Doran Barton
Doran Barton is the Chief Architect and Director of Technology at KnowledgeBlue. He has been an avid user, developer, and advocate of open source software since the early 1990s.
More Troubleshooting Challenge information
We’d like to share some more information about the Guru Labs Troubleshooting Challenge being held as part of the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference that was recently announced.
The schedule is as follows:
Sessions will be held Thursday August 28th held at the Guru Labs booth in the vendor area (SI atrium). There will be 4 participants per session. Sign up sheets will be available at the Guru Labs booth.
Sessions:
- 11 - 11:30am Session I
- 1:30 -2pm Session II
- 3-3:30pm Session III
- 4:30-5pm Session IV
There will also be sessions on Friday, August 29th at the Guru Labs booth.
- 9:30-10am Session I
- 11-11:30 am Session II
- 12:30-1pm Session III
- 4-4:30pm Session IV
And then, on Saturday, August 30, the Final challenges will be held at SI 258:
- 10-10:30 am Session I Thursdays winners
- 10:30-11am Session II Fridays winners
- 2-2:30pm Final Session III
About the Utah Open Source Conference 2008
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
How to register for the conference
UTOSC 2008 has chosen to utilize eventbrite as its registration system this year. To register for the Utah Open Source Conference 2008, visit <http://utosc2008.eventbrite.com/> and sign up today. We accept credit cards (through paypal) and payment at the door. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 28, 2008 in Meetings
So you think you’re a Guru? Prove it.
At last year’s Utah Open Source Conference, locally-based Linux training firm Guru Labs hosted the first Troubleshooting Challenge, a contest to see who could restore a seemingly hopeless broken Linux system back to a pristine operational state the fastest. We watched as hopeful contestants rapidly keyed in commands to try to track down problems, beads of sweat appearing and running off their foreheads. Finally, a lone “Got it!” escaped one person’s mouth as spectators quickly gathered around to witness the remedy for themselves.
The drama is back!
On Saturday, August 30, as part of the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference activities, Guru Labs will, once again, be hosting a Troubleshooting Challenge to determine, once and for all (until next year), who is the Guru.
There will be a few rounds as the contest is whittled down to a final four. The ultimate victor will walk away with a $150 cash prize from the Utah Open Source Foundation. Final four finalists will each receive vouchers from Guru Labs to be used for enrollment in one of Guru Labs’ excellent week-long training courses. All participants who enter the challenge will receive Guru Labs t-shirts.
About the Utah Open Source Conference 2008
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
How to register for the conference
UTOSC 2008 has chosen to utilize eventbrite as its registration system this year. To register for the Utah Open Source Conference 2008, visit <http://utosc2008.eventbrite.com/> and sign up today. We accept credit cards (through paypal) and payment at the door. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 27, 2008 in Meetings
Two more local keynotes you don’t want to miss
Only a couple days left until the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference begins on Thursday, 28 August. If you’ve been reading these dispatches, you know there are lots and lots of reasons to come and participate in this year’s conference, but here are a couple more.
David Moss, Salt Lake Community College
After last year’s first Utah Open Source Conference, the core team was approached by David Moss, department chair of the Computer Science department at Salt Lake Community College. David was apparently impressed with the first UTOSC (and rightly so! It rocked!) and was interested in hosting the conference in 2008 at Salt Lake Community College. We explored lots of options for other venues, but in the end, SLCC just seemed the best place for the conference in 2008. To make things even more interesting, David said attendance at the conference would be required for students enrolled in the Computer Science program. Indoctrination… BEGIN!
We are pleased to announce that David Moss will be speaking to us the morning of Saturday, 30 August, at 8:30 a.m. and will speak on the topic of open source in education. David says he’ll be discussing the barriers the SLCC computer science department has faced adopting open source in its curriculum and how he plans to expand the use of open souce in the future.
Wait! That’s not all!
Howard Tayler, SchlockMercenary.com
Howard Tayler… where to start on this guy? Howard likes Halloween a lot, I mean, a lot. He also says he enjoys “recreational pyrotechnics and discharging firearms at helpless cans, bottles, and outdated computers.” He’s a veteran of Novell, where he was a product manager, and escaped relatively unscathed in 2004. He now has his dream job of working from home purging his demons via creative writing and drawing cartoons.
Howard is the creator of the über cool site SchlockMercenary.com which hosts a Web comic featuring the characters Kaff Tagon (Captain Kaff Tagon), Sergeant Schlock, Jevee Ceeta, and others, as they go about their mercenary missions aboard the space vessel Serial Peacemaker in the 31st century. If I didn’t get that all correct, get over it.
Howard will be speaking on Friday, 29 August, at 2:30 p.m. His topic of discussion will be… uhm… What was it again? … It’s not about carbosilicate rejuvenation, is it? Oh… right. Howard will be speaking about giving stuff away and making some money doing it.
About the Utah Open Source Conference 2008
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
How to register for the conference
UTOSC 2008 has chosen to utilize eventbrite as its registration system this year. To register for the Utah Open Source Conference 2008, visit <http://utosc2008.eventbrite.com/> and sign up today. We accept credit cards (through paypal) and payment at the door. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 25, 2008 in Meetings
Come to Tucanos Aug 29 for good food, geek fun
The Utah Open Source Foundation is hosting dinner for geeks, bloggers, and open source enthusiasts at Tucanos Brazillian Grill at the Gateway Center in downtown Salt Lake City on Friday, August 29, beginning at 8:30 p.m.
While this event is planned in conjunction with the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference going August 28-30, you do not need to be an attendee of UTOSC 2008 to come.
The Utah Open Source Foundation will be paying for appetizers for those who show up at Tucanos.
Tucanos is located on the south end of the Gateway Center, just above the California Pizza Kitchen. Directions to the Gateway Center can be found here.
About the Utah Open Source Conference 2008
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
How to register for the conference
UTOSC 2008 has chosen to utilize eventbrite as its registration system this year. To register for the Utah Open Source Conference 2008, visit <http://utosc2008.eventbrite.com/> and sign up today. We accept credit cards (through paypal) and payment at the door. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 23, 2008 in Community, Events
Kick off UTOSC with eggs, sausage and techy talk
On Thursday, August 28, the Utah Open Source Conference begins. Presentations start at 12:30 p.m., but Phil Windley will be kicking off the conference with a CTO Breakfast from 7:30 - 11:00 a.m. in the Salt Lake Community College Student Center, room 221/223.
The CTO breakfast is an informal monthly gathering of leaders within Utah’s tech community. You don’t have to be a CTO to come. “Anyone interested in product development in high tech is welcome,” Windley says.
The SLCC Student Center has a variety of food vendors on the first floor. Get what you want to eat and jet upstairs so you can participate in the CTO Breakfast. For information on parking and where all UTOSC activities will be taking place, see this map.
About this conference thing
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
How to register for the conference
UTOSC 2008 has chosen to utilize eventbrite as its registration system this year. To register for the Utah Open Source Conference 2008, visit <http://utosc2008.eventbrite.com/> and sign up today. We accept credit cards (through paypal) and payment at the door. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 21, 2008 in Community, Conference, Events
Local keynote at UTOSC 2008: Christer Edwards
Mark your calendar and clear your schedule! Christer Edwards, instructor of Linux courseware for Guru Labs and a very active participant in the Ubuntu Linux community, will be giving one of several local keynote presentations at the Utah Open Source Conference schedule Aug 28-30.
Christer will be presenting Saturday, Aug. 30 at 8:30 a.m., so limit your normal late Friday-night activities, get to bed early, or grab a caffeinated beverage on the way. You don’t want to miss Christer’s presentation!
Christer presented at OSCON — O’Reilly’s annual open source conference held this year in Portland, OR — in July on “Using Ubuntu in the Enterprise” and he will treat UTOSC attendees to a similar, perhaps improved, presentation.
When Christer isn’t hopping around the country teaching Linux courses for Guru Labs or working on various projects within the Ubuntu community, he lives in Farmington with his wife of three years and their six month-old daughter.
Christer has been publishing tutorials on a variety of topics for users of Ubuntu Linux on his weblog site — <http://www.ubuntu-tutorials.com/> — for over two years. After starting the Utah Ubuntu team in 2005, Christer helped organize Ubuntu communities in every state in the United States in 2007. Within Ubuntu, Christer has had his hands dirty in many aspects of the project including virtualization (KVM), the availability of SELinux for Ubuntu, and managing an Ubuntu package called Origami, a Stanford Folding @ Home frontend.
Christer’s presentation will outline lesser-known enterprise features of Ubuntu like repository mirroring, automated installation, network installation, ActiveDirectory service connections, and more.
“Ubuntu does have more to offer than just a shiny desktop, it has many of the same ‘enterprise’ features you may be used to in RHEL/CentOS, etc.” Christer said.
About this conference thing
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
How to register for the conference
UTOSC 2008 has chosen to utilize eventbrite as its registration system this year. To register for the Utah Open Source Conference 2008, visit <http://utosc2008.eventbrite.com/> and sign up today. We accept credit cards (through paypal) and payment at the door. We’re looking forward to seeing you soon.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 18, 2008 in Meetings
Introducing: Ogden Area Linux User Group (OALUG)
Open source enthusiasts in the Weber and Davis counties have a local user group they may participate in. The Ogden Area Linux User Group, or OALUG, meets in-person the last Tuesday of every month at 7:00pm in the Weber County Main Library. Directions and a map to the meeting location are located on the OALUG website.
OALUG also has an active mailing list which can be used by members seeking answers to questions, suggestions when trying to solve a problem, or just shooting the bull with like-minded geeks.
Seth House, current president of OALUG, said “The Ogden Area Linux Users Group (OALUG) is a group of professionals who share a love and a passion for Linux, regardless of distribution. The group serves Weber, Davis, and Morgan counties. We welcome absolutely anyone who is interested in Linux, or Free and Open Source Software, to participate and help run the group.” If you are interested in being a part of the OALUG, simply subscribe to the mailing list or show up to a meeting!
Update: We made a couple of errors in this post. OALUG meets at the Weber County Main Library (not Weber State Library) and we had the link to their website incorrect. These errors have been fixed.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 7, 2008 in Keynotes, UserGroups
UTOSC 2008: Google your way to a meal and a good night’s sleep
A few days ago, we mentioned the Dining and Lodging information that has been posted on the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference website for those looking for suggestions for where to crash and/or where to refuel while you’re attending the conference this month.
Thanks to Paul Frields, Fedora Project Leader, we now have an additional resource: A Google Maps page which highlights hotels, restaurants, and other notable locations around the conference. As if that wasn’t enough, the Google Maps application allows collaboration from multiple individuals which means if you know of a restaurant or hotel worth recommending to other people who are coming to the conference, you can add it to the map for others to see. Amazing!
About this conference thing
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 6, 2008 in Community, Conference
Your mom called, said it’s time to register already
While you were out, your mom called and asked that we tell you, “If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times, leave your muddy shoes outside… And, make sure you register for the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference before August 7 because that’s when early registration ends and the price goes up!”
She added, “If your father finds out you waited until registration costs $100, he will not be happy with you.”
It sounds like she’s pretty interested in your going to the conference. Make sure you invite her and your dad (and other family members) to come on Saturday, August 30 because that’s Family Day. They can come (for free) and learn how open source can enrich their lives too.
About this conference thing
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
Posted by Doran Barton on August 1, 2008 in Conference
Accomodating the need to eat and sleep at UTOSC 2008
Even the geekiest of geeks have to eat and sleep, so for attendees of the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference, we’ve put together a list of restaurants and hotels near the conference location (Salt Lake Community College, Redwood Campus) and around the Salt Lake Valley.
You’ll find this information at <http://2008.utosc.com/pages/lodgingdining>.
Check back as we may be adding more information to the page before the conference begins.
About this conference thing
The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is the second annual gathering of open source enthusiasts in Utah. Following the amazingly successful first conference held in 2007 at Novell’s Open Source Technology Center in Provo, UT, this year’s conference is being held on the Redwood campus of Salt Lake Community College near Salt Lake City.
For more information about this conference, to register to attend, or to see a really neat website driven by open source software, go over to <http://2008.utosc.com/>.
Posted by Doran Barton on July 27, 2008 in Conference