[EdLUG] December meeting - On day $N of Xmas, FOSS gave to me...

[Thomas Kluyver]

Hi everyone,

Our December meeting is going ahead on Tuesday next week, with a collection of short talks on the theme of "On day $N of Christmas, FOSS gave to me..."

https://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Linux-User-Group-EdLUG/events/282063061/

I've got 5 people lined up to talk so far (thank you all!), but there's certainly room for some more. All you have to do is pick some piece of free & open source software that you're glad exists, and tell us about it for no more than 5 minutes.

Here are some ideas for possible talks:

- A game, e.g. 0 A.D., Supertuxkart, OpenTTD
- A desktop application, e.g. Firefox, LibreOffice, Inkscape
- A command line tool, e.g. watch, entr, borg
- 'System' software, like systemd, KDE, ZFS or Postgres
- Ubiquitous infrastructure like Wifi, TCP or DNS (algorithms and protocols are in scope if there's an open source implementation)
- Open hardware, e.g. the Librem 5 phone, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
- Something you've done with open source
- Anything else open source: open source cola recipes, the open source seed initiative...

These are just examples: topics not on this list are also very welcome! Get in touch with me if you'd like to give a talk.

I'll also allow one talk on penguins, from whoever offers it first. :-D The 5 minute time limit will still apply.

See you on the 7th,
Thomas

On Sat, 13 Nov 2021, at 14:57, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
> Just a reminder, please do have a think about what bit of open source software, hardware, or anything you could talk about, and get in touch with me. I can also help if you'd like to talk but can't think of a topic. It's only 5 minutes *maximum*, so you don't need to find a lot to say about it.
> 
> I'll post a list of suggested topics in a few more days, but I'd really like to see what you come up with yourselves before that.
> 
> Thanks Tai for offering a talk about Minecraft!
> 
> Best wishes,
> Thomas
> 
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2021, at 12:55, Tai Kedzierski wrote:
>> Well, I guess I would talk about Minetest again - and how modding on it affected my career path 😊
>> 
>> // Sent from a mobile device. Typos and brevity may transpire.
>> 
>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2021, 21:12 Thomas Kluyver, <thomas at kluyver.me.uk> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> For our December meeting (Tuesday 7th December), I'd like to have a collection of small talks, bound together with the theme of "On day $N of Christmas, FOSS gave to me..."
>>> 
>>> To make this work, your LUG needs you! The more speakers we can find, the more fun this will be. :-D It would be amazing if we could do 12 talks, though that might be a stretch. It will be a *maximum* of 5 minutes per talk, so it's not a big commitment.
>>> 
>>> The idea is simple: tell us about some cool open source thing! It could be a game, a useful tool, or an algorithm (with an open source implementation). It could be something so widespread we hardly notice it, like DNS, or a personal story like how you rescued a broken laptop using Linux. It could be open hardware, or even an open source cola (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCola_(drink) ). The only requirement is for something open source which you're glad exists!
>>> 
>>> I want to see what you come up with yourself first, but I'll post some specific suggestions a bit nearer the time. Please reply here to pledge a talk, or contact me directly if you prefer. I can also help if you want to talk but are stuck for a topic.
>>> 
>>> See you in December,
>>> Thomas
>>> 
>>> P.S. We've decided not to organise the traditional Christmas meal in December, because the risk of spreading COVID when restaurants are super busy seems too high. We're hoping to have a delayed meal together some time in January/February. If that happens, the details will of course be on this list.
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