https://itguyeric.com/tags/community/Recent content in Community on Eric The IT GuyHugoen-USMon, 11 May 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rocky-community-survey-2026/Mon, 11 May 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rocky-community-survey-2026/I wrote this for Rocky Linux: 30 contributors told us where things stand. Here is what the survey said and what we plan to do about it.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep21-ubuntu-community/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep21-ubuntu-community/Nathan Haines and I talk about what makes Ubuntu different at a human level after more than twenty years of community.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep15-devlife-chris-demars/Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep15-devlife-chris-demars/A fun, story-filled chat with Chris DeMars about DevRel, developer advocacy, empathy, and avoiding burnout.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep46-2025/Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep46-2025/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 46, where Matthew Miller and I look ahead to Fedora’s 2025 and the leadership transition. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep45-open-source/Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep45-open-source/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 45, where we talked through what it really takes to contribute code to Fedora and open source. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep38-quality-assurance/Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep38-quality-assurance/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 38, where Adam Williamson walks Noah and me through Fedora QA, how software gets vetted, and how you can help. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep37-road-ahead/Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep37-road-ahead/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 37, where Matthew Miller lays out Fedora’s direction, the Strategy 2028 plan, and what’s coming with Fedora Linux 41. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep35-community-architect/Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep35-community-architect/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 35, where Fedora Community Architect Justin W. Flory shares how he bridges teams, runs events like Flock, and empowers contributors. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep05-devops-people/Wed, 17 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep05-devops-people/Laura Santamaria of Dell explains why DevOps is about people first, and how individual contributors can drive culture change.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep04-apis/Wed, 03 Jul 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep04-apis/Budha, a developer advocate at Tyk, walks me through APIs from fundamentals to production-ready with gateways.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep34-fedora-docs/Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep34-fedora-docs/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 34, where Peter Boy walks me through the Fedora Docs team, its mission, and how you can help. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep01-element-matrix/Wed, 27 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep01-element-matrix/My first guest, Karl Abbott of Element, walks through the Matrix protocol and decentralized, encrypted communication.https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep00-announcement/Sun, 17 Mar 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/itguyshow-ep00-announcement/A two-minute kickoff introducing The IT Guy Show and the mission behind it.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep33-fedora-saga/Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep33-fedora-saga/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 33, a birthday celebration where Neal Gompa and Matthew Miller reminisce about Fedora’s history and look ahead to Fedora Linux 39. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep32-neal-gompa/Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep32-neal-gompa/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 32, where I sat down with Neal Gompa to talk about his journey into open source and his work across Fedora, openSUSE, and beyond. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep66-avassa-edge/Thu, 05 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep66-avassa-edge/In this partner episode, Avassa’s Karl and Fredrik join us to define the edge and show how RHEL and Avassa work together to manage containers out there.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep64-value-of-linux/Thu, 24 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep64-value-of-linux/Randy Russell comes back for a bigger-picture conversation about why Linux matters, how open source shapes careers, and where Red Hat fits in the community.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep25-website/Wed, 07 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep25-website/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 25, where we dug into the Fedora website redesign and how the community collaborated to ship it. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep23-rebooted/Wed, 26 Apr 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep23-rebooted/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 23, where we relaunched the show, introduced the new hosts, and talked about what’s coming next. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep54-enable-sysadmin-community/Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep54-enable-sysadmin-community/RHEL Presents 54 on the Enable Sysadmin community.https://itguyeric.com/blog/into-the-terminal-ep00-announcement/Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/into-the-terminal-ep00-announcement/The format: short, practical, command-line-focused episodes.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep27-rhel-by-the-fireside/Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep27-rhel-by-the-fireside/RHEL Presents 27, a fireside-chat episode on RHEL and community.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-40-2021-year-in-review/Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-40-2021-year-in-review/Sudo Show 40 — a look back at 2021 in open source and enterprise IT.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-30-dashaun-carter/Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-30-dashaun-carter/Sudo Show 30 with Dashaun Carter on loving your work.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-22-tidelift/Thu, 01 Apr 2021 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-22-tidelift/Sudo Show 22 on Tidelift and sustainable open-source maintenance.https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-00-launch-announcement/Wed, 17 Jun 2020 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/sudo-show-00-launch-announcement/The teaser that kicked off Sudo Show on the DLN — what Brandon and I set out to build.https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-110-journey-to-a-foss-career/Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/ask-noah-110-journey-to-a-foss-career/A guest appearance on Ask Noah Show 110 about carving out a career in free and open source software.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-267-people-patches/Wed, 19 Sep 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-267-people-patches/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 267 virtual lug, talking through the human side of open source contribution.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-265-privacy-priorities/Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-265-privacy-priorities/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 265 virtual lug, talking through privacy, and how much of it we are willing to trade.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-262-tribes-of-init/Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-262-tribes-of-init/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 262 virtual lug, talking through init systems and the community debates around them.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-260-thinkpad-as-a-service/Tue, 31 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-260-thinkpad-as-a-service/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 260 virtual lug, talking through ThinkPads, hardware, and running Linux on them.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-256-peering-into-the-future/Wed, 04 Jul 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-256-peering-into-the-future/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 256 virtual lug, talking through where Linux and open source were heading.https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-255-fedora-to-the-core/Wed, 27 Jun 2018 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/linux-unplugged-255-fedora-to-the-core/A guest spot in the Linux Unplugged 255 virtual lug, talking through Fedora and what makes it tick.