Fedora Linux 40 Release Party Schedule

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

https://pretix.eu/fedora/f40-party/

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 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
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	Mentored Projects Update	Fernando Mancera	An Update on the Mentored Projects Initiative	Notes
9:30 – 9:55 AM	14:30 – 14:55	Fedora COSMIC SIG	Ryan Brue	A talk on the Fedora COSMIC SIG
9:55 – 10:15 AM	14:55 – 15:15	Break - Hallway Track	Anyone!	Join us in the Hallway Track session to meetup and socialize with fellow Fedorans.	Hallway Track session
10:15 - 10:30 AM	15:15 - 15:30	Git Forge ARC Investigation Update	Tomas Hckra Akashdeep Dhar	A brief overview of the git forge investigation	Notes
10:30 - 10:55 AM	15:30 – 15:55	Fedora Week of Diversity 2024	Emma Kidney, Chris Idoko	The Fedora Week of Diversity is organized by Fedora's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team. Each year, FWD serves as a platform to spotlight various members and their noteworthy contributions to our community and the projects they work on. Join this talk to learn more about this year's FWD, including when it is happening, what we are preparing for this year, and how you can be part of it.	Notes
10:25 – 11:00 AM	15:25 – 16:00	Break	Everyone!	Refreshment Break	Grab something nice :)
11:00 – 11:25 AM	16:00 – 16:25	EPEL 10 Overview	Carl George	EPEL 10 is already in the works. The plan is to use minor version branches and repos to better integrate with each RHEL 10 minor version, as well as with CentOS Stream 10. This should bring significant improvements to the user and contributor experience.
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	an overview of how Fyra Labs and Ultramarine operate, what we do, and how being a downstream distro benefits us	Notes
12:30 – 12:55 PM	17:30 – 17:55	Fedora Asahi Linux Remix	Davide Cavalca, Neal Gompa	What's new in Fedora Asahi Remix

Saturday, 25 May

Time (EST)	Time (UTC)	Session Title	Name of speaker	Description	Notes
8:30 – 8:55 AM	13:30 – 13:55	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
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 Desktops	Timothée Ravier	What’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 40	Slides coming soon
10:00 – 10:25 AM	15:00 – 15:25	Social Activity	Example Person	To Be Added
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
11:45 AM – 1:30 PM	16:45 – 18:30	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.

• HelloTux store (use FEDORA5 for a discount)

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