As a newbie I am really interested in learning basic stuff but also more complicated stuff if their is documentation and explanation.
On 10 Jan 2017 9:31 am, "Cody Swanson" <li...@sysop.ca> wrote: > 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 > listclug-talk@clug.cahttp://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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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