Meeting Canceled: Monday March 2 2009

Topics: Debboot strap Debian allows you to run other distros inside the primary distro. For example, if you have an application that only works with Redhat. You can install RedHat inside Debian using Debboot Strap. This will allow you to ‘chroot’ to the distro and run the software. USB Net |This was the first Tuesday…

Topics discussed: installing myth TV applications using pclinuxOS, a new Debian based distro. Complications setting up a hdtv system. (Wiring can be complicated.). Tunneling with socks and twister both allow you to tunnel encrypted data through ports that are not blocked by firewalls. Astericks Open Source PBX Tunneling voice data over ssh using Asterisks. Wireless…

Here are some server pictures of the new server.

We talked about Mavenspire’s meeting place. Mavenspire offered to host our meetings for us in their very plush facility. The location is only .5miles from our current location in Suite H, 53 Old Solomon’s Island Rd, Annapolis MD. We got to sample Barnes and Nobles free internet, which was painfully slow. There was a talk…

About 4 people showed up for this meeting. Topics: 1. Mac user interface gripes. Oh, how I wish Patrick, our resident mac nerd, was here. Dave and Bob complained as how the mouse acceleration does not work right. Dave said that Macs work great in the single screen user mode. But for the multi-screen-users, the…

Matt Ward from Red Hat gave a presentation on containers The slides for the presentation can be found here: https://redhat.slides.com/mward-1/deck-4/live#/64 For additional reading he referred user to these sites: Systemd vs Docker https://lwn.net/Articles/676831 May the Fork Be with You. A short History of open source Forks. https://thenewstack.io/may-fork-short-history-open-source-forks/ Container Format Dispute on the Twitter Shows Disparities…