Here's my slides from last night, if anyone is interested! https://stuff.detjens.dev/plug-atomic/slides.html#/title-slide
On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2/2/25 21:15, Russell Senior wrote: > >> Who: Robert Detjens > >> What: Immutable Atomic Desktop Linux > >> Where: 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201-5304, Room 86-01 > >> When: Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7 PM > >> Why: The pursuit of technology freedom > >> > >> Summary: > >> > >> Fedora has been experimenting with immutable, OSTree-based versions > >> (https://fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops) as a new paradigm for the > >> Linux desktop, focused more on containers and Flatpaks instead of > >> traditional package management. What does any of this jargon mean, and > >> how did they replace the package manager? I'll explain what this is all > >> about, from the underlying technology up to how I use this for taking > >> the headaches out of managing my developer workstation. > >> [...] > > Just a quick recap on the meeting last night: > > We had a nice turn out, a little over 20 people I think, partly because > of a contingent of students from willamette.edu. It was fun to have you > all there and please come back any time! > > And, thanks to Robert for the interesting talk! > > We have speakers lined up for the next few months, at least tentatively, > and should have no problem with the venue other than the outside door > problem, which is manageable. We had two people (that we know about) who > came late and were able to contact me via SMS at the number on the door > sign and get let in with only a few minutes of latency. And an unknown > number, possibly zero, possibly 40, who didn't SMS me, didn't door draft > anyone, or couldn't follow the rickety signs or navigate the building to > find our room (sincere apologies to them for it not being easier). > > Next month is supposed to be a talk on PSAS (the Portland State rocket > club and cubesat program), and then April is supposed to be a developer > from PostmarketOS. And we have a few more people suggesting they have > talks in preparation. Keep it up, people, this is how we develop some > post-pandemic momentum! > > I'd kind of like to see us restart a monthly clinic too. Is there anyone > who would like to lead that? > > -- > Russell Senior > PLUG Volunteer > [email protected] > >
