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.
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Session
This talk will show you how to cleanly install the latest vanilla Linux kernels on Fedora, as sometimes you'll need one to get upstream to act on something – like resolving a bug Fedora's kernel package maintainers lack resources to tackle. Going upstream in situations like that is in your own and everybody else's interest, as fixes and improvements usually will reach Fedora Linux and its users quickly through regular updates.
Thorsten will describe various ways to install upstream kernels and explain which of them is the best depending on what you want to achieve – like helping testing upstream kernel's ahead of time or reporting and possibly bisecting a regression. Of course you'll also learn how to cleanly remove any kernels later to keep your system clean and healthy, as if you never had installed a upstream kernel manually or via RPM/DNF.
While describing these things Thorsten will also provide a few tips on how to best engage and interact with upstream, for example when reporting a Linux kernel bug.