NixOS Meetup & Talk on laut

Event Date: 2025-08-22 Time: open from 18:00, talk starting at 18:30 Location: GT_, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien (located on the ground floor of “Alte WU”. Indoor directions: Enter the building at the main entrance. Immediately turn right, then follow the “Ateliers”, “GT_” and NixOS signs. Once you pass through our corridor kitchen, it’s the first door on the right. Also, just ping us on matrix if you dont find us.) Language: English and/or German, depending on who’s present. Talk: laut Martin Schwaighofer is going to present his project laut, which is a proposed new signature format for Nix, with better security properties, in some sense meant to replace the current scheme that is used to sign cached build outputs. The project is still work in progress, but aims to implement the ideas behind his talk at NixCon 2024 “rebuilding builders instead of trusting trust”. In his talk he will try to explain what the point of all that work is, and what he hopes the Nix ecosystem will gain from its adoption in the future. If there is interest, he can also talk a bit about his other project vibenix, which autonomously creates Nix packages starting from a repository URL. Both projects are part of Martin’s research on supply chain security at JKU in Linz, where he is working on his PhD. ...

August 22, 2025 · Paul Härle ·  Vienna ·  GT_

NixOS Hackathon

Event Date: 2025-05-09 Time: from 16:00 Location: GT_, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien (located on the ground floor of “Alte WU”. Indoor directions: Enter the building at the main entrance. Immediately turn right, then follow the “Ateliers”, “GT_” and NixOS signs. Once you pass through our corridor kitchen, it’s the first door on the right. Also, just ping us on matrix if you dont find us.) Language: English and/or German, depending on who’s present. Meeting early at 16:00 to have plenty of time for a bug squashing party. Cooperatively fixing some failed hydra builds from https://zh.fail/, trying to make it interesting for all skill levels. ...

May 9, 2025 · Florian Schneider ·  Vienna ·  GT_

Casual NixOS Meetup

Event Date: 2025-04-07 Time: from 18:00 Location: GT_, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien (located on the ground floor of “Alte WU”. Indoor directions: Enter the building at the main entrance. Immediately turn right, then follow the “Ateliers”, “GT_” and NixOS signs. Once you pass through our corridor kitchen, it’s the first door on the right. Also, just ping us on matrix if you dont find us.) Language: English and/or German, depending on who’s present. We will start at about 18:00 and casually talk about all things Nix & NixOS, as they come up. We’ll also start to plan a new regular meetup with inputs and all in the upcoming months. ...

April 7, 2025 · Florian Schneider ·  Vienna ·  GT_