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All articles in this category are relevant to ALL teams and subgroups across the entire Fedora Project community.

Fedora Operations Architect Report

Welcome to the Fedora Operations Report and I hope everyone is enjoying the latest Fedora Linux release! Read on to find out more information such as important upcoming dates for F42, and a few tidbits of things happening around the project lately 🙂

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Infra & Releng Update Q3 2024

This is a summary of the work done by Fedora Infrastructure & Release Engineering teams as of Q3 2024. As these teams are working closely together, we will summarize the work done in one blog post by both teams.

This update is made from infographics and detailed updates. If you want to just see what’s new, check the infographics. If you want more details, continue reading.

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Announcing the Fedora 41 Global Watch Parties

Date: Fri, Nov. 15th, 2024, three time slots to connect our global community
Register and RSVP here:

  • Europe Hours: F41 EMEA (10AM CET Start)
  • Asia-Pacific Hours: F41 APAC (10AM IST Start)
  • Latin America/North America Hours: F41 LATAM/NA (12PM EST)

What are the Fedora Watch Parties?

With Fedora’s tradition of celebrating each release, we’re thrilled to introduce a more inclusive format this time around: Fedora Global Watch Parties. Instead of a single release party event, Fedora’s Global Watch Parties create three time slots across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM/NA, making it easier for everyone to participate in a way that fits their schedule and time zone.

Each Watch Party is designed to be easy to join, running around 1.5 hours. This shorter format means that more Fedora users, contributors, and community members can attend, connect, and engage. It’s a perfect opportunity to meet other Fedora community members, learn more about Fedora 41, and share the excitement of the release—no matter where you are.

What to Expect

  • 5-15 minute pre-recorded sessions that dive into Fedora 41’s latest features, from DNF 5 to GNOME and KDE improvements, and updates for image mode, Secure Boot, and MIPI camera support. These talks are designed to keep you up-to-date on Fedora’s newest developments, whether you’re a long time contributor or a Fedora newcomer.
  • Real Time Matrix Chat, so attendees can join in, share thoughts, ask questions, and connect with others who are passionate about Fedora.
  • Opening Remarks from Fedora Leadership during the LATAM/NA session, where Fedora Project leaders will discuss Fedora 41’s journey, community goals, and ways to get involved in future releases.

With the change to holding sessions across three different time zones, we’re making it easier than ever for contributors and users worldwide to attend and participate. Whether you’re joining to learn about Fedora 41’s features or to connect with others who share your passion for open-source, we want to bring our community closer together.

Pick the time slot that works best for you, grab your Fedora swag, and join us for our Fedora 41 release event. See you there!

Looking back at Flock to Fedora 2024

Flock to Fedora 2024, held in Rochester, New York from August 7th to 10th, soared to new heights, bringing together Fedora contributors and enthusiasts for four days of immersive learning, dynamic collaboration, and vibrant community building. The event seamlessly blended in-person interactions with live stream and recorded sessions via YouTube for the first two days, ensuring accessibility for a wider audience. Using Matrix Chat for seamless communication and a well-structured online schedule, Flock 2024 successfully fulfilled its mission of uniting the Fedora community, fostering connections, and sparking a wave of innovation.

The "thank you to our sponsors" slide from Flock containing a happy colur mascot and the logos of the key sponsors: Red Hat, CentOS, Rocky Linux, Lenovo, Microsoft Azure, AlmaLinux, OpenSuse, Arm, and Meta

Target Audience

The primary target audience was Fedora contributors, encompassing developers, packagers, designers, documentation writers, and anyone actively involved in the Fedora Project. The event also welcomed newcomers and those curious about Fedora and open source.

Attendees

Rochester welcomed a diverse and passionate group of attendees, including, but not limited to:

  • The majority of the Fedora Council, FESCo, and Mindshare Committee members.
  • Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller, Fedora Operations Architect Aoife Moloney, Fedora Community Architect Justin W. Flory
  • Representatives from sponsor communities, like Rocky Linux, Lenovo, Microsoft Azure, AlmaLinux, CentOS, openSUSE, ARM, Meta, and SureStep.
  • Numerous passionate Fedora community members. See badge scans for a full list.
A screenshot from the livestream showing the FESCo panel in the middle of a discussion. The image is inset into the livestream border with the event date and time and the AV sponsors

Key Highlights From The Event

  • Engaging Keynotes: Matthew Miller’s “State of Fedora” keynote provided valuable insights into the project’s trajectory. Other impactful keynotes included Pat Riehecky’s “It is OK not to know things” and Anita Zhang’s “How (Not) To Get Into Tech,” offering diverse perspectives on the open source journey.
  • Dynamic Sessions and Workshops: The event featured many sessions catering to diverse interests, with popular choices including panel discussions from the Fedora Council and FESCo, “What does Red Hat want?”, and numerous talks on Bootc.
  • Diverse Tracks: Attendees explored three tracks, including the Flock general track, the CentOS track, and the Mentor Summit track. These tracks tool place across several rooms, like the Red Hat main stage, and the breakout rooms sponsored by Lenovo, Rocky Linux, and Microsoft Azure. Topics ranged from technical deep dives (OpenQA, Konflux, eBPF, AI/ML, RISC-V) to community-building initiatives and DEI efforts.
  • International Candy Swap: This unique tradition fostered cross-cultural connections as attendees shared sweets and stories from their home countries.
A title slide with the text Mentorship Summit - Panel Discussion, the Fedora logo, and the speakers names inset into the livestream border with the event date and time and the AV sponsors

Fedora Community Engagement

  • The Fedora community was actively involved throughout the event.
  • Community members contributed as speakers, workshop leaders, and attendees, driving discussions and knowledge sharing.
  • Topics like Bootc and the future of Fedora sparked lively conversations and collaboration.

Community Participation and Recognition

  • Booth Staff/Volunteers: The dedicated volunteer team, including those listed on the Flock 2024 – Volunteers sign-up sheet, ensured a smooth and welcoming experience for all attendees. Their tireless efforts were critical to the event’s success.
  • Speakers: A diverse group of speakers shared their expertise and insights, fostering learning and inspiring attendees. Myself and two of my fellow interns, Adrian Edwards and Roseline Bassey, presented a hybrid presentation of pre-recorded and live sessions as part of the Mentored Projects Showcase. You can see the full speaker list on the conference schedule.

Virtual Events

  • Livestream & Recordings: The event’s first two days were live-streamed and recorded, allowing virtual participants to engage with the content.
  • Viewership Data:
    • Day 1:
      • Red Hat Room: Over 1,000 views
      • Lenovo Room: 888 views
      • Rocky Linux Room: 427 views
      • Microsoft Azure Room: 324 views
    • Day 2:
      • Red Hat Room: 674 views
      • Lenovo Room: 288 views
      • Rocky Linux Room: 286 views
      • Azure Room: 213 views
  • Online Engagement: Social media platforms buzzed with activity, with attendees and virtual participants sharing their experiences and insights using the official hashtags #FlockToFedora, and #FlockRochester.

Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Recommendations

  • Streaming Capabilities: Available resources constrained our ability to live stream the entire event, while the impact of this for virtual attendees was minimized with creative scheduling, the hope is to explore improvements to the event streaming setup in the future.
  • Weather Disruption: The scavenger hunt was unfortunately affected by a storm, highlighting the importance of contingency plans for outdoor or weather-dependent activities.
  • Survey Feedback: We conducted a post-event attendee survey to collect feedback from attendees and speakers. This valuable input has guided us and will continue to guide us in implementing improvements and addressing areas of concern for future Flock events.

Conclusion

Flock to Fedora 2024 was a success, showcasing the strength and vibrancy of the Fedora community. We are already looking forward to Flock to Fedora 2025! To stay informed about future events and opportunities to get involved, visit the Fedora Project website, join the Fedora Matrix room, and follow us on social media!

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

We extend our deepest gratitude to all our sponsors, whose generous support made Flock to Fedora 2024 possible. Your commitment to open source and the Fedora community is invaluable.


Edited by Adrian Edwards and Justin W. Flory

Proposed change to the Fedora Council policy for Edition promotion

The Fedora Council is considering a change to our policy for promotion of a Fedora deliverable to “Edition” status. Please read that entire document for context before commenting.

This change is being made to reflect actual practice. For example, there is clear overlap between the use-cases and potential user-bases for the current Server, Cloud, and CoreOS Editions, but each takes a different approach. We are currently considering adding an exception for a KDE Desktop Edition, which would overlap with Fedora Workstation.

Currently part of the policy currently reads in a way that prevents this exception from being possible:

A Fedora Edition:

  • addresses a distinct, relevant, and broad use-case or user-base that a Fedora Edition is not currently serving;
  • is a long term investment for the Fedora Project; and
  • is consistent with all of Fedora’s Four Foundations.

We propose an additional line:

The Council may make exceptions to the “distinct” rule when we determine that doing so best fits the Project’s Mission and Vision.

This topic is open for community discussion, following our Policy Change Policy. After two weeks, the Council will vote in a new ticket, and if approved, the policy will be updated.

Approval of this change would not automatically mean the approval of a KDE Desktop Edition, but would allow that possibility.

Announcing Webhook To Fedora Messaging

With the transition of the applications from Fedmsg to Fedora Messaging inching towards completion, today we want to introduce a new service, Webhook To Fedora Messaging. Webhook To Fedora Messaging has been researched and developed by the Fedora Infrastructure team members with the company of an Outreachy mentee over the last quarter to communicate with services using webhooks.

Webhook To Fedora Messaging takes webhook events from services and translates them into semantic messages to be sent over on the Fedora Messaging bus, to which every Fedora Project application can listen and act for automation. Currently, the project supports services like GitHub but going forward we plan on implementing support for services like Discourse, GitLab, Forgejo etc.

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Fedora Operations Report

Happy October folks! In this post you’ll find some information on our F41 and F42 releases, plus a few lines on a couple of topics happening around the project lately. Read on to find out more!

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Laptops, Badges, and a Pelican case of Swag: DevConf Event Report

Following the week of Flock 2024, Fedora kept the late-summer conference train rolling with a community booth at this year’s DevConf US held at Boston University from August 14-16, 2024. This year’s conference was an opportunity to sponsor another key community event, spread the word about Fedora, and connect with influential community members while learning about new industry developments, paying particular attention to AI and cloud spaces.

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Fedora Mentored Projects – Council Hackfest

Last February 2024, after FOSDEM, the Fedora Council met for a couple of days to discuss strategy and future of Fedora. As part of this discussion, the council also discussed the proposed initiatives, Community Ops 2024 Reboot and Mentored Projects 2024. We are glad to announce that the council approved both of them!

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Heroes of Fedora – Fedora 40 Contributions

In this post, we’re shining a light on the unsung heroes of Fedora 40. Our community’s quality contributors have dedicated countless hours to testing, reporting, and improving Fedora. Here’s a deep dive into their achievements and the impact they’ve made.

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