Ohio Linux Fest 2023: The State of Enterprise Linux 202

Ohio Linux Fest 2023: The State of Enterprise Linux 202

For years, I think many of us in the open source world assumed that we knew everything there was to know about open source, but the truth is, we’re all still learning. In the last couple of years, there have been some big changes in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) supply chain, often referred to as Enterprise Linux or EL for short. This talk will help people understand these changes year over year, and what the future might hold.

Developing a Healthy Community in CentOS Stream

Developing a Healthy Community in CentOS Stream

A little less than three years ago, Red Hat shifted focus in the CentOS project, from the downstream rebuild to the upstream called CentOS Stream. I wrote a heartfelt response to try and explain it better: Before You Get Mad About The CentOS Stream Change, Think About… That article seemed to help dispel some of

The State of Enterprise Linux in 2023

The State of Enterprise Linux in 2023

Introduction Are you a professional Linux Systems Administrator, Architect, or Site Reliability Engineer? Do you use Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or a derivative in the course of your work? Do you find it difficult to keep up with all of the changes that have been going on with RHEL in the last few

Container Plumbing Days 2023: The State of Open Containers: Innovation Through Standardization

Container Plumbing Days 2023: The State of Open Containers: Innovation Through Standardization

This presentation is a 16 slide introduction to what must be thought about when building a production cloud. Proper image management is critical engineering task.

BrightTalk 2022: Virtual US: Upgrading to RHEL 9 (and Beyond) with Containers

BrightTalk 2022: Virtual US: Upgrading to RHEL 9 (and Beyond) with Containers

This presentation is a 16 slide introduction to what must be thought about when building a production cloud. Proper image management is critical engineering task.

The State of Enterprise Linux in 2022

The State of Enterprise Linux in 2022

Background Recently, the Enterprise Linux (EL) supply chain has been pretty interesting. The announcement of CentOS Stream as an upstream for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in late 2020, the announcements of Alma Linux and Rocky Linux as downstream rebuilds, and the announcement of AWS Linux 2022 being built as a downstream of Fedora are

Should I Use Docker Compose or Podman Compose with Podman?

We don’t really have a white paper or any marketing material on this, though we are working on a long term guide to capture Red Hat recommended best practices. In the meantime, I want to answer this simple question publicly: Red Hat generally recommends Kubernetes YAML instead of Compose, and we’re working towards a roadmap

Testing Cloud Native BuildPacks on Fedora with Podman

We’ve been taking a look at adding more cloud native container tools to the operating system, and a few months ago we asked Mandvekar to add the Cloud Native Build Packs CLI tool to Fedora (thanks Lokesh!).  Recently, I had a chance to test this out, and to my pleasant surprise, the CLI worked well

Everything You Need to Know About Moving from Docker in RHEL 7 to Podman in RHEL 8

Everything You Need to Know About Moving from Docker in RHEL 7 to Podman in RHEL 8

This is a links article that I plan on keeping up to date over time. This should be a one stop shop for understanding how to use it. What/Why RHEL 8 enables containers with the tools of software craftsmanship – Dan Walsh & Scott McCarty Why Red Hat is investing in CRI-O and Podman –

DevConf 2021: Virtual CZ: Building Smaller Container Images

DevConf 2021: Virtual CZ: Building Smaller Container Images

This presentation is a 16 slide introduction to what must be thought about when building a production cloud. Proper image management is critical engineering task.