content/news/2016-12-17-celebrating-fedora-freenode.md

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   2 Title: Celebrating Fedora 25 with freenode
   3 Author: Justin W. Flory (jflory7)
   4 Date: 2016-12-17T14:49-05:00
   5 Slug: celebrating-fedora-freenode
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   7
   8 ![Celebrating Fedora 25 with freenode](https://i.imgur.com/yMLgxZp.png)
   9
  10 On November 22nd, 2016, the [Fedora
  11 Project](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview) released Fedora 25,
  12 the latest and greatest version of our
  13 [Linux-based](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel) operating
  14 system. For [over thirteen
  15 years](https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2003-November/msg00000.html),
  16 the Fedora community has worked to bring the leading edge of open source
  17 development to the world. Fedora's focus is guided by its [Four
  18 Foundations](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Foundations): *Freedom,
  19 Friends, Features, First*. *Freedom* is representative of Fedora's
  20 commitment to championing free and open source software and contributing
  21 back to upstream projects for the benefit of the open source community.
  22 *Features* stands for Fedora's commitment to driving some of the newest
  23 features *First* before anyone else. Some of these examples include the
  24 [Wayland display
  25 server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protocol)),
  26 [systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd), and [GNOME
  27 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#GNOME_3). Perhaps most
  28 importantly, *Friends* are for the friendships made by contributors from
  29 around the world who help make every release of Fedora possible. Part of
  30 why *Friends* is an important part of the Four Foundations is
  31 communication. Fedora community members come from all over the planet,
  32 including six out of seven continents. The tools we use to communicate
  33 help us collaborate, solve problems, and build friendships. IRC and
  34 freenode are an important part of how we communicate. Fedora registered
  35 our first channel on freenode on December 29, 2002. As we celebrate
  36 thirteen years of open source collaboration and the newest release of
  37 Fedora 25, the Fedora community wanted to reflect on our longstanding
  38 relationship with freenode.
  39
  40 How Fedora uses freenode
  41 ------------------------
  42
  43 As a large open source project, there are many different teams and
  44 sub-projects in Fedora that help move us toward a new release. Just like
  45 there are many parts to a car's engine, there are many parts to Fedora's
  46 engine. Some of these groups are officially recognized sub-projects like
  47 the [Design team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design), [Community
  48 Operations](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps), or [Docs
  49 team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project). Other times, they
  50 are informal [Special Interest
  51 Groups](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SIGs) (SIGs) that bring
  52 contributors together to focus on specific topics like programming
  53 languages or desktop environments, like the [Python
  54 SIG](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Python) or [KDE
  55 SIG](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE). Usually, each of these
  56 groups or teams will have their own IRC channel to coordinate in. The
  57 Design team uses `#fedora-design`, the Python SIG uses `#fedora-python`…
  58 and so on. In total, Fedora has over 175 registered channels to its
  59 name. Frequently, teams will hold public meetings in the freenode
  60 channels to work through tickets, plan ahead on upcoming tasks, or
  61 discuss important topics for their team. There are a series of special
  62 meeting channels used for this purpose. Using the
  63 [MeetBot](http://meetbot.debian.net/Manual.html) plugin, Fedora uses our
  64 own [zodbot](https://github.com/fedora-infra/supybot-fedora) to help run
  65 meetings, mark up links or important ideas, and create a pretty HTML
  66 summary at the end of the meeting. All of these summaries and full logs
  67 are found at
  68 [meetbot.fedoraproject.org](https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/).
  69
  70 Tips to using IRC effectively
  71 -----------------------------
  72
  73 There are countless different workflows, IRC clients, and handy plugins
  74 available to customize the IRC experience. In the spirit of the
  75 *Friends* Foundation and the Code of Conduct, Fedora contributors are
  76 encouraged to [always be excellent to one
  77 another](https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct). It's important to
  78 follow good manners in any IRC channel, Fedora or any other. Having good
  79 manners in IRC are as important as it is in real life. Be courteous to
  80 others, and if in doubt, it's good to assume the best intentions by
  81 others. IRC is important for Fedora, and many contributors have put
  82 together guides of our own as well. You can read more tips from the
  83 Fedora team in our [IRC Beginner's
  84 Guide](https://fedoramagazine.org/beginners-guide-irc/) on the [Fedora
  85 Magazine](https://fedoramagazine.org/).
  86
  87 What's next for Fedora?
  88 -----------------------
  89
  90 As 2016 comes to an end, we're wrapping up on our own new release of
  91 Fedora 25. The Fedora community is looking forward to helping drive open
  92 source innovation and contributing to the Linux community for many years
  93 to come. Feodra currently has more than 2,000 contributors, and in the
  94 tenth percentile of active contributors, 65% of them are from the
  95 community ([State of Fedora, Flock
  96 2016](https://mattdm.org/fedora/2016flock/StateofFedoraAugust2016-v160731a.pdf)).
  97 The Fedora steam engine is chugging ahead, and we're excited to see
  98 where it takes us next. We're happy to be able to have shared past,
  99 current, and future milestones together with the freenode community.
 100 Keep an eye out for Fedora Ambassadors in Europe during
 101 [DevConf](https://devconf.cz/) and [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/).
 102 You can also find us in North America at [BrickHack
 103 2017](https://brickhack.io/). And there will be more events all through
 104 the year you can keep an eye out for us at!