Boston Linux Installfest LIX
When: Saturday February 27, 2015, 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 CDs that you can try out and then install.
Additionally, CD images can be pushed onto USB sticks using various USB
creators.
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 - http://fedora.redhat.com (Fedora 23 Live DVD/USB)
* Open SuSE - http://opensuse.org (OpenSuSE 13.2 - DVD/Live CD/)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 14.04.3 LTS or 15.10 DVD/USB)
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. LiveCD images required under 1GB, full DVD images for Fedora
require about 4GB, and OpenSuSE needs 8GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared.
We generally have both a Wired and Wireless network available. The
wireless SSID at MIT is "MIT".
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 5.0.2.
(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.
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Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Boston Linux Meeting reminder tomorrow, Wednesday, February 17, 2015 - RISC-V update
When: February 17, 2015 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: RISC-V update
Moderator: Arun Thomas
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315
### Please note that room has changed from last month
Summary
An overview of the current RISC-V hardware and software landscape
Details to follow.
Abstract
RISC-V is an open instruction set architecture from the University of
California, Berkeley.
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1328620
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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Topic: RISC-V update
Moderator: Arun Thomas
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315
### Please note that room has changed from last month
Summary
An overview of the current RISC-V hardware and software landscape
Details to follow.
Abstract
RISC-V is an open instruction set architecture from the University of
California, Berkeley.
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1328620
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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Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, February 17, 2015 - RISC-V update
When: February 17, 2015 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: RISC-V update
Moderator: Arun Thomas
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315
### Please note that room has changed from last month
Details to follow.
Arun has spoken several times at previous BLU meetings
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
_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce@blu.org
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Topic: RISC-V update
Moderator: Arun Thomas
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315
### Please note that room has changed from last month
Details to follow.
Arun has spoken several times at previous BLU meetings
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, January 19, 2016
Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, January 20, 2015 - Functional Package Management and GNU Guix
When: January 20, 2015 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Functional Package Management and GNU Guix
Moderator: David Thompson
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 325
##### Please note room change #####
Summary
An overview of functional package and configuration management using
GNU Guix
Abstract
David gives an overview of what functional package management is all
about and how it differs from traditional imperative package management.
He also demonstrates some interesting features of Guix such as
transactional package management, unprivileged package management,
bit-reproducible builds, and full system configuration management.
Attachments
https://gnu.org/software/guix/
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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Topic: Functional Package Management and GNU Guix
Moderator: David Thompson
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 325
##### Please note room change #####
Summary
An overview of functional package and configuration management using
GNU Guix
Abstract
David gives an overview of what functional package management is all
about and how it differs from traditional imperative package management.
He also demonstrates some interesting features of Guix such as
transactional package management, unprivileged package management,
bit-reproducible builds, and full system configuration management.
Attachments
https://gnu.org/software/guix/
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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Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, January 20, 2015 - Functional Package Management and GNU Guix
When: January 20, 2015 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Functional Package Management and GNU Guix
Moderator: David Thompson
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335
Summary
An overview of functional package and configuration management using
GNU Guix
Abstract
David gives an overview of what functional package management is all
about and how it differs from traditional imperative package management.
He also demonstrates some interesting features of Guix such as
transactional package management, unprivileged package management,
bit-reproducible builds, and full system configuration management.
Attachments
https://gnu.org/software/guix/
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
_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce@blu.org
http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
Topic: Functional Package Management and GNU Guix
Moderator: David Thompson
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335
Summary
An overview of functional package and configuration management using
GNU Guix
Abstract
David gives an overview of what functional package management is all
about and how it differs from traditional imperative package management.
He also demonstrates some interesting features of Guix such as
transactional package management, unprivileged package management,
bit-reproducible builds, and full system configuration management.
Attachments
https://gnu.org/software/guix/
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 15, 2015
Boston Linux Meeting reminder tomorrow, December 16, 2015 - Introduction to Ceph and Architectural Overview
When: December 16, 2015 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Introduction to Ceph and Architectural Overview + a quick SC 15
update
Moderator: Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335
### Please note that Wadsworth St. is now open ###
Summary
Distributed object store and file system
Abstract
Ceph is an open source distributed object store, network block
device, and file system designed for reliability, performance, and
scalability. It runs on commodity hardware, has no single point of
failure, and is supported in the Linux kernel.
This talk will describe the Ceph architecture, share its design
principles, and discuss how it can be part of a cost-effective, reliable
cloud stack.
The de-facto standard for OpenStack storage, Ceph is leading the
rising tide of Software-defined-Storage.
Bio
Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director
at Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.
Additionally Kurt Keville will give a short SC15 overview at 7:00PM
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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Topic: Introduction to Ceph and Architectural Overview + a quick SC 15
update
Moderator: Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335
### Please note that Wadsworth St. is now open ###
Summary
Distributed object store and file system
Abstract
Ceph is an open source distributed object store, network block
device, and file system designed for reliability, performance, and
scalability. It runs on commodity hardware, has no single point of
failure, and is supported in the Linux kernel.
This talk will describe the Ceph architecture, share its design
principles, and discuss how it can be part of a cost-effective, reliable
cloud stack.
The de-facto standard for OpenStack storage, Ceph is leading the
rising tide of Software-defined-Storage.
Bio
Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director
at Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.
Additionally Kurt Keville will give a short SC15 overview at 7:00PM
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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Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - Introduction to Ceph and Architectural Overview
When: December 16, 2015 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Introduction to Ceph and Architectural Overview + a quick SC 15
update
Moderator: Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335
### Please note that Wadsworth St. is now open ###
Summary
Distributed object store and file system
Abstract
Ceph is an open source distributed object store, network block
device, and file system designed for reliability, performance, and
scalability. It runs on commodity hardware, has no single point of
failure, and is supported in the Linux kernel.
This talk will describe the Ceph architecture, share its design
principles, and discuss how it can be part of a cost-effective, reliable
cloud stack.
The de-facto standard for OpenStack storage, Ceph is leading the
rising tide of Software-defined-Storage.
Bio
Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director
at Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.
Additionally Kurt Keville will give a short SC15 overview at 7:00PM
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
_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce@blu.org
http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
Topic: Introduction to Ceph and Architectural Overview + a quick SC 15
update
Moderator: Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335
### Please note that Wadsworth St. is now open ###
Summary
Distributed object store and file system
Abstract
Ceph is an open source distributed object store, network block
device, and file system designed for reliability, performance, and
scalability. It runs on commodity hardware, has no single point of
failure, and is supported in the Linux kernel.
This talk will describe the Ceph architecture, share its design
principles, and discuss how it can be part of a cost-effective, reliable
cloud stack.
The de-facto standard for OpenStack storage, Ceph is leading the
rising tide of Software-defined-Storage.
Bio
Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director
at Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.
Additionally Kurt Keville will give a short SC15 overview at 7:00PM
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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