{"id":131322,"date":"2023-01-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedoramagazine.org\/?p=37685"},"modified":"2023-01-20T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T14:00:00","slug":"fedora-project-at-fosdem-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/01\/20\/fedora-project-at-fosdem-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedora Project at FOSDEM 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fedora Project will be present at FOSDEM 2023. This article describes this gathering and a few of the events on the agenda. I assume if you are reading the<a href=\"https:\/\/fedoramagazine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Fedora Magazine,<\/a> you already know what FOSDEM is, but I&#8217;ll start with a small intro anyway.<\/p>\n<p> <span id=\"more-37685\"><\/span> <\/p>\n<h2>Define FOSDEM<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOSDEM <\/a>is the biggest event in the known universe for free\/libre and open-source developers and enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>Many good people from around the world meet and discuss common topics and define the future of F\/LOSS. The event is held in Brussels at the beginning of February. Some of us, who are coming from a bit warmer countries, are calling it <em>FrOSDEM,<\/em> because it&#8217;s usually freezing <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fedora-project-at-fosdem-2023.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude42\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why attend?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If you are a contributor already or you want to start doing good with your skills for the F\/LOSS universe, this event is a must.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know everyone has their reason for visiting, but I&#8217;ll share the most common ones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You meet the people creating and supporting the products that power the Internet that you already use.<\/li>\n<li>If you are a contributor already, you have a chance to meet with your team and people using your product.<\/li>\n<li>You learn so much new stuff quickly.<\/li>\n<li>You enlarge your horizons by looking at something outside your bubble. If you are a fan of Fedora, go and learn more about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Security or Javascript<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>You have a chance to talk to others with the same passion as yours and even become friends for life. A good friend is always a commodity!<\/li>\n<li>You achieve your daily steps goal because the<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/assets\/campusmap-6166e45e7e736823c218c45ac65e02f5f7237111253db302da17bbaa0f4b5683.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;ULB campus is enormous<\/a>, and you will have to move a lot to get to the room you would like to visit.<\/li>\n<li>You have a chance to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/volunteers.fosdem.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">volunteer and help the community<\/a>&nbsp;if this is what drives you.<\/li>\n<li>You attend an event with a great&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/practical\/conduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Code of Conduct.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Fedora at FOSDEM 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s a tradition for the Fedora Project team to be there to present some of our work from the last year and to allow you to share your feedback on what we do well and how we can improve.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meet, greet, and see our community in action<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>One of the most extraordinary things at FOSDEM, which I deliberately didn&#8217;t mention in the previous section, is the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/stands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">project booths<\/a>. In almost every building, you will see people behind a branded table, ready to talk to you about their project, its values, and its mission.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fedora-project-at-fosdem-2023-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fedora-project-at-fosdem-2023.jpg\" alt=\"People at the Fedora booth looking at something. \" class=\"wp-image-37688\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Image by Francesco Crippa under Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;I have to mention the goodies here, as well. You will return home with many items from your favorite projects. Be sure to continue supporting them further.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We at Fedora will be happy to welcome you to our booth as well. You can talk to the community members, give us constructive feedback, and see some of the things we prepared.<\/p>\n<p>Our booth location is in&nbsp;<strong>building H,&nbsp;<\/strong>alongside the rest of the Linux Distros.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fedora-project-at-fosdem-2023-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"878\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/fedora-project-at-fosdem-2023-1.png\" alt=\"Map of the ULB campus with a mark of the building H, where the Fedora Project booth will be\" class=\"wp-image-37686\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Building H, ULB Campus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Stop by and say&nbsp;<em>hi<\/em>&nbsp;in your language! We are looking forward to talking to you!<\/p>\n<h3><strong>We want to share what makes our work exceptional<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>At each FOSDEM we have a good number of talks related to what we do at Fedora. I am listing only some of them to make it enjoyable for you to browse the <a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agenda<\/a> and discover the rest yourself.<\/p>\n<h4>1: Fedora CoreOS &#8211; Your Next Multiplayer Homelab Distro<\/h4>\n<p><em>Using Fedora CoreOS in a Selfhosted Homelab to setup a Multiplayer Server<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Akashdeep Dhar<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;Objective Lead for Fedora Websites &amp; Apps, Fedora Council<br \/>&nbsp;Software Engineer, Red Hat Community Platform Engineering<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sumantro Mukherjee<\/strong><br \/>&nbsp;Elected Representative, Fedora Council<br \/>&nbsp;Software Quality Engineer, Red Hat<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/getfedora.org\/en\/coreos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fedora CoreOS<\/a>&nbsp;is an essential, monolithic, automatically updating operating system optimized for running containers. It focuses on offering the best container host for executing containerized workloads securely and at scale. We will show a <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/t0xic0der\/fcos-workshop-fosdemcd-2023\/blob\/main\/README.md\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">case study of setting up Fedora CoreOS<\/a>&nbsp;as a self-hosted Homelab distribution for globally accessible (using secure network tunneling) multiplayer servers for video games (namely&nbsp;<strong>Minecraft, Valheim<\/strong>, etc.).<\/p>\n<p><strong>When and Where<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Feb-4 at the<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/schedule\/track\/containers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Containers devroom<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/schedule\/event\/container_fedora_coreos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">11:30 to 12:00<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<h4>2: Creative Freedom Summit Retrospective<\/h4>\n<h4><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Emma Kidney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Part of Red Hat&#8217;s Community Platform Engineering team since 2021.&nbsp;<br \/>Designer at Red Hat&#8217;s Community Design Team.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jess Chitas&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Part of Red Hat&#8217;s Community Platform Engineering team.<br \/>Creator of Fedora&#8217;s mascot &#8211; Col\u00far, and Fedora Brand Guidelines Booklet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intro<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Creative Freedom Summit is a virtual event focused on promoting Open Source tools, spreading knowledge of how to use them, and connecting creatives across the FOSS ecosystem. The summit&#8217;s accomplishments and shortcomings will be examined in light of the event&#8217;s first year and potential changes for the following years.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>When and Where<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sunday, Feb-5 at the<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/schedule\/track\/containers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/schedule\/track\/open_source_design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Source Design Dev Room<\/a>&nbsp;from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/schedule\/event\/creative_freedom_summit_retrospective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14:30 to 14:55<\/a><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n<h3>Where to find more related talks?<\/h3>\n<p>Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/FOSDEM_2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wiki page<\/a>&nbsp;is a good start, but&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fosdem.org\/2023\/schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOSDEM&#8217;s schedule catalog<\/a>&nbsp;is even better. One life hack: select a good 30 min slot, go through all the rooms which might get your attention, and create a personal schedule in your favorite calendar app. Make sure you have a backup plan because some rooms might be fully occupied, and you cannot enter.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>I want to interest you in a challenge<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>If you know more than I do about FOSDEM 2023 and have already prepared your schedule, share a single paragraph comment about your FOSDEM plan and list a few of your favorite talks. You will help the community understand the greatness of the event and find more reasons to make the trip to frosty Brussels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See you there!<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fedora Project will be present at FOSDEM 2023. This article describes this gathering and a few of the events on the agenda. I assume if you are reading the Fedora Magazine, you already know what FOSDEM is, but I&#8217;ll start with a small intro anyway. 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