[web-team] Speaker & topic description (was Re: [December SVLUG] Re: [Speakers] File systems and LinuxChix)

[Valerie Henson]

I finally found a way to type that doesn't aggravate my
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Valerie will give a review of UNIX file systems, focussing on Linux file
systems, the evolution of file system design, and various approaches
to solving the problems of performance, consistency, and recovery.

Valerie will also briefly discuss LinuxChix, a community for women in
Linux.  The membership ranges from novices to experienced users, and
includes programmers, system administrators, technical writers and
people who just like Linux.

Valerie Henson works at IBM as a Linux kernel developer, and has
served on program committees for FREENIX, the USENIX Technical
Conference and Ottawa Linux Symposium.  Most recently she worked on
ZFS, a new file system for Solaris.  Valerie became interested in
women in computing after wondering where all the other female Linux
kernel developers were.

-VAL