Fedora Project Podcast

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31: Unveiling the Fedora Slimbook: A Stylish Linux Laptop Oct 18, 2023

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In this special episode, we dive into the exciting announcement of the Fedora Slimbook Edition laptop, a collaboration between the Fedora Project and Slimbook. Eric interviews Alejandro and Vaja from Slimbook as they unveil this sleek, high-performance laptop designed for the Linux community, preloaded with Fedora Workstation.

The Fedora Podcast brings you exclusive interviews and deep dives with the innovators and contributors who make the Fedora community amazing! From cutting-edge technologies to the production of the Fedora distro itself, we chat with the minds behind it all. Whether you're a longtime user or just curious, there’s always something new to discover in the world of Fedora.

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📱 Connect with Eric "the IT Guy" Hendricks: https://linktr.ee/itguyeric

🔗Episode Resources
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

Special Guests: Alejandro López and Vaja Benidze.

30: Beyond Immutable: Rethinking the Linux Desktop Experience Oct 11, 2023

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In this engaging discussion, the Fedora community explores the concept of "immutable" or "atomic" desktops like Fedora Silverblue and Kinoite, diving deep into the motivations, terminology, and future directions for this cutting-edge approach to Linux desktop management.

🔗Episode Resources
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

Special Guests: Jorge Castro and Timothée Ravier.

29: The Buddies of Budgie: Inside Fedora's Budgie Desktop Spin Sep 02, 2023

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In this interview, Joshua Strobl, the founder of the open-source organization Buddies of Budgie, joins Eric to discuss the Fedora Budgie spin, the Budgie desktop environment, and the exciting future of this lightweight, traditional desktop experience on Fedora.

🔗Episode Resources
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

🔖 Chapters
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

Special Guest: Joshua Strobl.

28: The Lenovo Linux Lowdown: Bringing Fedora to Laptops Aug 30, 2023

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In this engaging episode, Mark Pearson, the Technical Lead for Lenovo's Linux PC team, joins Eric and Joseph to discuss Lenovo's partnership with Fedora, the process of bringing Fedora preloaded laptops to market, and Lenovo's sustainability initiatives.

🔗Episode Resources

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

Special Guest: Mark Pearson.

27: Unpacking Fedora Cloud: A Nimble Distro for the Cloud Era Aug 16, 2023

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In this insightful conversation, Eric, Joseph, and Major Hayden dive deep into the Fedora Cloud Edition, exploring its purpose, features, and future directions as a lightweight, cloud-optimized variant of Fedora designed for seamless deployment across various cloud providers.

🔗Episode Resources
Major Hayden: https://fosstodon.org/@major
Fedora Cloud Matrix room: https://matrix.to/#/#cloud:fedoraproject.org

🔖 Chapters

Special Guest: Major Hayden.

26: EPEL Uncovered: The Unsung Hero of Enterprise Linux Jun 21, 2023

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In this engaging episode of the Fedora Podcast, we go behind the scenes of EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux), the community-driven package repository that extends the functionality of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Our guest, Carl George, a passionate EPEL maintainer and Red Hat engineer, provides an in-depth look at the challenges, workflows, and future plans for this vital project.

🔗Episode Resources

Carl George: https://fosstodon.org/@carlwgeorge
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

Special Guest: Carl George.

25: The Fedora Website Redesign: A Community Collaboration Jun 07, 2023

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Join us as we dive into the story behind Fedora's stunning website redesign, a collaborative effort that brought together designers, developers, and community members. Discover the challenges faced, the design process, and the innovative solutions that led to the creation of a sleek, user-friendly, and visually appealing web presence for the beloved Linux distribution.

🔗Episode Resources

Fedora Flock, August 2-4, 2023: https://flocktofedora.org
Fedora Websites 3.0 Release! https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-websites-3-0-release/
Fundamental Theorem of Developing FLOSS: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User_talk:Duffy/FundamentalTheoremOfDevelopingFLOSS

🔖 Chapters
00:00 Welcome
04:02 Announcement: Fedora Flock
05:28 Fedora Websites 3.0
10:14 Under the hood
14:51 Managing the upgrade
24:10 What's still to come?
28:26 Getting involved!
39:38 Closing thoughts
43:10 Wrap up

Special Guests: Ashlyn Knox and Máirín Duffy.

24: Fedora Linux 38 Unwrapped May 09, 2023

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A couple of times a year we get to celebrate the release of a new version of Fedora Linux. The latest version, 38, comes with GNOME 44, security enhancements, and more!

Meet one of the new hosts of the Fedora Project Podcast, Eric the IT Guy and join him for his interview with Matthew Miller to discuss the latest release!

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://twitter.com/itguyeric
Matthew Miller: https://twitter.com/mattdm

Fedora Magazine: Announcing Fedora Linux 38
https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-38/

Fedora Magazine: What’s new in Fedora Workstation 38
https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-fedora-38-workstation/

Fedora Linux 39 Landing Page
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/f39/

Chapters
00:00 Stream start
00:51 Release reflections
02:36 Meet Matthew
08:10 Fedora Linux 38 release
12:58 Fedora release cycles
18:00 Under-the-hood of 38
25:54 New Spins in Fedora
37:30 GNOME 44
40:41 Bug reporting
48:46 Closing thoughts
54:09 Wrap up

Special Guest: Matthew Miller.

The Fedora Podcast Rebooted Apr 26, 2023

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It's been a while since we all got together for a podcast! In today's episode, we are going to kick off the video edition of our show, introduce new hosts, talk about upcoming events, and more!

🔗Episode Resources

Fedora 38 Elections: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f38-election-nominations-now-open
Sudo Show: https://sudo.show
RHEL Presents: https://red.ht/rhelPresents
Into the Terminal: https://red.ht/intoTheTerminal
Noah Chelliah, Ask Noah Show: http://www.asknoahshow.com/
Introduce yourself! (2023-Q2) https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/introduce-yourself-2023-q2/80286

🔖 Chapters
00:00 Stream start
00:18 Introductions
05:46 Upcoming episodes
13:01 Upcoming events
25:20 Getting involved with Fedora
35:34 Vision for Fedora Podcast
40:04 Wrap up

22: This Year in Fedora 2021 Dec 28, 2021

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In this interview, you'll get an inside look at the Fedora Project from the project leader, Matthew Miller. He shares insights into the community's growth, major technical advancements like GNOME 40 and PipeWire, and exciting plans for the future of this popular Linux distribution.

🔗Episode Resources

Fedora Survey talk at NEST 2021 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_9TIyJFukk)
Our NEST 2021 episode (https://podcast.fedoraproject.org/season-two-episode-9-the-host-and-marie/)
Ask Fedora (https://ask.fedoraproject.org/)
Our Kinoite episode (https://podcast.fedoraproject.org/season-two-episode-5-the-hosts-timothee-and-neal/)
Our Gnome episode (https://podcast.fedoraproject.org/season-two-episode-7-the-host-and-allan/)
Our Pipewire episode (https://podcast.fedoraproject.org/season-two-episode-2-the-host-wim-and-aleksandra/)
Our Fedora Cloud episode (https://podcast.fedoraproject.org/season-two-episode-10-the-host-and-david/)

Special Guest: Matthew Miller.

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