[GLLUG] Meeting, Tuesday, January 27th

Clay Dowling clay at lazarusid.com
Fri Jan 23 12:55:20 EST 2015


I run the VMs on my laptop, removing one more moving part. This also lets
me run it without needing a network connection, and lets me do cross
platform gui development.
On Jan 23, 2015 10:33 AM, "Patrick Goupell" <patrick at upmerchants.com> wrote:

>  True.  But if you wanted to do a presentation / setup at a meeting then a
> vps you can turn on and off does not require you to move around / setup
> hardware at the meeting site.  Just bring a laptop to connect to the vps.
>
> But anyway, it was just a suggestion for a possible meeting night.
>
>
> On 01/23/2015 10:15 AM, Clay Dowling wrote:
>
> Actually for most development work, there are simpler local virtualization
> setups that can be used. I am using one to test server configuration for a
> personal project, and several at work to set up development environments
> and test our vehicle information system.
> On Jan 23, 2015 10:06 AM, "Patrick Goupell" <patrick at upmerchants.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  Yes, but would you really use it to test / learn something new?  I would
>> think a separate vps to test new softare on would be best.
>>
>> Digitalocean has many tutorials on setting u p docker.  It even has a
>> docker image ready to go.  So you can skip the initial docker setup.  Then
>> just start learning about how to use docker.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/23/2015 09:32 AM, Clay Dowling wrote:
>>
>> Gllug website is already in a vps.
>>
>> I can't make the meetings, but a tool like Docker might be worth
>> exploring. It allows a consistent isolated environment to be brought up
>> with a simple command.
>> On Jan 23, 2015 8:18 AM, "Patrick Goupell" <patrick at upmerchants.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If you are in need of a topic of discussion you could think about
>>> setting up a vps for gllug (to go along with your current website).
>>>
>>> You can get a vps from digitalocean foro $5.00 per month.  Then you can
>>> set up and test / platy with whatever you want.
>>>
>>> Openfire as a gllug private im/chat service for instance.  Softether for
>>> a secure vpn.  nomachine for remote desktop control.  Whatever you want to
>>> try.
>>>
>>> You can also turn a vps on / off at any time you want.  So you could
>>> turn one on for a meeting discussion and turn if off after the meeting.
>>> That way you only get charged for the time the vps is turned on, a few
>>> pennies per meeting.
>>>
>>> You can ask for a few dollars donation from your membership to cover the
>>> cost.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 01/22/2015 11:23 PM, Chick Tower wrote:
>>>
>>>> We're scheduled to have our second meeting this month on this date.
>>>> Does anyone have a presentation they would like to perform?  Is there a
>>>> topic, or several topics, people would care to discuss, and perhaps have
>>>> certain people there to discuss it with, such as ISPs or those who provide
>>>> other tech services?  Would you rather bring problems or questions you
>>>> would like solutions or answers for?
>>>>
>>>> Am I beating a dead horse, trying to drum up interest in our meetings?
>>>>
>>>
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