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

[Adon Metcalfe]

LOL I escaped, and to think I was musing actually doing a speech on kvm
thanks to patricks massive organisational talent ;P

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Blake Munro <blake.munro at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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