​Join us for the next meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Linux Users Group Meetup! 

​Network and connect with the Bay Area Linux community and enjoy two insightful presentations at Sentry HQ.

Whether you're brand new to Linux or a Linux project maintainer, all are welcome!

​Schedule

​6:00 – 6:30 PM: Doors open! Grab food and drinks and network with fellow Linux enthusiasts

​6:30 – 7:30 PM: Technical talks and Q&A

​7:30 – 8:00 PM: Stick around to connect with the presenters and fellow attendees while we wrap things up

​Talks & Speakers

​● Grep Killed My Server by Kevin Dankwardt

​When a customer support engineer crashed a customer's server with an Out Of Memory from grep, and I was the manager for the Linux kernel team, it got handed to me, and, thus it got me thinking. How can Grep cause an OOM? How can an OOM cause a panic? What could be done to prevent this in the future? How does Grep manage memory? What about alternatives like the Silver Seeker?

​Kevin Dankwardt talks through these questions and gives a tour through Linux user space and kernel space memory management and adds tangential topics like Linux control groups, kernel configuration, and swapping.

​● Creating Custom Yocto Images by Khem Raj

​Want to build a custom Linux distribution? In this talk, we’ll cover how to build a custom Yocto image. The steps include choosing the target architecture (ARM, x86, and RISC-V) then building up a robust system. Additionally, we will demonstrate how to include the various analysis tools that are helpful in investigating challenging issues, such as memory management related problems.

​About SFBayLUG

​SFBayLUG (San Francisco Bay Area Linux Users Group) is a community of Linux enthusiasts, system administrators, kernel developers, and open-source advocates who love to bring the community together and discuss all things Linux! Visit our Meetup page to learn more about upcoming events and stay connected with the Bay Area’s Linux community.