Gotta Go Fast: How We Started the Ubuntu High-Performance Computing Team

Discover the journey of creating the Ubuntu High-Performance Computing (HPC) community team in this DevConf.US 2024 conference talk. Learn how a chance meeting at the 2022 Ubuntu Summit led to the formation of a collaborative effort to improve Ubuntu's presence in the supercomputing ecosystem. Explore the process of becoming an official Ubuntu community team, the steps taken to establish a successful globally distributed team, and the development of Charmed HPC, an open source HPC infrastructure stack for Ubuntu. Gain insights into the team's interactions with other open source communities, strategies for involving new individuals in the open source HPC ecosystem, and current challenges faced in onboarding contributors and supporting users. Delve into potential solutions for addressing these challenges and enhancing the Ubuntu HPC community's impact.