[ DeLUG ] :: Re: Presentation Ideas
- From: Andrew Replogle <andrew.replogle@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: delug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:53:54 -0700
Andrew,
We can definitely do a presentation do doing a dual-boot mode linux.
Linux desktop distros have made good headway in this area in the last
two years.. So we'll definitely throw that on the list and put
something together for you =]
As for the corporate environment, do you mean more desktop than
server? Currently Cisco is making a big push to get all of their
employees that don't need a MS desktop onto linux. I think the target
is 60%. Though thats pretty ambitious, its encouraging nonetheless.
Where I work (ciscolearning.org) almost all of the developers run
redhat ws for their workstation. And 100% of our production servers
are running Linux with other open source apps such as Apache, Jboss,
and Squid. Unless people would be able to make a trip in the middle of
a weekday.. it may be hard to arrange a tour.. Maybe we can take a
tour of the data center? I'll see what I can find out. =]
As for DeLUG, it is most certainly *not* exclusively Linux. We are a
group dedicated to educating the community on Free and Open source
software in general. That said.. I suppose the latest release of
Solaris would fall under that as soon as all the details are sorted
out by Sun.. though I personally am *EXTREMELY* wary of the CDDL and
Sun in general. But as with any *nix users group.. you'll most likely
always find other people with common interests in things like Solaris.
I think it's definitely worth taking a look. So thats on the list too!
(Solaris / CDDL).
MySQL! I am a big fan of open RDBMS's and think that's a great idea.
Other great ones are PostgreSQL, Derby (cloudscape), Open SAP etc etc.
Again this is something I could present on.. or if someone else wanted
to give it a shot I'm all for it!
Thank you! This is very helpful. This is exactly the point of the group.
Andrew R.
On Apr 7, 2005 5:14 PM, Andrew Perry Jr. <andrewperryjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey, one thing I always wanted to know how to do is to setup a PC in a
> dual boot mode, such as both Linux and Windows running in their own
> separate partitions. It was frustrating, so I just ended up putting
> Windows back onto my notebook.
>
> One thing I would really like to see is Linux actually being used in a
> corporate environment. Everybody talks about it, but I never seen one
> in actual use, accept for maybe in my friends basement as a router, or
> on someone's desk who is just toying around with Linux. Maybe it
> would be cool, if DeLUG would take us out to someplace like that, or
> have someone who uses Linux at their work.
>
> Is DeLUG exclusively Linux? Just wondering. I got really interested
> in running Solaris on my old Compaq at home as well.
>
> Also, how about a session on MySQL databases and how to set them up.
>
> Anyway, just some ideas of mine.
> --
> Andrew Perry Jr.
>
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