Justin Forbes
Special guest
Linux developer and distribution maintainer with broad experience across both kernel and user space. Experienced kernel maintainer for multiple distributions. Interested in all aspects of the low level plumbing of Linux.
Specialties: kernel development and management, Linux software packaging, programming, release management.
Justin Forbes has been a guest on 1 episode.
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56: Fedora Contributor Recognition Winners 2026
July 15th, 2026 | 58 mins 20 secs
ankur sinha, contributor onboarding, contributor recognition program, fabio valentini, fedora, fedora contributors, fedora kernel team, fedora linux, fedora mentor summit, fedora podcast, fesco, flock, join sig, justin forbes, kernel maintenance, linux, mentorship, neurofedora, open source, open source community, packaging guidelines, red hat, rust packaging, security updates, vendored dependencies
The Fedora Contributor Recognition Program just wrapped its second year, and the winners were announced live at Flock. On this episode of the Fedora Podcast, we sit down with all three: Ankur Sinha and Justin Forbes, to talk about the work that earned them recognition and what keeps them showing up for Fedora year after year.