[BLU/Officers] Ideas for upcoming BLU meetings?

[Jerry Feldman]

Another possibility is to discuss file systems for desktop users,
especially since btfs is now the fedora default.

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On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 7:35 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is one topic we can investigate. This is from an article in wired
> last year:
> NASA's Plan to Turn the ISS Into a Quantum Laser Lab
> https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-plan-to-turn-the-iss-into-a-quantum-laser-lab/
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> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 11:40 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:42 PM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Any thoughts for speakers and topics for the next few BLU meetings?
>>>
>>
>> 1. The ongoing *NAS* discussion on GNHLUG list is fodder for thought,
>> but not sure who you'd get to cover which subset of that.
>>
>> Related, the latest *BSD Now* podcast mentions *OpenZFS* has a new
>> feature in Raid-Z called *dRaid* that solves a problem with healing
>> performance.
>> https://www.bsdnow.tv/393
>> https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-draid-finally/
>>
>> I might not hop on this new feature *immediately* if were i building a
>> NAS right *now*, as one wants stability in storage, which is the
>> opposite of new code; and it seems aimed at bigger setups, but interesting
>> nonetheless.
>>
>> 2. *BSD* in general is perhaps undercovered lately but specifically
>> included in the B.L.*U *TLA.
>> While we're WFH meeting virtually, maybe we can recruit someone from the
>> Open/Net/Free BSD communities ?
>>
>> And then there's the other BSD, Mac OSX.
>> Perhaps someone has a pre-canned presie on OSX Commandline for folks used
>> to Linux/Unix/POSIX shell/CLI?
>> I got a Mac for Linux People book 15-20 years ago when kid got a Macbook,
>> but it's out of date by now.
>> Probably an earlier version of
>> https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mac-os-x/9780596520625/
>> *Mac OS X For Unix Geeks, 4th Edition *by* Ernest E. Rothman, Rich
>> Rosen, Brian Jepson*
>> (Advanced section discusses dual booting)
>> but it might have been an Apress or No Starch equivalent, i'd have to
>> rummage to see.
>>
>> Do we perhaps have contact with any of those 3 authors?
>>
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