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-------- FOLLOW US ----------------------------------------------------------- [2] MHVLUG is proud to announce our December meeting: -------- AN INTRO TO CHEF ---------------------------------------------------- Chef [3] is a configuration management tool that you should probably be using if you have to manage more than a handful of servers. Chef helps system administrators automate much of their day-to-day work so they can then focus on more important and challenging tasks. In this month's talk Sean O'Connor will be giving an introduction to Chef which will include some background on what Chef is, how Chef works, how one goes about automating tasks with chef, and (internet willing) a demo of Chef in action. Sean O'Connor [4] is currently a Partner at Saaspire [5], a small startup in NYC working on making it easier to work with behavioral data. Given that Saaspire is still a very small shop, Sean does a bit of everything but his primary focus is development and systems administartion. Sean was a member of and previous speaker at the LUG until he moved to NYC in 2009 and he is very excited to be making a return to the Hudson Valley. .... Lightning Talks * Directions for Vassar College parking - Ben Stoutenburgh * Achieve World Domination with Emacs and Org-Mode [6] - Rich Loveland * Sign up for some! Before the main talk we will do a series of lightning talks (up to 3), each 10 minutes or less, on something Open Source related. It could be a fun new program, a book, a blog post, or really anything you think the wider MHVLUG community would find some interest in. People that have posted their talk subject to the website in advance have priority. Time permitting, we'll also take impromptu lightning talks from the floor. The meeting space opens up at 5pm for pre meeting general discussion, question asking, show and tell, and setup. All are welcome to join. If you are planning on using the projector for your lightning talk, please arrive at 5:30 to ensure we can work out any kinks with the projector prior to the meeting. The meeting will take place at Mid Hudson Library System Auditorium on Wednesday, December 7 at 6 pm. All meetings are free and open to the public, and everyone from all levels of expertise and interest in Linux and Open Source Software are encouraged to attend (and bring a friend or two)! After each meeting ends everyone is welcome to join in on an informal dinner gathering at the Palace Diner on Washington St. This is a great opportunity to interact with members of the local Linux community, and a forum where questions and comments are strongly welcomed. For more details, including maps and directions, please see http://mhvlug.org/meetings/2011/an-intro-to-chef [7]. [1] http://mhvlug.org [2] http://www.facebook.com/mhvlug [3] http://www.opscode.com/chef/ [4] http://www.seanoc.com/ [5] http://www.saaspire.com/ [6] http://orgmode.org/ [7] http://mhvlug.org/meetings/2011/an-intro-to-chef
_______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Dec 7 - An Intro to Chef Jan 4 - Recovering the Brownfield: Revitalizing Open Source Projects Feb 1 - Home Networking Made Simple with Amahi Home Server
