📺 My talk in the #HPC track at #FOSDEM, “Package management in the hands of users: dream and reality” 👇
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QKNMJN-package-management-in-the-hands-of-users/
📺 My talk in the #HPC track at #FOSDEM, “Package management in the hands of users: dream and reality” 👇
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/QKNMJN-package-management-in-the-hands-of-users/
Are you at #FOSDEM2026 and looking for good ways to get started or to learn and contribute more to #HPC open source software? First of all, don't miss the #HPC, #BigData, and #DataScience devroom Sunday Feb. 1 at https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/hpc-big-data-data-science/ (look for @boegel there to pick up your hpc.social sticker - donations appreciated!). Next check out our online list of Good First Issues at https://hpc.social/good-first-issues/ which is searchable, topical, always updated, and a good way to learn to contribute!
Are you at #FOSDEM2026 and looking for good ways to get started or to learn and contribute more to #HPC open source software? First of all, don't miss the #HPC, #BigData, and #DataScience devroom Sunday Feb. 1 at https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/hpc-big-data-data-science/ (look for @boegel there to pick up your hpc.social sticker - donations appreciated!). Next check out our online list of Good First Issues at https://hpc.social/good-first-issues/ which is searchable, topical, always updated, and a good way to learn to contribute!
Announcing a new #Guix release with version 1.5.0.
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/
Guix is a rolling release meaning users receive the latest updates continuously.
This release updates all the installation media when setting up Guix on a new system.
It can be used as a package manager on top of an existing Linux distribution (e.g. #debian, #ubuntu, #suse, #fedora, #archlinux, etc). Or it can be used as a stand-alone #linux distribution installed as #desktop #server or in the #cloud.
Since the previous release Guix has added 12,525 new packages and 29,932 packages have been updated.
- #KDE Plasma and a #declarative configuration service
- There are around 40 new system services to choose from such as Forgejo Runner and RabbitMQ
- Full-source bootstraps of the #Zig and #Mono their compilers are now available
- Other major updates include GCC 15.2.0, Emacs 30.2, Icecat and Librewolf 140, LLVM 21.1.8 and Linux-libre 6.17.12.
- Contributing teams building packages for areas including #openscience, #hpc, #electronics, #python, #astronomy and #rust
Read all about it on the blog and try out Guix now!
Announcing a new #Guix release with version 1.5.0.
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2026/gnu-guix-1.5.0-released/
Guix is a rolling release meaning users receive the latest updates continuously.
This release updates all the installation media when setting up Guix on a new system.
It can be used as a package manager on top of an existing Linux distribution (e.g. #debian, #ubuntu, #suse, #fedora, #archlinux, etc). Or it can be used as a stand-alone #linux distribution installed as #desktop #server or in the #cloud.
Since the previous release Guix has added 12,525 new packages and 29,932 packages have been updated.
- #KDE Plasma and a #declarative configuration service
- There are around 40 new system services to choose from such as Forgejo Runner and RabbitMQ
- Full-source bootstraps of the #Zig and #Mono their compilers are now available
- Other major updates include GCC 15.2.0, Emacs 30.2, Icecat and Librewolf 140, LLVM 21.1.8 and Linux-libre 6.17.12.
- Contributing teams building packages for areas including #openscience, #hpc, #electronics, #python, #astronomy and #rust
Read all about it on the blog and try out Guix now!
Setting Up a Cluster of Tiny PCs for Parallel Computing
https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/parallel-computing/
#HackerNews #ParallelComputing #TinyPCs #ClusterSetup #TechInnovations #HPC
Looking for a #FreeSoftware job? Wouldn’t it be cool to join us to work on ✨ #Guix for #HPC ✨ in Bordeaux, France? 👇
https://jobs.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2026-09713
