LOL I escaped, and to think I was musing actually doing a speech on kvm thanks to patricks massive organisational talent ;P<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:32 PM, Blake Munro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:blake.munro@gmail.com">blake.munro@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">gah, 1 day's notice is not enough! :D<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/11/6 Daniel Pearson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel@flashware.net" target="_blank">daniel@flashware.net</a>></span><div>
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The website has been updated... but says September! :P<div><div></div><div><br>
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Daniel Pearson wrote:<br>
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Don't forget to update the website :D (it currently shows the September details)<br>
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Patrick Coleman wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
Another seminar, with the notification out >1 day before the date this<br>
time! Thanks to Adrian for filling in at the last minute.<br>
<br>
Title: "A look at Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Virt-Manager, KVM, VirtIO,<br>
FreeNAS and OpenArena"<br>
When: Tuesday, 13th November 2008, 7:30pm - 9:00pm.<br>
Where: 'Futuresphere', Christ Church Grammar School, Queenslea Drive, Claremont<br>
Presenter: Adrian Woodley<br>
<br>
"A look at Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Virt-Manager, KVM, VirtIO, FreeNAS<br>
and OpenArena"<br>
<br>
(Or "What Adrian's been playing with this week")<br>
<br>
As most of you will be aware, Intrepid Ibex, the newest update to<br>
Ubuntu, was released last week. Overall there are only minor<br>
improvements on Hardy Heron, Intrepid does come with some new versions<br>
of some interesting systems.<br>
<br>
One of these in particular is Virt-Manager. Virt-Manager is a GUI<br>
front end for several hypervisors. Currently it supports Xen, QEMU and<br>
KVM. While possibly not suitable for large scale or server<br>
environments, Virt-Manager does make playing with virtual machines<br>
incredibly easy. I'll be focusing on using Virt-Manager with KVM and<br>
VirtIO.<br>
<br>
Having the flexibility of a virtual environment to play in has allowed<br>
me to try out a heap of software, systems and distributions which<br>
otherwise would have been painful and time consuming. I intend to<br>
demonstrate a couple that I've come across in the past week, including<br>
FreeNAS and Nexenta.<br>
<br>
On an entirely different tack, I've been having a play with some games<br>
which are packaged and available in Ubuntu, namely Open Arena, Alien<br>
Arena and Tremulous. If all goes well, we should be able to have a<br>
play of these on the big-screen.<br>
<br>
Lastly, I'd like to hold a bit of a discussion on an idea I've been<br>
thinking about lately; Distributed Network Monitoring. I'll elaborate<br>
more on my idea during the presentation and will be looking for some<br>
feed back on its usefulness and viability.<br>
<br>
(It should be noted that I haven't actually prepared any of this, so<br>
don't expect slides or any in-depth knowledge on any of the above<br>
topics! Patrick only approached me on tuesday to fill in.)<br>
<br>
Adrian is a Systems Engineer at iiNet. At iiNet he deals with the<br>
email network, ADSL network and security. Adrian currently holds the<br>
title of "Most prolific PLUG presenter", having previously presented<br>
"All the wonders of LDAP revealed!!! (Eggs and all major vegetables<br>
accepted.)", "Samba Networking", "Everything you ever wanted to know<br>
about VoIP, SIP and Asterisk, but didn't know who to phone", "Virtual<br>
Email Hosting" and "Network Monitoring".<br>
<br>
We will be ordering pizza for consumption when the talk is over, and<br>
possibly adjourning to a nearby pub for general discussion and drinks<br>
after the presentation. A gold-coin donation is requested to cover the<br>
costs of the pizza.<br>
<br>
As usual, visitors and friends are most welcome.<br>
<br>
Information (including a map to the venue) is also available on the<br>
PLUG website: <a href="http://www.plug.org.au/events/seminar/" target="_blank">http://www.plug.org.au/events/seminar/</a>.<br>
<br>
See you there!<br>
<br>
-Patrick<br>
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