ANTHOLOGY — Packages, pledges & protocols (Changelog Interviews #616)

Nov 6, 2024

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Carl George

Join industry leaders Carl George, Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, and Max Howell, creator of Homebrew, as they delve into the evolving landscape of open-source software. They discuss the Open Source Pledge initiative and its impact on supporting maintainers. Chad Whitacre from Sentry emphasizes transparency in funding, while Dylan Fox from AssemblyAI shares advancements in speech AI. Also, a light-hearted chat about barbecuing adds a fun twist to the tech talk, making for an engaging and informative listen.

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Carl's Barbecue Smoker Story

Carl George shares how he acquired a heavy, old family smoker from his father-in-law’s backyard.
He values its thickness and size, acknowledging the benefits of volume in temperature control for smoking.

INSIGHT

RHEL Curated Fedora Subset

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a curated subset of Fedora packages with extensive partner ecosystem and vendor certifications.
Approximately 10% of Fedora's 60,000+ packages make it into RHEL for enterprise support and stability.

INSIGHT

CentOS Stream Upstream Role

CentOS is not dead; it evolved into CentOS Stream which is upstream of RHEL and open for contributions.
CentOS Stream allows community influence and early access to changes before they become part of RHEL.

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The hallway track at All Things Open 2024 — features Carl George, Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat for a discussion on the state of open source enterprise linux and RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Max Howell, creator of Homebrew and tea.xyz which offers rewards and recognition to open source maintainers, and Chad Whitacre, Head of Open Source at Sentry about the launch of Open Source Pledge and their plans to helps businesses and orgs to do the right thing and support open source.

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Carl George – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Max Howell – GitHub, X
Chad Whitacre – GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

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