Small environments can benefit from implementing a Linux based network with cost savings, but more importantly, with reliability, security and flexibility. This talk takes a common scenario and with various components builds a Linux based network.
Speaker: Ken Leyba
Interested in the opportunity of reliable, low-cost computing infrastructure with Open Source Software but not sure how to begin? This session is for you! We'll look at how to put together the right software and hardware for your needs. From selecting a Linux “distribution” to connecting and managing client PCs, we'll explore the options for administration and security.
Speaker: Shawn Powers
Being a new Linux user can be daunting. Heck being an experienced Linux user can be. Learn how to fit in.
Shawn will discuss some of the nuances of the Linux community. He will touch on things like "how to ask for help", and "how to go from geek to guru."
Along with some standard "how to fit in", Shawn will attempt to discuss some common traps new users run into, and how to deal with them or avoid them altogether.
Speaker: Ronald Stewart
An overview of Linux Pro Audio past, present and future.
Past: Brief examination of the state of Linux Pro Audio in 2005 discussing available distros, open projects, state of the kernel, and state of real time RT.
Present: Where Linux Pro Audio is at now including maturing projects, what is happening today. Linux Pro Audio as a serious contender to consider as compared to legacy based platforms and recording studio solutions including bleeding edge developments.
Topics include Ardour, LV2, VST's, real time RT, cross platform integration, Linux Pro Audio competing and succeeding in the commercial marketplace and how?
Future: What's missing in Linux Pro Audio that will give the most compelling argument that the Linux platform provides the most complete audio production solution from roll your own distros to enterprise class products.
Topics include: More VST's written in Linux and porting to Linux , Ardour 3.0, ported to Linux application such as Renoise and energy XT, better integration, where Linux finally has a foothold in the market (ie: netbooks), and finally, the 'killer app'?
How to's:
Hot Rodding your netbook and make it your mobile recording studio.
I will have free copies of our distro on CD for those who attend my session. The distro is an Audio OS called Transmission 3.0.
Speaker: Kyle Rankin
In this talk Kyle Rankin will break down network troubleshooting on Linux systems into basic steps and apply them to a few common networking problems.
Troubleshooting is a skill that some people find natural and others have to work at it. Either way it's something everyone gets better at with practice.
In this talk, Rankin will break down network troubleshooting on a Linux system into a common set of tests and steps that you can apply to a majority of networking problems. Included will be basics of DNS troubleshooting, Layer 1, Layer 2, and Layer 3 troubleshooting, and an example problem solving session.
Speaker: Solomon Chang
Load Balancing on the Cheap
Hardware Load Balancers can run into the thousands, sometimes tens of thousands, of dollars, but did you know you have a Load Balancer right in your very own Linux box? LVS (Linux Virtual Server) is a free, easy way to Load Balance across web-servers or any other mass-scalable read-only services on your network, while taking up a very small footprint. In this lecture, you will learn how to enable and configure the Load Balancer that has been hiding inside your 2.6 kernel all this time...
Speaker: Jamie Cameron
Compares the benefits and tradeoffs of Xen, KVM, OpenVZ and Vservers on Linux
Linux supports multiple open-source technologies for virtualization, the most
popular being Xen, KVM, OpenVZ and Vservers. Each has its strengths, weaknesses and tradeoffs, so selecting the right one for your environment is non-trivial.
This talk will cover the capabilities of the four major virtualization types,
in the areas of resource use, isolation, manageability, flexibility and future support.
Speaker: Emma Jane Hogbin
How to make attractive brochures and booklets using open source tools.
At some point in time everyone has been handed a brochure that immediately caught their eye, and another brochure that immediately got pitched in the garbage. Good brochures are part imagination, part enticing copy and part mastery of the tools which make great graphic design possible. In this session you'll learn the basics of using CC images, and how to set up and use templates in OpenOffice.org. If you need to make print brochures and you don't want them to get chucked in the garbage, this session is for you.
Speaker: Erick Tyack
Technical review of making multimedia work well in the LTSP Thin Client environment
Making multimedia a success in thin client environments was no easy task … but there's a recipe. How do LTSP Local Apps work? Learn the inner workings of how Local Applications seamlessly operate between the LTSP client and server.
The following will be covered:
- explanation of plumbing on server and client side
- sshfs utlization
- how applications are integrated with Gnome menus.
- configuring access to server directories
- routing network traffic
Speaker: Erick Tyack
Delivering Desktops and Applications with Linux and Thin Clients
Experience first hand how utilizing the processing power of your thin clients will take your LTSP implementation to new heights. Many LTSP installations are wrestling with the challenge of offering users the interactive desktop they expect, while at the same time balancing the demands on their server infrastructure. Implementing Local Apps is a key element for extending the user capacity of your servers, and most importantly deliveing your users the desktop experience that will Unchain the Desktop!
Speaker: Cathy Malmrose
How many times have you talked to someone about your favorite distribution only to have them walk away uninterested? There are many superb tactics that help us, as users of some of the most powerful operating systems available, showcase and explain our choice in a way that sparks curiosity. Helping people upgrade to a free and open system can be a fun process and we'll show you some of our best "entry points". Come well equipped to share some of your own!
