Fedora is heading back to sunny Southern California! As we gear up for SCaLE 23x, we are thrilled to announce a special edition of Fedora Hatch. This is taking place on Friday, March 6 as an embedded track at SCALE.
Whether you’re a long-time contributor, a curious user, or someone looking to make your very first pull request, Fedora Hatch is designed for you. This is our way of bringing the experience of Flock (our annual contributor conference) to a local level. It focuses on connection, collaboration, and community growth.
What’s Happening?
This year, Fedora has secured a dedicated track on Friday at SCALE. We’ve curated a line-up that balances technical deep dives with essential community initiatives.
When: Friday, March 6, 2026
Where: Room 208, Pasadena Convention Center
Who: You! (And a bunch of friendly Fedorans)
The Schedule Highlights
We have a packed morning featuring five talks and a hands-on workshop:
- Getting Started in Open Source and Fedora (Amy Marrich): Are you new to the world of open source? Or are you looking to make your first contribution? This session will provide a guide for beginners interested in contributing to open source projects. It will focus on the Fedora project. We’ll cover a variety of topics, like finding suitable projects, making your first pull request, and navigating community interactions. Attendees will leave with practical tips, resources, and the confidence to embark on their open source journey.
- Fedora Docs Revamp Initiative (Shaun McCance): The Fedora Council recently approved an initiative to revamp the Fedora docs. The initiative aims to establish a support team to maintain a productive environment for writing docs. It will establish subteams with subject matter expertise to develop docs in specific areas of interest. We’ll describe some of the challenges the Fedora docs have faced, and present the progress so far in improving the docs. You’ll also learn how you can help Fedora have better docs.
- A Brief Tour of the Age of Atomic (Laura Santamaria): Ever wished to try a number of different desktop experiences quickly in your homelab? Maybe it’s time to explore Fedora Atomic or Universal Blue! The tour starts with what makes these experiences special. It will then review the options including Silverblue, Cosmic, Bluefin and Bazzite (yes, the gaming OS). We’ll briefly get under the hood to explore bootc, the technology powering Atomic. Finally, we’ll explore how you can contribute to the future of Fedora Atomic.
- Accelerating CentOS with Fedora (Davide Cavalca): This talk will explore how CentOS SIGs are able to leverage the work happening in Fedora to improve the quality and velocity of packages in CentOS Stream. We’ll cover how the CentOS Hyperscale SIG is able to deliver faster-moving updates for select packages, and how the CentOS Proposed Updates SIG integrates bugfixes and improves the contribution process to the distribution.
- Agentic Workloads on Linux: Btrfs + Service Accounts Architecture (David Duncan): As AI agents become more prevalent in enterprise environments, Linux systems need architectural patterns that provide isolation, security, and efficient resource management. This session explores an approach, using BTRFS subvolumes combined with dedicated service accounts, to build secure, isolated environments for autonomous AI agents in enterprise deployment.
- RPM Packaging Workshop (Carl George): While universal package formats like Flatpak, Snap, and AppImage have gained popularity for their cross-distro support, native system packages remain a cornerstone of Linux distributions. These native formats offer numerous benefits. Understanding them is essential for those who want to contribute to the Linux ecosystem at a deeper level. In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore RPM, the native package format used by Fedora, CentOS, and RHEL. RPM is a powerful and flexible tool. It plays a vital role in the management and distribution of software for these operating systems.
Don’t forget to swing by the Fedora Booth in the Expo Hall! Our team will be there all weekend (March 6–8) with live demonstrations of Fedora Linux 43, GNOME 49 improvements, and plenty of fresh swag to go around.
Registration Details
To join us at the Hatch, you’ll need a SCaLE 23x pass.
- Location: Pasadena Convention Center, 300 E Green St, Pasadena, CA.
- Tickets: Available at the official SCaLE website.
We can’t wait to see you there. Let’s make SCaLE 23x the best one yet!
