[lug] Announcing BLUG's first "Installfest-in-the-Cloud"

[jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com]

Clint,

Sure!  And thanks.  Let's forward this to the BLUG mailing list and some
other folks -- see if you get any bites. If you don't, poke me again.

Since we've never done one of these before, I have no guess how many might
come, Easiest, I think, will be to do a headcount around lunchtime and call
in an order.


On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 6:07 PM, Rubottom, Clint <crubotto at teksystems.com>wrote:

>  Hey Jeff,
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> Patrick and I are excited about the BLUG Installfest-in-the-Cloud.  Keep us
> updated on how many are coming, that way we can plan accordingly.  Another
> thing, one of our customer’s in Boulder is looking for a highly skilled
> Linux kernel developer.  I would really appreciate if you could reach out to
> your network of professionals who may be interested and have them call or
> email me.  It is a 6 month contract to hire.  Below is the main skills and
> technologies they are looking for.  Thank you very much Jeff, I will stay in
> contact.
>
>
>
> Clint Rubottom
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> § 10+ years experience software development
>
> §  5+ years Linux kernel development
>
> § File system filter kernel driver experience on Linux
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> § Experience with kernel-level process, network, and USB device monitoring
>
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> § Kernel software development experience for other UNIX flavors (Solaris,
> AIX, HP-UX)
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> § Experience developing software for “shrink-wrapped” software products
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> § Direct domain experience applying *NIX kernel skills to:
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>
>
> *From:* jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com [mailto:jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:21 AM
> *To:* Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List
> *Cc:* Rubottom, Clint; Homans, Patrick; Daryl Overholt; Dean Johnson; Rob
> Nagler; Ben Whaley
> *Subject:* Announcing BLUG's first "Installfest-in-the-Cloud"
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> *BLUG Installfest-in-the-Cloud #1*
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> *Saturday, February 5, 10am-2pm, Aztek Networks, **2477 55th Street, Suite
> 202, Boulder, CO 80301*
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>
>
> Walk in with a laptop/netbook/tablet. Walk out with a free Linux server,
> installed, running, and on the internet.
>
>
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> You keep hearing about Cloud Computing. Come do it, hands-on. If you've
> already done it, come help.
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> This will *not* be a talk. Nope. This is your chance to come in and fumble
> through setting up your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account and then launching
> your server in a room with a whole bunch of other folks who're doing the
> same thing. Wander in when you want, wander out when you're done. Or stick
> around to help someone else.
>
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> TekSystems -- specifically, Patrick Homans and Clint Rubottom -- stepped up
> and volunteered to get us pizza. There really is such a thing as a free
> lunch.
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> Aztek Networks is donating space. (Thanks, Daryl!) Dean Johnson, Aztek's
> SysAdmin, says he'll make sure we have a big enough pipe out to the
> internet. I believe him.
>
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>
> The "Aha!" that what we really need is an Installfest comes from Rob
> Nagler, of bivio Software.
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> Ben Whaley, of Unix and Linux System Administration Handbook fame, jumped
> in and says he'll supply the expertise.
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> It's so easy your mom can do it; if she wants her own free, Cloud, Linux
> server, bring her along.
>
>
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> Prerequisites:
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>    - a regular Amazon account (You must have bought *something* from
>    Amazon in your life, right?)
>    - a box you can bring up a browser on
>    - a way to run ssh on the same box
>
>  If you need help with these, too, come anyway. Surely someone will be
> able to help you.
>
>
> --
>
> Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
> 720-837-8908 [cell], http://seejeffrun.blogspot.com [blog],
>
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Jeffrey Haemer <jeffrey.haemer at gmail.com>
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