meeting notes august 4 2008
About 6 people showed up.
John Massey from Washington College talked about alternative Open Source trouble ticketing system. On his mac, he was running a virtual session with Ubuntu. On Ubuntu, he had GLPI running. On GLPI he was using a inventory module called OSC inventory. Together the two applications integrate together created a full featured trouble ticketing system that is linked with a asset database. John said this new system would help reduce typing for technicians.
In addition, to talking about the Open-source Trouble ticketing system, John gave an overview of the features of the Linux Media center. The Linux media center seems to be an over-the-top media application that combines both home automation, home security, and VOIP with a media center. The media center will work with X10 devices. It also allows you to access your digital media anywhere in the house.
John also talked about OpenMoko. These are the first large scale production of an open source phone.
Dave Dodge talked about a new open source video game he found called sauerbraten. The game maps seem to be very complex.
John from the Labor Dept, showed off his new 64bit laptop running Centos 5.2. Accordingly, he said that he attempted install Ubuntu 32 bit and Ubuntu 64 but had no success.
Dave talked compiz and how many of the older Nvidia cards have pixel limitations. The pixel limitations become an issue when you attach multiple large screens. However, the latests Nvidia cards do not have this limitation.
I talked a little about how I was creating custom Nagios plugins and how easy it was to create the plugins.