Hello everyone, Shedrack Sunday here from Nigeria. In the past few days, I have been exploring the Fedora project, contributing as an outreachy applicant towards the role of a community architect intern.
What is Fedora? Is Fedora Just Another Linux OS
Well, that depends on what you're looking for in an operating system. While Fedora shares its roots with other Linux systems, it has a unique identity that encourages creativity and provides users with more power. This focus on user empowerment translates into a feature-rich experience that prioritizes progressive innovation.
As a leading-edge Linux distribution that showcases the latest capabilities and features in the Linux world. Fedora has attracted many users by its features and new technologies, enabling innovative platforms in hardware, clouds, and containers.
From Product to People
Over the years, knowing Fedora Linux as an operating system was great. However, experiencing the Fedora project has been inspiring. The Fedora Project goes beyond the product, it’s a community of wonderful people, who welcome a world where everyone benefits from free and open source software built by inclusive, diverse, and devoted communities and teams, from developers to designers, everyone’s participation is special and important to the success of Fedora’s achievements. The Idea of community backed innovation that anyone can access, modify, and share software is incredibly empowering!
The Fedora Project is built upon its four foundations of Freedom, Friends, Features, First, which i find very appealing.
The Four Foundations
Let’s explore why they make Fedora an empowering project.
Freedom : Fedora champions open source development, allowing anyone to contribute and improve software . This commitment to freedom fosters innovation and empowers users to take control of their technology.
Friends: This embodies the collaborative spirit of Fedora. As individuals collaborate, learn, and contribute to shared goals, they create connections that extend beyond code repositories, creating a network of friendships who share not only passion for technology but also a commitment to principles that guide open source software.
Features: The Fedora community focus on excellent software, ensuring users have access to the latest advancements in the technology. Practicing an “Upstream First” policy, Fedora acts as a testing ground for new features before they are integrated into other distributions, contributing to the overall progress of open source software.
First: Showcasing pioneering spirit, The Fedora community has shown commitment to leading innovation, embracing new technologies to provide the latest stable, robust, useful and powerful free software in all Fedora distributions.
Open Collaboration in Action
Fascinating as The Fedora Project is, I have to be honest it can be overwhelming. I spent a fair amount of time navigating through many technical discussions and topics on the Fedora Discussion forum. Some of which I have little understanding of. But what has been more striking to me is how welcoming and incredibly supportive Fedora community members and enthusiasts have answered questions and provided solutions to each other, committing to open collaboration, and fostering open source excellence.
Conclusion
It has been an enlightening experience so far. I have gotten to experience The Fedora Project through its people and its rich community, not just its products. I believe the power of open-source collaboration promises a bright future with Fedora.
To an Outreachy applicant considering contributing to Fedora in the future, my biggest tip is to jump in!. Join the Fedora Project and experience a welcoming community fueled by a shared goal to create something awesome.