web02.fireside.fm Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:11:05 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Open Source Voices - Episodes Tagged with “Community” https://www.opensourcevoices.org/tags/community Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500 After years of producing Linux, BSD and Other Open Source Podcasts, I came to the realization that we almost always focus on the technology. It makes sense, we all love tech, that's why we are who we are. But the community we are apart of is full of varied and fascinating people that make that tech. This is my attempt to highlight the people who are helping dream up and build the future around us. en-us episodic The Lives and People of the Open Source Community JT Pennington After years of producing Linux, BSD and Other Open Source Podcasts, I came to the realization that we almost always focus on the technology. It makes sense, we all love tech, that's why we are who we are. But the community we are apart of is full of varied and fascinating people that make that tech. This is my attempt to highlight the people who are helping dream up and build the future around us. no FOSS, FLOSS, OSH, linux, open souce, open source software, open source hardware, growing up, technology, it JT Pennington jt@minddripmedia.com Episode 31: Ben Cotton - Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat https://www.opensourcevoices.org/31 98ed2671-19e8-4e37-9e1b-0b86a1bcd0b9 Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0500 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Ben Cotton is the Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat. We talk about what he does with Fedora, his history getting into Linux, and herding cats. 59:13 no Ben Cotton Ben Cotton is the Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat. We talk about about Fedora, his history getting into Linux, and what it's like herding cats for a job. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcotton/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnelFiasco/ Website: https://www.funnelfiasco.com Notes: Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Ben Cotton. linux, open source, Red Hat, Fedora, fesco, program management, project management, community, development, mailing list, Ben Cotton

Ben Cotton is the Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat. We talk about about Fedora, his history getting into Linux, and what it's like herding cats for a job.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcotton/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnelFiasco/
Website: https://www.funnelfiasco.com

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

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Ben Cotton is the Fedora Program Manager at Red Hat. We talk about about Fedora, his history getting into Linux, and what it's like herding cats for a job.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bcotton/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FunnelFiasco/
Website: https://www.funnelfiasco.com

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

Special Guest: Ben Cotton.

]]> Episode 28: Corey Hulen - CTO and Co-Founder of Mattermost https://www.opensourcevoices.org/28 b49392ee-311a-4679-9938-79d986776b44 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Corey Hulen is the CTO and Co-Founder of Mattermost 52:13 no Corey Hulen Corey Hulen is the CTO and Co-Founder of Mattermost LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreyhulen/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/corey_hulen Notes: Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Corey Hulen. linux, open source, microsoft, sharepoint, office, bill gates, steve balmer, mattermost, ian Tien, developer, development, jira, slack, atlasian, gitlab, openness, open data, AI, ML, datasets, community, vr, engagement, Corey Hulen

Corey Hulen is the CTO and Co-Founder of Mattermost

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreyhulen/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/corey_hulen

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

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Corey Hulen is the CTO and Co-Founder of Mattermost

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreyhulen/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/corey_hulen

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

Special Guest: Corey Hulen.

]]> Episode 23: Richard Brown - Linux Distribution Engineer at SUSE and former chairman of OpenSuSE https://www.opensourcevoices.org/23 7a0a77a8-6265-4e7e-96d8-c6ff53490457 Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0500 JT Pennington full JT Pennington 48:12 no Richard Brown Richard Brown is a long time SUSE and OpenSUSE community member and a current Linux Distribution Engineer at SUSE. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sysrich/ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sysrich Notes: Other websites to connect with Richard on: https://connect.opensuse.org/pg/profile/RBrownCCB https://instagram.com/sysrich https://rootco.de/aboutme/ Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Richard Brown. linux, open source, suse, opensuse, development, community, ibm, red hat, fedora, novell, microsoft, pull request, mentorship, management Richard Brown

Richard Brown is a long time SUSE and OpenSUSE community member and a current Linux Distribution Engineer at SUSE.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sysrich/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sysrich

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Richard Brown is a long time SUSE and OpenSUSE community member and a current Linux Distribution Engineer at SUSE.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sysrich/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sysrich

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

Special Guest: Richard Brown.

]]> Episode 22: Thomas Cameron - Open Source Advocate and Cloud Dude https://www.opensourcevoices.org/22 362e60bf-1213-46f8-9f09-f3e60073f411 Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Thomas has been a long time Linux user and Advocate and has worked at the likes of Red Hat, Amazon, and others. 1:05:32 no Thomas Cameron Thomas has been a long time Linux user and Advocate and has worked at the likes of Red Hat, Amazon, and others. https://twitter.com/thomasdcameron https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomascameron/ Notes: Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com linux, open source, red hat, amazon, AWS, slackware, training, community, mentorship, developer, conference, collaboration, samba, smb, windows, microsoft, consulting Thomas Cameron

Thomas has been a long time Linux user and Advocate and has worked at the likes of Red Hat, Amazon, and others.

https://twitter.com/thomasdcameron
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomascameron/

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Thomas has been a long time Linux user and Advocate and has worked at the likes of Red Hat, Amazon, and others.

https://twitter.com/thomasdcameron
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomascameron/

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

]]> Episode 16: Aoife Moloney - Community Platform Engineering Team at Red Hat https://www.opensourcevoices.org/16 a8ee34aa-b3ba-473d-b528-088b0b1a5f3a Tue, 20 Jul 2021 00:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Aoife is a member of the CPE Team at Red Hat 38:47 no Aoife Moloney Twitter: https://twitter.com/aoifemoloney4 Notes: CentOS Blog Articles by Aoife: https://blog.centos.org/author/amoloney/ Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Aoife Moloney. linux, open source, red hat, centos, development, work life balance, growing up, ireland, family, teamwork, community Aoife Moloney

Twitter: https://twitter.com/aoifemoloney4

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

Special Guest: Aoife Moloney.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/aoifemoloney4

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

Special Guest: Aoife Moloney.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngompa/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Det_Conan_Kudo

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

Special Guest: Neal Gompa.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngompa/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Det_Conan_Kudo

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

Special Guest: Neal Gompa.

]]> Episode 1: Matthew Miller - Fedora Project Lead https://www.opensourcevoices.org/1 ae4bf8e6-3696-4e44-baf6-6d2867239946 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Lead, comes on the program to talk about his life and journey with technology. 50:23 no Matthew Miller Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Lead, comes on the program to talk about his life and journey with technology. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewmiller/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattdm Fedora Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mattdm Notes: JT's Wall-o-Linux that Matthew references: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-84xSVSd/0/c8dac89a/X5/i-84xSVSd-X5.jpg The Linux CD that JT showed Matthew, which was not the one Matthew was talking about: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-8Kz8D8q/0/190dd66f/X5/i-8Kz8D8q-X5.jpg The Food Computer Program: https://foodcomputerprogram.com/about/ MindDripMedia's interview with Melanie Shimano at RedHat Summit 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Cp8YRxgjo Denise's title at the time: Unsure, still checking. Fedora Social Hour Matrix Channel: https://riot.im/app/#/room/#fedora-social-hour:matrix.org Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Matthew Miller. foss, floss, linux, open souce, open source software, fedora, slackware, redhat, apple, school, growing up, technology, it, server, admin, community Matthew Miller

Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Lead, comes on the program to talk about his life and journey with technology.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewmiller/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattdm
Fedora Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mattdm

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Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Lead, comes on the program to talk about his life and journey with technology.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewmiller/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattdm
Fedora Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Mattdm

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Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com

Special Guest: Matthew Miller.

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