It's not too late to fill out the EasyBuild User Survey, but time is running out, it closes tomorrow (Fri 3 April 2026). ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please participate, and help us spread the word!

There's so much to unpack here, but this seems like a very thorough write-up of recent developments regarding MkDocs: fpgmaas.com/blog/collaps...

☑️ Status Update on EESSI for the EuroHPC Federation Platform Read all the details on the #EESSI blog post here: www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... @eessi.bsky.social

I have a feeling will be watching this a couple of times in the weeks, months, and years to come. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3At...

Some hard decisions were made this morning... #laptop #stickers

By annual tradition, we are doing a survey to get a better view on the EasyBuild community. Please take ~15min of your time to fill it out: ugent.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Please consider sharing it with friends or colleagues! This survey will be closed on Fri 3 April 2026 #HPC

A lot of progress has been made in the last year on integrating EESSI as Federated Software Catalog in the upcoming EuroHPC Federation Platform. More details are available in the blog post that was published this week on this topic: eessi.io/docs/blog/20...

Very interesting interview with Martin Donath (@squidfunk.com) on what's going on with Zensical: www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Bv... Definitely worth a look for anyone who has been using Material for MkDocs and is wondering what the future looks like when migrating to Zensical (which you all should!)

#VoicesOfMultiXscale: Women Driving Innovation 🟣 Lara Peeters, Scientific Software Support in MultiXscale Ghent University (Belgium) #WomenAtMultiXscaleCoE #InternationalWomensDay #8March

Spoiler: I have just experienced the first taste of upcoming spring. It’s glorious. ☀️

Facts detected. See also “scientific” computing software. The 17TB is 100% real, but for science, it needs to be constrained to a single machine. On a single core. No threads. No MPI. With one lock file. On NFS. /cc @boegel.bsky.social @tgamblin.bsky.social for fun (we’ve seen things) 🤣

In Belgium, we have *rules* about our beers…

EasyBuild v5.2.1 has just been released! Highlights available at github.com/easybuilders... All details available in release notes: docs.easybuild.io/release-note... #HPC

🔘 Curious about how #EESSI is being integrated in the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP) as the base for the Federated Software Catalog? Don't miss the next EFP webinar on Wednesday 25 February Discover more here: ➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2026/02/20/u... @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social @eessi.bsky.social

If you're interested in RISC-V, this talk by @fclc.bsky.social from FOSDEM'26 is a must see... RISC-V had 40 years of history to learn from: What it gets right, and what it gets hilariously wrong fosdem.org/2026/schedul... #riscv

New blog post by Renato Alves (EMBL) Easy EESSI at EMBL www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... @embl.org

New blog post by Loris Ercole (CECAM): Using Spack on Top of EESSI: Best of Both Worlds www.eessi.io/docs/blog/20... #HPC #community

Are you interested to learn how EESSI is being integrated in the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP) as the base for the Federated Software Catalog? Join the next EFP webinar on Wed 25 Feb'26 at 14:00 CET, register here: my-eurohpc.eu/training/#we... @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social

This talk by @richcampbell.bsky.social is well worth your time, go see it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=65TG...

Excellent talk by Xavier Delaruelle (lead of @envmodules.bsky.social) on the High Performance Software Foundation (HPSF, hpsf.io) at the #HPC devroom at FOSDEM'26 last weekend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DdF...

We had a great time at #FOSDEM at the HPC, Big Data & Data Science devroom & dinner! If you missed Xavier Delaruelle’s talk on HPSF, view it on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/-DdFXt5wLL0?... Photos provided by @boegel.bsky.social 📸

#FOSDEM sticker love

I now have a consulting page on my website: https://nesbitt.io/consulting/

It's not too late yet to register for the first introductory webinar on the upcoming EuroHPC Federation Platform on Wed 4 Feb'26 13:00-14:00 CET! Registration for 2nd webinar on the Federated Software Catalog based on EESSI is also open now. More info via my-eurohpc.eu/training/

Looking back to amazing #FOSDEM weekend. Best one ever for me, for a broad variety of reasons: my first talk in Main Track, group dinner sponsored by #HPSF, super smooth #HPC devroom thanks to volunteers, other devrooms that I supported a bit being run well, noticeable increase in young attendees, …

Repeat this five times fast! "Ask in the spack slack for help to install spark in a stack using a spec" Great talk always KH! #hpc #ai #cloud

If you'vee ever spent some time installing packages, you have to check this talk! You'll definitely laugh, and maybe cry a little remembering the days spent installing (or at least trying) your most dreaded piece of software. I've spent 15+ years doing that, I can tell you everything is true

The recording of my "How to Make Package Managers Scream" talk at FOSDEM'26 is now available, enjoy! youtu.be/PBlDHlFnzGo

A handful of seats left in #HPC devroom at #FOSDEM, come join us! We’re in a black box in H1308 this year, but there’s a pleasant flow of fresh air… Current talk is by Tobias Kremer (ECMWF) on Zarr More info via fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Is it just me, or is #FOSDEM busier than ever this year?

Today is the day… The sequel to “How To Make Package Managers Cry”, 1000 (base 2) years later. #FOSDEM in Brussels, Sat 31 Jan’26 at 17:00 CET in room K.1.105 (Main Track). ~800 seats, hopefully some get filled. Don’t miss it, grab a beer and bring it with you! 🍺 fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

For the first time, Chapel will be represented at @fosdem.org! If you will be at FOSDEM 2026, make sure to stop by the HPC, Big Data & Data Science track on Sunday and see Jade Abraham talk about Productive Parallel Computing in Chapel and Arkouda. fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

I'm excited for Jade Abraham to be representing the Chapel Programming Language project at FOSDEM for the first time in our project's history this week! If you're there, be sure to catch their talk! @fosdem.org @chapellanguage.bsky.social

Another #fosdem advice: you won't find power outlets at the campus. Arrange so that your devices last through the day without getting plugged in.

One more night before the yearly free & open source software organised chaos weekend kicks off with having food, beers, and geeky discussions with people from all over Europe and beyond (Canada!) in Brussels! fosdem.org #FOSDEM #FOSS 🍻🍺

Please share to help spread the word! We have already have some applications for the #HPC system administrator open position in our team at Ghent University (Belgium), but it's not too late yet! Deadline to apply is Sun 1 Feb 2026. jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Sy...

Good thing it's only on average... #macOS

Only a week to go till the #FOSDEM2026 #HPC, #BigData, and #DataScience devroom in Brussels! Check out the agenda and options for information on how to connect at fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Next week (Sat 31 Jan'26, 17:00 CET), I'll present a sequel to the "How to Make Package Managers Cry" talk I gave at FOSDEM 2018 (www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSem...). "How to Make Package Managers Scream" will be part of the #FOSDEM 2026 Main Track, so much bigger room. \o/ fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Access to advanced computing resources is getting easier: The #EuroHPC #Federation Platform is set to federate all AI factory supercomputers, HPC systems, and quantum systems across Europe. 👉 my-eurohpc.eu

Don't miss this webinar series, especially the 2nd webinar on Wed 25 Feb'26 which will cover the EFP Federated Software Catalogue, which is based on EESSI!

Of course, there are other interesting tracks as well - I'll be talking (fosdem.org/2026/schedul...) about * research software funding in the Funding the FOSS Ecosystem track * RSEng (aimed at people who don't know about it already) in the Open Research Track

The best part about organizing the #HPC devroom at #FOSDEM is that I don't need to wade through half of the schedule, since I already know where I'll be spending my time. Really helpful, since FOSDEM'26 has over 1,000 talks in a single weekend! 😱 😎 🤩 fosdem.org/2026/schedule/ #FOSS #community

Initial webinar series on the EuroHPC Federation Platform coming soon. Registration for first session is now open: Wed 4 Feb'26 - Introduction to the EuroHPC Federation Platform (EFP) Free to attend, registration required. More info: my-eurohpc.eu/training/ #HPC #EuroHPC @eurohpc-ju.bsky.social

Just a bit over two weeks to go until the #FOSDEM2026 #HPC, #BigData, and #DataScience Devroom Sunday, 1 February 2026 in Brussels! See the links here for the schedule, room info, and ways to connect and chat to participate! fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Join us in Vienna for the: Austrian-Slovenian HPC Meeting 2026 – ASHPC26 🗓️ 7 April 2026 – internal #CE-NCCs-WG 🗓️ 8-10 April 2026 – public #ASHPC26 📍 Vienna, Austria 🔗 ashpc.eu/e/ASHPC26 Abstract submission and registration with eary-bird fees is possible until 15 February 2026.

Fosdem '26 is around the corner and the greatest thing is that we (the rockylinux community, heh) will be there, so come visit us, rumour says we have extra fun swag to give away this year to our dear visitors! See you in Brussels! fosdem.org/2026/

MultiXscale expert Thomas Röblitz (University of Bergen) will demonstrate how EESSI allows you to go “from zero to science in minutes” on virtually any Linux system in the world. 🗓️ Tuesday 20 February at 15h ❄️ Geilo Winter School, in Norway ➡️ www.multixscale.eu/2026/01/15/g... @eessi.bsky.social

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