[Novalug] Tech Sessions @ Red Hat Tysons

[David A. Cafaro]

In VMware that's easy (given enough hardware), haven't tried it in  
XEN yet though.  One of my near term goals is to work with Xen.

On Jan 7, 2008, at 8:30 PM, Kurt Yoder wrote:

> This looks cool. Depending on the exact date, I'd probably be  
> interested. I'd love to see someone get a virtual machine running,  
> and figure out how to run 5 instances of various distributions  
> running on one host. That would be really cool.
>
> On Jan 7, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Shawn Wells wrote:
>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>>    After a week of asking (s/asking/pestering) my management, I  
>> have approval to invite y'all over for some tech sessions here at  
>> the Red Hat office in Tysons Corner.  Jay Hart called me and asked  
>> about a potential "group buy" of Red Hat training -- I'm checking  
>> into that now.  Initial reactions seem promising for those that  
>> may be interested in getting a RHCT or RHCE.  I'll start a  
>> separate thread on this.
>>
>>    Roughly 15-20 people have EMailed me, on and off list, about  
>> attending a tech session.  Requests ranged from entry-level  
>> meetings to deep dives, with a good amount (at least 20-25%) of  
>> people offering to teach.  Specific topic requests ranged from  
>> having a linux install fest to time spent on how to configure GFS  
>> in a trans-national disaster recovery setup.  As time moves on I'd  
>> like to see those topics, and everything in between, covered.
>>
>>    Red Hat has 2 training rooms and a large conference room.  The  
>> training rooms hold roughly 20, and the conference room holds  
>> about 30.  Depending on the nature of the meeting we can use  
>> either room, or perhaps both.  This would allow us to run two  
>> sessions at once.
>>
>>    My initial goals:
>> 1)  Keep the Red Hat sales guys away.
>> 2)  Have members of NoVA LUG come out, have Red Hat get involved  
>> with the Community.
>> 3)  Tech sessions **do not** have to be RHEL/Fedora focused.  But  
>> I won't complain if they are ;)
>> 4)  Red Hat pays for food.
>>
>>    So, some action items:
>> 1)  Send in topic ideas -- stuff you want to learn, stuff you're  
>> willing to share, stuff you want to do.  I'm personally interested  
>> in "Installing MySQL Redhat's Way and Your Way" from Jeff Stoner.   
>> I also want to play more with AppArmor and see how it compares  
>> against SELinux.
>> 2)  Decide on a date.  Saturdays work best for me, and we should  
>> start before noon -- otherwise I have to play doorman and manually  
>> let everyone in ;)
>>
>>    A couple of the other Architects have expressed interest in  
>> talking with the community.  Technically this would be a "Red Hat  
>> sponsored event," so getting some of Red Hat's top-shelf guys  
>> should be fairly easy.  Karl MacMillans' desk is next to mine, for  
>> example.  I also sit next to a former lead of the FBI Forensics  
>> Lab, and he'd love to come in and talk.
>>
>>    So -- send in ideas, lets settle on a date, and lets make this  
>> happen.  Remember that the original cause of this was an all-day  
>> install fest/best practices setup, but I'd like to spend the day  
>> doing whatever the LUG wants more.
>>
>>
>> -Shawn
>>
>> -- 
>> Shawn D. Wells
>> Solutions Architect, Federal Team
>> swells at redhat.com
>> Cell: 443-534-0130
>> Office: 703-748-2250
>>
>>
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