web02.fireside.fm Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:52:39 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Open Source Voices - Episodes Tagged with “Fedora” https://www.opensourcevoices.org/tags/fedora 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

Special Guest: Ben Cotton.

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

Special Guest: Richard Brown.

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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.

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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 3: Ruth Suehle - Senior Community Outreach Manager at Red Hat https://www.opensourcevoices.org/3 6911c253-aef9-4dc9-86b5-bbdec32dc5ad Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0400 JT Pennington full JT Pennington Ruth is the Senior Community Outreach Manager at Red Hat. She was heavily involved in OpenSource.com, she is the author of Raspberry Pi Hacks along with co-author Tom Callaway, and she is part of the Red Hat CoLab Project. 50:24 no Ruth Suehle Ruth is the Senior Community Outreach Manager at Red Hat. She was heavily involved in OpenSource.com, she is the author of Raspberry Pi Hacks along with co-author Tom Callaway, and she is part of the Red Hat CoLab Project. https://twitter.com/suehle https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthsuehle/ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rsuehle Notes: Ruth Suehle at Red Hat Summit talking about Colab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB6P983e2YQ Credits: Music by ikson: https://www.iksonmusic.com Special Guest: Ruth Suehle. FOSS, FLOSS, OSH, linux, red hat, open souce, open source software, open source hardware, raspberry pi, fedora, commodore, atari, growing up, technology, it, Makerspaces, conferences, writing, transformers, make Ruth Suehle

Ruth is the Senior Community Outreach Manager at Red Hat. She was heavily involved in OpenSource.com, she is the author of Raspberry Pi Hacks along with co-author Tom Callaway, and she is part of the Red Hat CoLab Project.

https://twitter.com/suehle
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthsuehle/
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rsuehle

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

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Ruth is the Senior Community Outreach Manager at Red Hat. She was heavily involved in OpenSource.com, she is the author of Raspberry Pi Hacks along with co-author Tom Callaway, and she is part of the Red Hat CoLab Project.

https://twitter.com/suehle
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthsuehle/
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rsuehle

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

Special Guest: Ruth Suehle.

]]> 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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Special Guest: Matthew Miller.

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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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