The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 roadmap: Reimagining a Linux platform

In 25 years, Linux has transformed from a niche operating system favored by tech enthusiasts and developers into a mainstream powerhouse that revolutionized technology with an emphasis on collaboration and innovation. It’s now used to use cases in a vast variety of environments, from embedded systems and supercomputers to large datacenters. As Linux has evolved, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) has transformed to meet increasingly complex needs for diverse use cases, security regulations, hardware architectures, and cloud innovation. Successful deployments of RHEL rely on a network of experts in security, performance, network, storage, and other areas. This roadmap session will explore how Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 can help your team solve tough operating system (OS) planning challenges, enhance security, and create a foundation for AI workloads. Join the RHEL team as they introduce: - Ambitious new features that ignite use of large language models (LLMs) - RHEL Lightspeed assistive technology features that improve productivity and accessibility - Improved testing and deployment as a container. - Post-quantum cryptography and trusted computing that fortifies defense against emerging security threats to sensitive data.

Speakers

Stef Walter | Senior Director RHEL and Linux Engineering, Red Hat

Stef Walter joined Red Hat in 2012 as an engineer working to make Linux integrated, discoverable, and usable. He has more than 20 years and 100 projects worth of experience working with open source. Stef led the Red Hat Enterprise Linux web console project, known as Cockpit, and became passionate about automating engineering tasks, integration testing, and continuous delivery. He now leads an engineering organization responsible for a large part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including accelerator enablement, image mode, Ramalama, CoreOS, container workflows, most of the languages, and Linux userspace.

Scott McCarty | Senior Principal Product Manager - RHEL, Red Hat

Scott McCarty is a Global Senior Principal Product Manager for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, arguably the largest open source software business in the world. Focus areas include cloud, containers, workload expansion, and automation. Scott works closely with customers, partners, engineering teams, sales, marketing, other product teams, and even in the community. He combines personal experience with customer and partner feedback to enhance and tailor strategic capabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Scott is a social media start-up veteran, an e-commerce old timer, and a weathered government research technologist, with experience across a variety of organizations, from 7-person startups to 25,000-employee technology companies. This has culminated in a unique perspective on open source software development, delivery, and maintenance.