From 8dce270e3d64cd7d6145ddcfa9060964c9a5361b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 09:13:23 -0500
Subject: Update Guix talk.

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diff --git a/guix-blu-2016-01-20.org b/guix-blu-2016-01-20.org
index 5cc53e6..c5375a2 100644
--- a/guix-blu-2016-01-20.org
+++ b/guix-blu-2016-01-20.org
@@ -21,10 +21,13 @@
 
 * About me
 
-  - GNU project volunteer
-  - GNU Guile user and contributor since 2012
-  - GNU Guix contributor since 2013
-  - Day job: Ruby + JavaScript web development / “DevOps”
+  GNU project volunteer
+
+  GNU Guile user and contributor since 2012
+
+  GNU Guix contributor since 2013
+
+  Day job: Ruby + JavaScript web development / “DevOps”
 
 * Overview
 
@@ -47,8 +50,10 @@
 
 * User autonomy and control
 
+  #+latex: \huge{
   “Debian and other distributions are going to be that thing you run
   Docker on, little more.” [fn:7]
+  #+latex: }
 
 * User autonomy and control
 
@@ -57,13 +62,19 @@
 
 * What’s wrong with Apt/Yum/Pacman/etc.?
 
-  - Global state (=/usr=) that prevents multiple versions of a package
-    from coexisting
-  - Non-atomic installation, removal, upgrade of software
-  - No way to roll back
-  - Nondeterminstic package builds (though this is changing!)
-  - Reliance on pre-built binaries provided by a single point of trust
-  - Requires superuser privileges
+  Global state (=/usr=) that prevents *multiple versions* of a package
+  from coexisting
+
+  *Non-atomic* installation, removal, upgrade of software
+
+  No way to *roll back*
+
+  *Nondeterminstic* package builds and maintainer-uploaded binaries
+  (though this is changing!)
+
+  Reliance on pre-built binaries provided by a *single point of trust*
+
+  Requires *superuser* privileges
 
 * The problem is bigger
 
@@ -102,12 +113,14 @@
 
 * Problems with configuration management software
 
-  - Imperative config management makes is overly-complex and brittle
-    (idempotence is hard)
-  - More reliable builds require spawning new machines and building
-    from scratch each time (sledgehammer)
-  - Made primarily for developers for server maintenance, but all
-    users could benefit
+  Imperative config management is overly-complex and brittle
+  (idempotence is hard)
+
+  More reliable builds require spawning new machines and building
+  from scratch each time (sledgehammer)
+
+  Made primarily for developers for server maintenance, but all users
+  could benefit
 
 * Docker?
 
@@ -123,18 +136,18 @@
 
 * Problems with Docker
 
-  - Still imperative (though resulting images are immutable)
+  Still imperative (though resulting images are immutable)
 
-  - Dockerfile DSL is not expressive
+  Dockerfile DSL is not expressive
 
-  - Promotes one disk image per application to cover up underlying
-    package management mess [fn:4]
+  Promotes one disk image per application to cover up underlying
+  package management mess [fn:4]
 
-  - No provenance
+  No provenance
 
-  - Image layering is an ineffective caching strategy
+  Image layering is an ineffective caching strategy
 
-  - Does not compose (containers are only one important use-case)
+  Does not compose (what about the host?)
 
 * Problems with Docker
 
@@ -334,14 +347,14 @@
   \includegraphics[width=4cm]{guile-logo.png}
   \end{center}
 
-   - GNU Guile is a Scheme implementation and the official extension
-     language of the GNU project
+   GNU Guile is a Scheme implementation and the official extension
+   language of the GNU project.
 
-   - It’s a great choice for EDSLs because of Scheme’s hygienic macro
-     system
+   It’s a great choice for EDSLs because of Scheme’s *hygienic macro
+   system*.
 
-   - It’s a great choice for Guix because purely functional
-     programming is well-supported in Scheme
+   It’s a great choice for Guix because *purely functional*
+   programming is well-supported in Scheme.
 
 * Guile goes with everything
 
@@ -359,13 +372,13 @@
 
 * Guix as a library
 
-  - Guix is a big collection of Guile modules
+  Guix is a big collection of Guile modules.
 
-  - Packages are first-class Scheme objects
+  Packages are first-class Scheme objects.
 
-  - Anyone can use Guix as a library to write new Guile programs that
-    manipulate package recipes, create new user interfaces (like a web
-    UI), etc.
+  Anyone can use Guix as a library to write new Guile programs that
+  manipulate package recipes, create new user interfaces (like a web
+  UI), etc.
 
 * Example package recipe
 
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