{{attachment:UCD.png}} Welcome to '''Ubuntu Cloud Days'''! Where everything Cloudy, and serverish is welcome. UCD is July 25^th^ 2011 to July 26^th^ 2011! With faster on-demand resources, and a flexible usage and payment model, Cloud computing is changing the face of IT! Ubuntu Server is arguably the most popular Cloud based Operating System with millions of instances launched a year. Are you interested to know more about using Ubuntu Server on the Cloud ? Join Ubuntu Cloud Days to find out more! Ubuntu Cloud Days is a series of online sessions where topics such as the following would be presented: * Answering your questions about Ubuntu and the Cloud * Service Orchestration and Ensemble * Large scale deployment with Orchestra * Ubuntu Cloud Images, using Ubuntu with Amazon EC2 cloud * Building your private cloud over Ubuntu Server platform * New virtualization and container technologies in Ubuntu Server * Crunching Big-Data on the cloud * Scaling your web-apps on the cloud with Ubuntu * much more... The sessions will happen in [[http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-classroom%2Cubuntu-classroom-chat|#ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net]]. Additional links: * [[http://www.facebook.com/ubuntucloud|Ubuntu Cloud Facebook page]] * [[http://www.twitter.com/ubuntucloud|Ubuntu Cloud Twitter page]] * [[http://www.identi.ca/ubuntucloud|Ubuntu Cloud Identi.ca page]] == The timetable == If you're unsure about UTC times: just run `date -u` in a terminal to find out what the current UTC time is. <> = Joining The Sessions = {{{#!wiki comment/dotted == Lernid == [[Lernid]] is the best way to connect to Ubuntu Developer Week. To use it you first need to add a PPA and install the application. '''Point-and-click instructions''' 1. Open ''System->Manage->Software Sources'' 1. Go to the 'Third Party Software' tab and press the Add button 1. Enter ''ppa:lernid-devs/lernid-releases'' in the text field, press 'OK' and press 'Reload' when prompted 1. Open ''System->Manage->Synaptic Package manager'' 1. Search for 'lernid' with the quick search field and install it 1. Launch [[Lernid]] from ''Applications->Internet->Lernid'' 1. Select the [[UbuntuDeveloperWeek|Ubuntu Developer Week]] from the drop-down box and choose a nickname 1. Press 'Connect' '''Console instructions''' sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lernid-devs/lernid-releases sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lernid }}} == You use an IRC client already == Use your IRC client (such as xchat, irssi or mIRC) to connect to the freenode IRC network at irc.freenode.net. You can do this manually by typing: {{{ /server irc.freenode.net }}} Then join #ubuntu-classroom for the time and date of the session you want to attend. You can manually join the channel by typing: {{{ /join #ubuntu-classroom}}} You should also join `#ubuntu-classroom-chat` which is the general discussion channel for the session. Questions should be posted there. You should prefix your questions with '''QUESTION:''' to make them easier to spot. Most sessions last for around an hour. Contact `kim0` on IRC if you have any problems. For instructions on how to use the various IRC clients, see [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/XChatHowto|XChatHowto]] and [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Irssi|Irssi]], respectively. General information about IRC is located at [[InternetRelayChat]]. For Windows users just getting started finding out about Ubuntu, you can use XChat for Windows from http://silverex.info/download/ or Pidgin from http://www.pidgin.im/download/ For Ubuntu users pidgin is installed from the repositories. == Simple Web IRC == For users who cannot or will not use IRC software (corporate policy, blocked IRC ports, etc.) you can click '''[[http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-classroom%2Cubuntu-classroom-chat|here]]''' to join in the discussion, just give yourself a nickname and press connect, you can switch between the classroom and the chat room using the buttons at the top of the page. ---- CategoryUbuntuCloud