March 2015 - luv-announce

LUV Beginners March Meeting: What's in the Cloud?
by Andrew Pam 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

Start: Mar 21 2015 12:30 End: Mar 21 2015 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Daniel Jitnah will have a look at virtualisation technology in Linux, including a brief demo of setting up and managing virtual machines. Then he will talk about what "the cloud" really is and its relation to virtualisation and will demonstrate a very simple cloud system: OpenNebula... just as an example. He'll also have a look at what are the common offerings for Linux based cloud software systems. Daniel is currently vice-president of LUV. He has a particular interest in free software in education, and has been using Linux for over 15 years as his main operating system. He claims to have never used a Microsoft OS on any of his machines as main OS. There will also be the usual casual hands-on workshop, Linux installation, configuration and assistance and advice. Bring your laptop if you need help with a particular issue. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main April 2015 Meeting: Storytelling for Digital Media / Deploying Microservices Effectively
by Andrew Pam 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

Start: Apr 7 2015 19:00 End: Apr 7 2015 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Katherine Phelps: Storytelling for Digital Media • Daniel Hall: Deploying Microservices Effectively Katherine Phelps: Storytelling for Digital Media To create a story for a computer game it's useful to know what is possible and how plot needs to be structured in order to tell a compelling narrative in an interactive environment. Katherine will take you through, step-by-step, the basic approaches to digital storytelling. In this way you can create an effective and original digital adventure. Katherine Phelps BA (Hons), MFA, PhD is an expert in storytelling for digital media. She has been a lecturer and post-graduate supervisor at RMIT and Victoria University, specialising in storytelling for computer game design. She has written for Nickelodeon Cartoons and been writer/producer for numerous comedy festival shows, garnering awards for her scripts and a five star review. Daniel Hall: Deploying Microservices Effectively We have all heard how Microservices are changing the way people are building applications. They allow developers to build strict componentization between services and make things much easier to maintain in the long run. They allow you to make your deployments fast, efficient and much less dangerous. At LIFX we wanted to take advantage of microservices but as a startup we don't have the same budget that everyone else does. Luckily using a combination of Docker, Apache Mesos, Marathon and Chronos we have built an architecture that allows us to effectively utilise microservices. Even though each of our services have drastically different requirements we can now use our available computing power in the most effective way. This talk is aimed at systems administrators who are grappling with the complexities of deploying web services or want to get a high level overview on how Docker, Marathon and Mesos can work together to make your life easier. Daniel Hall manages cloud services for IoT (Internet of Things) company LIFX. When not playing with pretty lights he spends time working on RatticDB. Daniel also wrote Ansible Configuration Management, which will shortly be in its second edition. The Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Evan Burge Building, Trinity College Main Campus Parkville Melways Map: 2B C5 Notes: Trinity College's Main Campus is located off Royal Parade. The Evan Burge Building is located near the Tennis Courts. See our Map of Trinity College. Additional maps of Trinity and the surrounding area (including its relation to the city) can be found at http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/about/location/map Parking can be found along or near Royal Parade, Grattan Street, Swanston Street and College Crescent. Parking within Trinity College is unfortunately only available to staff. For those coming via Public Transport, the number 19 tram (North Coburg - City) passes by the main entrance of Trinity College (Get off at Morrah St, Stop 12). This tram departs from the Elizabeth Street tram terminus (Flinders Street end) and goes past Melbourne Central Timetables can be found on-line at: http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/725 Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North Melbourne is currently the most popular place to eat after meetings. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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UPDATED - LUV Beginners March Meeting: An Introduction to High Performance Computing Using Linux
by Andrew Pam 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Due to personal issues, Daniel Jitnah will now be giving his presentation at our April meeting. Lev Lafayette will be presenting "An Introduction to High Performance Computing Using Linux" at the March meeting on Saturday. Apologies for the short notice. Please do consider coming to both meetings! Start: Mar 21 2015 12:30 End: Mar 21 2015 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Of the top five hundred computers in the world today, 97% of them run Linux. This is no accident, as Linux offers the best platform for efficient and scalable code. In this introductory session, LUV members will be introduced to the core concepts and architecture behind supercomputing, high-performance computing, and parallel processing, along with an introductory session on an actual HPC system. Lev Lafayette is a systems administrator and trainer at the V3 Alliance (Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing) with many years of experience in high performance computing. He is a former LUV president and current committee member. There will also be the usual casual hands-on workshop, Linux installation, configuration and assistance and advice. Bring your laptop if you need help with a particular issue. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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