## Northern Virginia Linux Users Group (NoVaLUG) ### 17 August 2024 Meeting WIFI: NovaLug / NovaLug2024 **VISITORS MUST SIGN IN!** --- # Meeting Logisitcs * **ALL VISITORS MUST SIGN IN** * Be sure to get your "chaser" ticket for to get free parking. * Many thanks to Ridgeline International --- # WiFi SSID: NovaLug Password: NovaLug2024 --- # Streaming * This meeting is being recorded and streamed on-line. * https://links.novalug.org/stream --- # Meeting Notes All links are provided in the meeting notes. It is a collaborative space and everybody can contribute additional notes and links. http://links.novalug.org/notes --- # NoVaLUG Deets | | | | -- | -- | | Website | https://novalug.org/ | | Mailing List |https://links.novalug.org/list | | Masto/Fedi | https://links.novalug.org/masto | | Discord | https://links.novalug.org/discord | | LinkedIn | https://links.novalug.org/linkedin | --- # Meetup Is Going Away They charge too much money! Please subscribe to the mailing list or follow us on Mastodon/Fediverse for meeting notifications. | | | | -- | -- | | Mailing List |https://links.novalug.org/list | | Masto/Fedi | https://links.novalug.org/masto | --- # Jobs Raise your hand if you have a job opening and you want to quickly describe it. Two jobs in notes: 1. Database Reliability Engineer 2. Security Engineer ------ Please put any job links in the notes. <https://links.novalug.org/notes> --- # FOSS Tech News All links are provided in the meeting notes. http://links.novalug.org/notes --- ## "Rewrite it in Rust" Rust is gaining in popularity. Jumpted from #17 to #14 in the TIOBE index for July. --- ## Translate it to Rust DARPA has created C and C++ to Rust translator to be used by the federal government to automatically convert legacy C code to Rust. --- ## Fake AWS Packages in NPM Fake packages with names similar to legitimate AWS packages have been found in the NPM repository. These packages contained sophisticated command and control functionality hidden in image files. --- ## Linux Desktop Share All-time High According to Statcounter, Linux use hit another all-time high in July. For July 2024, the statistics website is showing Linux at 4.45%, climbing almost a half a percentage point from June's 4.05% high. --- ## New Raspberry Pi Pico 2 * Two 150Mhz Arm Cortex-M33 cores. * Two open-hardware, Hazard3 RISC-V cores developed as a side-project by a Raspberry Pi Foundation engineer. --- # FOSS Area Events All links are provided in the meeting notes. http://links.novalug.org/notes --- ## Open Source AI Definition Town Hall Join Stefano Maffulli, Executive Director at the Open Source Initiative to hear the latest news, and comment on the drafts of the Open Source AI Definition. * When: Friday, 18 October 2024 * Where: Virtual --- ## Maker Faire NoVa From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these "makers" to show hobbies, experiments, projects. * When: Sunday, 20 October 2024 * Where: City of Alexandria High School --- # Main Presentation: DNSSEC and DevOps Improving security and reliability in DevOps deployments. Presenter: John Franklin. https://links.novalug.org/slides