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The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push: new c2a489d website: Add post on the birthday event in Paris. c2a489d is described below commit c2a489d8ed57527354de1a2ec1aab8fbb9752965 Author: Ludovic Courtès <l...@gnu.org> AuthorDate: Mon Jun 13 11:16:37 2022 +0200 website: Add post on the birthday event in Paris. * website/posts/10-years-paris.md: New file. --- website/posts/10-years-paris.md | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/posts/10-years-paris.md b/website/posts/10-years-paris.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a24861b --- /dev/null +++ b/website/posts/10-years-paris.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +title: Celebrating 10 years of Guix in Paris, 16–18 September +author: Ludovic Courtès, Tanguy Le Carrour, Simon Tournier +tags: Community, Conference, Talks +date: 2022-06-13 15:00:00 +slug: celebrating-10-years-of-guix-in-paris +--- + +It’s been [ten years of +GNU Guix](/en/blog/2022/10-years-of-stories-behind-guix/)! To +celebrate, and to share knowledge and enthusiasm, a [birthday +event](https://10years.guix.gnu.org) will take place on **September +16–18th, 2022**, in Paris, France. The program is being finalized, but +you can [already register](https://10years.guix.gnu.org)! + +![10 year anniversary artwork](/static/blog/img/10-years-of-guix_colorful-10.gif) + +This is a community event with several twists to it: + + - Friday, September 16th, is dedicated to **reproducible research + workflows and high-performance computing** (HPC)—the focuses of the + [Guix-HPC](https://hpc.guix.info) effort. It will consist of talks + and experience reports by scientists and practitioners. + - Saturday targets **Guix and free software enthusiasts**, users and + developers alike. We will reflect on ten years of Guix, show what + it has to offer, and present on-going developments and future + directions. + - on Sunday, users, developers, developers-to-be, and other + contributors will **discuss technical and community topics** and + join forces for hacking sessions, [unconference + style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference). + +[Check out the web site](https://10years.guix.gnu.org) and consider +registering as soon as possible so we can better estimate the size of +the birthday cake! + +If you’re interested in presenting a topic, in facilitating a session, +or in organizing a hackathon, please get in touch with the organizers at +`guix-birthday-ev...@gnu.org` and we’ll be happy to make room for you. +We’re also looking for people to help with logistics, in particular +during the event; please let us know if you can give a hand. + +Whether you’re a scientist, an enthusiast, or a power user, we’d love to +see you in September. Stay tuned for updates! + + +#### About GNU Guix + +[GNU Guix](https://guix.gnu.org) is a transactional package manager and +an advanced distribution of the GNU system that [respects user +freedom](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html). +Guix can be used on top of any system running the Hurd or the Linux +kernel, or it can be used as a standalone operating system distribution +for i686, x86_64, ARMv7, AArch64 and POWER9 machines. + +In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports +transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, +per-user profiles, and garbage collection. When used as a standalone +GNU/Linux distribution, Guix offers a declarative, stateless approach to +operating system configuration management. Guix is highly customizable +and hackable through [Guile](https://www.gnu.org/software/guile) +programming interfaces and extensions to the +[Scheme](http://schemers.org) language.