I'm not entirely sure what is planned but openstack is a framework intended for managing vm's on a large number of servers, typically one to several racks of servers. You can get it working on a single host for a lab/testing type environment but it's not really practical to do this in production. It's a large undertaking to get it working properly and would require quite a bit of hardware, what is CLUG up to?
----- On Jan 9, 2017, at 8:10 PM, frank <frankm.hofm...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Hello Neil, > I was attending the meeting and found it very nice - in the sense of friendly, > curious, polite people with many different interests and specialties in Linux. > Today I got an email from Mel who was building a server with openstack. That > would be a huge topic for more than one evening. I would be very interested in > that because I am not familiar with those tasks at all. Today I googled and > 'researched' only a little bit, scratched on the surface, and was quite > fascinated by that. So this is just another topic or idea for our group. > Doesn't it look already very promising for our group? > Regards, > Frank Hofmann > On 2017-01-09 2:32 PM, Neil Mayhew wrote: >> Following our first meeting of the new year on Jan 4, I’ve been given the >> job of >> polling the list to find out what kinds of things members would be looking >> for >> in a reorganized and revitalized group. Several things were mentioned at the >> meeting, including: >> * Sharing Linux-related information and ideas >> * Learning about new and cool things that are being done with Linux >> * Deepening and extending our knowledge by learning from others with more >> experience >> * Providing and receiving advice and assistance face-to-face >> If you have further thoughts that would help to refine or extend our mission, >> please contribute them here. We need to hear from as many people as possible >> as >> we try to reform the group. We also need to know the level of interest that >> exists, and how many people we should plan for at future meetings. >> Most of us at the meeting also felt it would be helpful to have some talks >> lined >> up to stimulate interest and attendance. A number topics were suggested, and >> I’ve since thought of several more, including: >> * Gaming on Linux using PlayOnLinux and Steam >> * Non-mainstream distros , such as: >> * NixOS , a very different kind of distro, based on ideas from >> functional >> programming, with full rollback capability for any and all >> configuration >> changes including software updates and even new distro releases >> * CoreOS , a stripped-down and robust environment for hosting Docker >> containers >> (see below) >> * RaspberryPi/Arduino/Beagle/etc. >> * Using RPi as an audio system with high-quality DACs >> * ErgoDox, an open-source, open-hardware ergonomic keyboard using >> Teensy >> * Maker-based projects >> * OpenWRT , putting Linux on an off-the-shelf router using the smallest >> distro >> of all >> * Ubuntu for Devices (phones, tablets, etc.) >> * Creating packages for previously-unpackaged software on >> Debian/Ubuntu/Mint >> etc. >> * Cloud deployment of Linux using Amazon or Google on-demand instances >> * The Linux container revolution, using Docker and LXD >> We might already have a few people willing to give talks on some of these >> topics. However, we want to involve as many people as possible in >> contributing >> to meetings. Giving a full-length talk may be a little daunting if you’ve >> never >> done anything like that before, but an alternative that’s worked in other >> places is for people to give “lightning talks” of 5 to 15 minutes, and to >> schedule several of these in one meeting, especially if they’re somewhat >> related. >> If you have ideas for a talk, or would be willing to give one, either >> full-length (20-40 minutes) or “lightning”, please write back and let us >> know. >> Looking forward to new and exciting things from CLUG in 2017! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines ( >> http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php ) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying
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