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Guests at the classroom
I try to invite about three friends per semester to give a talk at my Operating Systems class. Some photos are sometimes taken there…

Guest class: Jose Juan "Kaz" Casimiro ( @brit_kazito ) dissects the Ext4 filesystem module
Yesterday night, we had the opportunity to have –for the first time– my friend Kaz as a guest in my Operating Systems class. We are about to finish the semester, and he took the opportunity not just to show how the Ext4 filesystem is structured, but how it is implemented in a current Linux release. Kaz took a very different approach from what I do: He did it really hands-on, starting with the explanation on how a hello world module would be created, and then digging in following the code of the ext4 module in Linux 3.14 (and some bits...

Guest class: César Yáñez (@caesarcomptus) talks about virtual memory
Shame on me… I should have uploaded this video a long time ago. I wanted to edit this video to remove pauses, add some in-band indications on who and what it is, and stuff… But after a month, I have not yet got around to do it. On April 23, I invited César Yáñez to present a talk on virtual memory management to my students (for the Operating Systems class). As always (this is the third time I invite him — The previous iteration was on process scheduling, and is on my site as well), he gave a great class....

A talk by Kaz cannot be complete...
Until a cartoon version of one of the attendees is produced!

Haciendo dinero con Software Libre
This is, beyond any doubt, one of the weirdest talks I have given. Almost all of my friends know that, if there is a topic I don't know much about (and, I must say, I don't really care much about learning) is the insertion of Free Software in a commercial world. I often criticize the entrepeneuring culture, and my concept of a happy life involves having a stable, long-term employment. Neverhteless, my friends at OS-UPIITA invited me to talk in their conference cycle, expressly asking me to tackle this topic. And in the end, I liked the topic. Besides, the...

Correction for @osupiita
I was invited to give a talk at a local conference, OS-UPIITA. I have been invited to this conference before, and will gladly be there again. But I was recently pointed at the invitation poster they are distributing (which I reproduce here for your convenience) — And I must make a couple of corrections here: First and foremost: I don't want to trick anybody. I am not the Director of Debian Mexico. In fact, Debian Mexico does not exist. I am just a humble Debian Developer. I accept the conference title, because that's what they requested from me. I'm trying...

Split regarding Docker
I have heard many good things about Docker, and decided to give it a spin on my systems. I think application-level virtualization has a lot to offer to my workflow… But the process to understand and later adopt it has left me somewhat heart-torn. Docker is clearly great technology, but its documentation is… Condescending and completely out of line with what I have grown used to in my years using Linux. First, there is so much simplistic self-praise sprinkled throughout it. There is almost no page I landed on that does not mention how user-friendly and user-centric Docker’s commandline arguments...

DrupalCamp starting in 5... 4... 3... 2... ( → #DrupalCampMX )
Ok, so the day has come: Today begins the much awaited Drupal Camp Mexico City, yay! For those that cannot make it to Mexico City, I understand understood[fn]I cannot find the link to the information, but it might appear later on… /mehopes[/fn] we would have live streaming of at least one of the rooms, but anyway, talks will be recorded, and will be put online later on. As for the talks schedule, here you have it. Yes, today my workmate and I will be giving a simple introduction to having a useful basic Drupal install. Today is the tutorials /...

Nubes públicas, privadas y propias
Hay dos ángulos principales desde los cuales podemos visualizar el uso de la nube: Por un lado, como desarrollador y proveedor de servicios, hablar de la nube nos hace pensar en escalabilidad, paralelización, distribución geográfica en redes de entrega de contenidos (CDNs), y demás aspectos técnicos, estoy seguro que la mayor parte de los textos en este número irán en ese sentido. Sin embargo, la nube es también, y cada vez más, un concepto que manejan los usuarios finales. Nuestros usuarios, incluso los menos tecnófilos, están empleando los servicios en la nube con cada vez mayor frecuencia. De una forma...

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