Reminder: MFS Meeting. Tue, 19 Feb. "Easy Linux patching workshop"

Michael Dorrington <[email protected]> Mon, 18 Feb 2019 22:37:47 +0000
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From: Michael Dorrington <[email protected]>
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Cc: Free Software and the United Kingdom <[email protected]>
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Subject: Reminder: MFS Meeting. Tue, 19 Feb. "Easy Linux patching workshop"
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Reminder that the meeting is tomorrow (Tuesday) 7pm at the Manchester
Technology Centre.  Doors open at 6:45pm.

On 08/02/2019 09:15, Michael Dorrington wrote:
> NOTE: This meeting will at our new location of the Manchester Technolog=
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> Centre.
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> Please forward this notice to those that would welcome it.
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> You can subscribe to the Manchester Free Software mailing list at:
> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester
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> * Event: Manchester Free Software's February Meeting
> * Content: Easy Linux patching workshop
> * Speaker / Coach: Jules Octave
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> * Date: Tuesday, 19th February 2019 (3rd Tuesday of the month)
> * Start time: 19:00
> * Finish time: 21:00
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> * Location: Manchester Technology Centre
>   - https://mspl.co.uk/campuses/manchester-technology-centre/
> * Address: Oxford Road, Manchester. M1 7ED.
>   - By the Mancunian Way flyover.
>   - https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=3D18/53.47222/-2.23792
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> =3D=3D Details =3D=3D
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> =3D=3D=3D Introduction =3D=3D=3D
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> The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software=

> philosophy.
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> Every meeting we start with an opportunity for informal key signing.
> For this you'll need to bring paper OpenPGP fingerprint slips, see
> `gpg-key2ps` from the `signing-party` package (or equivalent in your
> GNU/Linux distro):
> https://packages.debian.org/signing-party
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> =3D=3D=3D Schedule =3D=3D=3D
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> 19:00-19:05 Introduction and key signing
> 19:05-19:50 Setting up your environment and building Linux
> 19:50-19:55 Short Break (5 minutes)
> 19:55-20:25 Patching and recompiling Linux
> 20:25-20:30 Short Break (5 minutes)
> 20:30-21:00 Submitting the patch
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> =3D=3D=3D Topic details =3D=3D=3D
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> This meeting will be a workshop on patching Linux, the popular kernel.
> The workshop will go through setting up your environment so you can
> build Linux then compiling Linux, patching Linux, recompiling Linux and=

> then ultimately submitting these patches.
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> If you wish to follow along with the workshop then you'll need to have
> some things set up beforehand:
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> * GNU/Linux OS; this can be a VM.
> ** This is to install the build environment and build in.
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> * Installed with the following tools:
> ** Git - `apt install git`
> ** Vim - `apt install vim`
> *** OR text editor that you're familiar with including ctags
> ** Ctags - `apt install exuberant-ctags`
> ** C compiling toolchain - `apt install build-essential`
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> * Cloned Linux and fetched linux-next as described in:
> ** https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-next.html
> *** About 1.1 GB download and about 2.3 GB on disk
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> * Email account for submitting patches
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> If you need any help with doing this then preferably join and post to
> the MFS mailing list:
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> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester
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> or email me.
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> =3D=3D Location =3D=3D
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> The meeting will take place at our new venue of Manchester Technology
> Centre, details above.
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> =3D=3D Transport =3D=3D
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> =3D=3D=3D Parking =3D=3D=3D
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> Please research and decide where to park before heading on your journey=

> and have a Plan B.
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> There are paid parking lots around the venue, they are marked by a blue=

> P in OpenStreetMap centred on Manchester Technology Centre:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=3D16/53.4722/-2.2379
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> Most of those parking lots are owned by NCP:
> http://www.ncp.co.uk/
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> In some of the side streets in the venue surrounding area there are
> parking meter bays that become zero cost after 8pm on Tuesday so you
> will have to pay up until then and the maximum stay is 2 hours BUT MAKE=

> SURE YOU VERIFY ALL THIS on parking.  This is probably only a good
> option if you know the area.
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> If you can't decide where to park then ask me for advice.
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> =3D=3D=3D Public Transport =3D=3D=3D
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> Closest train stations to the venue are:
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> * Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) train station
> * Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station
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> For other public transport see OpenStreetMap using the "Transport" laye=
r
> centred on Manchester Technology Centre:
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=3D15/53.4722/-2.2379&layers=3DT
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> =3D=3D More Information =3D=3D
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> Information about Manchester Free Software can be found on the
> Manchester Free Software pages on LibrePlanet:
> https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester
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> Regards,
> Mike.
> MFS Chair.
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