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Scott McCarty @fatherlinux

At Red Hat, Scott McCarty is Senior Principal Product Manager for RHEL Server, arguably the largest open source software business in the world.

Joined March 2009
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Scott McCarty@fatherlinux
10 Jul 2025
Why agents are the new kingmakers buff.ly/VieoTkX #AI #ML #DL #NN #oss #opensource
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First Fedora Hummingbird community meeting - this Thursday, 8am ET. Image-based OS built with bootc. Everyone welcome. Please share! meet.jit.si/FedoraHummingbir… #FedoraHummingbird
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You might have missed it with all of the other Red Hat announcements. Please, if this area interests you, come join our community! #fedora #linux #bootc #podman fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hu…
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Fedora Linux 44 is out. Konflux for bootc images, MariaDB vector support, GCC 16 toolchain refresh. Come check it out. fedoramagazine.org/announcin… #Fedora #Linux

The Fedora Linux 44 Release is Here! - Fedora Magazine

I’m excited to announce that Fedora Linux 44 is here! Keep reading to discover highlights of Fedora Linux 44, or if you are ready, just jump right in and give Fedora Linux 44 a try!

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AI agents can now SSH into RHEL images for live debugging CVE scanning. Red Hat's MCP integration brings OS telemetry to your IDE. developers.redhat.com/articl… #RHEL #MCP

Building Red Hat MCP-ready images with image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Red Hat Developer

Building a bootable OS image should feel as seamless as building a container. That's the goal of image mode for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). A key advantage for developers using image mode with

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Domain experts can now contribute to open source at the spec level without code, but trust requires open specs governance, not just open code. #OpenSource #AI infoworld.com/article/415687…

How open source ideals must expand for AI

The new definition of open must consider implementation, specification, and governance as three critical factors that must be woven together.

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AI can replace tasks. It can't replace your ikigai. Talked about finding mine — punk rock to PM, scared the whole time: linkedin.com/posts/karl-abbo… #Ikigai #ProductManagement

#productlyspeaking #productmanagement #careerstories #realpmwork #podcastrecommendation | Karl...

Sometimes a career doesn’t fall apart.  It quietly shifts under your feet. That’s what happened to my friend Scott McCarty, who went from hauling amps in Midwest basements to steering one of the most...

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VIM forks rejecting AI-generated code vs. upstream VIM with AI assistance more contributors. This is a real experiment in a mature project. My money's on upstream, but either way we'll learn something. lwn.net/Articles/1067007/ #VIM #OpenSource

Forking Vim to avoid LLM-generated code

Many people dislike the proliferation of Large Language Models (LLMs) in recent years, and so [...]

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I've watched rootsofthevalley.org grow to 120k lines. Rewritten News & Events 5 times to keep it lean. Cantrill explains why: LLMs lack the virtue of laziness. bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/04… #AI
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AI completes GPL: Roots of The Valley (rootsofthevalley.org) open source map, solo AI. Before: impossible. maffulli.net/2026/03/16/ai-f… #AI
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Qwen 2.5 122B on consumer GPUs just added a visual editor to OpenSCAD's C codebase. 70 minutes, no cloud, no API key. The ceiling for local LLMs has moved. youtube.com/watch?v=oAjQJsnE… #LocalLLM

Can Open Source AI Code Complex Features In Existing Code Bases?...

Can local open-source LLMs actually handle real-world coding work? ...

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"Open source is the baseline for innovation, and we intend to keep this foundation strong." Red Hat's take on Claude Mythos, AI vulnerability scanning, and how context beats panic. redhat.com/en/blog/navigatin… #OpenSource #RHEL
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Container security article that never mentions SELinux. Not once. Containers *do* contain — I run OpenClaw --read-only. emirb.github.io/blog/microvm… #Linux
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I dare you: put on the NIN Tron Ares soundtrack at 11PM, start a pomodoro timer, and build something. 53% critics, 87% audience. The gap tells you everything. crunchtools.com/build-midnig… #TronAres
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RHEL 11's "60% plan" — shared publicly at CentOS Connect. Not polished, intentionally incomplete. That's the point. crunchtools.com/centos-conne… #RHEL11 #CentOS
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I was PM for Podman during the container explosion. Jevons Paradox: cheaper deployment = more Kubernetes spend. @sabordy says agents are next. redmonk.com/sogrady/2026/01/… #AI #AgenticAI
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RHEL 10 support to 2035. On Toughbooks built for 5-year cycles, that's two hardware lifetimes. techzine.eu/news/devices/139… #RHEL

Red Hat powers Panasonic Toughbook 56 with a rugged OS

During the unveiling of the latest Panasonic Toughbook in Stockholm, Windows 11 is running on its display units. However, customers of this rugged series

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PCs didn't kill mainframes. E-commerce didn't kill retail. Streaming didn't kill Hollywood. @stevesi makes the case AI won't kill software either. hardcoresoftware.learningbys… #AI #Software
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Panasonic TOUGHBOOK — certified on RHEL. Worked with their team on the RHEL 10 roadmap. Great Q&A with the TOUGHBOOK PM. redhat.com/en/resources/pana… #RHEL

Panasonic Connect and Red Hat partner on RHEL-certified TOUGHBOOK

RHEL-certified TOUGHBOOKs combine unrivalled durability with interoperability and security. Learn why open source is the best fit.

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Hidden RHEL image mode value prop: the confidence to let AI agents loose, knowing you can always reboot to known-good. crunchtools.com/image-mode-g…
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Running RHEL 10 image mode since May 2025. The real adoption journey has three stages, and most builders never leave stage 2. crunchtools.com/image-mode-j…
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