Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Boston Linux Meeting reminder Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - Microsoft and Linux... Better Together

When: December 21, 2016 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Microsoft and Linux... Better Together
Moderator: Dan Stolts , Chief Technology Strategist and Technical
Evangelist , Microsoft

Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315


Summary:
A deep dive into Linux capabilities and integrations with the Microsoft
Azure Cloud

Abstract:
Join us for this very special look at the Microsoft Linux Story. Dan
Stolts (ITProGuru) will teach us about Microsoft joining the Linux
Foundation, how this changes Microsoft internally as well in the open
source community.

We will also dive into the Microsoft, Docker, GitHub and other
Linux/open source communities to understand the buzz. This is not death
by PowerPoint.

We will take a deep dive into Linux capabilities and integrations with
the Microsoft Azure Cloud. We will also dive into running Docker
containers on Linux and how the same EXACT commands are run in the new
Windows Containers.

Everything we talk about is new so this is a must attend event!

Bio
Dan Stolts is a technology expert who is a master of systems management
and security. He is Chief Technology Strategist for Microsoft, owns
several businesses and is a published author. Reach him on his primary
blog http://itproguru.com [itproguru.com] or twitter @ITProGuru. He is
proficient in many datacenter technologies (Windows Server, System
Center, Virtualization, Cloud, Etc) and holds many certifications
including MCT, MCITP, MCSE, TS, etc. Dan is currently specializing in
system management, virtualization and cloud technologies. Dan is and has
been a very active member of the user group community. Dan is an
enthusiastic advocate of technology and is passionate about helping
others. See more at: http://itproguru.com/about [itproguru.com]


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90





























































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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - Microsoft and Linux... Better Together

When: December 21, 2016 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Microsoft and Linux... Better Together
Moderator: Dan Stolts , Chief Technology Strategist and Technical
Evangelist , Microsoft

Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315


Summary:
A deep dive into Linux capabilities and integrations with the Microsoft
Azure Cloud

Abstract:
Join us for this very special look at the Microsoft Linux Story. Dan
Stolts (ITProGuru) will teach us about Microsoft joining the Linux
Foundation, how this changes Microsoft internally as well in the open
source community.

We will also dive into the Microsoft, Docker, GitHub and other
Linux/open source communities to understand the buzz. This is not death
by PowerPoint.

We will take a deep dive into Linux capabilities and integrations with
the Microsoft Azure Cloud. We will also dive into running Docker
containers on Linux and how the same EXACT commands are run in the new
Windows Containers.

Everything we talk about is new so this is a must attend event!

Bio
Dan Stolts is a technology expert who is a master of systems management
and security. He is Chief Technology Strategist for Microsoft, owns
several businesses and is a published author. Reach him on his primary
blog http://itproguru.com [itproguru.com] or twitter @ITProGuru. He is
proficient in many datacenter technologies (Windows Server, System
Center, Virtualization, Cloud, Etc) and holds many certifications
including MCT, MCITP, MCSE, TS, etc. Dan is currently specializing in
system management, virtualization and cloud technologies. Dan is and has
been a very active member of the user group community. Dan is an
enthusiastic advocate of technology and is passionate about helping
others. See more at: http://itproguru.com/about [itproguru.com]


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90





























































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Thursday, December 1, 2016

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LXII reminder Saturday December 3, 2016

Boston Linux Installfest LXII
When: Saturday December 3, 2016, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
2 Amherst St, Cambridge
Plenty of free parking in the parking lot in front of E-51.
http://mitiq.mit.edu/mitiq/directions_%20parkinge51.htm

What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
distros are using Live images that you can try out and then install.
This can be copied to DVDs or USB sticks.There are a number of USB
creators, such as UNetbootin (https://unetbootin.github.io/). Both
Fedora and Ubuntu have a USB creator built in.

COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.

Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system. While
Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
distros, our volunteers will normally have

Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.

Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
Ubuntu distributions:
* Fedora - https://getfedora.org/ (Fedora 25 Live DVD/USB)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 16.04.1 LTS DVD/USB or 16.10)
* other distros can be downloaded at the Installfest

We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
distros. Live images require about 1.5GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared.

We usually have both a Wired and Wireless network available.
The preferred wireless SSID at MIT is "MIT". In addition John does set
up a local wifi.


In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
machine and run Windows as a guest. VirtualBox 5.1.10
(http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally,
there are also some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.

Lunch is generously sponsored by Bluefin Technical Services, John Ross
and Ron Thibeau


Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
information and directions. Parking is free and available in front of
the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to
your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 537C5846
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