[Discuss] March meeting of the ChicagoLUG - Saturday, March 21 at 2:00pm

brian brian at fiberoverethernet.com
Tue Mar 17 08:25:25 UTC 2015


Definitely looking forward to this meeting! See everyone Saturday!

-Brian

On 03/17/2015 12:38 AM, Jim Campbell wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Things have come together nicely for our March meeting, and we'll be
> gathering this Saturday at Pumping Station: One. The meeting will start
> at 2:00pm, and details are available on both our website [0] and the
> Meetup.com page [1].
> 
> We have two good talks lined up for this month. First, Ian McLeod will
> show us how Linux distributions are built - covering how software is
> packaged from source, and how combinations of packages are joined
> together to make a cohesive Linux distribution. He'll also discuss how
> this works in a diverse set of software environments (e.g., old x86
> boxes, cloud platforms and immutable systems). It should make for a good
> overview of the complexities involved in building and maintaining a
> modern Linux distribution.
> 
> Sten Turpin will follow that up with a look at the new, container-based
> platform, Project Atomic [2].  Project Atomic is based on Red Hat /
> Fedora, but has a very small OS footprint which is designed to run
> Docker containers. The base OS is able to be updated (and rolled-back)
> in an atomic fashion, too.  As part of his talk, Sten will show us how
> to deploy a Fedora-based version of Project Atomic on Amazon's AWS
> infrastructure.
> 
> RSVPs are encouraged for this meeting [1]. We hope you'll be able to
> join us!
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> [0] http://chicagolug.org/meetings/2015-03-21.html
> 
> [1] http://www.meetup.com/Windy-City-Linux-Users-Group/events/221132919/
> 
> [2] https://projectatomic.io
> 
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