<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Here is one topic we can investigate. This is from an article in wired last year:</div>NASA's Plan to Turn the ISS Into a Quantum Laser Lab <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-plan-to-turn-the-iss-into-a-quantum-laser-lab/">https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-plan-to-turn-the-iss-into-a-quantum-laser-lab/</a><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">--<br>Jerry Feldman <<a href="mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">gaf.linux@gmail.com</a>><br>Boston Linux and Unix <a href="http://www.blu.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.blu.org</a><br>PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7<br>PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1  3050 5715 B88D 6F6<br>B B6E7</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 11, 2021, 11:40 PM Bill Ricker <<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:42 PM John Abreau <<a href="mailto:jabr@blu.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">jabr@blu.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Any thoughts for speakers and topics for the next few BLU meetings?<br clear="all"></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">1.<font size="2"> The ongoing <b>NAS</b> discussion on GNHLUG list is fodder for thought, but not sure who you'd get to cover which subset of that.</font></div></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><font size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><font size="2">Related, <span style="font-family:georgia,serif">the latest<span> </span><b style="box-sizing:inherit"><i style="box-sizing:inherit">BSD Now</i></b><span> </span>podcast mentions <b>OpenZFS</b> has a new feature in Raid-Z called<span> </span><b style="box-sizing:inherit">dRaid</b><span> </span>that solves a problem with healing performance.</span></font><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;max-width:none;margin-bottom:4px;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;max-width:none"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;width:342px"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;display:flex"><div dir="auto" style="box-sizing:inherit;width:342px;text-align:left;font-size:15px;line-height:1.46668"><div style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://www.bsdnow.tv/393" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://www.bsdnow.tv/393</a><br style="box-sizing:inherit"><a href="https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-draid-finally/" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:inherit;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">https://klarasystems.com/articles/openzfs-draid-finally/</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="box-sizing:inherit;max-width:600px;color:rgb(29,28,29);font-family:Slack-Lato,appleLogo,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:common-ligatures;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div style="box-sizing:inherit;display:flex;margin:0px 0px 8px;max-width:600px"><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><button type="button" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:0px;background:rgba(0,0,0,0) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;border:0px none;font:inherit;margin:0px;overflow:initial;text-align:initial;vertical-align:initial;display:inline;opacity:0"><br></button>I might not hop on this new feature <u>immediately</u> if were i building a NAS right <i>now</i>, as one wants stability in storage, which is the opposite of new code; and it seems aimed at bigger setups, but interesting nonetheless.</div></div></div></div></div><div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">2. <b>BSD</b> in general is perhaps undercovered lately but specifically included in the B.L.<b><u>U </u></b>TLA.<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">While we're WFH meeting virtually, maybe we can recruit someone from the Open/Net/Free BSD communities ?</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">And then there's the other BSD, Mac OSX. <br>Perhaps someone has a pre-canned presie on OSX Commandline for folks used to Linux/Unix/POSIX shell/CLI?<br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">I got a Mac for Linux People book 15-20 years ago when kid got a Macbook, but it's out of date by now. <br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">Probably an earlier version of <a href="https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mac-os-x/9780596520625/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/mac-os-x/9780596520625/</a> <br><b>Mac OS X For Unix Geeks, 4th Edition </b>by<b> Ernest E. Rothman, Rich Rosen, Brian Jepson</b></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">(Advanced section discusses dual booting)</div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">but it might have been an Apress or No Starch equivalent, i'd have to rummage to see.<br><br></div><div style="font-family:georgia,serif" class="gmail_default">Do we perhaps have contact with any of those 3 authors?<br></div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Bill Ricker<br><a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux</a> <br></div></div></div></div>
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