Who: Ben Koenig
What: The Meson Build System
Where: 1930 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201-5304, Room 86-01
When: Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 7 PM
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Summary:
Meson is the new build system on the stack and is an alternative to
tools such as Autotools and CMake. Since its release in 2013 a number of
large software projects such as X.org, Mesa3D, and SystemD have adopted
it as their build system of choice.
In this talk, Ben will provide an introduction to Meson by explaining
how it works and what makes it different from other build systems. For
developers this may be useful when choosing how to set up your next
project. For users he will explain how Meson makes it easier for you to
configure, build, and install your favorite FOSS projects.
Bio:
Ben is a Support Technician and Desktop Linux User who has been
compiling software from source for 26 years. You can usually find him
working on some random Linux hobby project or filling in for PLUG Talks
when we can't find a speaker.
Calagator: https://calagator.org/events/1250482688
With luck, the talk will be recorded and later posted to YouTube.
PLUG is back at Portland State University, thanks to the Computer
Science Department and to Andrew Greenberg. The room is in the basement
of the PSU Engineering Building (also connected underground to the
Fourth Avenue Building, or FAB). Enter through the Engineering Building.
The outside door will be locked, but there should be someone present at
the entrance to let you in starting at 6:40pm until 7pm. There will be a
sign on the door with a phone number you can SMS if there isn't someone
there to let you in immediately.
--
Russell Senior
PLUG Volunteer
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