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

[Blake Munro]

gah, 1 day's notice is not enough! :D

2008/11/6 Daniel Pearson <daniel at flashware.net>

> 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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>>>
>>>
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