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OpenSolaris Project: Atlanta OpenSolaris User Group

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The Atlanta OpenSolaris User Group (ATLOSUG) has been established to connect members of the community interested in OpenSolaris and Solaris, and to grow the OpenSolaris community in the Atlanta area. All are welcome – developers, open-source contributors, system administrator, architects, and any other interested parties.

Important – Survey Posted (2 July 2009)

As the Atlanta OpenSolaris User Group approaches its fourth anniversary, we are evaluating how to continue to grow the group. We have posted a short survey at SurveyMonkey to collect some data to help with this.

Please take a few minutes to click here and fill out this brief survey.

Meetings

ATLOSUG holds its meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month. Meetings are held at the offices of Matrix Resources, 115 Perimeter Center Place NE, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA. Meetings run from 7:00 to 9:00PM, with networking and light refreshments beginning at 6:30PM. Directions can be found here.

Special thanks to Matrix for hosting our meetings.

Please try to arrive promptly for meetings as the building security staff locks the entry doors at 7:00PM.

Check Back here for details regarding meeting location We are considering a move in our meeting location back to the Sun office in Alpharetta. More details before the next meeting.

Next Meeting

The Atlanta OpenSolaris User Group will have its next meeting on August 11, 2009 at the Matrix Resources office in Atlanta, Georgia.

• What: ATLOSUG August Meeting
• When: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 7-9PM
• Where: Matrix Resources, 115 Perimeter Center Place NE, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA
• Contact: Scott Dickson (scott dot dickson at sun dot com)
• Topic: COMSTAR – Common Storage Target Framework
• Speaker: Scott Dickson, Sun Microsystems
• Abstract: COMSTAR is the framework within OpenSolaris that allows an OpenSolaris host to present itself as a target on a storage network, for example iSCSI. We will talk about how COMSTAR works, how to use it, and demonstrate its use.

Upcoming Meeting Topics

Date	Topic	Speaker
2009-08-11	COMSTAR – Common Storage Target framework	Ryan Matteson, Don Deal
TBD	OpenSolaris CIFS server and client	Don Deal, Sun
TBD	VirtualBox deep dive
TBD	OpenSolaris development environments – Sun Studio and gcc
TBD	OpenSolaris SourceJuicer
TBD	OpenSolaris distributions and building your own distro
TBD	OpenSolaris-based storage appliances
TBD	OpenSolaris security and packet filtering
TBD	Cool OpenSolaris distros – JeOS and the ARM port
TBD	OpenSolaris Webstack – Building and deploying AMP applications on OpenSolaris

Please send your suggestions for topics to scott dot dickson at sun dot com.

Contacts

Scott Dickson	Sun Microsystems	Scott dot Dickson at Sun dot Com	770-360-6442

Email Discussion List

An email alias for the Atlanta OpenSolaris User Group is hosted at opensolaris.org. The list is called ug dash atlosug at opensolaris dot org. To subscribe, visit the mail list administration site at http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-atlosug. Announcements and news will be sent to this list.

Directions to Matrix Resources

Matrix Resources is located at 115 Perimeter Center Pl NE, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA, in the South Terraces office complex, immediately across the street from Perimeter Mall, and adjacent to the W. Hotel. Directions to the Matrix office can be found here along with a map here

Blogs

matty - Adjusting how often the Linux kernel checks for MCEs

Jul 3, 4:42 AM

matty - Understanding the Linux /boot directory

Jul 2, 12:55 AM

matty - Listing file system lock files on Linux hosts

Jul 1, 7:26 AM

matty - Testing out live cd distributions with KVM

Jun 30, 5:34 AM

scottdickson - Quick Review of Pro OpenSolaris

Jun 29, 1:26 PM

Pro OpenSolaris - Harry Foxwell and Christine Tran Several (too many) weeks ago, I said that I was going to read and review Harry & Christine's new book, Pro OpenSolaris. Finally, I am getting around ...