Ultramarine: Notes from Downstream
2024-08-07 , Lenovo (Breakout 1)

Ultramarine Linux is a downstream of Fedora that aims to make the experience "just work" for everyday users. Our ultimate goal is to make Linux as accessible as possible for everyone. By employing our unique approach, philosophy, and focuses, we'll showcase multiple facets of the project, how it all comes together into one nice package, and various stories from the perspective of a downstream.

In this talk we'll cover:
- The general experience of being downstream from Fedora, and working with their contributors
- Making the Fedora toolchain work for us (and sometimes replacing parts)
- Building something comparable to the Fedora infra, better suited for our needs
- Working with our sister distros and projects (hi UBlue)
- Porting to new and unusual hardware
- Why we're another distro instead of a team working on Fedora itself
- And so much more!

See also: View recording on YouTube