Eric the IT Guy
Co-Host of Fedora Project Podcast
Fighting against the forces of burnout and poor work-life balance, The IT Guy stands for DevOps, Open Source, and an endless supply of energy!
I have over 14 years of IT experience ranging from Systems Administration and Engineering to technical sales and community advocacy, most recently as a Technical Marketing Manager at Red Hat.
My mission as the IT Guy is to fight against burnout and poor work-life balance. I aim to promote methodologies and communities around DevOps and Open Source and an endless supply of goofy dad jokes along the way. I have worked under all the cliched IT cultures – from nightmare on-calls to constant firefighting. I’ve learned a lot from my career of experience. I hope to share those stories and the lessons I learned with all of you to help make your lives and your organizations better.
Eric the IT Guy has hosted 14 Episodes.
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36: The Next Generation of Linux? | Fedora Podcast 36
August 21st, 2024 | 45 mins 4 secs
bootc, containers, fedora, fedora linux, floss, foss, linux, open source, podman, website
As the popularity of atomic and immutable Linux distros grows, how does Fedora take things to the next level? Short answer: bootc. By learning from containers and cloud native practices that have become standard in the server side Linux world, bootc aims to take things image-based and make the desktop easier to manage for Fedora, downstream projects, and anyone else who wants to make custom images!
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35: Who is the Fedora Community Architect?
July 23rd, 2024 | 48 mins 15 secs
comm ops, community architect, fedora, fedora linux, floss, foss, justin w flory, jwf, linux, open source, red hat, website
What is a Community Architect? What is Community Operations? Today we are joined by Fedora Community Architect Justin Flory to answer these questions in the context of our project and open source more broadly!
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34: Fedora Docs
June 10th, 2024 | 24 mins 59 secs
documentation, eric the it guy, fedora, fedora docs, fedora linux, floss, foss, itguyeric, linux, open source, peter boy, website
Man pages are awesome, they really are, but sometimes you just need an extra boost. Something you can print or search for in a browser. The Fedora Docs team works incredibly hard to make that content available. The past few years have been spent adding to the Docs site, updating the look and feel, as well as expanding the team! Join us for a deep dive into Fedora Docs and how you can get involved.
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33: The Birthday Episode
November 8th, 2023 | 1 hr 21 secs
conan kudo, fedora, fedora core, fedora linux, fedora linux 39, floss, foss, linux, neal gampa, open source, website
We just celebrated the Fedora Project's birthday! Join our host as he interviews Neal Gompa, long-time contributor, and Matthew Miller, the Fedora Project Lead as we reminisce, look at Fedora Linux 39, and plenty of laughs in between.
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32: How Do You Fedora: Neal Gompa
October 25th, 2023 | 48 mins 5 secs
centos, conan kudo, fedora, fedora linux, floss, foss, linux, neal gampa, open source, opensuse, website
Fedora Linux wouldn't be possible without the community, the people. In our ongoing focus, How Do You Fedora, we meet these amazing people and learn their stories. We'll be chatting with Neal Gompa, a long time contributor for CentOS and Fedora!
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31: The Fedora Slimbook
October 18th, 2023 | 33 mins 6 secs
fedora, fedora linux, floss, foss, laptop, linux, open source, slimbook, website
The Fedora Project and Slimbook just announced the Fedora Slimbook, a cutting-edge ultrabook. We'll take to Alejandro and Vaja from Slimbook about the new hardware and how Fedora Linux is optimized for this new platform!
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30: SilverBlue and Immutable Desktops
October 11th, 2023 | 54 mins 31 secs
atomic, fedora, fedora linux, floss, foss, immutable, linux, open source, silverblue, universal blue, website
How do you build a robust workstation? How can you tie in containerized desktop applications into rpm-ostree? That is the realm of the Fedora SilverBlue spin!
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29: Fedora Spin: Budgie
September 2nd, 2023 | 34 mins 11 secs
budgie, fedora, fedora linux, floss, foss, linux, open source, solus, website
While Fedora Linux defaults to the Gnome desktop, there are multiple different versions of Fedora Workstation, one of those Spins is based off of the Budgie Desktop. In this episode, we'll talk to one of the developers about Budgie, its history, its relationship to Fedora, and what new features are coming!
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28: Getting Fedora with your Lenovo
August 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
fedora, fedora linux, floss, foss, lenovo, linux, open source, website
Join us for our next episode as we talk about buying Fedora Linux pre-loaded on hardware. We dive into the relationship with Lenovo and how to find the right model for your needs!
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27: Fedora Cloud Edition
August 16th, 2023 | 55 mins 14 secs
fedora, fedora cloud edition, fedora linux, floss, foss, linux, open source, website
Looking to build out a presence in the cloud? Looking to deploy workloads with automation? The Fedora Cloud Edition is your building block to get there. Join us as we chat with Major Hayden to learn more!
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26: Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux
June 21st, 2023 | 53 mins 13 secs
What is EPEL? Why should you use it? We meet with Carl George to discuss why its important to have community projects available not just on Fedora but its downstream derivatives as well! We'll talk about getting started with EPEL packages, how to contribute, and what the plans are for the next iteration of EPEL repositories!
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25: Fedora Websites 3.0
June 7th, 2023 | 43 mins
fedora, fedora linux, fedora linux 38, floss, foss, linux, open source, website
How much effort does it take to overhaul the visual and functional elements of a technology community? We dive into that question this week. We'll talk about the work involved, what's new, and the future plans of the Fedora website team!