This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Mindshare Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Akashdeep Dhar (t0xic0der)

• FAS ID: t0xic0der
• Matrix Rooms: Fedora Council (#council:fedoraproject.org), Fedora Mindshare (#mindshare:fedoraproject.org), Fedora Forgejo (#fedora-forgejo:fedoraproject.org), Fedora Infrastructure (#admin:fedoraproject.org), Fedora Badges (#badges:fedoraproject.org), Fedora Apps (#apps:fedoraproject.org), Fedora Join (#join:fedoraproject.org), Fedora Mentoring (#mentoring:fedoraproject.org)

This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Mindshare Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Mackenzie Stewart (monkeybean12)

• FAS ID: monkeybean12
• Matrix Rooms: I tend to use these Matrix channels, Fedora, Fedora EPEL Matrix, Announcements, Introductions.

This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Mindshare Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Mat Holmes (theprogram)

• FAS ID: theprogram
• Matrix Rooms: Join, Fedora, Fedora Social, DEI, Mindshare, Design, Council, CommOps, Server, Docs. I also monitor technical channels, but try not to distract people there too much.

This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Mindshare Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Samyak Jain (jnsamyak)

• FAS ID: My FAS username is jnsamyak, and most people in the community know me by jnsamyak as well 😀
• Matrix Rooms: #releng:fedoraproject.org #admin:fedoraproject.org #release-day:fedora.im #devel:fedoraproject.org #mindshare:fedoraproject.org #social:fedoraproject.org #design:fedoraproject.org
  Along with many contributor onboarding, event coordination, and Fedora community discussions across Matrix.

Since this is mindshare, Samyak wanted to do something innovative and creative for keeping mindshare spirit alive.

This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Council Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Miro Hrončok (churchyard)

• FAS ID: churchyard (you may also find me as mhroncok)
• Matrix Rooms: python:fedoraproject.org, devel:fedoraproject.org, council:fedoraproject.org, and many more

This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Council Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Tomáš Hrčka (humaton, jednorozec)

• FAS ID: humaton, jednorozec
• Matrix Rooms: fedora-forgejo:fedoraproject.org, releng:fedoraproject.org, admin:fedoraproject.org, release-schedule-planner:fedora.im, forgejo-chat:matrix.org

This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Council Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Fabio Valentini (decathorpe)

• FAS ID: decathorpe
• Matrix Rooms: Too many to list them all: #devel, #rust, #epel, #multimedia, #pride, #python, #quality, #security, … (on the fedoraproject.org homeserver)

This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Council Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Aleksandra Fedorova (bookwar)

• FAS ID: bookwar
• Matrix Rooms: Usually #council, #fedora-ci, #mine-with-fedora

This is a part of the Fedora Linux 44 Council Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts Monday, June 1st and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Friday, June 12th 2026.

Interview with Hristo Marinov (hricky)

• FAS ID: hricky
• Matrix Rooms: #bootc:fedoraproject.org, #coreos:fedoraproject.org, #atomic-desktops:fedoraproject.org, #silverblue:fedoraproject.org, #kinoite:fedoraproject.org, #fedora-forgejo:fedoraproject.org, #docs:fedoraproject.org