Lead discussions

Each week, after the business part of the meeting, we have a short discussion on a topic general interest. The next discussion is #2008/2/7.

If you want to volunteer, just sign up for an open date in the #Discussion Schedule section. If there is a topic that you would like to know more about, add it to the list of #Topics for Discussions. If there are discussions that you willing to lead but need motivation, add those to the list as well (and name your price).

Topics for Discussions

• Backup strategies and tools for personal use (requested by Merk 10:12, 7 February 2008 (EST))

Discussion Schedule

2008/01/31

Iptables discussioin topics

• Basic allow/deny rules
• IP forwarding (NAT)
• Port Forwarding/Redirection

2008/2/14

History of Beowulf This is just a show and tell on the first Beowulf machines built by Thomas Sterling and Don Becker at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. I will try to cover:

• Why it Happened
• What a Beowulf cluster is and what it is not
• What we can we do now

Merk 22:37, 4 February 2008 (EST)