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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.
- 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.