Hi,
I’m Jef, the Fedora Project Leader.
As FPL I believe Fedora needs to be part of a healthy flatpak ecosystem. I’d like to share my journey in working towards that over the last few months with you all, and include some of the insights that I’ve gained. I hope by sharing this with you it will encourage those who share my belief to join with me in the journey to take us to a better future for Fedora and the entire ecosystem.
Artificial Intelligence is a transformative technology, and as a leader in open source, the Fedora Project needs a thoughtful position to guide innovation and protect our community’s values.
For the past year, we have been on a journey with the community to define what that position should be. This process began in the summer of 2024, when we asked for the community’s thoughts in an AI survey. The results, which we discussed openly at Flock and in Council meetings, gave us a clear message: we see the potential for AI to help us build a better platform, but we also have valid concerns about privacy, ethics, and quality.
The draft we are proposing below is our best effort to synthesize the Fedora community’s input into a set of clear, actionable guidelines. It is designed to empower our contributors to explore the positive uses of AI we identified, while creating clear guardrails to protect the project and its values from the risks we highlighted.
Continue readingOur ambassadors delivered support, outreach, and swag items via Fedora @ SCaLE 22x Linux Conference – a 2025 open-source community event.
The SCaLE (The Southern California Linux Expo) community Linux event delivered an iconic experience with four days of open source training, exhibits, and general presentations. This year’s conference took place in Pasadena (Los Angeles) area.
This expo drew worldwide guests to discuss AI, Linux, security, embedded, IoT, and more. The Technical Committee (Online Services) Chairperson, Mr. Phil Dibowitz, and Technical Committee (Networking) Chairperson, Robert Hernandez paved the way for a smooth registration.
Fedora @ SCaLE 22x Linux Conference – Ready, Set, Go!
Justin Wheeler coordinated and shipped hand-selected swag and marketing items to Perry Rivera. Items included: pens, stickers, commuter mugs, badge lanyards, and more.
Furthermore, the ambassadors gathered up supplies for the conference.
Red Hatter and Fedora Ambassador Perry Rivera delivered community marketing items and swag.
In addition, Perry brought the following:
Some of our ambassadors arrived the previous day to avoid traffic, others in the morning, to catch earlier events and workshops.
We checked in at the Red Hat Booth, but things were quiet there. So, a small group of up lunch at Noodle St., which was perfect considering how cold and drizzly the day presented itself.
We reunited in the lobby area and later in the expo hall to discuss next steps. We discovered just how close the Fedora/CentOS booth was next to the Red Hat booth, which facilitated comm and referrals to and from our teams.
The booth received a vibrant free-standing banners this year. We received a great looking table cover, and swag. We also used a flip chart easel to display a QR code for guests to easily scan to pick up a Fedora badge and to display presentation/workshop info.
After dropping things off, Perry helped steam iron the Fedora table cloth to give it the “less travelled less wrinkly look” and put up the flipchart easel. After doing some initial setup, Perry returned some boxes for booth items back to my car to reclaim booth space. Next, some of us reconvened at the KWAAI Summit, new for 2025. Their chair Reza Rassool and crew organized a lively charcuterie mixer.
After the networking event, a small group of us re-convened at Cordova Cafe to reflect on our day.
We returned to the conference and the Expo Hall this morning to continue unpacking swag, marketing systems, and more. Perry also checked in from to the Red Hat booth from time-to-time to render assistance as needed.
Perry set up a flip chart and glued on a handy QR that users could scan to pick up an e-badge.
Then, Alejandro later wrote in our Fedora scheduled talks, which was handy for guests to take pictures of as they stopped by. Concurrently, Brian and Scott strategically set up swag items. Ivan and Alex, meanwhile routed power cables within the booth.
Meanwhile, Carl and Shaun set up camp for CentOS.
At 2pm, the Exhibit Hall opened. Initially, we had high traffic coming in at the Red Hat and Fedora booths.
We greeted approximately 450+ this day, discussing key foundations such as Freedom, Friends, Features, First, and topics such as AI on Fedora, bootable containers, gitops for packaging, accessibility, git forge, RISC-V, and more.
To accomodate the masses, we took turns around lunch to keep the booth up and running. Some of us departed to Yard House for lunch.
Upon returning, we resumed exhibiting and handing out swag.
Upon closure of the Exhibit Hall, we headed to UpScale to support Scott’s presentation.
After, we headed over to Cafe Santorini to a fine dinner with Red Hat, CentOS, and Fedora associates.
Next, some of us went to Karaoke night to listen to great music and hear each other sing.
We returned to exhibit hall to meet with more of our community and talk about Fedora and tech topics. Perry also time-shared with the Red Hat booth as well.
Later this evening, a few of us attended Game Night.
Perry packed up his hotel room early Sunday and then returned to the conference center and the exhibit hall to continue discussions with our Fedora and Red Hat community.
The final day brought in about 250 Fedora booth guests.
Around 2PM, all booths began closing down to pack things up for shipment. We returned the rolling luggage and a banner box over to Kate Mulder for FedEx return.
Afterward, Perry stopped by Leslie Lamport’s insightful closing Keynote, Coding isn’t Programming .
Throughout the conference, our booth had a sign-in sheet where visitors could stop by and leave feedback and suggestions about Fedora and related efforts.
From the data reviewed, we collected key findings:
In conclusion, we look forward to seeing you at next year’s SCaLE!
In this post, we’re shining a light on the unsung heroes of Fedora 39 contributions. Our community’s quality contributors have dedicated countless hours to testing, reporting, and improving Fedora. Here’s a deep dive into their achievements and their impact.
Continue readingCalling all Fedora fans! Flock to Fedora 2024 is almost here, and it’s going to be epic. We’re heading to Rochester, New York from August 7th to 10th for four days packed with everything you love about open source.
Continue readingFedora Week of Diversity (FWD) 2024 was a success, celebrating the unique voices and experiences within the Fedora community. From inspiring interviews to engaging virtual sessions hosted on Matrix, this year’s Fedora Week of Diversity showcased the strength and spirit of the community. Attendees registered for the event through Pretix, and session recordings were made available on YouTube for wider access. Let’s dive into the numbers and highlights from this impactful event.
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Continue readingThis is a part of the Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts on Friday, 8 December and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Thursday, 21 December.
This is a part of the Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts on Friday, 8 December and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Thursday, 21 December.
This is a part of the Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts on Friday, 8 December and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Thursday, 21 December.
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