fedora-join July 2026

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Introduction - Vivek Denny
by Vivek Denny 28 Jul '26

28 Jul '26

Hi, I'm Vivek Denny and I'm excited to join the Fedora community. I've been using Linux (Ubuntu) for a while, prefer it to windows for development. Always wanted to support open source instead of just using it. Background: Around 2.5yoe in backend/cloud and completed a masters in cs. Primary languages: C/C++, Go, Python, Ruby Interests: Low level systems, networks, graphics May not know everything but more than willing to learn. Best regards, Vivek

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Hello world!
by Jesus De Los Reyes Larraga 17 Jul '26

17 Jul '26

Hey everyone and nice to meet you, I'm Jesus De Los Reyes, a QA-turned-platform engineer that loves engineering challenges, cats, and video games. It was this last interest that eventually brought me here, as I installed fedora in my main PC in order to play video games without bloatware, a fresh start, and to make use of my free time. This will also be my first time contributing to Open Source even though I've been using it for years. When it comes to software, because of my background in platform/DevOps roles I'm a jack of all trades, I've evaluated and used a wide variety of commercially available tools and open source as well, and I'd like to use that expertise to contribute to the ecosystem. My first language is Spanish, close second is English and I'm learning German for work, I use Fedora as my main OS and distro. When it comes to technology I'm familiar with git, command lines, general packaging, Go, Python and TS in that order, because of my experience as a QA I'm proficient in both manual and automated testing, I find it boring if I'm completely honest but as long as it helps I'm happy to do so, mainly Selenium and Playwright using Python. My main strength is definitely infrastructure, both commercial like AWS and Azure and bare-metal open source only, I've got a homelab running Ubuntu server that I use to practice and setup whatever is needed around the house or by friends. Not very familiar with mailing lists so sorry if it's a bit long, you can find me in matrix as @jesusdelosreyes:matrix.org, I've had brief experience moderating and administering forums as part of my video game enthusiast background. Thanks for your time! Have a great day, Jesus De Los Reyes

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Hello
by Philip Czarnik 16 Jul '26

16 Jul '26

Hey, I'm Philip from Kassel, Germany and I want to introduce myself. I have no previous experience with FOSS communities or other online communities or forums, but I like the idea of open source and contributing. At the same time, I can improve my dev skills and practice my English. I recently finished my apprenticeship as a software developer, so I already have some professional dev experience. At work, we use Angular, Java, Python, C/C++, and GitLab. We are working with embedded systems that run Linux. So the command line is my friend as well. But to be honest, I have entry- to intermediate-level skills in these technologies. After getting tired of Windows, I installed Fedora KDE on my desktop, and I am happy about this decision. I like the clean look and the responsiveness of the OS. I also have a background in carpentry, so I have some experience in CAD, CNC programming, and manufacturing. At the beginning, I would say I can spend about 2–4 hours volunteering. Maybe I can start with small tasks and see how it goes.

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Introduction
by ikar＠keemail.me 12 Jul '26

12 Jul '26

Hi, I'm Ikar, a software engineer and long-time Linux user. I've mainly used Debian and Arch over the years, and recently switched to Fedora Asahi as my daily driver. I work mostly with Java/Spring Boot professionally, but I'm also comfortable with Python, C, and have some experience with Rust. I'm generally language-agnostic and not particularly attached to any one language; I enjoy learning and using whatever tools are best suited for the problem. This is my first time contributing to a FOSS project, and also my first time using a mailing list. I don't have a fixed number of hours, but I should be able to contribute around 5 hours a week, potentially more when I have additional free time.

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self introduction
by mohab soliman 10 Jul '26

10 Jul '26

Greetings Everyone, I'm a mechatronics engineer from Egypt, passionate about computer science, philosophy, video games and music. I have worked in a robotics , embedded systems, industrial automation and currently in the field service engineering. My skills involve programming microcontrollers like stm and AVR in addition to PLCs, customizing marlin 3d printer firmware, video game making with unity and C# and so on. This is my first time participating in open source but I have made some courses, code and writings under the CC license. I imagine that after some time I'd be contributing to the engineering and gaming parts of fedora whether its packages or spins like fedora robotics or games. I currently use Fedora KDE as my main OS after distro hopping for a couple of years with dual booting windows, I like the project philosophy and am looking forward to contributing to it. My free time is usually like one week per month or two weeks. That's when I could spend like 3 hours each day contributing to the project then I'll stop as my work usually makes me travel to remote areas for a couple of weeks. Then when I returned I could continue.

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Introduction (Wall of text incoming!)
by Raul Perez 09 Jul '26

09 Jul '26

Hi everyone! Wall of text incoming! I'm Raúl (or my personal brand that I use for all things engineering Florian Rand, long story), a software engineer from Spain, and I'm excited to finally become part of the Fedora community. I've been using Linux for almost twenty years. I first discovered it in high school with Slackware, and it completely changed how I looked at computers. I remember buying a book about C programming on Unix systems just so I could better understand what was happening under the hood. I spent countless hours experimenting with things like libpcap, rebuilding tools such as tcpdump, and generally taking things apart to see how they worked. Since then Linux has been my primary operating system. Over the years I've used Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE, and although Ubuntu is currently my daily workstation, I still use Fedora extensively for my development containers and have spent quite a bit of time running Silverblue. Somewhere at home I even have a couple of old Red Hat CDs that I've never been able to throw away. Although I've relied on open source software for most of my career, my contributions have mostly been small and practical: reporting bugs, helping with translations, documentation improvements, and submitting patches that solved problems I encountered mysel. Professionally, I started as a Linux systems administrator. One of my first self-appointed projects was converting a nearly 100-page handwritten notebook of operational procedures into reusable shell scripts. Nobody asked me to do it—I simply got tired of repeatedly looking things up and wanted to make the work easier for everyone. Looking back, that probably says a lot about how I approach engineering. After several years in systems administration I took an unexpected detour into graphic design and digital production, working in the automotive industry. Even then I found myself gravitating back toward technical problems: helping with render farms, improving automation scripts, and solving infrastructure issues. Eventually I returned to software engineering full time. Today I've worked across frontend and backend development, internal tooling, application modernization, CI/CD, containers, and developer experience. I've come to realize that what I enjoy most isn't any particular language or framework—it's understanding systems, removing unnecessary complexity, and making other people's work a little easier. The problems that attract me most are usually the ones everyone has learned to work around until someone finally decides to fix them properly. Technically I'm comfortable with Linux, Git, shell scripting, containers (especially Podman), JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C, Go, Ansible, CI/CD, and general software engineering. I've also done RPM and DEB packaging in the past, although I'd definitely appreciate a refresher. Outside of work I spend far too much time tinkering with my homelab. I recently simplified it from a fairly involved Proxmox setup to a much simpler Podman + systemd Quadlets + Cockpit setup, and I'm irrationally happy with that decision. Away from the keyboard I enjoy running, science fiction, classical singing, and spending time with my cats. As for Fedora, it feels like a natural place to contribute. I've admired the engineering culture around Fedora and Red Hat for many years—particularly the emphasis on building in the open and contributing work upstream—and I'd like to become part of that ecosystem. My plan is to start with small contributions, learn how the community works, and hopefully grow into taking on larger responsibilities over time. I'm looking forward to meeting you all and learning where I can best contribute.

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