Linuxing In London, October 2018

Linuxing In London, October 2018 - introduction.

Transcript

1. 18:15 A compressed history of operating systems since the Abacus to the modern server by Brian Byrne. 18:40 Tea break. 18:45 Linux 101 - System Rescue - the whys and wherefores. 19:10 Linux 101 - LXLE - Installing with style and care. 19:35 Tea break. 19:40 Finalise installations. 20:10 Linux 102 - a quick introduction to the Linux command line. 20:35 Free raffle - quickly Finish up and off to Skills Matter bar for a soft drink.
2. Twitter: #LinuxingInLondon #Linux Spoiler Alert: Special prices for the best tweets
3. Welcome to Linuxing In London
4. Brian Byrne is a freelance IT manager, a thinker and do-er for hire. He started computing in the 1970s, developed his coding in academia and then project management skills in the financial sector. He remembers VT100s, Token Ring and Ultrix. He’s written code in: CESIL, HP Basic, FORTRAN 66/77, ALGOL 68, COBOL, Simula, Snobol, Modular-2, Pascal, MACRO-10, MACRO-32, BLISS, Forth, C, C#, Python and even a bit of JavaScript. Not forgetting DCL, various scripting languages, numerous dialects and variations. He does a lot of tech community stuff too and talks in paragraphs! Twitter: @BrianLinuxing Email: BrianLinuxing@gmail.com
5. Tonight is dedicated to Raye Montague, Engineer and Designer.
7. Raye Montague died on 10th Oct 2018. 1. She operated UNIVAC I in the 1950s 2. Took up programming at night school. 3. She was the first person to design a ship using a computer system. 4. She oversaw very large projects for the US Navy 5. She was given the US Navy’s Meritorious Civilian Service Award in 1972.
8. What is Linuxing In London?
10. Free open source software and Linux for everyone. Everywhere!
14. A word about our code of conduct
15. Linuxing In London’s code of conduct, put simply: We want no racism, no sexism, no xenophobia, no homophobia, no transphobia, no misogyny, etc. and please really respect others. If you feel like being rude, don’t!!
16. Bluntly put: Either follow the code of conduct, be extra polite to everyone or there is the door, please use it.
18. Please say hello to your neighbour, tell them your favourite Linux distribution or favourite technology trick, in one minute!
19. Future events: Thursday, 22nd November 2018 – An everything Python evening! Monday, 17th December 2018 – Our Xmas special! Planned for 2019: AWS and AI evening and Computer and App security talks, etc https://linuxinginlondon.wordpress.com/
20. All Linuxing in London events are free to attendees, and it is purely a voluntary effort.** **If you feel you might be able to help out, please see Brian. Social skills are more important than technical genius!
21. Twitter: #LinuxingInLondon #Linux Spoiler Alert: Special prices for the best tweets
22. A big thanks to Wendy, Megan, Ewa, the AV team and everyone at @skillsmatter for hosting us :)
23. 18:15 A compressed history of operating systems since the Abacus to the modern server by Brian Byrne. 18:40 Tea break. 18:45 Linux 101 - System Rescue - the whys and wherefores. 19:10 Linux 101 - LXLE - Installing with style and care. 19:35 Tea break. 19:40 Finalise installations. 20:10 Linux 102 - a quick introduction to the Linux command line. 20:35 Free raffle - quickly Finish up and off to Skills Matter bar for a soft drink.
24. Future events: Thursday, 22nd November 2018 – An everything Python evening! Monday, 17th December 2018 – Our Xmas special! Planned for 2019: AWS and AI evening and Computer and App security talks, etc https://linuxinginlondon.wordpress.com/
25. No penguins were harmed in the creation of these slides.
26. Big thanks to:
27. JetBrains https://www.jetbrains.com/
28. Mozfest https://mozillafestival.org/
29. StorageOS https://storageos.com/
30. Redis Labs https://bit.ly/RedisDayLDN
31. The first talk
32. Closing slides
33. A special thanks to everyone for attending.
34. Community slot and free raffle.
35. If you liked tonight then please leave a nice review on our MeetUp page. https://www.meetup.com/Linuxing-In- London/events/252009894/
36. Twitter: #LinuxingInLondon #Linux Spoiler Alert: Special prices for the best tweets