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My Journey from early Linux through Snap packaging to WSL

on YouTube 26m
Talkat Ubuntu Summit 2022 · 2022-11-07..11-09· [linux-and-operating-systems, developer-experience]

speaker

name:Dani Llewellyn
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/iTffGFr11OE
slides:none on file

summary

Chronicle of starting Linux in 1997 then becoming a Snap/snacraft contributor who built techniques to run systemd on WSL2, proving snaps largely work once systemd is present. Describes using WSL2’s real kernel via Hyper‑V host compute, enabling GUI with WSLg, and maintaining a patched AppArmor kernel so confinement can function. Notes blocker: snapd build blocked by core 16.04 images and snapcraft LXD/multipass limits, workarounds via CI, and an experimental plan to auto‑start a full Linux desktop inside Windows.

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chapters (13)

  1. 0:00Start
  2. 0:17My Background
  3. 2:43First contributions
  4. 3:14Heavily invested in Snaps
  5. 4:10In the beginning, there was WSL
  6. 7:07Wait, no Snap support?
  7. 9:25My work with WSL2: Hayden Barnes
  8. 10:54Current and Future Plans
  9. 12:55Wait, Secret Project?
  10. 13:42Investigations
  11. 15:46The Plan...
  12. 17:14Acknowledgements
  13. 18:10Where to find me

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