https://itguyeric.com/tags/fedora/Recent content in Fedora on Eric The IT GuyHugoen-USWed, 10 Jun 2026 11:21:11 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep55-packaging-pipeline/Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep55-packaging-pipeline/Getting a package into Fedora is more than writing a spec file. There’s a review queue, a sponsorship process, and a contribution pipeline that can feel opaque to newcomers. Episode 055 is a deep…https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep54-bootc-production/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep54-bootc-production/Episode 54 of the Fedora Podcast is out, and this one digs into something I am genuinely curious about for my own homelab: what does bootc look like when someone is actually running it day to day…https://itguyeric.com/blog/flock-to-fedora-2026-prague-preview/Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:06:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/flock-to-fedora-2026-prague-preview/Flock to Fedora 2026 is heading back to Prague this June, and on episode 53 of the Fedora Podcast, Noah and I sat down with Justin Wheeler and Emma from the Fedora design team to talk through…https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-scale-23x-trip-report/Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:01:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/ciq-scale-23x-trip-report/I co-wrote this recap with Michael Young and R. Leigh Hennig covering CIQ’s presence at SCaLE 23x in Pasadena, and I was there in person as a speaker.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep47-risc-v/Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep47-risc-v/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 47, where we dug into RISC-V, open hardware, and the effort to port Fedora to a new architecture. Watch or listen right here.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/run-ai-locally-fedora-ollama-live-ops-005/Fri, 07 Feb 2025 15:49:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/run-ai-locally-fedora-ollama-live-ops-005/I wanted to run AI locally on Fedora using an Nvidia GPU I had sitting in my Dell PowerEdge R730 — and an hour and a half later, I actually got it working. Here’s what the road looked like.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-golden-image-homelab-live-ops-004/Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:04:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-golden-image-homelab-live-ops-004/The goal was simple: build a reusable Fedora golden image homelab template I can clone whenever I need a new server. Nothing about it was simple.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep44-framework/Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep44-framework/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 44, where we sat down with Framework’s Matt Hartley on repairable laptops and Linux support. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep43-bazzite/Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep43-bazzite/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 43, where we dug into Bazzite, the gaming image built on Fedora Atomic, with the people who build it. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep42-epel/Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep42-epel/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 42, where we dug into EPEL — how it works, why sysadmins trust it, and what’s new in EPEL 10. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep41-linux41/Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep41-linux41/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 41, where we walked through what is new in Fedora Linux 41 and what it is like as a daily driver. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep40-protonge/Tue, 05 Nov 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep40-protonge/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 40, where we dug into gaming on Fedora with Proton GE, Nobara, and the tweaks that make it all click. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep39-kde-spin/Tue, 22 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep39-kde-spin/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 39, where Neal Gompa tries to talk me into switching to Plasma 6.2 and we dig into the Fedora KDE spin. 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-ep36-bootc/Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep36-bootc/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 36, where Timothee Ravier breaks down bootc and how image-based, container-inspired workflows are shaping the next generation of Fedora. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/mastering-user-and-group-management-on-linux/Mon, 19 Aug 2024 21:33:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/mastering-user-and-group-management-on-linux/As a long-time SysAdmin, one of the core tasks I’ve always had to tackle is managing users and groups on Linux systems. Whether you’re running a personal server or managing an entire fleet of Linux…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/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/rhel-shorts-enabling-epel/Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhel-shorts-enabling-epel/A brief tech tip on enabling the EPEL repository for extra packages on RHEL 9.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/rhelpresents-ep68-rhel-development/Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep68-rhel-development/Mike McGrath and Gunnar Hellekson join us to explain how RHEL is developed, the upstream-first ethos, and why you can’t have RHEL without Fedora and CentOS Stream.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/fedora-ep31-slimbook/Wed, 18 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep31-slimbook/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 31, where Slimbook unveiled the Fedora Slimbook Edition laptop. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep30-immutable/Wed, 11 Oct 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep30-immutable/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 30, where we rethought the Linux desktop with atomic and immutable systems. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep29-budgie/Sat, 02 Sep 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep29-budgie/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 29, where I talked with Joshua Strobl about the Fedora Budgie spin and the desktop’s future. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep28-lenovo/Wed, 30 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep28-lenovo/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 28, where we got the lowdown on Lenovo shipping Fedora preloaded laptops. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep27-cloud/Wed, 16 Aug 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep27-cloud/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 27, where we unpacked Fedora Cloud Edition with Major Hayden. Watch or listen right here.https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep62-flock/Thu, 27 Jul 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep62-flock/Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller joins us to unpack the Fedora and RHEL relationship, the community’s change process, and the return of Flock in person.https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep26-epel/Wed, 21 Jun 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep26-epel/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 26, where Carl George took us behind the scenes of EPEL and where it’s headed with EPEL 10. Watch or listen right here.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-ep24-fedora-38/Tue, 09 May 2023 09:00:00 -0600https://itguyeric.com/blog/fedora-ep24-fedora-38/A quick companion to Fedora Podcast episode 24, where I sat down with Matthew Miller to unwrap Fedora Linux 38. 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-ep33-get-to-know-fedora/Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:00:00 -0500https://itguyeric.com/blog/rhelpresents-ep33-get-to-know-fedora/RHEL Presents 33 on Fedora and its relationship to RHEL.