[BozemanLUG] July BozemanLUG Meeting?

[Pippin Wallace]

Sounds cool but won't be able to make it this week.

Pippin

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Scott Dowdle <dowdle at montanalinux.org> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> The July BozemanLUG meeting is this Thursday (July 29th) at the usual time and place.
>
> I was hoping to Gary Bummer's new server would be in so he could show that off but we'll have to wait until the August meeting for that since some of parts needed for it are backordered.  What server?  Just wait.  It's awesome.
>
> I also have asked Greg Merchant who works for Mechanical Engineering if he could give us a demo of the 3D printer that his department has.  I'm still waiting to hear if he can do it.  Our 7PM meeting is outside of the normal business day so that might make it difficult.  Just in case you haven't heard of a 3D printer, it is also known as a "rapid prototype" printer because it can take a 3D design and create a physical object out of it.  Basically it uses some type of resin / glue / epoxy type stuff... and lays one layer at a time... until it has constructed a physical object.  Sound interesting?  I was hoping Greg could print us a Tux figurine.  If not this month in August of September.
>
> So, what do I have for a presentation?  Well, as you may recall from one of the topics mentioned last month... Virtual Bridges VERDE... I'm in the middle of a proof-of-concept trial of VERDE and just got it up and running last Friday.  Basically it is a Linux / KVM-based virtualization platform for creating desktop virtual machines that are delivered remotely via one of several remote display protocols.  Currently they support VERDE (one they fashioned from VNC), RDP, RDP 7, and NX.  I'm in the process of building Golden Image desktop VMs to deploy.  I hope to have CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows XP and Windows 7 going for the trial.  So far I have Windows XP and CentOS images made add will be making a Windows 7 and Ubuntu desktop image real soon now.  Anyway, I'd be happy to give an overview of the Virtual Bridges VERDE product as well as give a demo of the various desktop VMs in action.  Would anyone be interested in that presentation?
>
> If you have an interest in attending the meeting, please let me know so I'll have some idea of how many to expect.  If I hear back about the 3D printer demo and it is a go, I'll send out another email with the update.  Otherwise, hope to see you at the meeting!
>
> TYL,
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