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Thanks, Sam. So, how would it be if I put you down for a system monitoring talk at Central for August 8? Let me know if you feel like taking Bhaskar up on a ride from the train station to the West meeting location. Anyone else have an idea for next week's North or the following meeting's West? Paul On 2012年7月05日, Mike wrote: > +1 for the system monitoring talks at PLUG Central > From: Sam Gleske <sam.mxracer@gmail.com> > To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List" > <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] July and August speakers needed! > Message-ID: > <CAKtEXLAyqFrRj51byT0pXikdVELBt1-57ZUWOfWopJ=iLgULmg@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I've said this before but I'm willing to present. Here's a quote of topics > I've said I can present on in the past. I do know that there's a few > people who expressed particular interest in hearing more about Gimp, > Icinga, and SELinux. As well as some of the simpler topics. As of right > now I'm only participating in PLUG central at USP. > > SAM > > 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?). > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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