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Fedora Project Podcast

Fedora Project
Fedora
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Linux Gaming
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Community Collaboration
RHEL
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Framework Computer
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Centos
Bootsy

This Podcast will feature interviews and talks with the people who make the Fedora community awesome. These folks work on new technologies found in Fedora, or they produce the distro itself. Some work on putting Fedora in the hands of users. There’s so much going on in Fedora; it takes a whole podcast series!

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Plenty of sysadmins will tell you Fedora is a great desktop and the wrong choice for a server. Is that still true, or is it a reputation Fedora hasn't outgrown? This week it's just the two of us, and we put the question to ourselves.

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Red Hat announced Hummingbird at Summit back in May. Five months later there are Hummingbird containers in the wild, a spin of Fedora Linux built on the same principles, and a full Bluefin ISO built on top of it.

Scott McCarty is a senior principal ... more

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Framework does not have a storefront you can walk into. What they do have is a laptop you can order that arrives with Fedora already on it, and a screwdriver in the box.

Michael Tunnell is the Senior Marketing Manager for Linux Marketing at Framewor... more

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Fedora has a job whose entire purpose is the health of the community around the distribution, and this month a new person took it over. So we got both of them on at once.

Justin Wheeler has held the Fedora Community Architect seat since 2022 and is ... more

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Recent Guests

Scott McCarty
Senior principal product manager at Red Hat, former Podman product manager and Universal Base Image launch lead
Red Hat
Episode: 62: What is Fedora Hummingbird Linux?
Jorge Castro
Project Bluefin lead and automotive enthusiast
Project Bluefin
Episode: 62: What is Fedora Hummingbird Linux?
Michael Tunnell
Senior Marketing Manager for Linux Marketing at Framework
Framework
Episode: 61: Framework Laptop 12 Meets Fedora
Justin Wheeler
Outgoing Fedora Community Architect
Red Hat / Fedora Project
Episode: 60: Changing of the Guard, the New Fedora Community Architect
Shaun McCance
Incoming Fedora Community Architect; also CentOS Community Architect
Red Hat / Fedora Project
Episode: 60: Changing of the Guard, the New Fedora Community Architect
Amy Marrich
Technical marketing manager focusing on OpenStack; CentOS board chair
Red Hat
Episode: 59: What is CentOS?
Troy Dawson
CentOS Stream team lead; CentOS board and SIG involvement
Red Hat
Episode: 59: What is CentOS?
Carl George
Red Hat employee; leader of the Apple team
Red Hat
Episode: 57: What is EPEL
Justin Forbes
Fedora Colonel Maintainer
Fedora
Episode: 56: Fedora Contributor Recognition Winners 2026

Hosts

Eric Hendricks
Co-host / Host with Fedora Project affiliations and multiple episode appearances
Noah Chelliah
Guest host / co-host on The Fedora Podcast with Fedora Project affiliations
Shaun McCance
Incoming Fedora Community Architect; also CentOS Community Architect
Justin Forbes
Fedora Colonel Maintainer; kernel maintenance and community contributions
Emma
UX designer at Red Hat; lead on Fedora design team

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62: What is Fedora Hummingbird Linux?
Q: What could you use from the Fedora community?
McCarty asks listeners to share ideas, use cases, and topics in Fedora Discussions so the project can understand what Hummingbird would help people do.
62: What is Fedora Hummingbird Linux?
Q: To what end?
McCarty says Hummingbird aims to deliver patches quickly as vulnerability discovery and exploitation accelerate, while using automation and testing to maintain stability.
54: BootC in the Wild
Q: One other question, how would you recommend someone get started using Bootsy as an individual user?
James suggests starting with a distro that already ships Bootsy updates (e.g., Fedora Silverblue, Kinoite, Saracea) and then progressively explore projects like Universal Blue, Bazite, and Bazite-like tooling to ease UX while learning the core image-building workflow.
54: BootC in the Wild
Q: That's fair. So how did you get interested in Bootsy? What problem originally were you trying to solve?
James describes transitioning from kernel patching and edge device management to Bootsy as a solution to simplify complex, hardware-specific deployments (like Panasonic Toughbooks) by building kernels in multi-stage Docker-like workflows and booting into updated images.
54: BootC in the Wild
Q: All right, so we've kind of hinted at this a little bit. But for those that missed the previous episode, which has been a year or two now, we have covered Bootsie and the link will be in the show notes.
James explains that Bootsy enables building OS content as container-like images, allowing atomic updates and easy rollback by booting into a new image, while maintaining a stable, declarative workflow that aligns with modern container practices.

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What is Fedora Project Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A tech-focused, community-driven show that centers Fedora and its ecosystem, covering governance, open-source collaboration, and real-world use of Fedora in enterprise and desktop environments. Recent episodes spotlight how Fedora interfaces with upstream projects (CentOS, EPEL, OpenStack), packaging pipelines, and ecosystem tooling (Copr, Bootsy), as well as community events like Flock and regional gatherings. The show frequently features Red Hat/Fedora leaders and seasoned contributors who share governance insights, project roadmaps, and practical tips for developers, sysadmins, and contributors who want to engage with open-source communities, contribute code or governance, or sponsor and participate in events. A standout quality is the b... more

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