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 19 Episodes.
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29: The Buddies of Budgie: Inside Fedora's Budgie Desktop Spin
September 2nd, 2023 | 34 mins 11 secs
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In this interview, Joshua Strobl, the founder of the open-source organization Buddies of Budgie, joins Eric to discuss the Fedora Budgie spin, the Budgie desktop environment, and the exciting future of this lightweight, traditional desktop experience on Fedora.
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28: The Lenovo Linux Lowdown: Bringing Fedora to Laptops
August 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 4 mins
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In this engaging episode, Mark Pearson, the Technical Lead for Lenovo's Linux PC team, joins Eric and Joseph to discuss Lenovo's partnership with Fedora, the process of bringing Fedora preloaded laptops to market, and Lenovo's sustainability initiatives.
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27: Unpacking Fedora Cloud: A Nimble Distro for the Cloud Era
August 16th, 2023 | 55 mins 14 secs
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In this insightful conversation, Eric, Joseph, and Major Hayden dive deep into the Fedora Cloud Edition, exploring its purpose, features, and future directions as a lightweight, cloud-optimized variant of Fedora designed for seamless deployment across various cloud providers.
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26: EPEL Uncovered: The Unsung Hero of Enterprise Linux
June 21st, 2023 | 53 mins 13 secs
In this engaging episode of the Fedora Podcast, we go behind the scenes of EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux), the community-driven package repository that extends the functionality of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Our guest, Carl George, a passionate EPEL maintainer and Red Hat engineer, provides an in-depth look at the challenges, workflows, and future plans for this vital project.
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25: The Fedora Website Redesign: A Community Collaboration
June 7th, 2023 | 43 mins
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Join us as we dive into the story behind Fedora's stunning website redesign, a collaborative effort that brought together designers, developers, and community members. Discover the challenges faced, the design process, and the innovative solutions that led to the creation of a sleek, user-friendly, and visually appealing web presence for the beloved Linux distribution.
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24: Fedora Linux 38 Unwrapped
May 9th, 2023 | 57 mins 40 secs
A couple of times a year we get to celebrate the release of a new version of Fedora Linux. The latest version, 38, comes with GNOME 44, security enhancements, and more! Join Eric the IT Guy for his interview with Matthew Miller to discuss the latest release!
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The Fedora Podcast Rebooted
April 26th, 2023 | 42 mins 35 secs
It's been a while since we all got together for a podcast! In today's episode, we are going to kick off the video edition of our show, introduce new hosts, talk about upcoming events, and more!