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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🔖 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.