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3 hour tutorial, 40 min presentation/disc/panel


Title:  What is Happening at the CentOS Project?
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Tracks: Community, Ops/Sysadmin
Type: 40 min conf session
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Tags: community, Linux,
Audience level: Novice
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Video URL: Karanbir (KB) Singh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYURNiV3Hc4#t=9m33s and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTX5yguTxA4 ; Karsten Wade - http://igniteshow.com/videos/open-source-way-creating-and-nurturing-communities-contributors and http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/4874749; Jim Perrin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUm3HwfV7cU#t=16m5s ; Johnny Hughes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNavixzzEHY#t=19m33s



== Description

What is the future of CentOS Linux? Hear the true story from the project leaders behind the surprise announcement that the CentOS Project and Red Hat are joining forces.

== Abstract

You may have heard the interesting news in the Linux world, that CentOS and Red Hat are embarking on a new journey together in to the future of community development platforms.

"CentOS and Red Hat joining forces" was not something most Linux users expected to hear at the beginning of 2014. Now that the news is out, it's time to write the next chapter of the CentOS story and you can get a first-row seat to hear what's coming next.

In this session you get to hear the story of this adventure and ask questions from several CentOS Board members. Karanbir Singh, Johnny Hughes, and Jim Perrin are long-time CentOS contributors, members of the newly convened Governing Board, and instrumental in making CentOS what it is today and engaging with Red Hat. Karsten Wade is a long-time Fedora contributor and Red Hatter, author of The Open Source Way, and project lead/supervisor for the effort that resulted in this new relationship.

This story includes the new special interest groups (SIGs) that maintain variants of CentOS, which can include new software and changes to any core component. This talk will briefly cover the status of the new SIGs around cloud, web hosting, desktops, and so forth.