# EPEL Campaign - Social Media Posts

Purpose of this doc is to draft up the specific text we'll use in various social media channels to talk about EPEL as part of the EPEL marketing campaign we're doing (or trying to do) for August 2022.

## Instagram

### Instagram / Facebook Carousel

**Picture 1**
EPEL (with logo)

Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux

(Call to action of swiping)

**Picture 2**
What is it exactly?

Every sysadmin has experienced at least one desired package not be available in Enterprise Linux.

EPEL gives you a place to promote, support, and benefit from packages that exist in Fedora and were not included in a RHEL release.

**Picture 3**
What are some of the most popular EPEL packages?

Some recognizable packages include KDE, XFCE, Chromium, Ansible, and OpenVPN.

**Picture 4**
How can I request a package to be added?

Look for the "EPEL Package Request" guide in Fedora Docs for a detailed explanation of the process and where to start.

(OG) The first step is searching to see if there is already a request for your package to be added to EPEL in Bugzilla. If not, just open a bug report requesting it!

**Picture 5**
But what if I REALLY need that package?

You can package and maintain the application yourself!

All of EPEL is run and maintained by a volunteer community, which means that people are offering their time to contribute. They can help you learn packaging as well!

Start by becoming a Fedora packager, and that will lead into maintaining the package in EPEL.

**Picture 6**
I can't do packaging, how else can I help?

You can also test the `epel-testing` packages before they are released to assure their quality. We use Bodhi as a platform to manage updates and quality assurance, and you can use it to report your testing!

**Picture 7 (Last)**
Do you use EPEL packages in your day-to-day or work environments?

Tell us your stories in the comments!

### Instagram / Facebook's Caption

Today we're exploring the enterprise lands of EPEL – If you never heard of it, EPEL provides a way for distros based on RHEL to get packages that haven't been included in their version of the OS.

If your company depends on these packages or if you want to volunteer for personal reasons, there are plenty of ways you can join! Consider becoming an EPEL contributor and help build a stable foundation for you and many oters!

#fedoralinux #enterprise #linux #opensource

**(Facebook's caption probably shouldn't have the hashtags)**

## Twitter

### Notes

I'm thinking that each of the posts that would be just one picture in the carousel can be individual tweets maybe? That way you're spreading the opportunities for impressions across more days than just want you get in the single tweet with all the pictures. The downside is that you maybe don't get to use the pictures? I see we can still use them for each tweet.

### Twitter Thread (aka tweets)

***Split the tweets accordingly for the word count limit:***

*\*post picture\**

For the sysadmins out there, how many times have you been looking for a specific package only to find out it isn't in the repos for the version of the distro you use? If your company uses a Fedora downstream like CentOS, Rocky, Alma or RHEL then EPEL is the solution for you! 🧶

From desktop environments like KDE and XFCE to more low-level programs like Ansible and OpenVPN, there are many packages that you might need for your organization that only EPEL provides reliably and safely for your systems!

"But what if it doesn't have the package I need?", you may ask. You can also package and maintain it yourself and add it to EPEL, which would help not only your organization but many others that might need that package.

That in turn would help with maintenance and testing. We have a guide for that, if you want to become an EPEL package maintainer: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-package-maintainers/

If you or your team doesn't have the skills, time or manpower it takes to maintain the packages you need you can open a package request in Bugzilla, our issue tracking platform.

Get assistance from our community of volunteers. We also have a dedicated guide for how to do that in our Docs: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-package-request/

"I just use EPEL on my personal workplace environment, is there any other way I can help?", you may also ask. If you want to guarantee that EPEL keeps running safe and stable you can help with the quality assurance of our packages.

Run the `epel-testing` repository and report the results of your testing on Bodhi, our update testing platform, or install the `fedora-easy-karma` package. For more info on how else you can help, check our Docs: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/epel/epel-qa/

If you'd like to learn more about EPEL and how to contribute to it, check out our latest Magazine article:
https://fedoramagazine.org/the-business-case-for-supporting-epel/