North Bay Linux Users Group - Presentation Materials

Presentation Materials

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 09:15:31 -0800

The following links all have materials from a presentation, usually as an attached file. These will typically be the slides for a presentation or something like that.

LTSP: Raiders of the Lost Mainframe

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:22:27 -0700

Start: 2008/10/14 - 7:30pm

End: 2008/10/14 - 8:45pm

description:

In the beginning there were only the mainframes. Administration only
required configuration of one system. Users accessed the mainframe from
dumb terminals. Everyone had access to the same resources and had the same
software, because everyone was on the same system. Then came the personal
computer. Users all got their own systems, and system administration
became exponentially more difficult. LTSP gives us a way to get the
terminal server, singular administration and control we admins want and
still give users the warm fuzzy interface, speed and freedom they want.
One system, one set of updates, one place to make changes. We're going to
look in to some of the history of LTSP, overview the technology involved,
and some of the many potential applications. Finally we'll look at the
best way to implement LTSP, and how its working in production in our
corporate environment.

Location:
O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA

Speaker:
Josh Dukes and Aaron Grattafiori

General Meeting - PXE Magic

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 08:24:28 -0800

Start: 2006/06/13 - 7:30pm

End: 2006/06/13 - 9:30pm

description:

These days most modern computers support PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) booting--booting from the network. Booting from the network allows you to do all sorts of interesting things including setting up thin clients, automate kickstart environments and more. In this talk Kyle Rankin will discuss how to set up a PXE boot server and will cover thin clients, kickstarting computers completely over the network, PXE booting rescue discs, and how to throw it all in a menu system that lets you choose what to boot.

Presentation materials are available at http://greenfly.org/talks/pxe/pxe-magic.html

Location:
O'Reilly in Sebastopol

Speaker:
Kyle Rankin

General Meeting - Linux on the XBOX

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:26:46 -0800

Start: 2006/03/14 - 7:30pm

End: 2006/03/14 - 9:00pm

description:

Allan will discuss how to mod the XBOX so you can run Linux from it, as well as how to use the newly-modded XBOX as a MythTV front-end.

Slides available at /presentations/linuxonxbox/linuxonxbox.html

Location:
O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol

Speaker:
Allan Cecil

URL:
nblug.org/presentations/linuxonxbox/linuxonxbox.html

General Meeting - Linux Distribution Round Table

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 16:00:09 -0800

Start: 2005/12/13 - 7:30pm

End: 2005/12/13 - 9:00pm

description:

Speakers TBD, but the presentation will be a round table discussion of some of the current popular Linux distributions.

If you're interested in talking about your favorite distribution for a few minutes, please contact speakers@nblug.org.

Location:
O'Reilly

General Meeting - WRT54G Part 2

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:59:33 -0800

Start: 2005/11/08 - 7:30pm

End: 2005/11/08 - 9:00pm

description:

Matthew Smith will be giving a talk about advanced usage of Linux on the WRT54G.

Short description of talk:

Topic 1: Using the WRT54G to make a cheap network bridge.

Topic 2: Using the WRT54G to monitor and control the physical world. I'll
talk about how you can monitor input pins and turn on/off output pins. With
a simple circuit (which I'll show) you can control anything you want.

Extra Links

Openwrt site:: http://www.openwrt.org
WRT54G compatibility information:: http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware
DD-WRT:: http://www.dd-wrt.com/
Doing the serial mod (includes where to buy the pcboard):: http://www.rwhitby.net/wrt54gs/serial.html

Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA

Speaker:
Matthew Smith