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Ludovic Courtčs |
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01/01: website: Add FOSDEM post. |
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Mon, 28 Jan 2019 04:49:04 -0500 (EST) |
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Author: Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden>
Date: Mon Jan 28 10:38:56 2019 +0100
website: Add FOSDEM post.
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+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, GNUÂ 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 GNUÂ 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 [GNUÂ Guile](https://gnu.org/s/guile) and about
+[Racket](https://racket-lang.org) that you should not miss under any
+circumstances!
+
+![Guix Days
logo.](https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/static/blog/img/Guix-Days-2019.png)
+
+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
+
+[GNUÂ 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.
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