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Red Hat Learning Community JOINED Challenge - September 2025

TudorRaduta
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hello friends! This month we’re running a quick draw to celebrate learning and spark more conversations across the community. To join, pick any discussion, click “Reply,” and start your comment with the word JOINED followed by one word that captures your current learning mood.

Example: JOINED curious if you’re just exploring, or JOINED giving back if you’re here to answer questions and share tutorials.

Every comment like this counts as one ticket in the draw. No themes, no limits - just your honest thoughts. On October 6, 2025, we’ll randomly select five (5) lucky members to receive a Red Hat Learning Community branded cooler bag.

Everyone is welcome to take part, whether you’re brand new or a long-time member.

Good luck, and happy sharing!

See contest Terms & Conditions here.

18 responses
Chetan_Tiwary_
Community Manager
Community Manager

JOINED  giving back

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( pic credit : Gemini )

Trevor
Commander Commander
Commander

JOINED advance

TM
Starfighter Starfighter
Starfighter

JOINED will see

Blue_bird
Starfighter Starfighter
Starfighter

JOINED Energized

sa_sachin
Cadet
Cadet

JOINED collaborative.

Soham2427
Cadet
Cadet

JOINED collaborative

kgfathur
Flight Engineer
Flight Engineer

JOINED curious

kgfathur
Flight Engineer
Flight Engineer

JOINED giving back (one day )

ParmeshwarPanda

JOINED

ParmeshwarPanda

JOINED exhausted

ArtemCC
Mission Specialist
Mission Specialist

JOINED motivated

Good opportunity

LAISLEAL
Cadet
Cadet

JUNTOU recomeço

Travis
Moderator
Moderator

Joined waiting

cjgomes
Cadet
Cadet

JOINED curious

shashi01
Moderator
Moderator

JOINED giving back

Dipak_Rathod
Mission Specialist
Mission Specialist

JOINED curious

Rajat9629
Mission Specialist
Mission Specialist

JOINED curious

TudorRaduta
Community Manager
Community Manager

Congratulations to the winners of the JOINED Challenge in the Red Hat Learning Community. 

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this initiative a success.

See the full list of winners and join me in congratulating them: @sa_sachin , @Blue_bird , @Trevor@ArtemCC , @TM

I’ll reach out via private message to gather your shipping information.

About the Author
I first touched a PC in 1984. I really got hooked when I saw that I could actually send messages to another computer by connecting to the telephone line via this device called a modem. This truly fascinated me. My next fascination was writing programs, using a language called "Basic". I'm sure one of the reasons I was so fascinated with writing programs on the PC was because the only programming I had done was using Fortran, via the keypunch machine, and submitting a stack of cards to the batch operator. My how the technology has advanced since then. I don't recall the year I began my journey with UNIX, but I do recall that it was on an AT&T 3B15 minicomputer. All I ever saw was a dumb (kinda like me about UNIX at the time) terminal. From there, I graduated to Sun Microsystems offerings of UNIX - SunOS and Solaris. Yeah, I was a certified SCSA and SCNA. I worked hard for those certifications. I was so proud. I carried the flag for Sun back then, like I carry the flag for Red Hat now. I've also used IBM's AIX brand of UNIX, and HP's HP-UX brand of UNIX. I don't recall the first Linux I got my hands on, nor am I sure of the year I took the plunge. I do have some CDs with Red Hat Linux 4 on them. Well, I've always been one to hitch my wagon to the leader of a particular technology. In the world of Linux, I think it's safe to say that Red Hat is the undisputed king of that world. When Red Hat introduced their Red Hat Academy, I made a mad dash to get on board. However, the cost was just a little bit prohibitive for my institution's budget. Still, I never took my eye off of using Red Hat Linux, or becoming a Red Hat Academy. When I discovered that the cost to become a Red Hat Academy had been removed, I went into high gear to establish the partnership. I've been proudly associated with the Red Hat Academy now for...I forget. One thing I haven't forgotten, is that I'm a self-appointed, self-anointed evangelist for this program. The learning opportunities, along with the support the Red Hat Academy provides to students and instructors is exceptional!