---
title: "CentOS @ Flock 2024"
title_lead: "August 7 – 11, 2024 • Rochester, NY, USA"
talks:
  - title: "CentOS Stream - a preview of RHEL, a solid base for CentOS SIGs"
    youtube: LNJtXYOSMio
    slides: https://gitlab.com/CentOS/promo/centos-events/-/raw/main/2024-08-flock/centos-stream.pdf
    speakers:
      - name: Adam Samalik
    desc: |
      <p>CentOS Stream is a Linux distribution built by Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
      engineers as part of RHEL development.</p>
      <p>Innovation within the OS happens in Fedora.
      CentOS Stream provides a solid base for innovation on top of an OS.
      Many CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are building on and extending it
      in all sorts of interesting ways without needing to reinvent the wheel.</p>
      <p>The source, the builds, the release, it all happens in the open.
      And because it's what's coming to RHEL, not a rebuild of what's already
      been there, you can contribute as well.</p>
      <p>We've had CentOS Stream around for over three years now.
      Recently we've retired CentOS Stream 8, our first release that reached its end
      of life, and got a pre-release of CentOS Stream 10 out!</p>
      <p>We've learned a lot on the way, many things have changed,
      and we keep working on making it better every day.
      We introduced release tests, and we're looking at contribution guidelines
      and even at accepting external 3rd-party test results to ensure CentOS
      Stream works well for all sorts of use cases.</p>
      <p>Come and learn about what's new, what's coming, how to get involved
      both directly and through CentOS SIGs.</p>
  - title: "What's Up With Automotive in CentOS?"
    youtube: wf9nHX0tBgc
    speakers:
      - name: 'Jeffrey "Jefro" Osier-Mixon'
    desc: |
      This presentation introduces the CentOS Automotive SIG,
      which provides an automotive-specific version of CentOS -
      the Automotive Stream Distribution -
      along with very lightweight container management via BlueChi.
      We will go over why the SIG was formed and what it provides,
      its ties to Fedora and RHEL, and the vibrant community forming
      around Linux in the automotive industry.
  - title: CentOS Hyperscale SIG update
    slides: https://gitlab.com/CentOS/promo/centos-events/-/raw/main/2024-08-flock/hyperscale-sig.pdf
    youtube: UuIU8StQaXY
    speakers:
      - name: Neal Gompa
      - name: Davide Cavalca
    desc: |
      Update on what the Hyperscale SIG has been working on,
      what deliverables are available and how to use them,
      and what's coming up next.
  - title: "State of EPEL"
    slides: https://gitlab.com/CentOS/promo/centos-events/-/raw/main/2024-08-flock/state-of-epel.pdf
    youtube: uBM020o-gIM
    speakers:
      - name: Troy Dawson
      - name: Carl George
    desc: | 
      The annual State of EPEL presentation.
      What we have done the past year, what we are currently doing, and what is next.
      We will be giving an extra emphasis on EPEL 10.
  - title: "Bootstrapping CentOS Stream with Fedora ELN"
    youtube: HAi3D54lUWY
    speakers:
      - name: Stephen Gallagher
      - name: Troy Dawson
    desc: |
      Let's discuss the launch of CentOS Stream 10 development,
      how Fedora ELN enabled it and where we go next.
      This will be a two-part event: the first part will be a retrospective
      to look into what went well and what could be improved.
      The second part will be planning for the future of EPEL and CentOS Stream 11.
  - title: "Stream Alt Images - Let's Talk About It"
    youtube: mjtnfg8EZpc
    speakers:
      - name: Troy Dawson
    desc: |
      The CentOS Alternative Images SIG has made a lot of progress last year.
      Troy will go over all the Images we are currently building, what we have planned next,
      as well as demo some of his favorite images.
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<p class="lead mb-6">Flock is the Fedora Project's annual contributor-focused conference.
The conference provides a venue for face-to-face meetings and conversations.
CentOS managed a track at <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/flock/2024/">Flock 2024</a>.</p>
 
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