[Nottingham] [Talk] *TODAY* 7:30pm Thursday 16/05/2019: Trip To bits ‘n’ bobs

[John Whitehead]

Hi People,

Martin asked me to post the link I mentioned on Thursday night at the meeting.

Whereas Jason posted a link a while ago supporting systemd, this one is a very reasoned argument against it :-)

http://www.softpanorama.org/Commercial_linuxes/Startup_and_shutdown/systemd.shtml

I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions, especially if you make it down to the comments  ...

John

On 16/05/2019 13:22, Martin via Nottingham wrote:
> Folks,
>
> *TODAY* 7:30pm Thursday 16/05/2019:
>
> *Trip To bits ‘n’ bobs*
>
>
>> This month we move downhill from The OverDraught to revisit an *Olde*
>> favourite haunt in the haunted snug of *Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem*
>>
>>
>>
>> See you all there for:
>>
>>      Likely a demo of just how quickly a Linux distro can be installed
>> onto an ex-TNMoC old retro-computer of some unknown innards...
>>
>>      Enthusings of a TNMoC adventurous debrief;
>>
>>      Further enthusings for the latest announcement for an EPYC
>> supercomputer[*] that is to outpace the combined force of the present
>> top 160 of the world supercomputers;
>>
>>      With further comparisons for how the latest design compares with the
>> Cray designs of old (as can be seen at TNMoC 😉 🙂 );
>>
>>      With the added side note that Linux runs ALL of the world top 500
>> supercomputers...
>>
>>      And lots else Linux and new developments!
>>
>>
>> (Anyone got a Brambleweeny or a more modest Bramble to bring?! :-P )
>>
>>
>>
>> All welcome, technical and non-technical alike, for everything about
>> Linux, Supercomputers, Linux distros, and upgrades!
>>
>> We will no doubt be discussing everything else in general also.
>>
>>
>>
>> All at:
>>
>> 7:30pm Thursday 16/05/2019
>> ==========================
>>
>>
>> Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem
>> https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/nottinghamshire/ye-olde-trip-to-jerusalem/
>>
>> 1 Brewhouse Yard
>> Nottingham, NG1 6AD
>>
>> Phone: 0115 9473171
>>
>> We have the ground floor snug room reserved.
>>
>> Just ask the friendly bar staff for Linux or follow the Penguins!
>>
>>
>>
>> Some of us will be there earlier for some of their fine food and warmth.
>
>
> All welcome! :-)
>
> See ya there,
> Martin
>
>
>
>> *: Further detail on: Beyond Rome: AMD’s EPYC and Radeon to Power
>> World’s Fastest Exascale Supercomputer (beware the annoying adverts!)
>> https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-epyc-radeon-frontier-exascale-supercomputer,39275.html
>>
>> See also: Frontier: Expected World’s Fastest Supercomputer to be Powered
>> by AMD
>> https://www.amd.com/en/products/frontier
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