Originally published at: Fedora Council Elections: Interview with Eduard Lucena (x3mboy) – Fedora Community Blog
This is a part of the Fedora Council Elections Interviews series. Voting is open to all Fedora contributors. The voting period starts today, Tuesday 20th May and closes promptly at 23:59:59 UTC on Monday, 2 June 2025.
Interview with Eduard Lucena
- FAS ID: x3mboy
- Matrix Rooms: podcast, i3, marketing, admin, latam
Questions
Why are you running for Fedora Council?
Having been present in different areas and having served on the council, I can offer a user-centric perspective that considers not only the technical aspects, but also the needs of the users. From the council, we can make decisions that impact how users see not only the community, but also its management.
The Fedora Strategy guiding star is that the project is going to double its contributor base by 2028. As a council member, how would you try to help the project delivering on that goal’?
The hot topic right now is the ability to stream and play AAA games on Linux. To attract users who have tried Linux in the past and failed, I would show them how these two points are now good and demonstrate how we are improving our technology stack. By showing this, we could change how Fedora Linux is seen as a distribution for developers. We should also promote the Fedora podcast more. I may be biased because I founded it, but with YouTube’s growth and one of the biggest YouTubers’ recent adoption of Linux, Linux adoption is going to grow. By showcasing the project on YouTube through the podcast and other projects on the official Fedora channel, we can attract new users.
How can we best measure Fedora’s success?
By being the activity increase in our public places, like mastodon, discourse, matrix and discord
What do you see as Fedora’s place in the universe?
The Fedora Project is a place to promote, integrate and use the newest technologies while keeping current and previous technologies working as expected.
The Fedora Council is intended to be an active working body. How will you make room for Council work?
I do remote work, so I can be active every time the project needs me.