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🐧 Linux Fest at Iffy Books

March 18, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Flyer with a simplified illustration of a laptop and the following text: Linux Fest / Sat, March 18th / 12-8 p.m. / Iffy Books / 319 N. 11th St. #2I, PHL / iffybooks.net/event/linux-fest

Stop by on Saturday, March 18th (12–8 p.m.) for Linux Fest at Iffy Books! We’ll have 10+ Linux distributions running that anyone can try, and we’ll have talks and discussions throughout the day. See you there!

History of GNU/Linux with r0guer4t

What should Linux newbies know?

Intro to ed, an old-school text editor with Mattie

Running Windows applications on Linux with TonyTwoStep

Linux Distro List
Alpine
antiX
BlackArch
Devuan
elementary OS
Fedora
Guix
Kali Linux
Kodachi
Linux Mint
LibreELEC
Manjaro
OpenSUSE
pop!_OS
Raspberry Pi OS
Solus
Tails
Ubuntu

Props to Dave for installing Fuzix on a Raspberry Pi Pico during the event, with help from Jonathan, r0guer4t, and others.

Schedule
12:00 p.m. How to verify a Linux disk image with its checksum (Steve)
1:30 p.m. History of GNU/Linux (r0guer4t)
2:00 p.m. What should Linux newbies know? (open discussion)
2:30 p.m. Running Windows Applications on Linux (TonyTwoStep)
3:00 p.m. Intro to ed, an old-school text editor (Mattie)
4:00 p.m. Send files securely with Magic Wormhole (Steve)

This event was free. Donations accepted.

Photo CC-BY Brian Gratwicke

Details

  • Date: March 18, 2023
  • Time:
    12:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Venue

Organizer

  • Iffy Books
  • Phone 2153953956
  • Email iffybooks@iffybooks.net