Flock 2015

In this talk I will explain what makes gnome-software tick and how it gets all its data. We will go together through the process of adding a new application and making it look good in the software center. If the time permits, we will also take a quick look at new features in gnome-software and look at what's coming next.

"The next year will be the year of the Linux Desktop" - We have heard this so many times, yet the year didn't come. Why is that so? Are we doing something wrong? Even with the recent amazing news, that many gaming engines are turning to Linux and a few Linux-based gaming consoles are being released, there are still some problems which are frustrating for the end-user. The problems we will see are ranging from community problems to diversity problems, while including the fact that the enterprise overrides the needs of the desktop. The community must work together to solve these problems and make sure that the people who aren't tech-savvy can use a Linux distribution and we must ensure that they enjoy it.

Fedora can now be a remote desktop server via 3 different solutions: X2Go, VNC and SPICE. This talk will cover: 1. Their different features. 2. Running them in containers & cloud instances ("cloudtop"). 3. Why remote desktop is the only way for the Linux desktop to gain adoption in many companies. 4. How these solutions integrate with the X.org codebase and other parts of the Linux OS (Polkit, logind, etc) 5. Wayland

https://s3.amazonaws.com/mikedep333-talks/Flock+2015+-+Remote+Desktop+and+Fedora.odp 

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After we finished kerneld, we thought, why not go ahead and replace the desktop and stop that pointless infighting? You're welcome. :)

Containers are all the rage. But how do you put a desktop app in a container ? In this presentation I will explain our approach to adopting container and atomic technologies for sandboxing desktop applications with the xdg-app project.

https://mclasen.fedorapeople.org/flock2015/flock2015.pdf