Flock to Fedora 2026

Mentorship has always been a big part of what makes Fedora special. After a great response last year, we’re bringing back the Mentor–Mentee Lunch at the Fedora Mentor Summit at Flock 2026, with a small tweak. A casual lunch matching session where everyone can meet face-to-face, share stories, swap ideas, and connect over common goals.

Here’s how it works this year:
* Anyone attending Flock can join.
* Participants are grouped based on topic of interest, no pre-signup required.
* Each day features different topics, so people can explore multiple areas across the event.
* Need a conversation starter? We’ll have a few prompts ready to help break the ice.
* Take a group selfie during lunch and you’ll earn a Fedora Badge as a fun keepsake. 🐧

Topics by day:

Day 1 (Sunday, June 14)
* Documentation
* Operations
* Development
* Marketing

Day 2 (Monday, June 15)
* Packaging
* Infrastructure
* Interpersonal Skills
* Events

Day 3 (Tuesday, June 16)
* Artificial Intelligence
* Governance
* Release Engineering
* Design

No formal structure - just good food and good conversation with someone else who cares about growing the Fedora community.

As during every Flock, we'll hold a session with FESCo members to introduce themselves and say a few words about our plans for the next year. The majority of time will be spent on questions from the audience.

Mentorship has always been a big part of what makes Fedora special. After a great response last year, we’re bringing back the Mentor–Mentee Lunch at the Fedora Mentor Summit at Flock 2026, with a small tweak. A casual lunch matching session where everyone can meet face-to-face, share stories, swap ideas, and connect over common goals.

Here’s how it works this year:
* Anyone attending Flock can join.
* Participants are grouped based on topic of interest, no pre-signup required.
* Each day features different topics, so people can explore multiple areas across the event.
* Need a conversation starter? We’ll have a few prompts ready to help break the ice.
* Take a group selfie during lunch and you’ll earn a Fedora Badge as a fun keepsake. 🐧

Topics by day:

Day 1 (Sunday, June 14)
* Documentation
* Operations
* Development
* Marketing

Day 2 (Monday, June 15)
* Packaging
* Infrastructure
* Interpersonal Skills
* Events

Day 3 (Tuesday, June 16)
* Artificial Intelligence
* Governance
* Release Engineering
* Design

No formal structure - just good food and good conversation with someone else who cares about growing the Fedora community.

scrapers have been affecting our internet more and more, and the fedoraproject is no exception.
In this talk, I'll go over:
* What this has looked like to us and how we have tried to mitigate things
* Some things that have been proposed to help solve the problem
* a discussion about what we can/should do and how open source communities operate in a hostile scraper universe.

Mentorship has always been a big part of what makes Fedora special. After a great response last year, we’re bringing back the Mentor–Mentee Lunch at the Fedora Mentor Summit at Flock 2026, with a small tweak. A casual lunch matching session where everyone can meet face-to-face, share stories, swap ideas, and connect over common goals.

Here’s how it works this year:
* Anyone attending Flock can join.
* Participants are grouped based on topic of interest, no pre-signup required.
* Each day features different topics, so people can explore multiple areas across the event.
* Need a conversation starter? We’ll have a few prompts ready to help break the ice.
* Take a group selfie during lunch and you’ll earn a Fedora Badge as a fun keepsake. 🐧

Topics by day:

Day 1 (Sunday, June 14)
* Documentation
* Operations
* Development
* Marketing

Day 2 (Monday, June 15)
* Packaging
* Infrastructure
* Interpersonal Skills
* Events

Day 3 (Tuesday, June 16)
* Artificial Intelligence
* Governance
* Release Engineering
* Design

No formal structure - just good food and good conversation with someone else who cares about growing the Fedora community.