[TriLUG] [TriLUG Reminder] April 9 meeting - Asteroid OS Free your Wrist! (this Thursday!)

[Maryam Abkar via TriLUG]

Hello Everyone!
 Reminder, this month's TriLUG meeting is THIS THURSDAY. mark your
calendars!

*Topic: *AsteroidOS - Free your wrist!
*Presenter: *Ed Beroset
*When:* Thursday, 09 April 2026 - 7:00 to 9:00pm - North Carolina College
of Textiles, room 2207 at 1020 Main Campus Drive, Raleigh NC, 27606
*Summary: *AsteroidOS is an open source Linux distribution that runs on
many different smartwatches. It uses Qt and QML to provide the graphical
interface. One of the main goals of AsteroidOS is to provide users with
greater control over their devices and data privacy. The operating system
is fully customizable, and users can modify it to meet their specific
needs. This talk is by one of the maintainers of this project, which is now
11 years old. Topics covered include:

 - What is AsteroidOS?
 - Why not just use the original watch OS?
 - So how does this work?
 - What apps are available now?
 - Is it entirely open source?
 - How does the sausage get made?
 - How do I create an application?
 - How do I port a new watch?
- What's the future?

hope to se y'all there!
-Maryam A.