Utah Open Source Podcast

PLUG: May 2009 - The Open Source Data Center

During the last 10 years of system administration I have been involved in a number of data center migrations and build-outs. As these projects came and went I began to see patterns emerge in the set of services and software required to run a successful operations infrastructure. This presentation will describe these patterns, and provide an overview of the Open Source software available to implement them. About Dan: Dan Hanks has been involved with Linux System administration since 1998, when he worked for EagleNet Online, a small ISP in Provo, which, in a sense, was the birthplace of PLUG. After EagleNet he worked as a systems and database administrator for Nothsky/About.com/Primedia/United Online and is currently a system administrator for Omniture. He has varied interests, ranging from computers and technology to astronomy, geology, music, art, and family history research. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from BYU, and is the father of 4 adventuresome children. He (occasionally) blogs at http://brainshed.com, and tweets as @danhanks.

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Provo Linux User Group
Utah Open Source Foundation
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Presentation Slides

datacenter | 2009 | plug
May 13, 2009

Ubuntu Utah: May 2009 - Partitions, Filesystems, LVM and RAID

The presentation was on partitions, filesystems, LVM and RAID by Aaron Toponce. The focus of my topic will by system administration, rather than for new beginners to the distribution, but it will be benificial for them as well learn how to properly work with their filesystems.

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Utah Open Source Foundation
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ubuntu-utah | filesystems | 2009 | raid | lvm
May 9, 2009

PLUG: April 2009 - Control 4

Ryan Erickson works for Control4 (http://www.control4.com), and has worked and played with Home Automation for over 10 years. He will present an introduction to Home Automation, and discuss Control4's Home Automation products. Ryan will cover: # What is Home Automation? # How does it work? # Open Source Home Automation projects # DIY vs. 'Professional' # Control4's approach to Home Automation

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Provo Linux User Group
Utah Open Source Foundation
Center 7: Providing streaming/podcast bandwidth
Control 4

automation | 2009 | audio | plug
Apr 10, 2009

Ubuntu Utah - March 2009: Puppet, Systems Building Systems

Andrew Shafer works full time on the Open Source system management framework, Puppet. He brings with him a background in computational science, embedded Linux development, web frameworks and Agile methods. Andrew has been an Open Source user and advocate since the late 90s. He was a speaker at the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference.

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Ubuntu Utah
Utah Open Source Foundation
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Slides

ubuntu | puppet | 2009 | ruby
Mar 15, 2009

PLUG - February 2009: Git by Barry Roberts

I've been a programmer and sometimes sysadmin for Xactware Solutions for over 13 years. I program in Java, groovy, Python, Perl, bash and C#. Shockingly, the division I work for has become an island of Linux in a sea of Windows servers. I've been researching replacing CVS for over 5 years now. Last April, I helped all our developers and testers switch to Git. I've been the internal support person for Linux and Windows git clients since then. In this presentation I hope to use concrete examples and experience to convince every programmer that not using git is shortening your life, frightening your children, and contributing to the current economic malaise. We will also look at some cool git-related tools including a cross-platform gui I've done some minor hacking on to keep Windows users happy.

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