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SUMMARY:Overdraft GNU/SJW-Linux & Fix-it/Install/Demo Evening
DESCRIPTION:Folks\, \n(See also below for added further discussion notes) \n  \n7:30pm Thursday 18/10/2018: \nWe run through some most interesting times\, at least so for parts of the cybersphere… Hopefully without too much of a curse from the various parts of the media that are without frontiers (or morals)… \nRoll along for a roller-coaster mix of real world hardware demos (blinking lights and Raspberry Pi)\, likely some further “what and how of backups”\, beer\, and an eventful discussion upon how GNU/Linux came to be. So what next?… \n  \nCome along to the Overdraft GNU/SJW-Linux Fix-it/Install/Demo Evening \n  \nAll welcome for all and anything Linux at our favored venue: \n  \n7:30pm \n\nThe Overdraft \nCanning Circus\n11-15 Alfreton Road\nNottingham NG7 3JE\n \n  \nNote they have a small selection of bar snacks. I may well be trying their cheese platter… \nThere is limited parking around the back area for carrying in any kit (let me know to check). \n  \nI’ll be taking along my selection of cables… \n(We may even see some more blinking lights?) \n  \nAll welcome!  \nSee ya there\, \nCheers\,\nMartin \n  \nFurther talk notes \n  \nTo set a most unlikely scene that has never before been seen in any of the business and social and cyber worlds\, we’ve had: \n\nThe GNU Manifesto (1983 – 1987) “Gnu’s Not Unix!” that was a bold move away from the commercial unix wars of those days.\nWhat would you like to see most in minix?\nLinus Benedict Torvalds (25/08/1991) \nHello everybody out there using minix – \nI’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby\, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones… \n\nUntil more recently:\nLinux 4.19-rc4 Released As Linus Temporarily Steps Away From Kernel Maintainership\nAnd from the message posted by Linus himself on the Linux Kernel Mailing List:\nLinux 4.19-rc4 released\, an apology\, and a maintainership note \n… The one change that stands out and merits mention is the code of conduct addition… \n[ And here comes the other\, much longer\, part… ] \nWhich brings me to the *NOT* normal part of the last week… \n… The above is basically a long-winded way to get to the somewhat painful personal admission that hey\, I need to change some of my behavior\, and I want to apologize to the people that my personal behavior hurt and possibly drove away from kernel development entirely. \nI am going to take time off and get some assistance on how to understand people’s emotions and respond appropriately. \nPut another way: When asked at conferences\, I occasionally talk about how the pain-points in kernel development have generally not been about the _technical_ issues\, but about the inflection points where development flow and behavior changed… \n\nSo… What is [a] SJW?\nSocial justice warrior\n\nAnd for some www commentary on recent events for Linus meets SJW-isms: \n\nLWN.net: After Years of Abusive E-mails\, the Creator of Linux Steps Aside (The New Yorker)\nIs Linux the latest SJW casualty\nThe core development team of the Linux operating system has caved to pressure from the political correctness online enforcement brigades\, and can no longer be completely trusted… \n\nSJWs Just Ruined Linux: Linus is Out\nNote: There’s some rather forthright commentary in there!\nAnd for an unflattering direct set of views:\nLinux imploding. Linus Torvalds pushed out by SJW trannies. Time to fork this country. \nLinus Torvalds\, creator of the Linux kernel\, has left the Linux Foundation after attacks from leftist freaks. Corey Dale “Coraline Ada” Ehmke\, a mentally ill he/she SJW of GitHub fame\, has instituted a new Code of Conduct for Linux programmers based on inclusion and diversity. \nThe new face of Linux… \n\nLinux Has a Code of Conduct and Not Everyone is Happy With it\nLast updated September 21\, 2018 By Abhishek Prakash 214 Comments \nLinux kernel has a new code of conduct (CoC). Linus Torvalds took a break from Linux kernel development just 30 minutes after signing this code of conduct. And since the writer of this code of conduct has had a controversial past\, it has now become a point of heated discussion. With all the politics involved\, not many people are happy with this new CoC… \n… Coraline has also been vocal about her stance against meritocracy. The Latin word meritocracy originally refers to a “system under which advancement within the system turns on “merits”\, like intelligence\, credentials\, and education.” But activists like Coraline believe that meritocracy is a negative system where the worth of an individual is measured not by their humanity\, but solely by their intellectual output…\n \n\nHackers Must Eject the SJWs\, Says Legendary Hacker Eric Raymond\n… The Poisonous ‘Culture’ of Thought-Policing and Witch-Hunting \nRaymond warns that the SJWs want to abandon what they call the “the pervasive cult of meritocracy” and replace it with a cult of diversity… \n\nLinus Torvalds and Linux Code of Conduct: 7 myths debunked\nNo\, protesting programmers are not removing code from Linux; there are no purges of politically incorrect Linux kernel developers. And Linus Torvalds is coming back… \n\n\n  \nHow did this come about and what next? \nWhatever might happen for the 4.19 kernel release?! \nInteresting times indeed!  \n  \nSee y’all this evening to discuss!\nMartin
URL:https://nlug.ml1.co.uk/event/overdraft-gnu-sjw-linux-fix-it-install-demo-evening
LOCATION:The OverDraught\, 11-15 Alfreton Road\, Canning Circus\, Nottingham\, NG7 3JE\, United Kingdom
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