# ALESCo Meeting Minutes (2025-05-14)
Minutes recorded by Cody Robertson.
Edited by Cody Robertson for publishing.
# Members
# ALESCo Member Attendees
- Andrew Lukoshko
- Ben Thomas
- Cody Robertson
- Elkhan Mammadli
- Jonathan Wright
- Neal Gompa
# Unable to Attend
- N/A
# Board Attendees
- benny Vasquez (not present for full meeting)
# Community Attendees
- Boris Burkov
- Davide Cavalca
- Koichiro Iwao
- Lance Albertson
- Luna Jernberg
- Michel Lind
# Decisions Adopted
- Enable KVM on PPC64LE for AlmaLinux 9
- Ship NVIDIA open-source driver via AlmaLinux add-on repo (AlmaLinux 9 & AlmaLinux 10)
- Offer btrfs as a Tech Preview (initially in "Kitten" branch)
# Minutes
# Enable KVM on PPC64LE (RFC #0002 (opens new window))
- PPC64LE KVM packages work; OpenStack Nova/PPC libvirt issues
- Outcome: RFC accepted unanimously.
# NVIDIA Open-Source Driver (RFC #0004 (opens new window))
- Packaging complete; kernel-module signing almost finished.
- negativo17 (https://negativo17.org/nvidia-driver/) repo will serve until official NVIDIA repo appears. Have discussed w/ them.
- Outcome: RFC accepted unanimously.
- Actions:
- Neal to finish signing workflow.
- Jonathan to coordinate with NVIDIA’s Simone about repo hand-off
# Enable CRB by Default in AlmaLinux 10 (RFC #0006 (opens new window))
- Motivation: SELinux-policy split will break EPEL without CRB.
- Pros: smoother UX; already on in RHEL containers.
- Cons: diverges from vanilla RHEL; minor metadata hit
- Outcome: Vote postponed to next meeting.
- Actions:
- All members to seek concrete breakage scenarios.
# Btrfs Tech Preview (RFC #0005 (opens new window))
- CentOS Stream Hyperscale patches exist; installer already patched.
- Concerns: long-term KABI drift, but Stream gives early warning.
- Outcome: Approved for “Kitten” branch only; async vote later for 10 GA.
- Actions:
- Enable for Kitten, see how it goes to help determine if we consider it for 10 GA
# Use dynamic workspace indicator on GNOME (RFC #0003 (opens new window))
- Goal: keep workspace-dots indicator and add AlmaLinux logo to the left.
- Needs a new patch; no vote yet.
- Actions:
- Elkhan & Neal (with help from Javi) to draft PoC/patch