| Elizabeth K. Joseph on 5 Jul 2019 08:05:49 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] [plug-announce] Wed July 3 - PLUG Central - "Linux on Mainframes: Past, present, and future" by Elizabeth K. Joseph (7pm at USP) |
Thanks to everyone who came out the meeting on the evening before a holiday :) It was nice to catch up with everyone and meet some new folks. As promised, the slides from my presentation are here: https://princessleia.com/presentations/2019/Linux_on_Mainframes-PLUG-July_2019.pdf The references at the end are particularly fun, especially the VM history paper Melinda Varian, and mainframe tour video by Esmeralda Quintana. On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 1:37 PM Walt Mankowski <waltman@pobox.com> wrote: > > Two more notes: > > * Lyz's middle initial is K, not J. Sorry about that! > > * Lyz is the last speaker we've got on the schedule. Summer conference > season is upon us and PLUG meetings are a great chance to practice > your talk. See http://www.phillylinux.org/meetings.html for a list > of open meeting slots for July and August. > > Walt > > On Mon, Jul 01, 2019 at 11:57:19AM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote: > > Just a reminder that Lyz will be speaking at Central on Wednesday > > night. She won't be at FOSSCON this year, so if you've been hoping to > > hear her talk about her new gig at IBM where she gets to work with > > Linux on mainframes, this will be your only chance in the Philly area > > this year. So if you're in town on 4th of July Eve try to attend! > > > > Walt > > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2019 at 09:43:32PM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote: > > > ------------------ PLEASE NOTE ------------------ > > > If the doors to Griffith Hall are locked, USP > > > security will let you into the building if you > > > call them. Please see below in this message for > > > full instructions. > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > PLUG Central will be meeting on Wednesday, July 3 at USP in > > > Philadelphia, beginning at 7pm. Directions to the meeting location at > > > the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia can be found at the end > > > of this email. > > > > > > This month, PLUG welcomes back Elizabeth J. Joseph. Lyz will be giving > > > a talk entitled "Linux on Mainframes: Past, present, and future". > > > > > > The discourse around where to host your Linux-based infrastructure > > > tends to center around whether you should use the cloud or your own > > > on-premises x86 hardware, but mainframes are rarely discussed. In > > > this talk we'll have a look at how VM technology that got its start > > > in the 1970s allowed Linux to be run on the mainframe by a group of > > > hobbyists in the late 1990s. Then on to how it was swiftly noticed > > > by IBM and development continued for the polished product line of > > > mainframes that exclusively run Linux (officially RHEL, SLE, and > > > Ubuntu) today. > > > > > > For the security-conscious, encryption technology built into the > > > processor and on additional PCIe cryptography cards is accessible in > > > Linux on the mainframe with your standard OpenSSL libraries, > > > allowing for end-to-end encryption of data at rest and in flight > > > that doesn't burn all of your regular processor resources. > > > Enterprise-grade hardware that also has built-in redundancy reduces > > > the need for management of a fleet of x86 servers, and the entry > > > level Linux-only mainframes today even fit into a 19" rack space in > > > the datacenter. > > > > > > Looking at the future, it's likely that even more pervasive > > > encryption and reductions power consumption will be high on the list > > > of requirements, and running Linux on a mainframe can help with > > > those too! > > > > > > The meeting will be held at our usual location: > > > > > > University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP) > > > Griffith Hall (Room "C" or "A", look for the signs) > > > 600 South 43rd Street > > > Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495 > > > > > > USP is located in University City. Driving directions are > > > available at http://www.phillylinux.org/locations/usp.html, or > > > http://www.usip.edu/directions, both of which have an aerial view > > > of the campus buildings. USP is also easily accessible by public > > > transportation. > > > > > > For those attending PLUG Central, if you arrive and the doors are > > > locked you can call UCS's public safety number at 215.895.1117 and > > > they will radio personnel in the guard booth or someone else to unlock > > > the door. If you are asked who is sponsoring the meeting you can say > > > "Zhiwei Liu" in the Chemistry department. > > > > > > There will be an open Question & Answer session at 7PM, prior to the > > > main presentation at 8PM. This is an open meeting; all are welcome and > > > encouraged to attend. > > > > > > Usually, a number of members get together after the meeting at a > > > nearby restaurant for food and perhaps a beer or two. Come join the > > > camaraderie! > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > plug-announce mailing list > > > plug-announce@lists.phillylinux.org > > > http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > plug-announce mailing list > > plug-announce@lists.phillylinux.org > > http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > plug-announce mailing list > plug-announce@lists.phillylinux.org > http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug