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Aaron Johnson
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   topic presentation notes:   topic presentation notes:
-    - red star os: >+      ​red star os: >
       - christian presented on red star os 3.0 which is north korea'​s linux operating system.       - christian presented on red star os 3.0 which is north korea'​s linux operating system.
       - red star os is dubbed the most oppressive linux distribution and is locked down in various ways.       - red star os is dubbed the most oppressive linux distribution and is locked down in various ways.
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       - this release uses a kde 3 desktop that looks like a mostly "​stock"​ kde 3 experience       - this release uses a kde 3 desktop that looks like a mostly "​stock"​ kde 3 experience
       - also appears to be centos based, and has a 2.6 kernel       - also appears to be centos based, and has a 2.6 kernel
-    - alpine linux: >+     alpine linux: >
       - alex presented on alpine linux which is a security-oriented linux distribution with a focus on being light-weight       - alex presented on alpine linux which is a security-oriented linux distribution with a focus on being light-weight
       - has no systemd       - has no systemd
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       - alex was able to get xfce working, however no applications are installed by default.       - alex was able to get xfce working, however no applications are installed by default.
       - the packages in apk are mostly useful for non-desktop usage, however alex was able to install lynx with ease.       - the packages in apk are mostly useful for non-desktop usage, however alex was able to install lynx with ease.
-      -  +      - it appears to have cron, and boots from grub, and is mostly a usable linux distribution with obvious limitations around apk and busybox. 
- +     guixsd: > 
 +      - aaron presented guixsd and had to take notes since he is the secretary so you may not find many notes here on guix, however his presentation can be found here: 
 +      - http://​wiki.qclug.com/​wiki/​qclug_presentations/​guix 
 +      - correction, alex took notes in aaron'​s stead: 
 +      - Has the Richard Stallman stamp of approval 
 +      - Runs both Hurd or Linux Kernel 
 +      - Guix is stolen from NixOS - "​nix"​ package manager 
 +      - Created with derivations (dumb shit people with too much time think) 
 +      - Scheme or GNU Guile - functional programing language 
 +      - no installer - Scheme script that accepts and answer file you must partition first 
 +      - only USB Image 
 +      - (Long winded discussion of using Partition Magic - Travis) 
 +      - Does not use init or systemd uses GNU Daemon Shepherd - GNU project version of systemd 
 +      - Herd kernel port!!! 
 +      - Trying to be the GNU System 
 +      - GUIX is special because it is a completely transactional package system 
 +      - Package install is a "​functional"​ aproach 
 +      - Similiar to a python virtualenv but for your entire system. 
 +      - Packages are per user - don't need to be root user to install software. 
 +      - GUIX is the EMACs of distros 
 +      - Travis: Oh, so its the shitty one! 
 +      - Herd and Shepard are weird, run 
 +      - herd start cow-store (funny stuff!) 
 +      - Aaron is a true distro addict. ​ Guix came from Nix which somehow Aaron knew something about. 
 +      - The GUIX website doc is confusing and many links are incorrect. ​ Who knows how Aaron got it installed. ​ Make sure you use the "one web page" don't use the page at a time instructions. 
 +      - You can only install GUIX on ext4, don't try other OS's 
 +      - GUIX has no cron. 
 +      - GUIX installed comes with Gnome3 and a really new kernel. 
 +      - GUIX prefers you use LibreSSH rather then OpenSSH 
 +      - GUIX is definately a wierd ass distro. 
 +      - guix is the package manager 
 +      - guix is like gentoo, but more sucky - some packages are built from source. 
 +      - stumbling discussion of what web browser to use - firefox, weird gnome browser blah. 
 +     ​gobolinux:​ > 
 +      - tom presented on gobolinux which is a distro that attempts to copy the M$ filesystem structure 
 +      - it blatantly achieves this via symlinking and a kernel hack... 
 +      - uses awesomevm for the desktop environment out of the box 
 +      - has a virtualization tool called runner 
 +      - packages are built from "​receipes"​ which are package manifests which appear to be hosted from github 
 +      - receipes result in a source package build 
 +      - tom attempted to build a package, however it failed... 
 +  side conversation notes: 
 +    - alex has updated the qclug twitter page: https://​twitter.com/​qclug?​lang=en 
 +    - there appears to be a picture of an alcoholic penguin as a banner an lewd photos of unidentified individuals in the banner as well 
 +    - also worth noting, a new Linux user showed up for the meeting and appeared to be equally obsessed with testing/​installing various Linux distros as myself. His name was Gene and also he shared the same last name as yours truly.
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wiki/qclug_meeting_minutes_3-14-2017.1489538748.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/03/15 00:45 by Aaron Johnson