August 2009 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] PC-BSD, FreeBSD, and iXsystems - anyone know about them?

by Brian Conway

On Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:18:12 -0400 Brian McLinden <brian.mclinden(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I'm thinking about buying their new Apollo rig, > http://www.ixsystems.com/apollo > > and ask them to install some kind of virtual machine software on top > of FreeBSD (or PC-BSD) so that I can learn various linux distros > running as clients. To add on the previous reply: 1.) FreeBSD is great and I use it in many places, but their current offerings for hosting VMs are a little sparse. QEMU/KQEMU and older VMware versions work, but not much more. 8-CURRENT will run reliably as a domU in Xen, though, so progress is coming. Linux offers you VMware, Xen, KVM, VirtualBox, etc. 2.) You may want to consider saving some money and putting your own system together. They're pretty clearly reselling standard parts (the case is an Antec Sonata III with included 500W power supply, for instance), and unless you *really* need a Core i7 right now, there are a lot of bargains now on high end Core2 Quads and DDRII memory that will last you for a while. Brian Conway

Aug. 8, 2009

Re: [Wlug] PC-BSD, FreeBSD, and iXsystems - anyone know about them?

by Ryan Pugatch

Brian McLinden wrote: > I have pretensions of hacker status someday. ;-] > > They are selling a desktop with PC-BSD installed and configured. > > I'm thinking about buying their new Apollo rig, http://www.ixsystems.com/apollo > > and ask them to install some kind of virtual machine software on top > of FreeBSD (or PC-BSD) so that I can learn various linux distros > running as clients. > > Anyone know anything about them? > > Any thoughts or cautions about this approach? > > Thanks in advance for thoughts, reactions. > > PS - anyone programming Lisp, write me? > > Brian.McLinden(a)gmail.com If you want to be a "hacker", wouldn't you want to buy a system and load the OS yourself and then set up VMs yourself? You won't get far if you don't know how to install the OS. It would probably be a good learning experience. Ryan Pugatch Systems Administrator, TripAdvisor

Aug. 8, 2009

PC-BSD, FreeBSD, and iXsystems - anyone know about them?

by Brian McLinden

I have pretensions of hacker status someday. ;-] They are selling a desktop with PC-BSD installed and configured. I'm thinking about buying their new Apollo rig, http://www.ixsystems.com/apollo and ask them to install some kind of virtual machine software on top of FreeBSD (or PC-BSD) so that I can learn various linux distros running as clients. Anyone know anything about them? Any thoughts or cautions about this approach? Thanks in advance for thoughts, reactions. PS - anyone programming Lisp, write me? Brian.McLinden(a)gmail.com

Aug. 8, 2009

Re: [Wlug] August WLUG meeting

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Al Rreinhart wrote: > Andy, > > I would like to announce the August WLUG meeting to the IEEE Worcester > County Section members. Do you have any additional information about > maddog and what his talk will be about? I need something to put > together a description of the meeting and the speaker. Does maddog > have a website? > > Thanks, > > Al HI Al, I don't have any other information than what I posted on the WLUG website. Thanks for offering to announce the WLUG meeting to the IEEE Worcester County Section members. See ya later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFKfLzWOjiraCaOTOoRAkKBAJ4w7DIkHG0UGDdsx5r70ZeCUrk2UwCfcm8y mBadLfvRRLT5K38lD2VKuCk= =lc7+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Aug. 7, 2009

Re: [Wlug] August WLUG meeting

by Richard Klein

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Al Rreinhart <Reinhart(a)discom.com> wrote: > Andy, > > I would like to announce the August WLUG meeting to the IEEE Worcester > County Section members. Do you have any additional information about > maddog and what his talk will be about? I need something to put > together a description of the meeting and the speaker. Does maddog > have a website? > > Thanks, > > Al > Maddog has a wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maddog -- Rich

Aug. 7, 2009

Re: [Wlug] August WLUG meeting

by Al Rreinhart

Andy, I would like to announce the August WLUG meeting to the IEEE Worcester County Section members. Do you have any additional information about maddog and what his talk will be about? I need something to put together a description of the meeting and the speaker. Does maddog have a website? Thanks, Al Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > HI gang, > > Please note that I've just updated the website with a meeting topic > change. It turns out that maddog will be visiting us at the August > meeting instead of the October meeting. maddog has visited WLUG on > previous occasions and is an excellent speaker. You won't want to miss > this meeting! > > More news later.......... > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group (http://www.wlug.org) > Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group (http://linux.meetup.com/393) > Amateur Radio: KB1OIQ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFKaSjuOjiraCaOTOoRAozPAJ41EoNqkKUwrJZI5p+bdue4u4I8EQCgjKIC > z7NW+SXkD52OrYZAv0VxMsI= > =73dF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- ---------------------------------- Al Reinhart Phone: (508) 869-6417 DisCom Systems eMail: Reinhart(a)DisCom.com www.DisCom.com

Aug. 7, 2009