KEYNOTE: Fedora: The Future, First
Time: Aug 28, 7:00 p.m.
The Fedora Project is a community effort whose goal is to lead advancement in free and open source software. One of the ways we accomplish that is to bring the best, leading edge, free and open source software to an audience of enthusiasts, developers, and remixers. Another is to constantly strive to bring the best possible toolsets and practices to the community, such as enabling infrastructure, packaging guidelines, and low barriers to entry for as many parts of the project as possible. This presentation talks about how Fedora came about, the crossroads at which it exists today, and possible future directions for the distribution and the project as a whole.
About Paul Frields
Paul Frields (Red Hat, Inc.)
Paul W. Frields has been a Linux user and enthusiast since 1997, and joined the Fedora Documentation Project in 2003, shortly after the launch of Fedora. As contributing writer, editor, and a founding member of the Documentation Project steering committee, Paul has worked on a variety of tasks, including guides and tutorials, website publishing, and toolchain development. He also maintains a number of packages in the Fedora repository. He also revitalized the Fredericksburg Linux Users Group (FredLUG, http://fredlug.tux.org/) in 2006. Paul was an inaugural member of the Fedora Project Board from 2006-2007, and in February 2008 he joined Red Hat as the Fedora Project Leader. He currently lives with his wife and two children in Virginia.
