Neal is a developer and contributor in Fedora; CentOS; Mageia; and openSUSE, focusing primarily on the base Linux system components, such as package and software management, as well as the Linux desktop. He's a big believer in "upstream first", which has led him all over the open source world.

Presentations

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Bringing Fedora Linux to Apple Silicon Macs with Asahi Linux

In 2020, Apple introduced the M1 ARM SoC, and the world changed! Well, not exactly... But it did change the world for Macs, as this began the era of ARM-based Mac computers using Apple's own CPU designs. These so-called "Apple Silicon Macs" can't run Linux... or can't they?

With tight collaboration with the Asahi Linux project, the Fedora Asahi SIG have produced the Fedora Asahi Remix to allow people to run Fedora Linux on these new Macs. This presentation introduces the Fedora Asahi SIG and discusses the journey to supporting Fedora Linux for these new Macs.

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Popping kernels for Linux distributions

Packagers in Linux distributions do a lot to ensure the software you use is up to date, integrated in the platform, and most importantly: works! But one package stands out among the others in importance: the Linux kernel. Over the past few years, I've become a Linux kernel package maintainer for a couple of Linux distributions (notably Fedora Asahi Remix and CentOS Stream Hyperscale). This talk will share my experiences in becoming and being a Linux kernel package maintainer: the good, the bad, and the sometimes ugly.

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