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 Technology > Centre. > > Please forward this notice to those that would welcome it. > > You can subscribe to the Manchester Free Software mailing list at: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester > > * Event: Manchester Free Software's February Meeting > * Content: Easy Linux patching workshop > * Speaker / Coach: Jules Octave > > * Date: Tuesday, 19th February 2019 (3rd Tuesday of the month) > * Start time: 19:00 > * Finish time: 21:00 > > * 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=18/53.47222/-2.23792 > > > == Details == > > === Introduction === > > The purpose of Manchester Free Software is to promote the Free Software > philosophy. > > 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 > > > === Schedule === > > 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 > > > === Topic details === > > 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. > > If you wish to follow along with the workshop then you'll need to have > some things set up beforehand: > > * GNU/Linux OS; this can be a VM. > ** This is to install the build environment and build in. > > * 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` > > * 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 > > * Email account for submitting patches > > If you need any help with doing this then preferably join and post to > the MFS mailing list: > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/fsuk-manchester > > or email me. > > > == Location == > > The meeting will take place at our new venue of Manchester Technology > Centre, details above. > > > == Transport == > > > === Parking === > > Please research and decide where to park before heading on your journey > and have a Plan B. > > 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=16/53.4722/-2.2379 > > Most of those parking lots are owned by NCP: > http://www.ncp.co.uk/ > > 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. > > If you can't decide where to park then ask me for advice. > > > === Public Transport === > > Closest train stations to the venue are: > > * Manchester Oxford Road (MCO) train station > * Manchester Piccadilly (MAN) train station > > For other public transport see OpenStreetMap using the "Transport" layer > centred on Manchester Technology Centre: > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/53.4722/-2.2379&layers=T > > > == More Information == > > Information about Manchester Free Software can be found on the > Manchester Free Software pages on LibrePlanet: > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester > > Regards, > Mike. > MFS Chair. > -- FSF member #9429 http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=9429 http://www.fsf.org/about "The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users."
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