content/news/2016-12-21-celebrating-fedora-freenode.md

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   2 Title: Celebrating Fedora 25 with freenode
   3 Author: Justin W. Flory (jflory7)
   4 Date: 2016-12-21T12:00-05:00
   5 Slug: celebrating-fedora-freenode
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   8 ![Celebrating Fedora 25 with freenode](static/img/celebrating-fedora-freenode.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*. Some of these examples include the [Wayland display
  24 server](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayland_(display_server_protocol)),
  25 [systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd), and [GNOME
  26 3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME#GNOME_3). Perhaps most
  27 importantly, *Friends* are for the friendships made by contributors from
  28 around the world who help make every release of Fedora possible. Part of
  29 why *Friends* is an important part of the Four Foundations is
  30 communication. Fedora community members come from all over the planet,
  31 including six out of seven continents. The tools we use to communicate
  32 help us collaborate, solve problems, and build friendships. IRC and
  33 freenode are an important part of how we communicate. Fedora registered
  34 our first channel on freenode on December 29, 2002. As we celebrate
  35 thirteen years of open source collaboration and the newest release of
  36 Fedora 25, the Fedora community wanted to reflect on our longstanding
  37 relationship with freenode.
  38
  39 How Fedora uses freenode
  40 ------------------------
  41
  42 As a large open source project, there are many different teams and
  43 sub-projects in Fedora that help move us toward a new release. Just like
  44 there are many parts to a car's engine, there are many parts to Fedora's
  45 engine. Some of these groups are officially recognized sub-projects like
  46 the [Design team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Design), [Community
  47 Operations](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CommOps), or [Docs
  48 team](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project). Other times, they
  49 are informal [Special Interest
  50 Groups](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SIGs) (SIGs) that bring
  51 contributors together to focus on specific topics like programming
  52 languages or desktop environments, like the [Python
  53 SIG](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Python) or [KDE
  54 SIG](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE). Usually, each of these
  55 groups or teams will have their own IRC channel to coordinate in. The
  56 Design team uses `#fedora-design`, the Python SIG uses `#fedora-python`…
  57 and so on. In total, Fedora has over 175 registered channels to its
  58 name. Frequently, teams will hold public meetings in the freenode
  59 channels to work through tickets, plan ahead on upcoming tasks, or
  60 discuss important topics for their team. There are a series of special
  61 meeting channels used for this purpose. Using the
  62 [MeetBot](http://meetbot.debian.net/Manual.html) plugin, Fedora uses our
  63 own [zodbot](https://github.com/fedora-infra/supybot-fedora) to help run
  64 meetings, mark up links or important ideas, and create a pretty HTML
  65 summary at the end of the meeting. All of these summaries and full logs
  66 are found at
  67 [meetbot.fedoraproject.org](https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/).
  68
  69 Tips to using IRC effectively
  70 -----------------------------
  71
  72 There are countless different workflows, IRC clients, and handy plugins
  73 available to customize the IRC experience. In the spirit of the
  74 *Friends* Foundation and the Code of Conduct, Fedora contributors are
  75 encouraged to [always be excellent to one
  76 another](https://getfedora.org/code-of-conduct). It's important to
  77 follow good manners in any IRC channel, Fedora or any other. Having good
  78 manners in IRC are as important as it is in real life. Be courteous to
  79 others, and if in doubt, it's good to assume the best intentions by
  80 others. IRC is important for Fedora, and many contributors have put
  81 together guides of our own as well. You can read more tips from the
  82 Fedora team in our [IRC Beginner's
  83 Guide](https://fedoramagazine.org/beginners-guide-irc/) on the [Fedora
  84 Magazine](https://fedoramagazine.org/).
  85
  86 What's next for Fedora?
  87 -----------------------
  88
  89 As 2016 comes to an end, we're wrapping up on our own new release of
  90 Fedora 25. The Fedora community is looking forward to helping drive open
  91 source innovation and contributing to the Linux community for many years
  92 to come. Fedora currently has more than 2,000 contributors, and in the
  93 tenth percentile of active contributors, 65% of them are from the
  94 community ([State of Fedora, Flock
  95 2016](https://mattdm.org/fedora/2016flock/StateofFedoraAugust2016-v160731a.pdf)).
  96 The Fedora steam engine is chugging ahead, and we're excited to see
  97 where it takes us next. We're happy to be able to have shared past,
  98 current, and future milestones together with the freenode community.
  99 Keep an eye out for Fedora Ambassadors in Europe during
 100 [DevConf](https://devconf.cz/) and [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2017/).
 101 You can also find us in North America at [BrickHack
 102 2017](https://brickhack.io/). And there will be more events all through
 103 the year you can keep an eye out for us at!