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July 15: VMware
Posted by Adam Glass on Wednesday July 7th, 2010 at 9:19 PM
| TOPIC: | VMWare ESXi 4 Installation |
| PRESENTER: | Carl Couric! |
| DATE: | Thursday July 15, 2010 |
| TIME: | 6:30pm Refreshments & Networking |
| 7:00 Presentation begins | |
| LOCATION: | Nova Southeastern University, in our regular room (directions) |
VMWare allows multiple virtual machines to run all at the same time on one physical computer. Businesses use this to take better advantage of their hardware and to save space in the data center. Individuals can use it to experiment with different operating systems and not worry if they blow something up (in software anyway). Carl will show how to load VMware ESXi 4 on a 64-bit processor server (Note, the server is NOT a door prize :) ). The ESXi 4 is available for free to individuals from VMware. The free version is a great way to get your hands dirty with VMware ESX for free, and to have a really cool server that can run multiple VMs on it!
About the Presenter:Carl has over 29 years of computer experience. His first PC was a PDP-11 running RT-11 in a back closet of a raised floor computer room at Racal-Milgo in Miami when Racal-Milgo Modems were the hot items. His long term work has been mostly in OpenVMS. In late 80s, Carl worked on a few Unix OS for miniframes, like V7M for PDP-11 and Ultrix for MicroVax, when the internet was mostly UUCP connections between computers and email addresses had "!" (called BANG) in them and news groups ruled the internet. But after meeting a young talented Grad Student from Finland (Linus Torvalds) at the 1995 DEC Users Group convention in Washington, D.C. decided to give a new Unix Operation system a look over, the LINUX operating system. Since then, Carl has been working on integration projects between OpenVMS, Linux and that other M$ brands. Currently, Carl is working for Commcare Pharmacy as their Director of IT which uses Linux, Oracle, MySQL, VMware and other Open Source programs to run all critical business requirements for Commcare
Note that we will be meeting the THIRD Thursday of the month instead of our usual second Thursday. So be careful when you ...
...Mark your calendar! See you July 15th at Nova Southeastern University!Slides from One Laptop Per Child by Martin Langhoff
Posted by Adam Glass on Monday June 21st, 2010 at 11:22 PM
Hi all,
Slides and materials from several presentations over the years are available from the FLUX site. The latest addition is Martin Langhoff's June 2010 presentation on the One Laptop Per Child project...
Martin gave a great talk and,passed around some examples of the OLPC laptop, and even dissected one at the end of the meeting. That last part isn't in the slides ... that's why you should show up! Who knows what hardware will get taken apart next month?
We are always seeking volunteers to speak at FLUX meetings. We are fortunate to have speakers lined up for July and August, but it's never too early to plan ahead. If you would like to share something that interests you about Linux or Open Source software, please email adamglass@gmail.com
Thanks again to Martin Langhoff for a great look at the One Laptop Per Child project!
June 17: One Laptop Per Child
Posted by Adam Glass on Wednesday June 2nd, 2010 at 9:30 PM
| TOPIC: | One Laptop Per Child: Laptops, School Servers, Deployment |
| PRESENTER: | Martin Langhoff of OLPC! |
| DATE: | Thursday June 17, 2010 |
| TIME: | 6:30pm Refreshments & Networking |
| 7:00 Presentation begins | |
| LOCATION: | Nova Southeastern University, in our regular room (directions) |
The mission of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. Founded by veterans of the MIT Media Lab, OLPC has created the remarkable XO Laptop and begun distributing them to children around the world.
The presentation will give a brief overview of OLPC today, talk about cool hardware OLPC is working on, as well as good hardy hardware OLPC has put in the hands of 1.5 million kids and still cares about. We will hear about great innovations that hit the mark (and, um, lessons learned about others). Also covered will be Sugar, learning and SugarLabs; working with deployment teams; and the XS "School Server" -- a little giant with a Moodle heart.
About the Presenter:Martin Langhoff has the title of Architect at OLPC, but what the title really means is Get It Done. Whether it is drawing pretty high level architecture plans, working with on-the-ground local teams on configuration, hacking on Moodle or getting dirty with OS-level programming.
Note that we will be meeting the THIRD Thursday of the month instead of our usual second Thursday. So be careful when you ...
...Mark your calendar! See you June 17th at Nova Southeastern University!Slides from Kickstart talk by Don Law
Posted by Adam Glass on Monday May 31st, 2010 at 11:07 PM
Hi all,
Slides and materials from several presentations over the years are available from the FLUX site. The latest addition is the May 2010 presentation on Kickstart by Don Law.
Don gave a great talk and did some amazing things with his scripts! We need volunteers for upcoming meetings, including July (stay tuned for the June meeting announcement - meeting will be June 10). If you would like to share your knowledge, send an e-mail to adamglass@gmail.com. Thanks again, Don!
Slides from Firewall talk by Mihir Sevak
Posted by Adam Glass on Tuesday May 18th, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Hi all,
Slides and materials from several presentations over the years are available from the FLUX site. The latest addition is the April 2010 presentation on firewalls by Mihir Sevak.
Mihir gave a great talk! We need volunteers for upcoming meetings, including June. If you would like to share your knowledge, send an e-mail to adamglass@gmail.com. Thanks again, Mihir!
May 13: Kickstart Linux Installation
Posted by Adam Glass on Sunday May 2nd, 2010 at 4:42 PM
| TOPIC: | Kickstart Linux Installation! |
| PRESENTER: | Don Law! |
| DATE: | Thursday May 13, 2010 |
| TIME: | 6:30pm Refreshments & Networking |
| 7:00 Presentation begins | |
| LOCATION: | Nova Southeastern University, in our regular room (directions) |
Kickstart is a system created by Red Hat for installing Linux on multiple machines quickly and easily. The presentation will cover:
- A brief introduction to Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
- A brief introduction to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- A brief introduction to Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
- A brief introduction to PXELINUX
- A brief introduction to Initial Ramdisk (initrd)
- A brief introduction to Desktop Management Interface (DMI) and dmidecode
- Putting it all together to make an automatic system inventory tool
- An introduction to Redhat kickstart
- Putting it all together to make a one-keystroke system installation and configuration tool.
Don Law has been a Unix developer in South Florida since 1984 and has worked on software for mobile phones, mainframes, high availability clusters, operating systems, storage controllers, nuclear power plants, missile simulators, and security appliances. He sometimes modifies his computer systems with a hacksaw. He has been an electronics hobbyist since middle school. He is well known for his home-grown Linux-based Christmas light display, synchonized to music. Don has a BS in Math and Computer Science from Furman University and a MS in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon and FAU.
Mark your calendar! See you May 13 at Nova Southeastern University!(view all)
