[Novalug] [Fose] FOSE 2010 (long)

[greg pryzby]

I am in McLean (across from Galleria) almost daily. I don't have any drives
of size (think all I have is SCSI) that I can use. If someone has drives, I
can blast an OS on the machine and install s/w.

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Peter Larsen <
plarsen at famlarsen.homelinux.com> wrote:

>  GREAT list Rich!
> I'm having some issues getting enough time to do what I planned to do. We
> had a NovaLugger donate two HP Proliant boxes to us - I have them at my
> house planned to install several of your suggestions on them for FOSE. I'm
> running out of time, and work has me working 10-12 hour days right now.
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> If anyone is interested and has the time, let me know. I'm in the McLean
> area every day, and I can bring the boxes to you if you're in this area or
> somewhere on I66 west from there.
> Note - there are NO harddrives in the boxes. They need standard old PATA
> drives.
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> Best Regards
>   Peter Larsen
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> Wise words of the day:
> I've had a perfectly wonderful evening.  But this wasn't it.
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> On Tue, 2010-01-19 at 18:35 -0500, Rich Goodwin wrote:
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> Please pass this to any Linux User Group or Open Source user group who is
> able/willing to assist.... especially CALUG.
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> I would like to start some discussions about FOSE. <http://www.fose.com>
> We have a booth 1507, a 10’ x 10’ booth with a draped table, 2 chairs,
> carpeting, a waste basket, electrical service (1 quad box or power strip)
> and 2 wireless internet connections.  FOSE is scheduled for 23-25 March at
> the DC Convention Center <http://www.fose.com>.  tux.org has participated
> for many years with the booth being donated by the show organizers.  We are
> fortunate to again to be able to participate.
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> The FOSE wiki is up for sign ups.  This year, though, we are looking for
> volunteers in three ways - to man the booth, configure demo applications and
> to reach out to vendors for swag - magazines, CD/DVDs, etc...
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> I am looking to demonstrate Linux and other Open Source efforts that will
> help with Technology Solutions for the Business of Government (in line with
> FOSE's tagline).  If we created a demo of a tux.org enterprise with a
> variety of applications that would interest business & government, I believe
> it would be extremely advantageous.  Some sample demos could be
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>     Web (OpenID for the identity)
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>    Drupal Joomla
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>    Database
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>    MySQL Postgres
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>     CRM
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>    SugarCRM openCRX vtiger
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>    HRM
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>    OrangeHRM
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>     ERP
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>    OpenERP openBravo
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>    Healthcare<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_healthcare_software>
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>    PatientOS openEMR FreeMedFoms, FreeMed OpenTAPAS OpenMEDIS
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>     Security/Privacy
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>    GPG TrueCrypt OSSEC, Nessus, Snort
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>    Office/ADmin Products
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>    OpenOffice AbiWord Networking Nagios
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>     - Virtulaization
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>       XEN Virtual Box
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> The list is huge - that is the point.  The items I listed are not the only
> ones - simply representative.  The goal is to demo things the attendees
> would benefit in seeing.  I suggest we use the wireless connections at FOSE
> to reach back to the "tux.org enterprise."
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> I am looking for volunteers who can help set things up to be professional
> and beneficial for attendees.  his is an opportunity to learn something
> new.  We can setup an OpenLDAP with folks in the enterprise and integrate,
> where possible, the various applications.
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> Rich Goodwin
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