[PLUG] REMINDER: Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting: Immutable Atomic Desktop Linux

[Robert Detjens]

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 <russell at pdxlinux.org> 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
> russell at pdxlinux.org
>
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