Carl George
carlwgeorge.bsky.social
Carl George
@carlwgeorge.bsky.social
RPM packaging nerd. Works on EPEL, Fedora, and CentOS.

https://fosstodon.org/@carlwgeorge
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Big news! Our friends at Universal Blue have released an LTS of their Bluefin OS, built with the power of bootc on top of CentOS Stream base images. If you love Bluefin but want CentOS stability, check it out.

docs.projectbluefin.io/blog/bluefin...

#uBlue #Bluefin #CentOS #bootc
September 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Software is made by people. Trashing software is trashing other people's work. It's fine to have negative opinions about a piece of software, but you can just not use it instead of trying to publicly shame it.
just tried bazaar. it sucks. it is bad.

almost let weird hype people and the bazzite gang convince me it might be better than gnome-software. no idea why, these people have the worst taste on planet earth.
August 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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From #CentOSShowcase: @carlwgeorge.bsky.social talked about how minor versions work in everybody's favorite extra package repo, EPEL.

youtu.be/xXdsTD7Oo-0

#CentOS #FedoraEPEL #EPEL
EPEL 10 for the Discerning Packager
Carl George presented at CentOS Showcase. EPEL 10 introduces the concept of minor versions for EPEL. While intuitive to some, this change has tripped up even experienced maintainers who haven't kept…
youtu.be
August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I've been an AI skeptic, even to the point of refusing to try it, but I finally gave in and started tinkering with ChatGPT over the last month or so. Besides that tool being really popular, it was nice to be able to just get started without creating an account. Some of the things I've tried:
August 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
EPEL 10 launched a little over five months ago. Today, RHEL 10 was released. In that time EPEL 10 has grown to 17,756 packages (from 5,451 source packages) built by 249 different Fedora packagers. 📦🎉🤩

#epel #fedora #centos #rhel
May 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The premise for this talk has been bouncing around in my head for a few years now. I finally submitted it to @lfnw.org to force myself to follow through and create the presentation. I'm proud of how it turned out. Thanks to everyone who attended, and to the organizers for selecting the talk.
Myth busted! Carl George presented "CentOS Mythbusters" at LinuxFest Northwest last month.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dqwf...

#CentOS #LFNW #LFNW2025
LFNW 2025: CentOS Mythbusters
www.youtube.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Say hello to our new #CentOS mascot, the quokka.

blog.centos.org/2025/05/rele...
Release the Quokka – Blog.CentOS.org
After years of discussions, CentOS is excited to present our new mascot: the quokka.
blog.centos.org
May 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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In case you missed him at Connect, Carl George will talk about EPEL 10 at 13:00 in the FOSDEM distros devroom. Carl is stepping in for a cancelation. Schedule should update soon.

https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/distributions/

#FOSDEM #FOSDEMDistros #FedoraEPEL
FOSDEM 2025 - Distributions
Room: H.1302 (Depage) Calendar: iCal, xCal Chat: Join the conversation!
fosdem.org
February 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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ICYMI: @carlwgeorge.bsky.social and Adam Samalik sat down with Eric Hendriks on the Fedora Podcast to talk about everybody's favorite EL package repo, EPEL.

https://www.youtube.com/live/rZzDjJc-q_4

#Fedora #FedoraEPEL
EPEL, the Ultimate Answer? | Fedora Podcast 42
We're diving into the world of the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) and its latest milestone, EPEL 10. Discover how EPEL supports enterprise users ...
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January 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On behalf of the EPEL Steering Committee, I’m happy to announce the availability of EPEL 10.

communityblog.fedoraproject.org/epel-10-is-n...

#EPEL #CentOS #RHEL
EPEL 10 is now available – Fedora Community Blog
EPEL 10 is now available, and it already contains over 10,000 packages built by over 150 Fedora package maintainers.
communityblog.fedoraproject.org
December 12, 2024 at 11:25 PM
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We're excited to announce CentOS Stream 10, the latest in Enterprise Linux:

https://buff.ly/4iAVAfm

Not enough newness? EPEL 10 is now also available with over 10k packages:

https://buff.ly/4fbxsgt

#CentOS #CentOSStream #FedoraEPEL
Introducing CentOS Stream 10 – Blog.CentOS.org
buff.ly
December 12, 2024 at 10:49 PM
You owe it to yourself to watch this killer talk from @adamhjk.me about free software, open source, fair source, and business.

"You sell that shit for money!" 🤣

youtu.be/rmhYHzJpkuo

#KubeCon #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FairSource
Reimagining OSS Licensing and Commercialization with Fair Source - Adam Jacob, System Initiative
YouTube video by CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]
youtu.be
December 12, 2024 at 5:05 AM
One episode in, it looks like Landman is going to be another hit for Taylor Sheridan. If you like his other work such as Hell or High Water and Yellowstone, check it out.
December 2, 2024 at 3:30 PM
It occurred to me the other day that, for better or worse, the majority of my vegetable intake is from salsa. Thanks San Antonio.
November 24, 2024 at 9:27 PM
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CentOS doesn't have an account here yet, so I'll post it. CentOS Connect is happening January 30-31 in Brussels, right before FOSDEM. The CFP is open. Join us to collaborate on the future of Enterprise Linux.

connect.centos.org

#CentOS #CentOSConnect
CentOS Connect at FOSDEM
Free mini-conference focusing on CentOS Stream, the CentOS SIGs, and the entire Enterprise Linux ecosystem
connect.centos.org
November 14, 2024 at 3:54 PM
October 25, 2024 at 1:50 AM
First impressions here:

The app is pretty nice. The website isn't bad either. But it seems like lots of the nerdy conversations I enjoy are missing. I'm interested to see how that shapes up over time as more folks join. For now Mastodon will still be my primary I think.
July 8, 2023 at 8:44 PM