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Here are the slides from the Linux Command Line Tools presentation reviewed in March and April.

Linux Command Line Tools

Also, slides from the Fedora F10 presentation.

Fedora F10

WNYLUG March Meeting Recap

  • Brief discussion on the similarities between Fedora and Ubuntu window managers
  • PDF presentation on
    • Installation
    • NTFS auto mount on startup
    • Multimedia playback
    • nVidia & ATI driver installation
  • Discussion on making a live USB key using Fedora LiveUSB Creator
    • Differences between Fedora and Ubuntu USB keys
    • Creating a live USB Key with personal data on the remaining free space
  • Fedora’s usage of LVM by default (and Ubuntu’s ability to use LVM)
    • Toured the Logical Volume Management GUI
    • Adding logical volumes and adding more storage to existing volumes
    • Formatting & partitioning
    • Creating a snapshot
    • Problems with creating a snapshot while programs are running
    • Problems associated with volume names overwriting existing volumes when salvaging data from one system and restoring to another
  • Fedora’s SELinux access control mechanism vs. Ubuntu’s AppArmor
    • Running SELinux in Permissive vs. Enforcing modes
    • Background discussion on SELinux and the NSA’s $50,000 public challenge to hack the system…nobody has collected yet…
  • Fedora’s usage of policies as an alternate approach to using SELinux
    • Discussion on using the Fedora Policy Creator vs. SELinux Policy Generation Tool
  • Impromptu discussion of SE Linux and Apache
  • Discussion on Virtualization technologies
    • KVM (built into Fedora but not ready for prime time)
    • Vmware (largest market share)
    • XEN
    • VirtualBox
  • WNYLUG logo
    • Reviewed 3 logos under consideration and discussed how voting should be handled
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  • Meeting March 11 2009

    The WNYLug will be holding our next meeting on March 11th 2009 from
    6:30pm to 9:00pm.

    The meeting will take place at 455 Cayuga Rd Suite 200, Buffalo, NY 14225.

    Food and drink will be provided (Pizza and Wings)

    Meeting Agenda:

    • Presentations :
      • “Fedora Desktop” – A brief conclusion of last months presentation focusing on LVM and SELinux – Presented by Brian Powell.
      • “Got Shell??” – The last segment of our 3 month series of installing and using Ubuntu and Fedora with a detailed focus on command line usage.
        • “Command Line Basics” – Overview of common command line utilities. – Presented by Neal Chapman.
        • “Command Line Tips and Tricks” – Presented by Brian Powell.
    • Open Floor
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