Linux Plumbers Conference, Akademy 2023, and TDF Team Meeting
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Linux Plumbers Conference: Compute Express Link (CXL) MC CFP
We are pleased to announce that we will have a CXL MC this year at Plumbers, and hereby invite the community in our call for participation.
Compute Express Link is a cache coherent fabric that in recent years has been gaining momentum in the industry. CXL 3.0 launched just before Plumbers 2022 (where very early discussions took place), bringing new challenges such as dynamic capacity devices and large scale fabrics, two features that bring significant challenges to Linux. There also has been controversy and confusion in the Linux kernel community about the state and future of CXL, regarding its usage and integration into, for example, the core memory management subsystem. Many concerns have been put to rest through proper clarification and setting of expectations.
The Compute Express Link microconference focuses on how to evolve the Linux CXL kernel driver and userspace components for support of the CXL 2.0 spec (and beyond). The microconference provides a pace to open the discussion, incorporate more perspectives, and grow the CXL community with a goal that the CXL Linux plumbing serves the needs of the CXL ecosystem while balancing the needs of the Linux project. Specifically, this microconference welcomes submissions detailing industry and academia use cases in order to develop usage model scenarios. Finally, it will be a good opportunity to have existing upstream CXL developers available in a forum to discuss current CXL support and to communicate areas that need additional involvement.
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Hot Summer Akademy 2023 in Thessaloniki
I just returned from blazing hot Thessaloniki, Greece where the KDE Community’s annual conference Akademy was held this year. Unlike last year I stayed in the same hotel as many fellow KDE people so the pre-Covid Akademy vibes finally returned in the form of evening hotel lobby hacking. Sadly, I caught a gastrointestinal infection on Monday which made me fly home early and miss the day trip to Mount Olympus I had been looking forward so much.
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TDF Team Meeting in Munich, June 2023
LibreOffice is made by a worldwide community, comprised of volunteers, certified developers, ecosystem companies and many other people. Coordinating the project is The Document Foundation, a small non-profit entity registered in Berlin, which has a team of 16 people (thanks to generous donations).