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Yet Another Linux Beginner's Class!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2012-02-26 18:45

The Southern California Linux Expo is proud to present their second Linux Beginner training class!   It's an intensive, one-day training class to be held   Saturday, March 3rd, at the LAX Hilton, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Presented by volunteer trainers and presenters, students will come away with the ability to install and maintain a Linux operating system. 

Attendees are expected to bring a computer suitable for installing Linux.   Laptops are encouraged but desktops are acceptable also. 

Speaker Q-and-A: Mark Burgess

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Wed, 2012-01-18 19:07

[Blogger's Note: SCALE 10X will be asking some of the speakers to weigh in on their presentations for the expo. This is the Q-and-A for Mark Burgess, who will give a talk on “3 Myths and 3 Challenges to Bring System Administration out of the Dark Ages” on Friday.]

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

About that Training Class...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2012-01-17 19:06

At SCALE, in spite of having a lot of content for developers and sysadmins, we've always had a soft spot in our collective hearts for the newbie.   Sadly, we've not been able to muster a lot of material oriented towards the raw beginner in Linux and Open Source. 

Speaker Q-and-A: Alison Chaiken

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Fri, 2012-01-13 10:23

[Blogger's Note: SCALE 10X will be asking the keynoters and some of the speakers to weigh in on their presentations for the expo. This is the Q-and-A for Alison Chaiken, who will be giving a presentation on "Automotive: The Next Frontier for Mobile Linux" at 6 p.m. Saturday.]

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

Keynote Q-and-A: Greg DeKoenigsberg

Submitted by Larry Cafiero on Fri, 2012-01-13 10:05

[Blogger's Note: SCALE 10X will be asking the keynoters and some of the speakers to weigh in on their presentations for the expo. This is the Q-and-A for Greg DeKoenigsberg, who will be giving the SCALE 10X keynote on Saturday.]

Q: Could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little about your background?

A: My name is Greg DeKoenigsberg; I'm VP of Community for Eucalyptus Systems. Before that, I spent many years with Red Hat, working to build the Fedora community.