Re: [PLUG] May Speakers?

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Amir Tahvildaran <amir@mathforum.org> wrote:

Here's a stab at a poster template and a generic one for meetings
http://mathforum.org/~amir/share/plug/

Feedback welcome, gimp files are there as well.
-Amir

On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Paul L. Snyder <plsnyder@drexel.edu> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 May 2012, Amir Tahvildaran wrote:
>
> AT> I work at Drexel and can post stuff here (mailing lists and bulletin
> AT> boards). Would someone share a template if they beat me to creating
> AT> one?
>
> That's great...the more exposure the better. We don't have a poster
> template, so please feel free to contribute one!

Nice work on the flier Amir. I too work at Drexel :). Did you use Gimp 2.6 or have you moved up to 2.8 yet?

As far as meeting topics go I can cover a variety of topics. I can't do the month of June as I have a night class on Wednesdays but I'll be off for the summer. So I should be good after June to present at PLUG. Topics in which I can present include...

Data Storage Practices: RAID with mdadm; mirroring drives using rsync (recommended options); Large Volume Management to create one drive from many other drives; interrogating the S.M.A.R.T. controller on hard drives in order to possibly predict a drive failure or diagnose potential problems currently experienced. I could also talk about ways to use them together. I can even cover how I personally utilize the techniques for my own personal data integrity.
System Monitoring Part 1: How to effectively set up Icinga (Nagios fork) and write plugins so you're informed of the information you may desire most. https://www.icinga.org/
System Monitoring Part 2: How to historically monitor system performance. This is most useful for looking at performance trends. I can cover either munin or PNP4Nagios. I can also discuss how to integrate them with Icinga so that you only need one interface to interact with them both. http://munin-monitoring.org/ or http://www.pnp4nagios.org/
Apache Virtual hosts: Good practices for setting up Apache virtual hosts with Large Installation System Administration in mind.
JBoss Administration (can be a multi-part in depth presentation): I'll dive into JBoss AS 7 and show you the power which sets RedHat JBoss above the rest. There's a lot I can cover here so I'll try to decide on topics which would be most useful during a presentation. I'll even give you a short comparison of JBoss EAP 6 which is the enterprise equivalent of JBoss AS 7. http://www.jboss.org/ or http://www.redhat.com/products/jbossenterprisemiddleware/
Basic SELinux Administration: Troubleshooting applications against SELinux and getting your apps running along size SELinux enforcement. I'm still relatively new to SELinux but I think I can bring some troubleshooting techniques to the table which you may find useful. http://selinuxproject.org/
GIMP Presentation: I can discuss graphic editing with the GNU Image Manipulation Program. In this discussion I can give an overview of most of the tools and dialogs as well as their usage. I can discuss certain graphics concepts and best practices. Topics and concepts can include: Channels, Layers, Masks and Selection, Recommended plugins and some basic usage, Recommended sources for brushes and patterns, organizing the interface, cut out a web template for designing a page and creating image maps, or possibly others. Features and changes in the new GIMP 2.8 since GIMP 2.6 and older if you have previous experience with it. I can discuss exciting future developments of GIMP which will be planned.
Bash Introduction: Navigating the filesystem through a terminal. A discussion behind the logic of bash, using one liners, and stringing together utilities to accomplish a goal. Topics can include: What Configuration scripts are used and how, environment variables and parameter expansion, introduction to a common set of utilities which will likely be most useful when solving problems, writing scripts, regular expressions/patterns, whatever else I think of if this presentation is chosen. This is a relatively broad topic as you're only limited by your imagination when it comes to using the system utilities and bash logic.
vim Introduction: I've been using vim for a couple of years now and have picked up some useful tips and tricks along the way. I can give an overview of the command modes, useful shortcuts for quick navigation and editing, window and tab management/navigation, command execution from within vim, how to effectively use the help documentation, user customizations on the fly and persistent customizations, anything else I can think of while presenting (maybe touch briefly on vim plugins?).

There's several other topics which I can probably present on but lets just start with my mentioned list. Again I won't be able to present during the month of June because I am taking night classes which conflict with Plug Central (only two more weeks of classes though).

SAM