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The Fedora community will celebrate the release of Fedora Linux 40 with a virtual Release Party on 24-25 May 2024. For a few hours each day, Fedora contributors and leaders will speak about recent changes in Fedora Linux and the Fedora Project. Our global Release Parties are a great way to learn more about the latest Fedora Linux release and also an opportunity to get to know the Fedora contributors behind it all.
We hope you will join us in a celebration of our last six months and the people who make it possible!
Dates
Friday, 24 May to Saturday, 25 May 2024
Registration link
https://pretix.eu/fedora/f40-party/
Highlights for this party
- Fedora Linux 40 included 53 accepted Changes (28 System-Wide, 25 Self-Contained).
- Fedora Linux 40 will be the branching point for CentOS Stream 10, the starting point for future downstream Enterprise Linux releases.
- This is the first time that Fedora will hold its global, virtual Release Party using a Free and Open Source Software event platform. We will use Matrix for our main stage and event chat, and a live-stream on YouTube will also be available.
Schedule
Friday, 24 May
| Time (EST, UTC-4) | Time (UTC) | Session title | Name of speaker | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 – 9:00 AM | 12:30 – 13:00 | Pre-Event Social - Hallway Track | Anyone! | Join us in the event chat on Matrix to say hello and socialize with fellow Fedorans before the live-stream begins. | NOTE: F40 will be text-only hallway track, but we hope to resume A/V hallway track for F41. |
| 9:00 – 9:25 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 |
| 9:30 – 9:45 AM | 13:30 – 13:45 | Passim Peer to Peer Metadata | Richard Hughes | An overview of the Passim Peer to Peer Metadata change in F40 | Presentation Slides |
| 9:45 – 10:00 AM | 13:45 – 14:00 | Mentored Projects Update | Fernando Mancera | An Update on the Mentored Projects Initiative | Session 1 |
| 10:00 – 10:25 AM | 14:00 – 14:25 | Fedora COSMIC SIG | Ryan Brue | A talk on the Fedora COSMIC SIG | Session 1 |
| 10:25 – 10:45 AM | 14:25 – 14:45 | Break - Hallway Track | Anyone! | Join us in the event chat on Matrix to say hello and socialize with fellow Fedorans during a short break in the live-stream. | NOTE: F40 will be text-only hallway track, but we hope to resume A/V hallway track for F41. |
| 10:45 - 11:00 AM | 14:45 - 15:00 | Git Forge ARC Investigation Update | Tomas Hckra, Akashdeep Dhar | A brief overview of the git forge investigation | Session 2 |
| 11:00 - 11:25 AM | 15:00 – 15:25 | 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. | Session 2 |
| 11:25 – 12:00 PM | 15:25 – 16:00 | Break | Everyone! | Refreshment Break | Grab something nice :) |
| 12:00 – 12:25 PM | 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. | Session 3 |
| 12:30 AM – 11:55 PM | 16:30 – 16:55 | KDE Plasma 6 | Neal Gompa | Changes for KDE Plasma in Fedora 40 | Session 3 |
| 13:00 – 13:25 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 | Session 3 |
| 13:30 – 13:55 PM | 17:30 – 17:55 | Fedora Asahi Linux Remix | Davide Cavalca, Neal Gompa | What's new in Fedora Asahi Remix | Session 3 |
Saturday, 25 May
| Time (EST) | Time (UTC) | Session Title | Name of speaker | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 9:55 AM | 13:30 – 13:55 | Pre-Event Social - Hallway Track | Anyone! | Let's have a coffee, tea, or other beverage together and start Day 2 right! Join us for some Fedora Friends social chat. | NOTE: F40 will be text-only hallway track, but we hope to resume A/V hallway track for F41. |
| 10:00 – 10:25 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 | Session 1 |
| 10:30 – 10:55 AM | 14:30 – 14:55 | Fedora Atomic Desktops | Timothée Ravier | What’s new for Fedora Atomic Desktops in Fedora 40 (Fedora Magazine article, slides) | Session 1 |
| 11:00 – 11:25 AM | 15:00 – 15:25 | Social Activity – Codenames | Justin W. Flory | Join for an online match in Codenames! Codenames is a social word game with a simple premise and challenging game play. This will be played live on video and will not be live-streamed. Watch this video for a quick intro. | |
| 11:30 – 11:55 AM | 15:30 – 15:55 | Universal Blue | Noel Miller | A talk on Universal Blue - the downstream project and maker of Bazzite and Bluefin images. | Session 2 |
| 12:00 – 12:15 PM | 16:00 – 16:15 | Closing remarks | Aoife Moloney, Justin W. Flory | Join the 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. | NOTE: F40 will be text-only hallway track, but we hope to resume A/V hallway track for F41. |
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.