Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - What is and Isn't Linux Correction

When: April 15,, 2026 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A) Topic: What is and Isn't Linux Presenters:  Chris Allen Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org Meeting will be recorded, but not live streamed. Recordings will be posted: https://blu.org/video/ Summary: A discussion of what is and what isn't Linux Abstract: Linux Desktop environments are often compared to MacOS and MS Windows environments, but in reality Linux is just the Kernel. The desktop environments, developer toolchains, and application software are separate from the kernel, and many of them also run on a variety of other UNIX platforms. Chris reviews various hardware architectures, the history of C and UNIX, the GNU toolchain, the Linux kernel, and the low-level components that make the kernel usable. For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site: http://www.blu.org Our meeting recordings are found on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/ -- Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7 _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@lists.blu.org https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, April 15, 2026 - Open Source Business Crash Course

When: April 15,, 2026 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A) Topic: What is and Isn't Linux Presenters:  Chris Allen Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org Meeting will be recorded, but not live streamed. Recordings will be posted: https://blu.org/video/ Summary: A discussion of what is and what isn't Linux Abstract: Linux Desktop environments are often compared to MacOS and MS Windows environments, but in reality Linux is just the Kernel. The desktop environments, developer toolchains, and application software are separate from the kernel, and many of them also run on a variety of other UNIX platforms. Chris reviews various hardware architectures, the history of C and UNIX, the GNU toolchain, the Linux kernel, and the low-level components that make the kernel usable. For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site: http://www.blu.org Our meeting recordings are found on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/ -- Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7 _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@lists.blu.org https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce