[mhvlug] [ANNOUNCE] MHVLUG Meeting - Wednesday, October 7th at 6 pm

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Mid Hudson Valley Linux and Open Source Users Group Follow Us MHVLUG is proud to announce our October meeting: Understanding systemd Understanding Systemd systemd is a replacement Linux init system and set of system management utilities that has been adopted by most major distributions.  It is a replacement for the older UNIX System V and BSD init systems.  In addition to the init system, systemd bundles a number of other software functions such as time synchonization, event logging, and network managment.  systemd has generated a significant amount of controversy in the Linux community over it's design and complexity.  This talk will introduce the core features of systemd and get you ready to manage systems running distributions based on systemd.  Hopefully, a better understanding of it's features and advantages over System V init will limit the amount of rotten fruits that audience members may be tempted to throw.  I'll wear a red shirt just in case. About the speaker: Patrick Ladd is currently a Technical Account manager for Red Hat software supporting large financial customer's deployments of Red Hat Linux, storage, and other technologies.  Prior to that he was IT manager of a local fuel company and a software engineer at IBM.  He has been a Linux system administrator for over 15 years and administrator of other UNIX systems prior to that. Lightning Talks Currently looking for volunteers. Sign up if you'd like to give one. The meeting will take place at Rockefeller Hall 300, Vassar College on Wednesday, October 7th at 6 pm. What to Expect The meetings have a familiar cadence: setup, lightning talks, main talk, announcements, dinner. 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. We'll start the meeting with a series of lightning talks (up to 3), each 10 minutes or less on something Open Source or Linux 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. If you would like to give a lightning talk at this or a future meeting please sign up here. The main talk is typically an hour with time for questions. After the main talk we'll do announcements of upcoming events of interest to our community, and provide some time for more informal discussion, before we head off to the Palace Diner for a post meeting hang out and discussion session. The topics typically wander the entire field of geeky subjects. 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)! For more details, including maps and directions, please see the meeting page. Please RSVP Show your support for MHVLUG by RSVPing at our Meetup Page.

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Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm)                         Vassar College *
  Oct  7 - Understanding Systemd
  Nov  4 - Imperfect ≠ Inadequate:  Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
  Dec  2 - Distributed Filesystems And Ceph