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The Fedora community will celebrate the release of Fedora Linux 40 with a virtual Release Party. The virtual release parties are a great way to learn more about the latest Fedora Linux release. More importantly, they are a chance to spend time with the wonderful Fedora community.


Dates

Friday, 24 May to Saturday, 25 May 2024


Registration link

TBD!


Schedule

Friday, 24 May

Time (EST, UTC-5) Time (UTC) Session title Name of speaker Description Notes
7:30 – 8:00 AM 12:30 – 13:00 Pre-Event Social - Hallway Track Anyone! Join us in the Hallway Track session on Hopin to meetup and socialize with fellow Fedorans. Hallway Track session
8:00 – 8:25 AM 13:00 – 13:25 Opening remarks Matthew Miller, Aoife Moloney, Justin W. Flory Join the Fedora Project Leader, Operations Architect, and Community Architect as we kick off the celebration for this release, look back on the last release cycle, and review highlights from this weekend's event. Session 1
8:30 – 8:55 AM 13:30 – 13:55 TBD Example Person Example description Something else important to note
9:00 – 9:15 AM 14:00 – 14:15 Passim Peer to Peer Metadata Richard Hughes An overview of the Passim Peer to Peer Metadata change in F40 Notes
9:15 – 9:30 AM 14:15 – 14:30 Break - Hallway Track Anyone! Join us in the Hallway Track session on Hopin to meetup and socialize with fellow Fedorans. Hallway Track session
09:30 – 09:55 AM 14:30 – 14:55 TBD Example Person Example Description Notes
10:00 - 10:25 AM 15:00 – 15:25 DE&I Emma Kidney Chris Idoko Fedora DE&I Team Talk Notes
10:30 - 10:45 AM 15:30 – 15:45 Git Forge ARC Investigation Update Tomas Hckra Akashdeep Dhar A brief overview of the git forge investigation Notes
10:45 – 11:15 AM 15:45 – 16:15 Break Everyone! Refreshment Break Grab something nice :)
11:15 – 11:30 AM 16:15 – 16:30 Mentored Projects Update Fernando Mancera An Update on the Mentored Projects Initiative Notes
11:30 AM – 11:55 PM 16:30 – 16:55 KDE Plasma 6 Neal Gompa Changes for KDE Plasma in Fedora 40
12:00 – 12:25 PM 17:00 – 17:25 Ultramarine Linux Owen Zimmerman A talk on Ultramarine Linux Notes
12:30 – 12:55 PM 17:30 – 17:55 Fedora Asahi Linux Remix Davide Cavelca What's new in Fedora Asahi Remix

Saturday, 25 May

Time (EST) Time (UTC) Session Title Name of speaker Description Notes
8:00 – 8:30 AM 13:00 – 13:30 Pre-Event Social - Hallway Track Anyone! Lets have a coffee/tea/beverage together and start Day 2 right! Join us on 'stage' for some Fedora Friends social chat. Hallway Track session
8:30 – 8:55 AM 13:30 – 13:55 TBD Example Person Example description Something else important to note
9:00 – 9:25 AM 14:00 – 14:25 Fedora Images & Kiwi David Duncan A talk on how Fedora Cloud is using Kiwi for image generation in F40 and beyond Notes
9:30 – 9:55 AM 14:30 – 14:55 Fedora Atomic Desktop Timothée Ravier Fedora Atomic Desktops Notes
10:00 – 10:25 AM 15:00 – 15:25 Social organized by Fedora Pride team Robert Wright, Fabio Valentini Come play Among Us with the Fedora community! We will host a Room for people to join and watch online as we sus out who is the imposter! You can download Among Us from Mobile App stores or on your desktop/laptop via Steam. We'll provide the Room Join Code at the start of the event! This is open to all community, contributors, and users of Fedora Linux, not just Fedora Pride! See event overview page.
10:30 – 10:55 AM 15:30 – 15:55 Universal Blue Noel Miller A talk on Universal Blue - the downstream project and maker of Bazzite and Bluefin images. Something else important to note
11:00 – 11:15 AM 16:00 – 16:15 Closing remarks Matthew Miller, Aoife Moloney, Justin W. Flory Join the Fedora Project Leader, Operations Architect, and Community Architect in the closing session, thank-yous, and an update on the next Flock event. Session 2
11:15 AM – 1:00 PM 16:15 – 18:00 Post-Event Social - Hallway Track Anyone! Wrap up the party, catch up with Fedora friends, and claim your release party badge in the Hallway Track session on Hopin. Hallway Track session

Announcement links

Here are links to the various announcements shared during the opening and closing sessions.

The Fedora Community Blog is a great way to keep up on announcements. Subscribe via email, RSS, or watch the Fedora Discussion category.