Flock to Fedora 2025

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  • CLE Team AMA
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Adam Samalik
  • Fedora Council AMA
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aeperezt

Fedora Contributor since 2009, as Ambassador, Translator and Packager.

  • Welcoming New Voices
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Akashdeep Dhar

Akashdeep Dhar is a senior software engineer in the Red Hat Community Linux Engineering team, working on researching and developing applications running on Fedora Infrastructure, and has served twice in Fedora Council, once as an initiative lead for a community revamp and once as an elected representative.

  • Mentor–Mentee Lunch Matching
  • Introducing SyncStar - Create Bootable Media At Conference Kiosks
  • Mentored Project Learnings & Demos
  • "I AM FEDORA" - Onboard (and Retain) Friends With Fedora Join SIG
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Aleksandra Fedorova
  • Fedora Council AMA
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Alexander Bokovoy
  • Malware hunt for fun and profit
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Alex Callejas
  • Expanding User Base Au la Mexicain or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Community building
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Ankur Sinha

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha

  • "I AM FEDORA" - Onboard (and Retain) Friends With Fedora Join SIG
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Aoife Moloney
  • Closing Remarks
  • Fedora Council AMA
  • Opening Remarks
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Aurélien Bompard

I'm the Fedora Lead within the Community Linux Engineering team at Red Hat, in charge of the development side of things (as opposed to sysadmin things).
My not secret goal is to get more people interested in (and maybe eventually contributing to) our applications. They're cool! They're reliable! They help get things done! :-)

  • Mentored Project Learnings & Demos
  • Improve the Infrastructure applications
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Brian Exelbierd
  • One Year In: Microsoft as a Fedora Contributor
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Carl George

Carl George leads the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) team at Red Hat. He participates in many open source projects, often related to his packaging activities in Fedora, EPEL, and CentOS. He is a member of the EPEL Steering Committee, the Fedora Packaging Committee, and various Fedora Special Interest Groups.

  • EPEL hackfest
  • State of EPEL
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Daniel Mellado

Daniel is a Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, specializing in networking and cloud-native technologies. He has contributed to projects like Kuryr-Kubernetes and CNI, and is currently focused on Edge, Telco NFV, and Observability use cases. He bootstrapped the Fedora Special Interest Group (SIG) for eBPF and has held PTL and core roles in OpenStack and Kubernetes projects. He is also an active Fedora package maintainer and a collaborator in the Rust SIG, where he is working to enhance vendoring. His work bridges networking, containers, and cloud-native ecosystems, driving innovation in open-source communities.

  • Packaging Session
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Dan Walsh
  • Ramalama
  • Containers BoF
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David Cantrell

Long time employee at Red Hat working on Fedora Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and now CentOS Stream. Member of FESCo and the Fedora Council.

  • Fedora Council AMA
  • RISC-V Software Ecosystem Status Update
  • FESCO Q&A
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David Duncan

David is a principal solutions architect at Amazon Web Services. He specializes in Linux distribution partner support. David has been working to ensure that we have the very best support for the hyperscalers and other environments that stretch from the desktop to the cloud so that Fedora is a first choice for any cloud efforts for development and testing.

  • Building Images and Containers using Kiwi
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Dominik Mierzejewski

Dominik is a long-time open source contributor with over 25 years of experience. He's been a Fedora user and contributor for almost just as long. As Fedora ambassador and packager sponsor, among his many roles, he tries to bring in new contributors and improve the multimedia experience in Fedora, which would be impossible without the help of many other Fedora contributors and upstream developers.

  • Multimedia meet-up
  • Multimedia in Fedora: why we can't have all the nice things?
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Dusty Mabe

Dusty Mabe is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat helping to
enable container technologies in next generation datacenters and the cloud.
He is currently participating in several upstream projects that help build a
strong platform for containerized applications to run. In the past Dusty
has developed software for enterprise grade telecommunications software
vendors and has also worked as a Red Hat Platform Consultant, focusing on
enabling cloud technologies within the Financial Services industry.
Outside of his professional life Dusty enjoys spending time with his wife
and three children.

  • The Future of Fedora CoreOS
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Eduardo Echeverria

I started using Linux in 1997 with Red Hat 5.0 (Hurricane). Since then, I have been an active promoter of free software, collaborating with the LUG Vaslibre for approximately four years.

I hold a graduate degree in computer science from the University of Carabobo, Venezuela, with over 15 years of experience in IT management and application development. For more than 18 years, I have been dedicated to advocating for free software, not only in Venezuela but also in Colombia, Uruguay, and Argentina, fostering open-source adoption and community engagement.

A teacher by profession and a technologist by passion, I live in a constant search to make sense of the world through a monitor and a keyboard.

As a packaging sponsor, I actively review and mentor new packagers, helping to strengthen the ecosystem of free and open-source software.

  • Sticker Match Social Networking
  • Mentor–Mentee Lunch Matching
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Emma
  • Getting Started with Fedora Design
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Emmanuel Seyman
  • How we use Fedora Server Edition - Expected, unexpected and lessons for future development learned from our user survey
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Fabio Alessandro "Fale" Locati

Fabio Alessandro “Fale” Locati is an EMEA Principal Specialist Solutions Architect at Red Hat, public speaker, author, and Open Source contributor. His primary areas of expertise are Linux, automation, security, and cloud technologies. Fale started working in IT in 2004, giving him many years of experience, with many of them spent consulting for many companies, including dozens of Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of the books Practical Ansible, Practical Ansible 2, Learning Ansible 2, Learning Ansible 2.7, and OpenStack Cloud Security. In his spare time, he helps in the Ansible, Fedora, Kubernetes, and OpenStreetMap communities, as well as in many smaller projects on GitHub and similar platforms.
Currently Fale is serving as FESCo member.

  • Packaging Session
  • FESCO Q&A
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Fabio Valentini

Fabio "decathorpe" Valentini has been a contributor to the Fedora project for more than a decade and is involved in many different areas of the project. He is currently "the Rust guy", a member of the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo), the Fedora Packaging Committee (FPC), and on top of the leaderboard of packagers who submit the most package updates.

  • Packaging Session
  • FESCO Q&A
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Felipe Borges

Felipe is a GNOME developer for over a decade, contributing in software development and community governance. He maintains GNOME Boxes and GNOME Settings, and contributes in various fronts to attract new contributors to the GNOME and Flatpak communities.

  • Flatpak and the Role of the Modern Desktop Distro
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Fernando Fernandez Mancera (ffmancera)
  • Finding and Fixing: The Fedora Kernel's Impact on Upstream Linux
  • Optional Walking Tour of Prague
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František Lachman

Principal Software Engineer and Packit Product Owner at Red Hat.

Member and instructor of scout leaders. Python and non-formal education enthusiast. On the way to automate all the boring tasks in Fedora and life in general.

  • What about a better dist-git CI?
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Greg Sutcliffe

Greg Sutcliffe has been participating in open source communities for almost two decades, and is currently a Senior Sysadmin for Fedora. Before that, he was Community Architect and Data Scientist for Ansible, and Community Architect for Foreman.

In addition to the technical side of communities, he's also interested in the structure of communities, how people interact, and how communities achieve their aims. He's also interested in community data, and how we can use that to understand communities through a different view. He also wishes people wouldn't take averages of things they shouldn't.

  • Discourse - Tips, Tricks, Challenges & AMA
  • "Build it and they will come" and other myths
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Hazzim Anaya
  • Expanding User Base Au la Mexicain or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Community building
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Jan Havlín
  • Testing Farm Test Environment Setup Profiles
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Jason Brooks
  • Fedora Council AMA
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Jef Spaleta
  • Closing Remarks
  • Fedora Council AMA
  • Opening Remarks
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Jens Petersen

Long time Fedora contributor and Red Hatter.
I manage Red Hat's i18n Eng team and also like Haskell.

  • fbrnch, koji-tool, dl-fedora, dnf-repo, and other tools
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Jiří Konečný

Proud Red Hatter and Fedora member for last 10 years. All the time working in the Anaconda team now as a Product Owner.

  • The future of Initial Setup on Fedora
  • Bringing web UI to Fedora installer
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Jiri Podivin
  • We need a Detective to inspect these Logs
  • Log Detective Workshop
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Jona Azizaj
  • Sticker Match Social Networking
  • Mentor–Mentee Lunch Matching
  • 🍬 International Candy Swap & Board Games 🍭
  • Fedora Council AMA
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Justin Wheeler
  • Closing Remarks
  • Fedora Council AMA
  • Opening Remarks
  • Scaling Fedora Ready Through Community Contributions.
  • Optional Fedora Friends Social Day
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Laura Barcziova

Senior software engineer at Red Hat, Packit team lead

  • Smarter package maintenance with Packit
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Luis Bazan

Fedora Ambassador
Fedora Packager Mentor
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Lbazan

  • Sticker Match Social Networking
  • Mentor–Mentee Lunch Matching
  • Welcoming New Voices
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Luis Segundo
  • Welcoming New Voices
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Lukáš Tyrychtr

A visually impaired programmer, currently working at Red Hat, and trying to make Linux as accessible for visually impaired as is possible.

  • Bridging Accessibility Barriers: Enhancing Screen Reader Functionality in Modern Gnome
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Madeline Peck
  • Getting Started with Fedora Design
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Martin Kolman

I am member of the installer team that develops the Anaconda installer used by Fedora, RHEL & related distributions. I mostly work with Python & use it also for some of my hobby projects. My interests include open hardware, 3D printing, space flight, architecture and Japanese culture.

  • The future of Initial Setup on Fedora
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Matej Focko

SW Engineer @ Red Hat and Seminar Tutor @ FI MUNI. Coffee freak, anime addict, tram stalker.

  • Even more release automation
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Mat H

Philosopher, Ethicist and Technologist.
Mat H has worked in community advocacy for a number of organisations.
His current interests are in digital sovereignty and an ethical technological landscape then enables all persons.
New to Fedora Join SIG, he likes to find peoples special abilities and propel them into Fedora's future.

  • "I AM FEDORA" - Onboard (and Retain) Friends With Fedora Join SIG
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Matthew Miller
  • Closing Remarks
  • Fedora Council AMA
  • Opening Remarks
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Miro Hrončok

Fedora Python maintainer. Member of Fedora Packaging Committee (FPC) and former member of Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo), Fedora provenpackager and packager sponsor.

  • Packaging Session
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Miroslav Vadkerti

Testing Farm architect. Open-source junkie. Senior Principal QE @ Red Hat.

  • What about a better dist-git CI?
  • Testing Farm Test Environment Setup Profiles
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Neal Gompa

In addition to being a consultant at Velocity Limitless, Neal Gompa is a developer for and contributor to Fedora, CentOS, AlmaLinux, and openSUSE. Neal focuses primarily on the base Linux system components, such as package and software management, and desktop Linux. He's a big believer in upstream first, which has led him all over the open source world.

  • FESCO Q&A
  • Building Images and Containers using Kiwi
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Nikita Tripathi

Nikita is a scalable vector existence…

which may be described as somewhat of a material world version of SVGs: adaptable and accurate. She came up with this original tagline after making incredible amounts of original SVG designs.

Today, you will find her as a software engineer, but her journey in tech began as a mechanical engineer at IIT Roorkee. Nikita gained experience in open-source and design by working as the Outreachy 2022 summer intern with the Fedora Project and later as a consultant with Software Freedom Conservancy. She has brushed upon the field of FinTech in the past as a part of J.P. Morgan Chase Quant Research Mentee and became the top team from India in WorldQuant Alphathon 2022. She had interned at Cisco, India as a Technical intern in the summer of 2023 and continued with them as a full time software engineer for the IoT team.

Her creative spirit lies with her art and music. She plays the Sitar, Flute or keys sometimes and also likes to work with all forms of art from sketching to sculpting; from digital to physical. Being an INTJ, she is a detail-oriented person and likes to organize & plan her tasks out. She has been described as ‘Monica’ more often than not, even though she has never watched the show ‘FRIENDS’. Her drive lies in exploring new fields and picking up new skills.

  • Open Source Mentorship: Crafting Communities, Creating Leaders
  • Mentor–Mentee Lunch Matching
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Nikola Forró

Software Engineer at Red Hat

  • specfile library + norpm
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nirik

Infrastructure cat herder.

  • FESCO Q&A
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Noel Miller

Noel Miller is a Systems Administrator, Technical Account Manager at Red Hat, and a Core Contributor at Universal Blue.

He has been working in IT for a little over 10 years, with most of his career being focused on Small and Medium Size businesses. For his day job, he works at Red Hat as a Technical Account Manager with a focus on Ansible.

He is a Core Contributor at Universal Blue. Universal Blue builds a diverse set of continuously delivered operating system images (including Bazzite) using Fedora Atomic Desktop's support for OCI/Docker containers.

Outside of his IT endeavors, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing video games, listening to heavy metal music, and playing guitar.

For more information, please visit: https://noelmiller.dev/pages/about

  • Fedora’s Gaming Renaissance: The Bazzite Effect
  • Building Images and Containers using Kiwi
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Otto Richter

Otto is a member of the Forgejo community from the start, and volunteers as system administrator and executive director of the largest known Forgejo hosting: Codeberg, a public non-profit Git hosting and alternative to Microsoft GitHub.

Technology can be frustrating sometimes, so Otto's recent focus was on user research, user experience and accessibility.

  • Making the most of Forgejo - (Upcoming) features you should know
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Pavel Raiskup

Engineer @ Red Hat

  • specfile library + norpm
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Peter Boy

I’m a social scientist at University of Bremen, specialized in research methodology, statistics, and computational methods & infrastructure.

Personally, I have started using Fedora since release Fedora Core 1. Currently, I am a member of the Fedora Server Edition working group and the Fedora Docs Board.

  • How we use Fedora Server Edition - Expected, unexpected and lessons for future development learned from our user survey
  • Fedora Documentation: Where We Are, and Where We Want to Go
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Petr Bokoc

Technical Writer at Red Hat's Community Linux Engineering, long-time Fedora Documentation contributor.

  • Fedora Documentation: Where We Are, and Where We Want to Go
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Rich Hughes

I'm a veteran Linux advocate with over two decades of experience, from selling Linux laptops at my computer store in the 90s to leading embedded Linux deployments for Ford's Autonomous Vehicle and Smart Infrastructure program. After overcoming significant health challenges, I now run dont-make-me-install-linux.lol, sharing tips and tricks for Atomic distros while advocating for accessibility in open source. When not exploring immutable filesystems, I can be found being a dedicated single father, diving into comic books, and obsessing over music. My unique journey combines enterprise-level technical expertise with a passion for making Linux accessible to everyone.

  • Fedora Atomic for Embedded Systems: Lessons from the Autonomous Vehicle/Smart Infrastructure Trenches
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Roseline Bassey
  • Scaling Fedora Ready Through Community Contributions.
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Samyak Jain

Samyak Jain is the Fedora Release Engineering Lead, a Sysadmin-Maintainer, and an active contributor to open source communities. He has been instrumental in managing Fedora's release processes, infrastructure, and automation, shaping the experience for over 1.2 million users. With a background in software engineering, Samyak has worked on GitOps services at Red Hat and contributed to major Fedora releases. He is also an Agile Practitioner, guiding teams through process improvements and community engagement. A passionate speaker, he has presented at conferences like Flock, DevConf, and GNOME Asia, advocating for open-source collaboration and mentorship.

Beyond work, Samyak is an avid reader, constantly exploring books that challenge his perspectives. He has a deep love for travel and enjoys the thrill of solo trips, embracing new experiences along the way. A true foodie at heart, he loves experimenting with unique and unconventional food combinations, always on the lookout for something surprising and delicious.

  • Open Source Mentorship: Crafting Communities, Creating Leaders
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Sean Thrailkill

Sean is a Software Engineer from Miami, Florida. After graduating from Texas A&M University he found his calling for Virtualization technologies at Rackspace. Since then, he has worked to bring the best architectures & best practices to help his fellow engineers.

Sean is a big believer in Hybrid Cloud, so much so that he is a co-host on the Hybrid Cloud Show podcast, part of the Late Night Linux network. Sean is not known for his creative naming skills.

Ask him about his homelab, or don't, depends on how much time you have.

  • Bootable Containners: Moving From Concept to Implementation
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Smera Goel
  • Sticker Match Social Networking
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Stephen Gallagher

Stephen Gallagher (He/Him) is a long-time member of the Fedora community. He has served on the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee since 2011 and has been employed by Red Hat since 2008. He lives and breathes open source.

  • Log Detective Workshop
  • FESCO Q&A
  • Let's get rid of rpm scriptlets and arch-specific package dependencies
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Sumantro Mukherjee

Hey, open source folks! I am Sumantro, hailing from India (the eastern part - former capital during the British era AKA Kolkata). I love sharing knowledge and writing about technology and experiences (mostly that I try every day).
Anything from k8s, ansible to setting up TCMS for make-believe projects is right up my alley. I work as a Software Developer in Test in Fedora Project and contribute to Open Source communities in the form of
testing, public speaking, documentation, mentorship, and onboarding. Playing Jenga, reading books, and brewing coffee are a few of my hobbies besides implementing productivity equations in my life and creating vision boards for targets I wanna achieve!

  • Sticker Match Social Networking
  • Mentor–Mentee Lunch Matching
  • Mentored Project Learnings & Demos
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Thorsten Leemhuis

Thorsten was a very active contributor to Fedora and related projects in its early days. Since a few years he focuses on improving the Linux kernel: he ensures that regressions are addressed and also contributed texts on reporting issues and verifying bugs and bisecting regressions. He furthermore since more than a decade now provides Fedora-specific RPMS with the latest kernels build from various Linux series in add-on repos and is somewhat known in the Fediverse as @kernellogger.

  • When and how to use upstream Linux kernels to fix or improve Fedora
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Tim Flink

Tim is a long time contributor to Fedora Quality but has more recently been active in the AI-ML SIG, working to make Fedora's out of box AI experience great.

  • ROCm on AMD GPUs in Fedora
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Timothée Ravier

Timothée Ravier is a CoreOS engineer at Red Hat. He maintains the Fedora Atomic Desktops. He is a KDE developer and helps maintain KDE Applications as Flatpaks on Flathub.

  • Fedora Atomic Desktops: Are we the default yet?
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Tomáš Hrčka

Free Range Engineering Grease Monkey

  • FESCO Q&A
  • Distgit implementation in Forgejo
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Tomas Tomecek

Log Detective developer.

  • We need a Detective to inspect these Logs
  • Log Detective Workshop
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Troy Dawson

Spikey Hair, Hawaiian Shirts ... with Penguins on them.
Troy currently works for Red Hat on the CentOS Stream and Emerging RHEL teams.
He is the EPEL Steering Committee chair.
He is on the Fedora KDE SIG dealing largely with KDE in EPEL and KDE Plasma Mobile.
Troy is also on the CentOS Board and chair of the Centos Alternative Images SIG.

  • EPEL hackfest
  • State of EPEL
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Vivian

Hi ^-^

My name is Vivian, and I contribute to Forgejo! I have been involved with pen-testing the Forgejo Runner, and I'm currently working on designing and implementing a new contribution workflow.

  • Making the most of Forgejo - (Upcoming) features you should know
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Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek

I work in Red Hat, in the team maintaining systemd. I'm a packager and member of FESCo.

  • Status of Reproducible Builds in Fedora
  • FESCO Q&A
  • Let's get rid of rpm scriptlets and arch-specific package dependencies