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A sturdy and scalable OS platform is the basis for every organization's IT success. In these sessions, attendees will learn how Red Hat Enterprise Linux is developed, how it continues to evolve, and how users and developers can get the most out of some of its key features.
Tim Burke and Donald Fischer
Wondering what's hot in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4? Tim Burke will break down the big new features from an insider's perspective. From the kernel to the desktop and everywhere in between, Tim will show you not only what's new, but why it matters.
Time: Day 1, 10:45 a.m. and Day 2, 10:15 a.m., OS Technologies track
Tim Burke
It takes a lot of hands to build Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Some hands pick out the features; some hands hack the code; some hands twist poke and prod and try to make things break. Tim Burke shows how Red Hat brings all of the hands together behind the scenes to create a world-class operating system.
Time: Day 1, 11:50 a.m., OS Technologies track
Jeremy Katz
The Fedora Project is a Red Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project. It is also a platform for innovation, where the cutting-edge technologies of today become the enterprise solutions of tomorrow. Jeremy Katz will tell us how Fedora works, and will update us on the progress of various Fedora initiatives.
Time: Day 1, 3 p.m., OS Technologies track
John Flanagan
Are you currently involved in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Beta process or interested in becoming involved? Do you have feedback about our current Beta process? Red Hat is redesigning the Beta program and invites you to an open discussion concerning it's development. Share your experiences with our current program, and your expectations for the new program. Do you have ideas to share about a Beta test environment that would accurately reflect your harshest usage patterns? Come and share them with us! We'll discuss the Beta program design, how to interact with Red Hat, and tips for running a successful Beta program in your environment.
Time: Day 1, 4:10 p.m., OS Technologies track
Larry Woodman and Douglas Shakshober
In this two-part session, Larry Woodman and Douglas Shakshober will dig deeply into kernel performance and tuning techniques for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4. They will discuss exactly what to look for when attempting to tune the kernel for optimal performance. They will share results from low level benchmark tests (cpu, disk, memory, network, filesystems). They will show tuning examples of actual application code for Oracle 10G and high performance technical computing (HPTC) to extract optimal performance from the Linux kernel. They will compare performance of Enterprise Linux 3 versus Enterprise Linux 4, which will highlight some of the new features of Enterprise Linux 4's new 2.6 kernel (IO schedulers, EXT3 block reservations). Finally, they will discuss the tools that can be used to evaluate system performance, various kernel tuning parameters that can be adjusted to effect system performance, and tuning techniques to quickly identify and solve system bottlenecks on a variety of hardware platforms.
Time: Day 2, 10:15 a.m. (part 1) and 11:30 a.m. (part 2), OS Technologies track
Ulrich Drepper
This session will focus on extension Red Hat made to the OS which increase security but are not part of, and do not require SELinux. The goal for these extensions was to have no negative impact on existing code, if possible, to work without recreating binaries, and to require minimal changes to the process of building applications. The remainder of this session introduces three separate extensions Red Hat made. It is not meant to be a complete list but rather should serve individuals who want to increase security of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux based systems as a guideline to adjust their code and installation to take advantage of the new developments.
Time: Day 2, 2:30 p.m., OS Technologies track
Rik van Riel
Developing software with the open source community is a great way of creating and maintaining software - when done right. Rik van Riel will explain how and why open source software development works. Issues like source code presentation, interaction with the community, good licensing and the importance of source code readability are also addressed. Rik will also show how open source community development and Enterprise Linux development are mutually beneficial, instead of competitive.
Time: Day 2, 2:30 p.m., OS Technologies track
Jeremy Katz
Jeremy Katz will lead an open discussion on Fedora, including future technologies, community development, and other topics of interest. Attendees will have the chance to discuss Fedora in greater depth.
Time: Day 2, 3:45 p.m., OS Technologies track
The Linux desktop continues to make great strides in usability and performance. Attendees in these sessions will learn about some of the recent advances in desktop technology, and how these advances can be put to use in any organization.
Mark McLoughlin
Mark McLoughlin will guide session attendees through a tour of powerful new tools for desktop administration. Default desktop configuration, remote desktop sharing, use of thin clients, and connectivity to Exchange and Active Directory will all be covered in this session.
Time: Day 1, 10:45 a.m., Future of the Desktop track
Christopher Aillon
Firefox has emerged as the dominant open source browser because of its simplicity and extensibility. Christopher Aillon will outline some of the powerful new features in Firefox, as well as take a glimpse into the future of browser development.
Time: Day 1, 11:50 a.m., Future of the Desktop track
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