Reminder that the MFS meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday), 7pm. If you want to follow along then bring a Debian 9 (Stretch) or Debian 10 (Buster) laptop or VM.
On 13/08/2019 22:48, Michael Dorrington wrote: > Please forward this notice to those that would welcome it. > > You can subscribe to the Manchester Free Software mailing list at: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester > > * Event: Manchester Free Software's August Meeting > * What: Debian 10 new features: nftables, driverless printing and more > * Date: Tuesday, 20th August 2019 (3rd Tuesday of the month) > * Start time: 19:00 (Doors close at 19:15) > * Finish time: 21:00 > > * Location: Manchester Technology Centre > - https://mspl.co.uk/campuses/manchester-technology-centre/ > * Address: Oxford Road, Manchester. M1 7ED. > - By the Mancunian Way flyover. > - https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/53.47222/-2.23792 > > > == Details == > > === MFS Introduction and Key Signing === > > The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software > philosophy. > > Every meeting we start with an opportunity for informal key signing. > For this you'll need to bring paper OpenPGP fingerprint slips, see > `gpg-key2ps` from the `signing-party` package (or equivalent in your > GNU/Linux distro): > https://packages.debian.org/signing-party > > > === Topic details === > > This month's topics are the new features in Debian 10 (Buster). > > With the recent release of Debian Buster this gives us an opportunity to > cover some interesting topics that are mostly applicable to all > GNU/Linux distributions. > > What exactly we cover and how much time we spend on each topic will be > determined by the participants at the meeting. > > Topics of interest are: > > * nftables (the new iptables and more!) > ** https://packages.debian.org/buster/nftables > * "Driverless printing with CUPS 2.2.10" > ** https://wiki.debian.org/DriverlessPrinting > * "Merged /usr" > * LUKS2 > * Wayland (for GNOME) > * AppArmor (enabled by default) > * Secure Boot > > Further information: > > * https://wiki.debian.org/NewInBuster > * > https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html > * > https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > > > == Location == > > The meeting will take place at our new venue of Manchester Technology > Centre, details above. > > > == Transport == > > > === Parking === > > Please research and decide where to park before heading on your journey > and have a Plan B. > > There are paid parking lots around the venue, they are marked by a blue > P in OpenStreetMap centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=16/53.4722/-2.2379 > > Most of those parking lots are owned by NCP: > http://www.ncp.co.uk/ > > In some of the side streets in the venue surrounding area there are > parking meter bays that become zero cost after 8pm on Tuesday so you > will have to pay up until then and the maximum stay is 2 hours BUT MAKE > SURE YOU VERIFY ALL THIS on parking. This is probably only a good > option if you know the area. > > If you can't decide where to park then ask me for advice. > > > === Public Transport === > > Closest train stations to the venue are: > > * Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) train station > * Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station > > For other public transport see OpenStreetMap using the "Transport" layer > centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/53.4722/-2.2379&layers=T > > > == More Information == > > Information about Manchester Free Software can be found on the > Manchester Free Software pages on LibrePlanet: > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester > > Regards, > Mike. > MFS Chair. > -- FSF member #9429 http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=9429 http://www.fsf.org/about "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users."
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