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Linux Talks: Own Your Cloud - Sovereignty as a Design Principle

Name: Linux Talks: Own Your Cloud - Sovereignty as a Design Principle
Start: 2026-11-21T21:00:00.000Z
Location: Burnaby Public Library, Tommy Douglas Library

Sat, Nov 21 · 2:00 p.m.PDT

Burnaby Public Library, Tommy Douglas Library · Vancouver

Join us for our FREE monthly gathering that is not just a meeting --- it's a stepping stone to advancing your journey with Linux and Open Source Software. **Topic:** Own Your Cloud - Sovereignty as a…

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Sat, Nov 21 · 2:00 p.m.PDT

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Burnaby Public Library, Tommy Douglas Library7311 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5E 1G8, Canada, Burnaby, BC

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Date and time: Sat, Nov 21 · 2:00 p.m.PDT — local Vancouver time
Location: Burnaby Public Library, Tommy Douglas Library7311 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC V5E 1G8, Canada, Burnaby, BCVancouver

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Join us for our FREE monthly gathering that is not just a meeting --- it's a stepping stone to advancing your journey with Linux and Open Source Software.

**Topic:** Own Your Cloud - Sovereignty as a Design Principle

**Speaker**: Charles Cote, Independent Systems Architect. Founder and Principal of Charles Cote Consulting. [LINKEDIN](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlescote/)

**Description**: Building and running a system yourself teaches you what a rented one hides, and that knowledge is what turns "own or rent?" into a real choice. That idea sent me from 20+ years of Microsoft-centred IT into Linux, open source, and a hyperconverged Proxmox and Ceph cluster of my own. This talk walks through why Charles chose that path, how quorum, storage limits, and everyday Linux friction shaped the design, and what he learned about survivability along the way. **We will also look at where sovereignty stops being a slogan and becomes a practical question of who controls the recovery.** Expect hone