PLUG Talk October: Creating Debian packages

PLUG Talk October: Creating Debian packages by Alastair Irvine. Once upon a time, Debian was a GNU/Linux distribution that was
mainly for hobbyists. It always existed in the shadow of commercial
distributions such as Red Hat, and their derivatives. Then
Canonical used it to create Ubuntu, and the world changed. (In the
interim though, there were a lot of businesses relying on Debian as
a stable, low-TCO server OS with good security support.)

If you are running Debian on a personal host or in production, you
might have wondered how Debian packages work and whether you have a use case for which they could make your life simpler. This talk
will attempt to shed light on these questions.

Topics covered: deb package format, source Packages and creating .deb files.
It is even possible to host your own package archive on an HTTP or
FTP server, with secure downloads provided by Debian's package
signing mechanism.

Presenter bio: Alastair is a Software Engineer and system administrator by trade. He has a BSc in Computer Science from Curtin University.
His computer-related interests lie in various areas within his
trade; suffice to say that he is a "geek of many colours". :)
Alastair is a die-hard FOSS user and Linux fan. He is also a freelancer with his own business. Warpspace IT http://www.warpspace.net is a consultancy with a fairly broad focus on the technical side of IT.

Where: 45 St Georges Terrace Perth CBD. Spacecubed.com

Time: Arrive 6:00 PM drinks for a 7:00 PM start.

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