[BLU/Officers] Ideas for upcoming BLU meetings?

[David Kramer]

That's a good one.

I've been advocating for more DevOps topics for a while but not many 
agree. Or Linux in the cloud (like deploying Linux AMIs in a scalable 
way with CFTs, Terraform etc).

On 3/12/21 10:45 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:gaf.linux at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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
>     <mailto:bill.n1vux at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>         On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:42 PM John Abreau <jabr at blu.org
>         <mailto: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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