Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for an “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. I was nominated by the following four OSI Affiliates:

  • The Matrix Foundation
  • The Perl and Raku Foundation
  • Software Freedom Conservancy (my employer)
  • snowdrift.coop

To my knowledge, I am the only Affiliate candidate, in the history of these
OSI
Board of Directors “advisory” elections, to be nominated by
four affiliates.

I am also endorsed by another Affiliate, the Debian Project.

You can see
my official
candidate page on OSI’s website. This blog post will be updated
throughout the campaign to link to other posts, materials, and announcement
related to my candidacy throughout the campaign.

Updates During the Campaign

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for an “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. I was nominated by the following four OSI Affiliates:

  • The Matrix Foundation
  • The Perl and Raku Foundation
  • Software Freedom Conservancy (my employer)
  • snowdrift.coop

To my knowledge, I am the only Affiliate candidate, in the history of these
OSI
Board of Directors “advisory” elections, to be nominated by
four affiliates.

I am also endorsed by another Affiliate, the Debian Project.

You can see
my official
candidate page on OSI’s website. This blog post will be updated
throughout the campaign to link to other posts, materials, and announcement
related to my candidacy throughout the campaign.

Updates During the Campaign

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for an “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. I was nominated by the following four OSI Affiliates:

  • The Matrix Foundation
  • The Perl and Raku Foundation
  • Software Freedom Conservancy (my employer)
  • snowdrift.coop

To my knowledge, I am the only Affiliate candidate, in the history of these
OSI
Board of Directors “advisory” elections, to be nominated by
four affiliates.

I am also endorsed by another Affiliate, the Debian Project.

You can see
my official
candidate page on OSI’s website. This blog post will be updated
throughout the campaign to link to other posts, materials, and announcement
related to my candidacy throughout the campaign.

Updates During the Campaign

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

In the meantime, I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for an “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. I was nominated by the following four OSI Affiliates:

  • The Matrix Foundation
  • The Perl and Raku Foundation
  • Software Freedom Conservancy (my employer)
  • snowdrift.coop

To my knowledge, I am the only Affiliate candidate, in the history of these
OSI
Board of Directors “advisory” elections, to be nominated by
four affiliates.

I am also endorsed by another Affiliate, the Debian Project.

You can see
my official
candidate page on OSI’s website. This blog post will be updated
throughout the campaign to link to other posts, materials, and announcement
related to my candidacy throughout the campaign.

Updates During the Campaign

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

In the meantime, I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for the open “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. You can see
my official
candidate page on OSI’s website. This blog post will be updated
throughout the campaign to link to other posts, materials, and announcement
related to my candidacy throughout the campaign.

Updates During the Campaign

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

In the meantime, I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for the open “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. You can see my official candidate page on OSI’s
website. This blog post will be updated throughout the campaign to
link to other posts, materials, and announcement related to my candidacy
throughout the campaign.

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

In the meantime, I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for the open “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. You can see my official candidate page on OSI’s
website. This blog post will be updated throughout the campaign to
link to other posts, materials, and announcement related to my candidacy
throughout the campaign.

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

In the meantime, I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for the open “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. You can see my official candidate page on OSI’s
website. This blog post will be updated throughout the campaign to
link to other posts, materials, and announcement related to my candidacy
throughout the campaign.

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

In the meantime, I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for the open “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. You can see my official candidate page on OSI’s
website. This blog post will be updated throughout the campaign to
link to other posts, materials, and announcement related to my candidacy
throughout the campaign.

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

In the meantime, I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

Candidacy for 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for the open “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections. You can see my official candidate page on OSI’s
website. This blog post will be updated throughout the campaign to
link to other posts, materials, and announcement related to my candidacy
throughout the campaign.

I am running
on the
“OSI Reform Platform” with Richard Fontana. Over the next
few weeks, I’m planning to post a blog post specific to each item on the
shared platform — including my own take on each item.

In the meantime, I created a Fediverse account specifically to interact
with constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

I am a Candidate for the 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for the open “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections.

This particular blog post is a placeholder right now, as I’ll be blogging
regularly during the electoral campaign. You can bookmark this post, and
come back to it, as I’ll update the post with links to other materials
about my candidacy.

I also created a Fediverse account specifically to interact with
constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

I am a Candidate for the 2025 Open Source Initiative Elections

Post Syndicated from Bradley M. Kuhn original http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/osi-board-election.html

I accepted nomination as a candidate for the open “Affiliate
seat” in the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors
elections.

This particular blog post is a placeholder right now, as I’ll be blogging
regularly during the electoral campaign. You can bookmark this post, and
come back to it, as I’ll update the post with links to other materials
about my candidacy.

I also created a Fediverse account specifically to interact with
constituents and the public, so please
also follow that on
floss.social/@bkuhn.

ASRock Rack TURIN2D16-2T Review Dual AMD EPYC 9005 Motherboard

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/asrock-rack-turin2d16-2t-review-dual-amd-epyc-9005-motherboard/

The ASRock Rack TURIN2D16-2T pushes the boundries of the EEB form factor squeezing two AMD EPYC 9004/ 9005 processors onto the motherboard

The post ASRock Rack TURIN2D16-2T Review Dual AMD EPYC 9005 Motherboard appeared first on ServeTheHome.

McKenney: Speaking at Kernel Recipes

Post Syndicated from corbet original https://lwn.net/Articles/1012286/

Paul McKenney has put together a series of
articles on how to improve one’s ability to give a good talk at a
technical conference.

On the other hand, (1) presentation skills stay with you through
life, and (2) small improvements in presentation skills over months
or years can provide you with great advantages longer term. An old
saying credited to Thomas Edison claims a breakdown of 1%
inspiration and 99% perspiration. However, my own experience with
RCU has instead been 0.1% inspiration, 9.9% perspiration, and 90%
communication. Had I been unable to communicate effectively,
others would have extreme difficulty using RCU, as in even more
difficulty than they do now.

There is a lot of speaking experience distilled into this set of posts.

Streamlining AMI creation with EC2 Image Builder components in AWS Marketplace

Post Syndicated from Art Baudo original https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/streamliningamicreationwith-ec2imagebuilder/

This post is written by Smriti Ohri, Senior Product Manager, EC2 and Omar Chehab, Senior Product Manager, AWS Marketplace.

At re:Invent 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the availability of third-party EC2 Image Builder components in AWS Marketplace. EC2 Image Builder is a fully managed service that streamlines the customization, testing, distribution, and lifecycle management of images. You can use this new feature to procure third-party components from AWS Marketplace directly on the EC2 Image Builder console and in the AWS Marketplace website. You can add multiple of these components to create your golden images.

A golden image is a customized and pre-configured Amazon Machine Image (AMI) needed for launching Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances. It includes a standardized set of software, configurations, and security settings that meet an organization’s specific requirements, promoting consistency and efficiency across all EC2 instances.

EC2 Image Builder provides Amazon managed components, and you can build your own components that help when building custom images. However, you may need third-party software to build your golden images. Procuring this software can be time-consuming and necessitates custom setup. This integration aims to address these challenges by providing the ability to add third-party software from AWS Marketplace directly while creating golden images using EC2 Image Builder. While creating the image, you can customize your image recipe to use the latest version of components published in AWS Marketplace and make sure that you always remain up to date.

This post shows you how to find, subscribe to, and incorporate components from AWS Marketplace using the EC2 Image Builder console.

Prerequisites

You must have access to subscribe to a product in AWS Marketplace. Check AWS Marketplace subscription permissions.

Solution overview

Three high-level steps are involved in using the third-party component from AWS Marketplace in EC2 Image Builder:

  1. Discover and subscribe to the third-party component on the EC2 Image Builder console.
  2. Build the golden image with the third-party component.
  3. Launch the EC2 instance using the golden image.

Solution walkthrough: Streamlining AMI creation with EC2 Image builder components in AWS Marketplace

To perform the solution, go through the steps in the following sections.

Discover and subscribe to a component by Cribl

To discover and subscribe to the component, follow these steps:

  1. On the EC2 Image Builder console, in the navigation pane, choose Discover products. On the Components tab, you can view the list of available AWS Marketplace image products and the associated components. As shown in the following screenshot, choose View subscription options, which shows the different pricing offered.

 Figure 1: Discover components on EC2 Image Builder console

 Figure 1: Discover components on EC2 Image Builder console

  1. To subscribe to the product, from the dropdown menu choose the available offers and choose Subscribe, as shown in the following screenshot. You can now start using the associated component in your image recipe.

Figure 2: Subscribe to the product that has the component

Figure 2: Subscribe to the product that has the component

Build the golden image with the third-party component

To use the component, you can either subscribe to it first, or you can create the pipeline and subscribe to the component later based on your preference. For this walkthrough, I already subscribed to the component. The following section shows how to create a pipeline to build a custom AMI using the component to which I subscribed. You can follow a similar process to install other components to create your golden AMIs. The high-level steps are:

  1. Create the recipe.
  2. Create the pipeline.

To create the recipe, follow these steps:

  1. On the EC2 Image Builder console, choose Image recipes and Create image recipe. A recipe has a base image and the components that you want to install on it.

For this example, Amazon Linux was chosen as the base image operating system and “Amazon Linux 2023 x86” as the image name.

  1. In the Build components section, choose Add build components and, from the dropdown, choose AWS Marketplace. Search for the component to which you subscribed and choose Add to recipe, as shown in the following screenshot.

You can choose to use the latest version or a specific version of the component. For this walkthrough, the latest available version was selected.

Figure 3: Create recipe and add components from AWS Marketplace

Figure 3: Create recipe and add components from AWS Marketplace

To create the pipeline, an automation configuration (where you define the infrastructure configuration), image workflows, and distribution configuration, follow these steps:

  1. On the EC2 Image Builder console, choose Image pipelines and Create image pipeline. Provide the name of the pipeline and choose a Build schedule. You can also enable scanning, which scans your AMIs for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) using Amazon Inspector.

For more information, refer to Amazon Inspector integration in Image Builder in the EC2 Image Builder User Guide. For this example, image scanning is enabled and the option to manually trigger the pipeline was selected.

Figure 4: Create the pipeline with the recipe and other configurations

Figure 4: Create the pipeline with the recipe and other configurations

  1. Choose the recipe you created with third-party components from AWS Marketplace.
  2. Choose the image workflows for the image creation process and define infrastructure configurations for creating the image.

You can choose Dedicated Host, Dedicated Instance, or Shared Tenancy. By default, it uses Shared Tenancy. For this example, the default configuration was selected. I chose the c5.large instance type since that is the supported instance type for this component.

Figure 5: Select the supported instance type in the infrastructure configurations

Figure 5: Select the supported instance type in the infrastructure configurations

  1. Provide the distribution configuration details to share or copy the output image to other accounts and in other AWS Regions.

To allow these accounts to use any component from AWS Marketplace, you must share license entitlements with these accounts using AWS License Manager. Instructions for sharing license entitlements are outside the scope of this post. To learn more, refer to Associating licenses with AMI based products using AWS License Manager.

  1. Choose the pipeline that you created and choose Run pipeline. After a while, the image is created and ready to use.

Run the EC2 instance using the golden image

Create an EC2 instance with the output golden image. You can also view the product code stamped on the AMIs, as shown in the following figure.

 

Figure 6: View the output image to check the product code

Conclusion

This feature helps you save time and automate the process of using the latest versions of the software. With this integration, you get a diverse set of software components from verified sellers in AWS Marketplace to address the monitoring, security, governance, and compliance needs of your organization. You can learn more about these components in the documentation. Visit AWS Marketplace to view all supported EC2 Image Builder components.

If you’re an AWS Partner, then you can publish your software as components in AWS Marketplace to cater to your customers. To learn more about onboarding your software to AWS Marketplace, visit this blog post. You can reach out to [email protected] if you have questions about this new feature or the publishing process.

Start building your custom AMIs using components from Marketplace today.

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