[Liverpool] MFS Meeting. Tue, 19 Feb. "Easy Linux patching workshop"

[Daniel]

Hi Mike, 

Ohhh, sounds interesting, I'll make it if I can. 

How did you get a speaker? 

Cheers 

Manlug Organiser

---- Michael Dorrington via Liverpool 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.
>
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