Sunday, January 20, 2008

[BLUG] Nagios + Cacti, or just Zenoss?

I saw that people were talking about Nagios and Cacti.

I wanted to mention an alternative, Zenoss. Zenoss calls
itself a "third generation" monitoring tool. It was
designed from the ground up for this goal.

The website is: http://www.zenoss.com/

Features include (from http://www.zenoss.com/product/ ):
* Configuration Management DB (abbr. CMDB)
* Inventory and Change Tracking
* Availability Monitoring
* Performance Monitoring
* Event Management
* Core Reports

I mention this because I'm planning on migrating to Zenoss. It does
more than Nagios+Cacti. It is compatible with any custom Nagios plugins
you may be using. You can also check out the screen shots at
http://www.zenoss.com/product/screenshots -- you'll notice it also
looks great.

Cheers,
Steven Black

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Re: [BLUG] stupidity filter

Hey, that's pretty cool. It seems like a natural evolution of
Slashdot's "lameness filter".

Dave Cooley
dcooley@kiva.net

Joe Auty wrote:
> I would *love* something like this as a Firefox extension!
>
> http://stupidfilter.org/main/index.php?n=Main.FAQ
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Saturday, January 19, 2008

[BLUG] stupidity filter

I would *love* something like this as a Firefox extension!

http://stupidfilter.org/main/index.php?n=Main.FAQ

-----------
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NetMusician: web publishing software for musicians
http://www.netmusician.org
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Friday, January 18, 2008

[BLUG] New guy... When's the next meeting?

I'm just wondering when the next meeting is so I can plan ahead a bit.
I was caught a bit off guard by the last email saying that the meeting
was last Thursday.

Looking forward to check out the LUG!

-Mitch


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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:38:37 +0000
> From: Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org>
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: [BLUG] Get together tonight
> Reply-To: blug@mailman.cs.indiana.edu
>
>
> I just wanted to remind everyone about the BLUG get together tonight
> at the Suso office in Fountain Square Mall at 6:30pm.
>
> --
> Mark Krenz
> Bloomington Linux Users Group
> http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:45:21 -0500
> From: Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: Re: [BLUG] Get together tonight
> Reply-To: blug@mailman.cs.indiana.edu
>
> I wish I could make it, but alas, it conflicts with a knitting class
> I'm taking with my wife.
>
> I hope everyone has fun!
>
> Cheers,
> Steven Black
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 06:38:37PM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
> >
> > I just wanted to remind everyone about the BLUG get together tonight
> > at the Suso office in Fountain Square Mall at 6:30pm.
> >
> > --
> > Mark Krenz
> > Bloomington Linux Users Group
> > http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
> > _______________________________________________
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:40:10 -0500
> From: Evan Boggs <etboggs@indiana.edu>
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: Re: [BLUG] Get together tonight
> Reply-To: blug@mailman.cs.indiana.edu
>
> You're placing knitting above Linux? What has BLUG come to?
>
> Unlike Steven, I don't knit. I'll be there. ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Evan
>
>
> Quoting Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>:
>
> > I wish I could make it, but alas, it conflicts with a knitting class
> > I'm taking with my wife.
> >
> > I hope everyone has fun!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Steven Black
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 06:38:37PM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
> >>
> >> I just wanted to remind everyone about the BLUG get together tonight
> >> at the Suso office in Fountain Square Mall at 6:30pm.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Mark Krenz
> >> Bloomington Linux Users Group
> >> http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:27:12 -0500
> From: Dave Cooley <dcooley@kiva.net>
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: Re: [BLUG] Get together tonight
> Reply-To: blug@mailman.cs.indiana.edu
>
> I should be there as well.
>
> Dave Cooley
> dcooley@kiva.net
>
>
>
> Evan Boggs wrote:
> > You're placing knitting above Linux? What has BLUG come to?
> >
> > Unlike Steven, I don't knit. I'll be there. ;)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Evan
> >
> >
> > Quoting Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>:
> >
> >> I wish I could make it, but alas, it conflicts with a knitting class
> >> I'm taking with my wife.
> >>
> >> I hope everyone has fun!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Steven Black
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 06:38:37PM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I just wanted to remind everyone about the BLUG get together tonight
> >>> at the Suso office in Fountain Square Mall at 6:30pm.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Mark Krenz
> >>> Bloomington Linux Users Group
> >>> http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 21:21:25 -0500
> From: Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: Re: [BLUG] Get together tonight
> Reply-To: blug@mailman.cs.indiana.edu
>
> It isn't placing knitting above Linux, it is placing my wife
> above Linux. -- There's a big difference. :)
>
> I hope it went smoothly!
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 03:40:10PM -0500, Evan Boggs wrote:
> > You're placing knitting above Linux? What has BLUG come to?
> >
> > Unlike Steven, I don't knit. I'll be there. ;)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Evan
> >
> >
> > Quoting Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>:
> >
> > >I wish I could make it, but alas, it conflicts with a knitting class
> > >I'm taking with my wife.
> > >
> > >I hope everyone has fun!
> > >
> > >Cheers,
> > >Steven Black
> > >
> > >On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 06:38:37PM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I just wanted to remind everyone about the BLUG get together tonight
> > >>at the Suso office in Fountain Square Mall at 6:30pm.
> > >>
> > >>--
> > >>Mark Krenz
> > >>Bloomington Linux Users Group
> > >>http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:53:39 +0000
> From: Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org>
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: [BLUG] Great meeting tonight, some notes
> Reply-To: blug@mailman.cs.indiana.edu
>
>
> I think people like the meet n' greet format better than a
> presentation. It gave a lot of people a chance to talk to each other
> across the table about a variety of topics and socialize. 13 people
> showed up. It was cramped, but fun.
>
> I wanted to sent out the list of programs that I remember we talked
> about just in case someone wanted to look them up:
>
> Cacti (http://www.cacti.net)
> MRTG
> Nagios (http://www.nagios.org)
> Blender (http://www.blender.org/)
>

http://www.blenderartists.org/
>

http://wiki.blender.org/
>

http://www.elephantsdream.org/
>

http://www.blender-materials.org/
>

http://www.plumiferos.com/
>

http://suso.suso.org/xulu/Blender
>

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=deltaray3
> Yafray, POV-Ray, Wings3D and K3D
> GIMP
> Cluster SSH (cssh)
> Xen, system virtualization
> dd sparse images
> VMware workstation & ESX Server
> Amanda, backup software
> Bakula
> IRC and X-Chat
> Asterisk, PBX system
> Ekiga, soft phone
>
> Other Websites mentioned:
>

http://www.irtc.org/
>

http://www.kychn.org/


>

http://www.hackaday.org/
>

http://weather.suso.org/
>

http://www.weatherbug.org
>

http://weather.weatherbug.com/
>

http://suso.org/docs/shell/ssh.sdf
>

http://www.bloomingpedia.org/
>

http://www.straight2yourdoor.com/
>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0TpLBObBj4&feature=related (shreder)
>
>
> I'm sure I left some stuff off of here. We all talked about a lot.
>
> --
> Mark Krenz
> Bloomington Linux Users Group
> http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:21:54 -0500
> From: Dave Cooley <dcooley@kiva.net>
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: Re: [BLUG] Great meeting tonight, some notes
> Reply-To: blug@mailman.cs.indiana.edu
>
> I agree, this was an especially great meeting (and thanks for the pizza,
> Mark!). Socializing and what-not is always among my favorite
> activities; given the opportunity, I'll generally talk until somebody
> punches me in the mouth. I dug meeting at the SUSO offices- it was nice
> not having a set end-time.
>
> Here is a small addendum to Mark's set of links:
> The "Fluck Mill Road" Wunderground Weather Station is run from an iMac
> (last I heard) at fellow a geek's farmhouse:
> http://www.wunderground.com/US/IN/Bloomington.html
>
> Somebody had talked about (or asked about?) the VMWare Virtual
> Appliances. VMWare has a *ton* of community-supplied, pre-built virtual
> machines for use with VMWare Player and VMWare server. All you gotta do
> is download and start having fun. There are all sorts of things,
> including many linux distros. My personal favorites are the Squid proxy
> and Trixbox (an Asterisk phone system appliance):
> http://www.vmware.com/appliances/
>
> The Asterisk (FOSS PBX phone system) website:
> http://www.asterisk.org
>
> Digium makes (and sells) Linux-based Asterisk hardware and such, for
> those desiring a turn-key sort of thing:
> http://www.digium.com
>
> Dave Cooley
> dcooley@kiva.net
>
>
>
> Mark Krenz wrote:
> > I think people like the meet n' greet format better than a
> > presentation. It gave a lot of people a chance to talk to each other
> > across the table about a variety of topics and socialize. 13 people
> > showed up. It was cramped, but fun.
> >
> > I wanted to sent out the list of programs that I remember we talked
> > about just in case someone wanted to look them up:
> >
> > Cacti (http://www.cacti.net)
> > MRTG
> > Nagios (http://www.nagios.org)
> > Blender (http://www.blender.org/)
> >

http://www.blenderartists.org/
> >

http://wiki.blender.org/
> >

http://www.elephantsdream.org/
> >

http://www.blender-materials.org/
> >

http://www.plumiferos.com/
> >

http://suso.suso.org/xulu/Blender
> >

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=deltaray3
> > Yafray, POV-Ray, Wings3D and K3D
> > GIMP
> > Cluster SSH (cssh)
> > Xen, system virtualization
> > dd sparse images
> > VMware workstation & ESX Server
> > Amanda, backup software
> > Bakula
> > IRC and X-Chat
> > Asterisk, PBX system
> > Ekiga, soft phone
> >
> > Other Websites mentioned:
> >

http://www.irtc.org/
> >

http://www.kychn.org/


> >

http://www.hackaday.org/
> >

http://weather.suso.org/
> >

http://www.weatherbug.org
> >

http://weather.weatherbug.com/
> >

http://suso.org/docs/shell/ssh.sdf
> >

http://www.bloomingpedia.org/
> >

http://www.straight2yourdoor.com/
> >

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0TpLBObBj4&feature=related (shreder)
> >
> >
> > I'm sure I left some stuff off of here. We all talked about a lot.
> >
> >
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:35:15 -0500
> From: "Matt Standish" <mstandish@gmail.com>
> To: blug@cs.indiana.edu
> Subject: [BLUG] RMS and Soulja Boy?
> Reply-To: blug@mailman.cs.indiana.edu
>
> Yes.. This is RMS 'supermanning that ho.' laptop and all...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pube5Aynsls

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Re: [BLUG] Great meeting tonight, some notes

I tried to find the meeting, but although I knew which building, I did
not know which room, leading to a lack of success. Next time we meet in
that building, it would be good to let the security desk know about which
room has the meeting.
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[BLUG] RMS and Soulja Boy?

Yes.. This is RMS 'supermanning that ho.' laptop and all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pube5Aynsls
--
Matt Standish
www.mattstandish.org
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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Re: [BLUG] Great meeting tonight, some notes

I agree, this was an especially great meeting (and thanks for the pizza,
Mark!). Socializing and what-not is always among my favorite
activities; given the opportunity, I'll generally talk until somebody
punches me in the mouth. I dug meeting at the SUSO offices- it was nice
not having a set end-time.

Here is a small addendum to Mark's set of links:
The "Fluck Mill Road" Wunderground Weather Station is run from an iMac
(last I heard) at fellow a geek's farmhouse:
http://www.wunderground.com/US/IN/Bloomington.html

Somebody had talked about (or asked about?) the VMWare Virtual
Appliances. VMWare has a *ton* of community-supplied, pre-built virtual
machines for use with VMWare Player and VMWare server. All you gotta do
is download and start having fun. There are all sorts of things,
including many linux distros. My personal favorites are the Squid proxy
and Trixbox (an Asterisk phone system appliance):
http://www.vmware.com/appliances/

The Asterisk (FOSS PBX phone system) website:
http://www.asterisk.org

Digium makes (and sells) Linux-based Asterisk hardware and such, for
those desiring a turn-key sort of thing:
http://www.digium.com

Dave Cooley
dcooley@kiva.net

Mark Krenz wrote:
> I think people like the meet n' greet format better than a
> presentation. It gave a lot of people a chance to talk to each other
> across the table about a variety of topics and socialize. 13 people
> showed up. It was cramped, but fun.
>
> I wanted to sent out the list of programs that I remember we talked
> about just in case someone wanted to look them up:
>
> Cacti (http://www.cacti.net)
> MRTG
> Nagios (http://www.nagios.org)
> Blender (http://www.blender.org/)
>

http://www.blenderartists.org/
>

http://wiki.blender.org/
>

http://www.elephantsdream.org/
>

http://www.blender-materials.org/
>

http://www.plumiferos.com/
>

http://suso.suso.org/xulu/Blender
>

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=deltaray3
> Yafray, POV-Ray, Wings3D and K3D
> GIMP
> Cluster SSH (cssh)
> Xen, system virtualization
> dd sparse images
> VMware workstation & ESX Server
> Amanda, backup software
> Bakula
> IRC and X-Chat
> Asterisk, PBX system
> Ekiga, soft phone
>
> Other Websites mentioned:
>

http://www.irtc.org/
>

http://www.kychn.org/


>

http://www.hackaday.org/
>

http://weather.suso.org/
>

http://www.weatherbug.org
>

http://weather.weatherbug.com/
>

http://suso.org/docs/shell/ssh.sdf
>

http://www.bloomingpedia.org/
>

http://www.straight2yourdoor.com/
>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0TpLBObBj4&feature=related (shreder)
>
>
> I'm sure I left some stuff off of here. We all talked about a lot.
>
>
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