[plug] Re: [plug-announce] *** PLUG November Seminar - A look at Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Virt-Manager, KVM, VirtIO, FreeNAS and OpenArena ***

[Daniel Pearson]

The website has been updated... but says September! :P

Daniel Pearson wrote:
> Don't forget to update the website :D (it currently shows the 
> September details)
>
> Patrick Coleman wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Another seminar, with the notification out >1 day before the date this
>> time! Thanks to Adrian for filling in at the last minute.
>>
>> Title: "A look at Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Virt-Manager, KVM, VirtIO,
>> FreeNAS and OpenArena"
>> When: Tuesday, 13th November 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm.
>> Where: 'Futuresphere', Christ Church Grammar School, Queenslea Drive, 
>> Claremont
>> Presenter: Adrian Woodley
>>
>> "A look at Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Virt-Manager, KVM, VirtIO, FreeNAS
>> and OpenArena"
>>
>> (Or "What Adrian's been playing with this week")
>>
>> As most of you will be aware, Intrepid Ibex, the newest update to
>> Ubuntu, was released last week. Overall there are only minor
>> improvements on Hardy Heron, Intrepid does come with some new versions
>> of some interesting systems.
>>
>> One of these in particular is Virt-Manager. Virt-Manager is a GUI
>> front end for several hypervisors. Currently it supports Xen, QEMU and
>> KVM. While possibly not suitable for large scale or server
>> environments, Virt-Manager does make playing with virtual machines
>> incredibly easy. I'll be focusing on using Virt-Manager with KVM and
>> VirtIO.
>>
>> Having the flexibility of a virtual environment to play in has allowed
>> me to try out a heap of software, systems and distributions which
>> otherwise would have been painful and time consuming. I intend to
>> demonstrate a couple that I've come across in the past week, including
>> FreeNAS and Nexenta.
>>
>> On an entirely different tack, I've been having a play with some games
>> which are packaged and available in Ubuntu, namely Open Arena, Alien
>> Arena and Tremulous. If all goes well, we should be able to have a
>> play of these on the big-screen.
>>
>> Lastly, I'd like to hold a bit of a discussion on an idea I've been
>> thinking about lately; Distributed Network Monitoring. I'll elaborate
>> more on my idea during the presentation and will be looking for some
>> feed back on its usefulness and viability.
>>
>> (It should be noted that I haven't actually prepared any of this, so
>> don't expect slides or any in-depth knowledge on any of the above
>> topics! Patrick only approached me on tuesday to fill in.)
>>
>> Adrian is a Systems Engineer at iiNet. At iiNet he deals with the
>> email network, ADSL network and security. Adrian currently holds the
>> title of "Most prolific PLUG presenter", having previously presented
>> "All the wonders of LDAP revealed!!! (Eggs and all major vegetables
>> accepted.)", "Samba Networking", "Everything you ever wanted to know
>> about VoIP, SIP and Asterisk, but didn't know who to phone", "Virtual
>> Email Hosting" and "Network Monitoring".
>>
>> We will be ordering pizza for consumption when the talk is over, and
>> possibly adjourning to a nearby pub for general discussion and drinks
>> after the presentation. A gold-coin donation is requested to cover the
>> costs of the pizza.
>>
>> As usual, visitors and friends are most welcome.
>>
>> Information (including a map to the venue) is also available on the
>> PLUG website: http://www.plug.org.au/events/seminar/.
>>
>> See you there!
>>
>> -Patrick
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