SCALE 9x - 2011 Southern California Linux Expo - Everyone

Cloud for Human Beings

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Cloud for Human Beings

Keynote

For some people the word "clouds" invoke images of Chaka Kan or Joni Mitchell. For others, it's dwarf galaxies or comic book characters. Even when limiting one's focus to IT, the interpretations and claims associated with the cloud are just as broad. In this talk we'll explore the promise and pitfalls of the cloud, and how we are making Ubuntu the cloud OS for human beings whose feet remain firmly on the ground.

Speaker: Jane Silber

Downloads

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12986617

Presentation

Day:

Sunday, February 27th

Time:

10:00am

Room:

La Jolla

FLOSS Media Center Panel

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

FLOSS Media Center Panel

General

The FLOSS Media Center Panel will bring together representatives from various related projects such as XBMC, Boxee, LinuxMCE and LinHES to discuss the current state of FLOSS media center software and what future directions that it might be taking. The panelists will also give their opinions on the future of consumer media and what role FLOSS will play.

Speaker: Cecil Watson
Speaker: Cory Fields
Speaker: Rob Spectre
Speaker: Michael Hanson

Downloads

http://bit.ly/gVKBdv

Day:

Saturday, February 26th

Time:

1:30pm

Room:

La Jolla

Getting Involved in Unity

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Getting Involved in Unity

Unity is an exciting new direction that Ubuntu is taking to revolutionize the Linux desktop. How can you get involved and become a part of it? From bugs, to code, to documentation, to helping users make the transition there is an incredible number of opportunities. Figure out how to get started on a part of the Unity program that best scratches your itch.

Speaker: Ted Gould

Downloads

http://bit.ly/eBgDrv

Amazing openSUSE

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

openSUSE has developed both great infrastructure technology and a powerful enduser product; where is it going now?

General

openSUSE, created from Novell’s SuSE Linux GmbH, is a community distribution. The project has state-of-the-art infrastructure at its disposal and develops a modern, stable and powerful linux distribution. In this presentation, an overview is given of openSUSE's history, the developments in the community and the latest openSUSE technology is presented.

Over 5 years ago Novell decided to turn their new asset, SuSE Linux GmbH into a community distribution. It was a long and laborious process but since almost 2 years now the development processes have been opened up to the community. We now speak of openSUSE, a community which is now searching for it's direction. The project has state-of-the-art infrastructure at its disposal and develops a modern, stable and powerful linux distribution. Meanwhile, communication and marketing are it's weak points - innovative technologies like the openSUSE Build Service and SUSE Studio do not get the exposure they deserve. In this talk an overview is given of openSUSE's history, the developments in the community and the latest openSUSE technology is presented.

Speaker: Jos Poortvliet

Downloads

http://bit.ly/dGTp4g

Presentation

Day:

Sunday, February 27th

Time:

4:30pm

Room:

La Jolla

Linux case in Public Fundamental Schools and in a Private College in Brazil

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

An overview about how public schools and an private college in Brazil are facing and working with Linux from the fundamental education to the high technology degree.

OSSIE

An overview about how public schools and a private college in Brazil are facing and working with Linux. Guided by the Federal Educational Government Program - Linux Educacional, public schools work with Linux to help support free software culture and its benefits to the fundamental education. A private college uses and develops opensource in IT and Social Communications courses.

An overview about how public schools and an private college in Brazil are facing and working with Linux from the fundamental education to the high technology degree. Public schools working with Linux guided by the Federal Educational Governament Program - Linux Educacional - helping to support free software culture and benefits to the fundamental education and a case about a Private College that's support the use and develop opensource in IT courses and Social Comunications such as Journalism, Publicity, Public Relations, Digital Media and TV & Radio. Case showing TV programs and Newspaper using free software tools.

Speaker: Izabel Valverde
Speaker: Carlos Ribeiro

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Presentation

Day:

Saturday, February 26th

Time:

3:00pm

Room:

Los Angeles C

Signal From Noise

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Monitoring the DevOps Way

DevOps

Today's operations environments can generate a huge volume of raw data. It's getting more challenging (especially as our systems scale out) to manage just storing all that information, let alone turn it into something comprehensible. When large-scale system issues surface, every second can matter when you're searching for a resolution. Even more importantly, the right information can make the difference between an issue happening or not happening in the first place! Thankfully, Open Source can help! This talk will cover, using examples from production life at Media Temple operations, * Some proven patterns that help with * Reducing the amount of data that gets generated in the first place * Storing, visualizing and exploring that data * Making that data quickly accessible and comprehensible * A survey of both established and emerging Open Source tools available in this area

Speaker: Joshua Barratt

Downloads

http://bit.ly/glIOEn

Presentation

Day:

Friday, February 25th

Time:

1:30pm

Room:

La Jolla

Ubuntu for the Desktop

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Ubuntu for the Desktop

Installation, usage, updates, applications. Compare to other OSs.

Speaker: Ralf Pieper

Downloads

http://swarm.conferencebywire.com/web/guest/my-conferences-page/?parameterAutoLo...

Hackerspaces and Free Software

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

What kinds of Free Software projects are coming out of hackerspaces?

Keynote

What Free Software projects are coming from hackerspaces? What do hackerspaces and makerspaces offer FOSS? Can we learn from each other? Can hackerspaces anchor FOSS communities? Open Hardware and the Future of Stuff - 3D printing and open hardware are disrupting how we interact with our stuff. What opportunities are enabled when technologies becoming ubiquitous? How do FOSS communities engage with the stuff being built?

What kinds of Free Software projects are coming out of hackerspaces? What do hackerspaces and makerspaces have to offer to FOSS communities? What can we learn from each other's communities, histories, successes, and failures? How can hackerspaces anchor Free Software communities in meatspace? Open Hardware and the Future of Stuff - 3D printing and open hardware are disrupting how we interact with the stuff we live with, acquire, imagine, and create. What new opportunities for adaptation, entrepreneurship, community, creativity and sheer awesomeness are being enabled by these technologies becoming ubiquitous? How do FOSS communities engage with the stuff being built with our bits?

Speaker: Leigh Honeywell

Downloads

http://bit.ly/ePICPB

Presentation

Day:

Saturday, February 26th

Time:

10:00am

Room:

La Jolla

Beyond Linux: Changing the World with Open Source

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

At opensource.com, we explore what happens when the open source way is applied to the world. What problems can we solve? How would it affect the way we learn? Run our businesses? Our governments?

General

“Open source” has become more than a way to describe software source code and the collaborative model for how it's developed. It's now a business model, an education model, and the future of government and law. It's changing our lives through its principles: openness, transparency, collaboration, diversity, and rapid prototyping. Learn about what others have been doing, and get involved!

Speaker: Ruth Suehle

Downloads

http://bit.ly/ejA4Bb

Presentation

Day:

Sunday, February 27th

Time:

4:30pm

Room:

Century CD

Moodle GIFT Question Format

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 11:01:23 +0000

Moodle supports many import/export formats for test and quiz questions. The GIFT format is an easy to use text markup that allows the instruc tor to concentrate on the questions rather than the tool.

OSSIE

The talk will give examples and live imports of GIFT formatted questions. Supported question types include automagic grading for types such as MCSA, MCMA, TF, short answer, matching, fill in and numerical. It also supports essay questions. Categories, comments, question names, question feedback, multiple answers and weighted answers are all supported.

Speaker: der. hans

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Presentation

Day:

Saturday, February 26th

Time:

6:00pm

Room:

Los Angeles C