fedora-join June 2026

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Introduction
by Joshua Thomas 23 Jun '26

23 Jun '26

Hello everyone, My name is Joshua Thomas. I’m a Computer Science student from the UK, currently working through a career pivot into tech after 11 years in the railway industry. After a lot of distro-hopping, Fedora KDE has become my permanent daily driver, and I’d love to start contributing to it. Coming from the railways, my head is pretty hardwired for strict standard operating procedures and safety specs, which makes QA feel like the most natural place for me to start. On the technical side, I'm very comfortable in a terminal; I run a local Proxmox homelab (managing LXCs, Python automation, and local LLMs), and I’m levelling up my C++ alongside my degree. To hit the ground running, I’ve carved out a dedicated hypervisor environment on my server specifically for spinning up Rawhide / Branched test builds, so I am fully prepared to break things without hurting my daily driver. I’m working my way through the QA Wiki, but I'd love a quick bit of veteran advice: what is the team's most tedious bottleneck right now that a newcomer could help clear? Point me toward a pile of low-priority validation tasks, and I’ll get to work. Looking forward to working with you all, Joshua.

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Introduction: Henry (henrymmey / HenryMM) – Newcomer interested in infrastructure and development
by HenryMM 14 Jun '26

14 Jun '26

Resending from my subscribed address – apologies for the duplicate if both go through.---Hi everyone,My name is Henry, and I'm a teenager from Germany. I'm really excited about getting involved with the Fedora Project and wanted to introduce myself to the community. Online, I am usually known as henrymmey or HenryMM.I'm still a beginner and definitely not a pro yet, but I'm eager to learn and contribute where I can.To answer the question of how I learned about Fedora: About two or three years ago, I decided to learn Linux. I started out with Ubuntu, but after looking into other options, I quickly realized that Fedora was just way better for me and became my distro of choice. After a few months that became my main OS. Around one and a half years ago, I started getting deeper into coding and general infrastructure management. That journey naturally brought me to my current interest: Linux development.When it comes to building things, I want to be honest: I don't consider myself a traditional coder who writes complex software from scratch. Instead, I utilize AI tools to assist me. However, I'm not just a "vibe coder" who blindly copy-pastes 20 prompts in a row. I actively think through the architecture, understand the logic behind the code, and manually modify and tweak a lot of it myself to make it fit.That being said, I actually realize that pure coding is less fun for me compared to managing infrastructure, systems, and exploring how everything connects. I love tinkering with setups and system configurations.Since I'm not sure exactly which area of Fedora I'd be most useful in, I would appreciate some help clarifying that.If you want to check out what I am working on, you can find my profiles here:- Website: https://henrymeyer.de/- GitHub: https://github.com/henrymmeyBest regards,HenryMM

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