#76 [talk] How Distributions are Changing
Closed: Talk Scheduled 5 years ago Opened 5 years ago by langdon.

  1. What’s your proposal? Be specific about what you want to accomplish, how this helps the project and the attendees. Review [link to CFP] for details on what we’re looking for.

Many people in the Fedora Community have recognized the need to adapt the distribution to meet the changing needs of the user community. We have looked at and implemented a number of things over the years, software collections, EPEL, COPR, and now, Modularity. However, we are not the only distribution and, as a result, it is worthwhile to review what other distributions are doing and compare that to our solutions.

In this talk, we will discuss some of the changing needs that the distributions are facing and what solutions have been put forward. Specifically, we will review Amazon Extras, SUSE Modules, Flatpak, Snaps, Ubuntu PPAs, and Nix. During the review we will compare the solutions to equivalents in Fedora. As much as possible, we will use demonstrations of the technologies to make the comparisons.

  1. Who needs to be in the room for this to succeed? List each person by Name and FAS ID as Name (FAS ID)

Community members who are interested in the how and why we are adapting Fedora.

  1. Is this a … (Delete all that DO NOT apply)
    * Talk of 60 minutes

  2. Anything else we need to know? This could be room setup, A/V needs, etc. If you have private concerns, please email them to flock-admin@fedoraproject.org.

  3. Who are you?
    * Name: langdon
    * FAS ID: langdon
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I was thinking a longer version of this talk (1) contrasting with Fedora. Please ignore Sanja's name on the abstract, she roped me in to giving it at the last minute :)

(1): https://fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/distros_relevant/

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