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March 2013
Unix, GNU Not Unix, Linux, and What Next?
What's with the "*" in *nix? Why all the fondness for GNUs and cryptic names with "X" in? What is it about the crazy acronyms from years ago that we still use today? ... Well that's quite a story spanning half a century already. There is no way I can give such a story the detail and depth it deserves in a mere one hour talk. However, I do hope to give a few highlights and something of the feel…
Find out more »rms – A Free Digital Society
Nottingham GNU/Linux User Group Leicester GNU/Linux User Group and De Montfort University proudly present Dr Richard Stallman A Free Digital Society Sunday 10th March 1:30pm to 3:30pm This is a non-technical talk by the founder of the Free Software Foundation. Richard Stallman is one of the most influential speakers on the topics of Digital Freedoms and Free Software. If you don’t know who “rms” is, or the significance of those initials in lowercase, or even what GNU might…
Find out more »rms – Copyright vs. Community
Nottingham GNU/Linux User Group Leicester GNU/Linux User Group and The University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham Computer Science Society proudly present Dr Richard Stallman Copyright vs. Community in the Age of Computer Networks Monday 11th March 7:00pm to 9:00pm This is a non-technical talk by the founder of the Free Software Foundation. Richard Stallman is one of the most influential speakers on the topics of Digital Freedoms and Free Software. If you don’t know who “rms” is,…
Find out more »Jerusalem Cumin Hot
Folks, (Note the new meetup day of Tuesday!) One to warm to for these few days of frigid Baltic blast with a warm old favorite and a new hot place nearby... 7:30pm to sample subterranean warmth and beer: Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem 1 Brewhouse Yard Nottingham, NG1 6AD Phone: 0115 9473171 OpenStreetMap Followed 8pm by something tasty Indian style: The Cumin Restaurant 62 - 64 Maid Marian Way Nottingham, NG1 6BJ Phone: 0115 9419941 OpenStreetMap Likely, we'll return…
Find out more »April 2013
Udev: Ugly? Bad? Good?… Or Bleeding Edge?
Reminder: This is on Tuesday 02/04/2013 Or: How not to do an update! This talk is a little story for one example where a few bits went astray for my own experience of a slightly messy update to Gentoo... This is also a bit of an 'expośe' of how FLOSS works :-) Don't worry about all the cryptic names. It's the surrounding stories and bun-fight that's fun! ;-) Udev... ... is changing and merging into/with something new and something…
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