SouthEast Linux Fest 2024

Prepare to be Assimilated: Onboarding into the Rocky Linux Collective
06-08, 09:00–09:50 (EST5EDT), Rocky Linux (BallroomB)

From release rebuilders and testers, to meme-lords and more, everyone has a skill to contribute in the Rocky Linux community. Resistance is futile. Make your first commit today!


While Rocky Linux has quickly grown into a top-tier Linux distribution, it is still community driven. This makes it a great place to get involved, as a sysadmin running 800 instances in your workplace, a home enthusiast wanting to geek out with like-minded folks, or a college student looking to build your experience and resume. Or as a [you, whoever you are].

Sometimes people want to help out, but aren't sure if their Linux skills are adequate. spoiler alert: they are! In addition to the technical aspects, this community is supported by para-Linux skills, aka non-code contributions, as well. Practice technical writing, working with GitHub, interviewing people in the project to create content, web design, graphic design, answering questions in the forums, creating tutorials, curating social media content, and more.

Today's the day to take your first steps into the Rocky Linux community! After an initial tour of how our community is structured, this workshop will walk you through creating your login and making first posts in our chat server, forums, and documentation repository. Before long you, too, will be posting Star Trek memes as part of the Collective.

After more than 15 years as a storyteller, content creator, editor and proofreader, and, more recently, editorial documentarian for Rocky Linux, Krista now serves as lead Community Architect for the RESF. She has opinions about electric trucks, black cats, and whether dinosaurs still roam Isla Nublar.