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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-01-28 10:38:56 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2019-01-28 10:41:13 +0100 |
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website: Add FOSDEM post.
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diff --git a/website/posts/meet-guix-at-fosdem-2019.md b/website/posts/meet-guix-at-fosdem-2019.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a86104 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/posts/meet-guix-at-fosdem-2019.md @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +title: Meet Guix at FOSDEM +slug: meet-guix-at-fosdem-2019 +date: 2019-01-28 12:00:00 +author: Ludovic Courtès +tags: FOSDEM +--- + +As usual, GNU Guix will be present at [FOSDEM](https://fosdem.org/2019/) +in the coming days with a couple of talks: + + - Saturday afternoon, [_Building a whole distro on top of a + minimalistic + language_](https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/gnuguixminimalism/) + will present to the [minimalist languages + track](https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/track/minimalistic_languages/) + audience how Scheme, rather than “piling feature on top of feature”, + provides the fundamental tools that have allowed us to build a wide + range of operating system features on top of it. + - In the same track, [_GNU Mes—Reduced binary seed bootstrap for + Guix_](https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/gnumes/) will report + on two years of hard work tackling one of the most pressing security + issues of operating systems—the [“trusting trust” + attack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backdoor_(computing)#Compiler_backdoors). + Janneke will present exciting [bootstrapping + achievements](https://bootstrappable.org) and their integration in + Guix. + - Ricardo [will present the GNU Guix Workflow + Language](https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/guixinfra/) in the + same track—on the benefits of having reproducible software + deployment built into a scientific workflow execution engine. + - On Sunday afternoon (don’t rush to the train station yet!), + [_GNU Guix’s take on a new approach to software + distribution_](https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/gnu_guix_new_approach_to_software_distribution/) + will present to [fellow distro + hackers](https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/track/distributions/) how + Guix differs from “traditional distros” and how it tries to make + popular ad-hoc software deployment tools (pip, VirtualEnv, Cabal, + but also Flatplak, Docker—you name it) less appealing than its + integrated solutions. + +The [minimalist languages +track](https://fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/gnuguixminimalism/) will +also feature talks about [GNU Guile](https://gnu.org/s/guile) and about +[Racket](https://racket-lang.org) that you should not miss under any +circumstances! + + + +For the second time, we are also organizing the Guix Days as a [FOSDEM +fringe event](https://fosdem.org/2019/fringe/), a two-day Guix workshop +where contributors and enthusiasts will meet. The workshop takes place +on Thursday Jan. 31st and Friday Feb. 1st at the Institute of Cultural +Affairs (ICAB) in Brussels. + +This year there will be few talks; instead, the event will consist +primarily of +“[unconference-style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference)” +sessions focused on specific hot topics about Guix, the Shepherd, +continuous integration, and related tools and workflows. We are also +happy to welcome fellow [Nix](https://nixos.org/nix/) hackers, which +should allow us to develop cross-distro cooperation. + +Attendance to the workshop is free and open to everyone, though you are +invited to register (there are only a few seats left!). Check out [the +workshop’s wiki +page](https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:Guix/FOSDEM2019) for +registration and practical info. Hope to see you in Brussels! + +#### About GNU Guix + +[GNU Guix](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix) is a transactional package +manager and an advanced distribution of the GNU system that [respects +user +freedom](https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html). +Guix can be used on top of any system running the kernel Linux, or it +can be used as a standalone operating system distribution for i686, +x86_64, ARMv7, and AArch64 machines. + +In addition to standard package management features, Guix supports +transactional upgrades and roll-backs, unprivileged package management, +per-user profiles, and garbage collection. When used as a standalone +GNU/Linux distribution, Guix offers a declarative, stateless approach to +operating system configuration management. Guix is highly customizable +and hackable through [Guile](https://www.gnu.org/software/guile) +programming interfaces and extensions to the +[Scheme](http://schemers.org) language. diff --git a/website/static/blog/img/Guix-Days-2019.png b/website/static/blog/img/Guix-Days-2019.png Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 0000000..b8152bd --- /dev/null +++ b/website/static/blog/img/Guix-Days-2019.png |
