    33 mins
  • 30: SilverBlue and Immutable Desktops

    30: SilverBlue and Immutable Desktops
    Oct 11 2023
    How do you build a robust workstation? How can you tie in containerized desktop applications into rpm-ostree? That is the realm of the Fedora SilverBlue spin! The Fedora Podcast features interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome! These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, produce the distro itself, or help put Fedora into the hands of users. There is so much going on in Fedora that it takes a whole podcast series! 🖥️ Get Started with Fedora Linux: https://fedoraproject.org 📢 Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org 🗣️ Chat With Us in the Fedora Podcast room: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org 🫂 Become a Part of the Fedora Community: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/join/ 📱 Connect with Us: Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://mastodon.social/@itguyeric Fedora Atomic Desktop SIG https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/AtomicDesktops Misconceptions About Immutable Distributions https://theevilskeleton.gitlab.io/2023/08/29/misconceptions-about-immutable-distributions.html Chapters 00:00 Stream start 00:10 Welcome 02:21 Introductions 05:10 What’s the goal of immutability? 11:45 Misunderstanding of immutability 21:35 What do we call this? 31:00 Universal Blue 46:36 Atomic Desktop SIG 49:40 Closing thoughts
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    55 mins
  • 29: Fedora Spin: Budgie

    29: Fedora Spin: Budgie
    Sep 2 2023
    While Fedora Linux defaults to the Gnome desktop, there are multiple different versions of Fedora Workstation, one of those Spins is based off of the Budgie Desktop. In this episode, we'll talk to one of the developers about Budgie, its history, its relationship to Fedora, and what new features are coming! —-- The Fedora Podcast features interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome! These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, produce the distro itself, or help put Fedora into the hands of users. There is so much going on in Fedora that it takes a whole podcast series! Get Started with Fedora Linux: https://getfedora.org/\ Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org\ Fedora Podcast Chat: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org Connect with our hosts: Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://mastodon.social/@itguyeric Joshua Strobl: https://joshuastrobl.social/@me Fedora Budgie Spin https://fedoraproject.org/spins/budgie/ Buddies of Budgie https://buddiesofbudgie.org Buddies of Budgie Mastodon https://floss.social/@buddiesofbudgie Podcast Planning Doc https://hackmd.io/@itguyeric/FedoraPodcast 00:00 Welcome 01:14 Meet Joshua 05:17 Coming up 08:16 What is Budgie? 16:50 Target user 23:13 Upcoming features 28:41 Contributions 32:19 Wrap up
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    34 mins
  • 28: Getting Fedora with your Lenovo

    28: Getting Fedora with your Lenovo
    Aug 30 2023
    Join us for our next episode as we talk about buying Fedora Linux pre-loaded on hardware. We dive into the relationship with Lenovo and how to find the right model for your needs! ——— The Fedora Podcast features interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome! These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, produce the distro itself, or help put Fedora into the hands of users. There is so much going on in Fedora that it takes a whole podcast series! 🖥️ Get Started with Fedora Linux: https://fedoraproject.org/ 📢 Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org 🗣️ Fedora Podcast Chat: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org 📱 Connect with us: Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://mastodon.social/@itguyeric Join the conversation! https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/getting-fedora-with-your-lenovo-fedora-podcast-28/87914 Fedora Swag! https://www.hellotux.com/fedora Lenovo Sustainability https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/about/sustainability Fedora Strategy 2028: Fedora Linux is available pre-installed on more systems from more vendors https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/objective-review-fedora-linux-is-available-pre-installed-on-more-systems-from-more-vendors/47092/1 Lenovo Fedora World Domination Plan https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/lenovo-fedora-world-domination-plan/82773 Hardware Partner Fedora support table https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/list-of-computers-that-ship-support-or-should-be-friendly-with-fedora-linux/87347 Lenovo | Linux for Personal Systems https://lenovo.com/linux Chapters 00:02 Welcome 06:06 History of the partnership 16:55 Hardware development workflow 23:42 Lenovo Sustainability 31:52 Fedora supporting Lenovo 43:08 Where do I buy? 59:00 Closing thoughts
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 27: Fedora Cloud Edition

    27: Fedora Cloud Edition
    Aug 16 2023
    Looking to build out a presence in the cloud? Looking to deploy workloads with automation? The Fedora Cloud Edition is your building block to get there. Join us as we chat with Major Hayden to learn more! —-- The Fedora Podcast features interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome! These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, produce the distro itself, or help put Fedora into the hands of users. There is so much going on in Fedora that it takes a whole podcast series! Get Started with Fedora Linux: https://getfedora.org/ Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org Fedora Podcast Chat: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org Connect with us: Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://mastodon.social/@itguyeric Major Hayden: https://fosstodon.org/@major Joseph Gayoso Fedora Cloud Matrix Room https://matrix.to/#/#cloud:fedoraproject.org Chapters 00:00 Stream start 00:08 Introductions 07:11 Editions, Spins, and more 11:41 What is Fedora Cloud Edition? 23:22 Where do you get Fedora Cloud? 27:06 Origin of Fedora Cloud Edition 32:17 What is Cloud KDE? 39:57 Future of Fedora Cloud 45:15 How do I get involved? 50:55 Wrap up
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    55 mins
  • 26: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux

    26: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux
    Jun 21 2023
    What is EPEL? Why should you use it? We meet with Carl George to discuss why its important to have community projects available not just on Fedora but its downstream derivatives as well! We'll talk about getting started with EPEL packages, how to contribute, and what the plans are for the next iteration of EPEL repositories! The Fedora Podcast features interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome! These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, produce the distro itself, or help put Fedora into the hands of users. There is so much going on in Fedora that it takes a whole podcast series! Get Started with Fedora Linux: https://getfedora.org/ Follow the Fedora Podcast: https://podcast.fedoraproject.org Fedora Podcast Chat: https://matrix.to/#/#podcast:fedoraproject.org Connect with our team: Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://twitter.com/itguyeric Carl George: @carlwgeorge@fosstodon.org EPEL Website https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/ EPEL10 Proposal https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/epel-10-proposal/44304 EPEL Next https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL_Next RHEL Life Cycle https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata Fedora Join SIG https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-join/ [Packaging] Building Apps with RPM | Into the Terminal 72 https://youtube.com/live/WVSEzg8E_wg Chapters 00:00 Stream start 00:03 Welcome 00:43 Meet Carl George 06:44 What is EPEL? 15:13 The EPEL10 proposal 32:55 How do I get involved? 37:09 Closing thoughts 51:40 Wrap up
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    53 mins