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CloudOpen 2012 | Co-Located EventsWe are pleased to offer the following co-located events in conjunction with LinuxCon North America 2012. All events will take place at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina in San Diego, CA. Please check back for additions to this page.Xen Summit 2012 XenSummit is the leading annual technical conference for Xen® developers and users in North America. The conference provides a much needed collaboration and education space for the Xen® community. Launched in 2006, XenSummit brings together a cross-section of the leading players in the Xen® community, innovative and timely content and a wide variety of opportunities for attendee collaboration. GStreamer Conference 2012 Back for its 3rd year, GStreamer Conference is for anyone interested in open source multimedia. If you are a hobbyist or a student interested in the field of multimedia, or working for a company using or looking to use GStreamer in their products, then this is the perfect event for you to network at and learn more about the latest technological breakthroughs in and around GStreamer. The talks will target both developers and managers alike. 12th Annual Linux Kernel Summit The Linux Kernel Summit brings together the world's leading core kernel developers to discuss the state of the existing kernel and plan the next development cycle. This two day conference is invitation-only and focuses on development and innovation through sessions and workshops that encourage interaction and discussion between kernel developers and industry leaders. Gluster Workshop GlusterFS is an open source, distributed file system capable of scaling to several petabytes (actually, 72 brontobytes!) and handling thousands of clients. In this workshop, attendees will learn about the Gluster project's history, roadmap and architecture. Presentations will include a deep dive into the latest release of GlusterFS, GlusterFS from the Systems Administrator's perspective, Gluster FS as a development platform and managing your Gluster instances. Presented by Red Hat, this workshop will take place from 9:00am-5:00pm on Tuesday, August 28th and is complimentary to attend. Register now - this workshop is limited to 50 people. oVirt Workshop The oVirt Project is an open virtualization project for anyone who cares about Linux-based KVM virtualization. Providing a feature-rich server virtualization management system with advanced capabilities for hosts and guests, including high availability, live migration, storage management, system scheduler, and more. By open we mean open source & open governance, done right. During this workshop you’ll learn about the technical background and direction of the oVirt project. You’ll meet the developers, and have an opportunity to see and dive into the code right away. The workshop is open to all who want to use, get involved with, or learn about the comprehensive open virtualization management platform, oVirt. The sessions cover the technical projects details, governance, getting involved, usage, and much more. If you have any interest in an Open Virtualization Management platform, this workshop is for you! Presented by Red Hat, this workshop will take place from 9:00am-5:00pm on Tuesday, August 28th and is complimentary to attend. Register now - this workshop is limited to 50 people. Opscode Chef Workshop The Opscode Chef Workshop is a hands on training class for getting familiar with Chef for performing common automation tasks. In this workshop, we will cover:
Each exercise will be instructor-led, and introduce new Chef concepts along the way. We'll cover the Anatomy of a Chef Run, Chef's Authentication Cycle, how to build roles, manipulate configuration through data in attributes, use Chef's search API for dynamic configuration, and more.
Students should have basic working knowledge with at least one third generation programming language such as Perl, Python, PHP or Ruby.
Workstation Requirements
The following operating systems have been tested as workstation systems with the hands on exercises:
Other platforms and platform versions may work without modification. Please contact Joshua Timberman at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with workstation questions. SPDX Introduction and Working Group Meeting The Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX™) specification is a standard format for communicating the components, licenses and copyrights associated with a software package. SPDX helps facilitate adoption and compliance with free and open source software licenses by standardizing the way license information is shared across the software supply chain. SPDX will hold a working group meeting from 1-6pm on Tuesday, August 28. The timeslot from 1-2pm is reserved for meet and greet and a brief introduction to the SPDX standard followed by a working session for the technical, business, and legal team members from 2-6pm. Participation in the working session is open to all and new members are welcome! Linux Plumbers Conference The Linux Plumbers Conference is a forum for communication and problem-solving for system-wide issues that cross project boundaries. This community event includes both invited guests as well as open registration, gathering 300 stakeholders, decision makers and developers. Linux Security Summit The Linux Security Summit (LSS) is a technical forum for collaboration between Linux developers, researchers, and end users. Its primary aim is to foster community efforts in analyzing and solving Linux security challenges. The format of the summit will be:
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