Program for SeaGL 2019 - A Prime Year for Free Software

presented by Aeva Black

During the last two years, in response to new laws like FOSTA and under pressure from politicians, our major digital communication platforms (Facebook, Google, Tumblr, etc) have deployed machine-learning-based content moderation at a "move fast and break things" pace. This has resulted in the removal of content from marginalized communities, and the prioritization of the viewpoints of certain g...

presented by Lance Albertson

Whether you’re using Chef, Puppet or Ansible, you’re going to need a set of tools which help enable you to develop and test your infrastructure. One set of tools that we use at the OSU Open Source Lab is test-kitchen coupled with InSpec. Test-kitchen provides a test harnes...

presented by Brett Sheffield

Written in 2001, RFC 3170 states: "IP Multicast will play a prominent role on the Internet in the coming years. It is a requirement, not an option, if the Internet is going to scale. Multicast allows application developers to add more functionality without significantly impacting the network."

Nearly two decades later, multicast is still largely ignored and misunderstood. There are many co...

presented by Adam Monsen

What if sudo apt install imagemagick or sudo dnf install imagemagick gets an old version or one missing the features you need? You need to find a 3rd party build or manually compile and install from source. I'll show you how Docker and Snap can be used to create packages with the features you need that can be used without cluttering up your system with a manual install.

presented by Nell Shamrell

In the midst of buzzwords like "devops", "containers", "continuous delivery", "IAAS", and even "cloud" it can be easy to forget the problems these concept were created to solve. It is impossible to fully understand DevOps as it is now without understanding where it came from. This talk will take you through a journey of each stage of the DevOps movement - from the very beginning to the most ble...

presented by Rachel Kelly

Data management and control has never been more critical. Fortunately, there's never been more information on taking control over your own Stuff than today. I'd like to take an audience through the process of leaving just one of these vectors of data control, Google. That's right, replacing Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, and Google Calendar. Some tools are open, some are not. I will be ...

presented by Mike Hamrick

When writing about programming or other technical subjects, you're often weaving blocks of source code, program output, and raw data in with your prose. These supplementary materials are usually copied and pasted into your document from other sources, which can be difficult and tedious to keep up-to-date as things change. Inconsistencies and errors can easily creep in when you "hard-code" dynam...

presented by Joe Roets

Releasing Open Source Code in a Large Enterprise and a Unique Model for Open Source Monetization

I will speak about releasing a major open source project within a Fortune 100 company. I will detail the intense process navigated within Disney to release our project under an open source license in 2016.

Such as:

• Executive sponsorship from multiple divisions
• Legal approval
• - Licen...

presented by Alice Monsen

A ten-year-old teaches the basic steps of a steampunk-themed RPG character in a free/libre/open-source digital art program called Krita.

presented by John SJ Anderson

The Perl programming language has a somewhat checkered reputation. People enjoy ranting about the supposed "read-only" nature of the language, and war stories of having to maintain horrible legacy Perl codebases are a popular feature of after-hours gatherings at programming conferences around the world. But, as Bjarne Stroustrup notes, "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people com...

presented by Athan Spathas

As a self-taught/amateur programmer, I was able to use open source programs to start building the versatile and accessible music workstation I’ve long dreamed of called the Glass Beatstation. The fact that I have been able to get this project functional to any degree is a great credit to the FLO (Free/Libre/Open Source) community. In the pro...

presented by Robert Joslyn

Have the need to build a custom Linux system for your next project? Are off-the-shelf distros too bloated or not giving the control you want? The Yocto Project provides a set of tools that make it easy to develop a custom Linux distribution tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're building an embedded IoT device, a high performance appliance, or even Docker containers, you can use Yocto ...

presented by Michael Smith

Cloud infrastructure - particularly the focus on distributed systems and micro services - has made it more difficult to understand what's happening across multiple systems, how our systems interact, and even what we're running at this particular moment. More distributed systems have sprung up to help you manage that. We have log and metrics aggregators and distributed tracing systems to help yo...

presented by Brian Raiter

Come and dip your toes into the world of writing Linux kernel modules. At this talk, we will define our very own executable file format, teach the Linux kernel how to run it, and see how we can use it.

presented by Kate Pond

Over the last year and a half, I've been attempting to complete my career change from a park ranger to a developer. In that year and a half, I have learned Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Javascript, and React.js at a coding bootcamp, Swift and XCode an internship, and SQL, ASP.NET, and Typescript during another internship. I've also been introduced to C#, C++, Java, and Python. And even though each time ...

presented by Gaba

Tor is open source software, a community, a network and a non-profit organization that moves its development forward. We advocate for infrastructure that allow people to communicate and use the Internet anonymously. In this talk I’m going give a short view of which features and bugs we are working on in the next year.

presented by Amulya Bandikatla

Product transformation and diversification in the product suite is the essence of the success of any company in today’s rapidly changing technology world. Most of the architectural patterns prescribe solutions to scale up a single product under critical workloads. Microservices architecture is one such pattern that is highly efficient and applicable to scale up a product. Though this is applica...

presented by Deb Goodkin

Did you know that FreeBSD is one of the oldest (1993), largest, and most successful open source projects in the world?FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from Research Unix via the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), also known as “Berkeley Unix.” It’s known for its reliability, stability, and advanced networking and performance.

I'm going to share FreeBSD's long histor...

presented by Mairi Dulaney

This talk will cover using your computer to control your model trains. It's pretty easy; just need a laptop (or other computing device) with enough resources to run a Java based graphical application, an Arduino Uno, Arduino motor shield, 15vdc power supply, and some time to set it all up. I will cover JMRI for the laptop, and DCC++ on the Arduino.

presented by Nadine Whitfield

How to safeguard your public data

Topic: Security/InfoSec

Audience: Beginner to Intermediate

DOES THE FOLLOWING SOUND LIKE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW?

So, I have a profile online in { FACEBOOK, LINKEDIN, INSTAGRAM }. This data is already public. I also know that there have been past issues with data, but I've configured my accounts to only target the people I really w...

presented by Nishant Sharma

We are losing more and more control of our data every passing day. Data is the new oil and majority of the devices, software and services want to capture as much information about us as possible.

The flurry of proprietary smart (spy) devices are taking away our freedom and privacy. An innocent looking Router or a WiFi Access Point could be snooping on us and sending our data to the manufact...

presented by Eva Monsen

Research has shown that the way we use language influences the way we think. Can we begin to disentangle gender from our identities through language? Inspired by modern speculative fiction writers like Ann Leckie, the Regender Project aims to explore that question by using technology to alter the genders used in English text: changing male characters to female and vice versa, or assigning every...

presented by Aaron Wolf

Codes of Conduct aim to promote and maintain healthy communication and communities, both online and offline. People debate what to tolerate, what to censor, and how to deal with enforcement. This talk aims to inspire more discussion and consideration for embracing the ideas of Restorative and Transformative Justice.

Restorative Justice means that in resolving any conduct violation or interpe...

presented by Bradley M. Kuhn, Karen M. Sandler

History never unfolds as we would expect. It's surprising and jarring that we've achieved both so much and so little. Every day, there is more Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the world than ever in history, but it's also a little bit harder each day to live a life that avoids proprietary software. Today's world of software technology is a ridiculous paradox.

Most software that we...

presented by Brian Mock

Mechanical keyboards are soaring in popularity recently. This talk explains why you might be interested in them as well.

The following topics will be covered:

• Case/plate/PCB
• Switches
• Caps
• Freedom of hardware
• A brief note on soldering
• Freedom of software
• GPL firmware: QMK
• Questions

Case/plate/PCB

Full size, tenkeyless, 75%, 65%, 60%, 40%, split, ortholinear...

presented by Oscar Baechler

Learn how to draw and paint in Krita, the 2D illustration program that puts brushes at the forefront of your workflow. Attendees will learn the principle workflows and conventions behind Krita, such as brushes, colors, and layers. Traditional artistic skills will also be covered, with a focus on how to draw and paint like a professional, and how Krita's interface corresponds to real world art m...

presented by Mark Polyakov

Yep, that language you forgot about after Comp Sci 101 is still alive and kicking! We'll explore the present and future of this ancient language, with a focus on Common Lisp:

• The general state of the Common Lisp language and development tools today, including some of the crazy things you can do with Emacs!
• StumpWM and the Next browser, examples of useful Common Lisp applications for the...

presented by John SJ Anderson

Would your Open Source software project benefit from a style guide? Would your project at work? It's tempting to reply to these questions with a reflexive "Yes, of course!" — the benefits of having an established coding style for a project, having rules around how things are formatted, what language features are to be used and which are to be avoided, seem obvious. It makes it easier to onboard...

presented by Johannes Ernst

Like many, I've recently become fascinated by hydroponics: growing delicious food without soil, right at home, taking up minimal space. Food miles: zero. Freshness: minutes from harvest to plate. Variety: much better than any grocery store. What's not to like?

As a would-be hydroponic food grower, so far, you have two options: either you buy an (expensive) commercial system and remain satisf...

presented by Nadine Whitfield

I will be sharing my learnings about security testing applications sooner and more often. Let's start a movement!

Topic: Security/InfoSec

Audience: Beginner to Intermediate

CI/CD has greatly reduced the time to market for releasing new software. Security and InfoSec are rapidly gaining importance and complexity, but unfortunately their supporting processes and tools ha...

presented by der.hans

Debian-based package management has been rock solid for many years. Still, there are complexities and nuances to explore.

This talk will be a tour of distribution provided software management tools and features in Debian and Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu.

Attendees will learn about:

• common software management tools
• features of debian packages
• parts of debian packag...

presented by AJ Jordan

This talk will critically examine the current state of computing through the lens of a highly-portable POSIX shell script I wrote, filter-other-days. The problem that filter-other-days is solving is seemingly simple: find all log entries on the entire system from the current date. But because of modern systems' complexity as well as applications' tendency to use disparate logging systems, w...

presented by Dawn Parzych

The phrase "move fast, and break things" has been echoing down the halls of tech companies for years. While this may sound like a good way to operate it will be challenging without having processes in place to set teams and individuals up for success. You might be thinking "Ugh process. Processes stifle innovation, slow things down, and introduce unnecessary hurdles to jump through." But in ord...

presented by Keith Packard

Tiny embedded computers, like the original Arduino, are great for automating simple tasks. What they are not great at is providing an easy-to-learn environment for new programmers.

As a part of a middle school robotics course based on Lego, I've developed a new language, Snek, which runs on these machines. Snek can run in as little as 32kB of ROM and 2kB of RAM. It provides a simpler, s...

presented by Charlotte McGraw

In this presentation I plan to introduce Nextcloud and provide examples of how to get started using it. This will include:.

• History of Nextcloud
• Why should you use Nextcloud instead of Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.
• Ways to get a Nextcloud instance
  • Self-hosted at home
  • VPS
  • Service provider
• How I use my Nextcloud server
  • Cal and CardDav
  • Note taking
  • File sync ...

presented by Delib

Just as copy-left uses principles of intellectual property rights to legally protect free and open source software, co-operatives use principles of business ownership to legally protect their collaborative relationships.

This talk is an exploration of co-operative organization forms for free and open sou...