32: How Do You Fedora: Neal Gompa

In this interview, Eric sits down with Neil Gompa, a prominent figure in the open-source community known for his extensive involvement across various projects including Fedora, openSUSE, and more. With his refreshing candor and humor, Neil shares insights into his unconventional journey into technology, his philosophy on contributing, and his role in bridging different communities.

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🔗Episode Resources
Neal Gompa: https://fosstodon.org/@Conan_Kudo
Neal's website: https://neal.gompa.dev/
GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/Conan-Kudo

🔖 Chapters
00:00 Stream start
00:20 Introductions
01:56 Meet Neal
05:55 Neal meet's tech
12:01 Getting into open source
21:50 Contributions to Fedora
28:15 Community of communities
32:52 Present and future
40:45 Fedora Asahi
43:00 Closing thoughts

Special Guest: Neal Gompa.