Guix virtual meet-up - Guix RISC-V Bootstrap with Ekaitz Zarraga

During our next Guix Social event, engineer and long-time free software contributor Ekaitz Zarraga will tell us about the efforts to bootstrap Guix on the RISC-V architecture, the journey of a team of brave engineers to make our beloved operating system even more trustworthy.

One of the reasons why we love Free and Open Source software is the possibility to inspect the source code of the binaries that we run on our machines. But how is this the case, exactly? When we inspect a particular code base, what do we know of the process that converts said code base into its binary artefacts? How can we tell whether the original code or the intended build process have been altered, either intentionally or by mistake? What safeguards are in place to protect us from build errors and deliberate attacks?

Two projects in particular, the Reproducible Builds and Bootstrappable Builds projects, have set out to address these questions and to provide safeguards around the process of building software from sources. These projects aim to lay the foundation for a secure, fully-inspectable computing, arguably a form of computing that does justice to the core principles of Free and Open Source Software.

Online from 18:00 BST (time converter):

https://meet.jit.si/london-guix-meetup

The talk might be recorded so that other Guix hackers can enjoy. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, please add your questions on the Libreplanet PatchReviewSessions2024.

Code of conduct

We, Guix London's organisers, intend to create an open, friendly, and safe environment where people from the most diverse backgrounds can get together, learn about, teach, and discuss Guix and related topics in a welcoming and constructive way.

To this end, Guix London adheres to the Guix project's official Code of Conduct. Please make sure you're familiar with the document and that you share its principles, before attending our events.

Should you - at any time before, during, or after one of our events - want to raise an issue or discuss any CoC-related topic, please do not hesitate to reach out to the organisers at the contacts below.

- Arun Isaac, arunisaac@systemreboot.net
- Fabio Natali, me@fabionatali.com
- Steve George, steve@futurile.net

About

Guix London has no official ties with the Guix project. We commit to promote the project and to always operate with the best intentions; any mistake that we might make is due to us, Guix London, not the Guix project.

Image credits

- Guix project