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Author: Peter Duffy
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Void Linux Presentation at Phoenix LUG, 7/11/2024 7PM Mountain Standard Time
I personally found Steve's post very interesting.

Characteristics of one linux distribution are clearly relevant to
others, and changes in one distribution may have an effect on others -
beneficial or not.


On Thu, 2024-07-11 at 12:24 +0200, Gianluca Zoni via Dng wrote:
> why should your personal speech in a conference about another
> GNU/Linux distribution, totally different from Devuan (in fact,
> it's not for everyone), be on topic?
>
>
> Il 11-07-24, 02:02, Steve Litt <slitt@???> ha
> scritto:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The Thursday, 7/11/2024 Phoenix Linux User Group (PLUG) meeting
> > commences at 7pm Mountain Standard Time (NOT daylight savings time)
> > online at https://lufthans.bigbluemeeting.com/plu-yuk-7xx . This
> > will
> > be a repeat of my 7/3/2024 Void presentation, but at a time more
> > convenient to North Americans west of the Mississippi River.
> >
> > The past few months the Void Linux distribution has become the
> > subject of curiosity and questions from folks wanting something
> > closer
> > to the metal, folks wanting to shed their training wheels, folks
> > who
> > want a rolling release that doesn't mess you up every few updates,
> > folks curious about the runit init system, for folks looking for a
> > smaller, cleaner musl based Linux, and from folks who just wonder
> > what
> > all the hype is about.
> >
> > I'm often the recipient of these questions because I've used Void
> > since March 2015. I'll answer all these questions at this online
> > GoLUG
> > meeting. If people want to ask me questions about the runit init
> > system,
> > that's also on topic.
> >
> > During the meeting I'll demonstrate a Void Linux Virtual Machine
> > installation.
> >
> > It's important to remember that Void Linux isn't for everyone. Not
> > even
> > for the majority. For some, this presentation helps by showing what
> > Void Linux can do and how to achieve it. For others, it's an early
> > clue
> > that Void's not right for them, so they can spend the time looking
> > at
> > other distros.
> >
> > I'll save plenty of time to answer questions posed by attendees, so
> > this presentation can serve as a first step in evaluating Void
> > Linux.
> > Hope to see you there.
> >
> > SteveT
> >
> >
> >
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