First Meeting
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Virtualization:
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January 27, 2010. This should not be
considered a "beginner topic". The purpose behind
covering this topic first will be to provide those with
systems capable of handling virtualization software the
chance to install a product to allow for practicing the
covered material.
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Workstation / Desktop Systems Part-I
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Windows XP:
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February 24, 2010 and March 24, 2010.
The sessions will cover the basic installation,
tuning, configuration and maintenance of Windows XP.
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Ubuntu Linux:
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April 28, 2010 and May 26, 2010.
The sessions will cover the basic installation,
configuration and maintenance of Ubuntu Linux.
This specific distribution has been selected due to the
number of individuals using it in the DMA Linux SIG, a
great source of help and further information.
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Windows Vista:
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June 23, 2010. The session(s) will cover
the basic installation, configuration and maintenance of
Windows Vista. Expect the focus to be on the differences
between Windows XP and Vista.
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Fedora Core Linux:
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July 28, 2010. The session(s) will cover the
basic installation, configuration and maintenance of Fedora Core
Linux. Expect time to be spent covering the differences
between a Debian (Ubuntu) Linux based distribution and an RPM
(Fedora) Linux based distribution.
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Virtualization
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VirtualBox:
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August 25, 2010. The session(s) will cover the
basic installation of VirtualBox and the setup of virtual systems.
Virtualization allows a physical system (host) to allow one or more
operating systems (guests) to run on one physical computer.
This ability is provided through the virutalization software, in
this case VirtualBox.
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VMWare Server:
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September 29, 2010. The session(s) will cover the
basic installation of VMWare Server and the setup of virtual systems.
VMWare Server does the same overall job as VirtualBox. The differences
between the two virtualization software packages will be discussed.
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Workstation / Desktop Systems Part-II
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Windows 7:
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October 27, 2010. The session(s) will be a peak at
Windows 7, includingconfiguration, maintenance and nuances between
Windows Vista and Windows 7.
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Mepis Linux and CentOS:
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December 29, 2010. The session(s) will focus on the
similarities of maintaining these systems when compared to Ubuntu Linux
(Mepis Linux) and Fedora Core Linux (CentOS Linux).
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Firewalls
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IPCop:
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January 26, 2011. Installation, configuration and
maintenance of IPCop firewalls.
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SmoothWall:
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February 23, 2011. Installation, configuration and
maintenance of SmoothWall firewalls.
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Untangle:
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March 23, 2011. Installation, configuration and
maintenance of Untangle firewalls.
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Servers
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Windows 2003 Server:
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April 27, 2011 and May 25, 2011. Installation,
configuration and maintenance of Windows 2003 Server.
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Active Directory basics:
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June 22, 2011 and July 27, 2011. The session(s)
will cover the basic ideas behind Active Directory (AD), and
how to use group policies (GPOs) to help manage AD.
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Ubuntu Linux Server:
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August 24, 2011 and September 28, 2011. Installation,
configuration and maintenance of Ubuntu Linux Server system.
The default for Ubuntu Linux Server is to use a terminal.
Please be prepared to see / practice typing commands.
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Windows 2008 Server:
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October 26, 2011. Installation, configuration
and maintenance of Windows 2008 Server. The session(s) will
focus on nuances between the 2003 and 2008 AD environments.
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CentOS Linux Server:
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December 28, 2010. Installation, configuration
and maintenance of CentOS Linux Server.
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Routers
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FreeSCO:
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January 25, 2012. Installation, configuration and
maintenance of a FreeSCO router.
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