We found 5 episodes of Fedora Project Podcast with the tag “fedora 34”.
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18: Exploring GNOME 40 with Alan Day: The Fedora Workstation Evolution
August 17th, 2021 | 31 mins 36 secs
allan day, fedora, fedora 34, fedora linux, fedora workstation, gnome, gnome 40, gtk, gtk4, linux, podcast, ui, workstation
Dive into the world of GNOME 40 as Alan Day, a designer at Red Hat and member of the Fedora Workstation Working Group, shares his insights on the major design changes and enhancements in this latest release. From the reimagined Activities Overview to the switch to GTK4, discover the thought process, user research, and iterative approach that shaped this desktop evolution. Alan candidly discusses the journey, challenges, and rationale behind the visual and workflow redesigns, offering a unique perspective from the trenches of open-source UI development. Whether you're a GNOME enthusiast, a Fedora user, or simply appreciate well-crafted user experiences, this engaging conversation provides a fascinating glimpse into the art of balancing innovation and usability in a beloved desktop environment.
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15: Butter Up: Exploring Fedora's Transparent Compression
July 6th, 2021 | 28 mins 40 secs
btrfs, chris murphy, fedora, fedora 34, filesystem, linux, podcast
Chris Murphy, a developer working on BTRFS, explains the new transparent compression feature that will be enabled by default in Fedora 34 which automatically compresses files before writing to disk for space savings. He discusses the compression algorithm (zstd), performance impact, expected space savings, how to check compression stats, and the future roadmap for Butter FS features like snapshots/rollbacks.
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14: Copy That: Fedora's Embrace of the BtrFS Copy-on-Write Filesystem
June 22nd, 2021 | 26 mins 24 secs
btrfs, call for papers, chris murphy, fedora, fedora 34, filesystem, linux, podcast
Chris Murphy, a developer involved with Fedora, provides an overview of Butter FS - a new default file system for Fedora that offers copy-on-write capabilities, data integrity checking, snapshots, flexible storage configs and more. Chris compares Butter FS to ext4, explaining the copy-on-write model, data integrity benefits over traditional overwrites, and capabilities like online shrinking.
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13: The PipeWire Revolution: Untangling Linux' Audio Video Mess
June 8th, 2021 | 37 mins 47 secs
aleksandra fedorova, annual contributor survey, ben cotton, community blog, council, elections, fedora, fedora 34, fesco, freenode, hiring, irc, linux, mindshare, podcast, red hat, survey, voting, wim taymans
Developer Wim Taens explains PipeWire - a new middleware that will replace PulseAudio and JACK in Fedora 34 for better audio/video handling across applications and devices. Then Alexandra Fedorova discusses the new Annual Fedora Contributor Survey aimed at understanding tools, roles, and preferences of Fedora contributors to help guide project decisions.
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12: Fedora 34 Landing: Elections, Release Parties, and Contributor Fests
May 25th, 2021 | 22 mins 52 secs
ben cotton, community blog, council, elections, fedora, fedora 34, fesco, flock, fudcon, hopin, linux, marie nordin, mindshare, nest, nest 2021, pagure, podcast, release party, voting, work adventure
The hosts preview the upcoming Fedora 34 release, cover Fedora community news, and explain the process for upcoming Fedora elections with project manager Ben Cotton and so much more!