Open Country to Sponsor 'Installfest' at LinuxWorld; Software innovator will provide free Linux installation at conference.BELMONT, Calif. -- Open Country, a next-generation systems management software company, will sponsor an 'Installfest' at LinuxWorld. An 'installfest' is industry terminology for an "installation festival" in which computer users are invited to bring their machines to have Linux installed - or provisioned - free by system experts. Many users regard the initial installation and configuring of Linux to their desktop or laptop computers as the biggest hump in making the change to Linux. Users drop their system off and Open Country will set up their machines with the Linux distribution The Linux operating system packaged for customers for a fee. It includes the Linux kernel, essential operating system components from the GNU Project, an installation program, various open source utilities and applications, documentation and technical support. of their choice. Distribution choices include CentOS (Community ENTerprise OS) A Linux distribution that is built from the same open source modules in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is a commercial product. Since Linux is open source, the OS can be copied and distributed without infringing on any distributor's rights , Debian, Fedora A free distribution of the Linux kernel from Red Hat along with a variety of open source utilities. Technical support is not provided for any of the Fedora distribution, only for Red Hat's full fee-based subscription of Linux. , Freespire, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu A popular Linux distribution that is noted for its ease of installation and use. Based on the Debian version of Linux and introduced in 2004, Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd., London and Montreal (www.canonical.com). , and others. Open Country will be using its OCM OCM Oracle Certified Master (database administrator certification) OCM Organization for Competitive Markets OCM Onondaga Cortland Madison (counties in New York) OCM Olympic Council of Malaysia provisioning server to rapidly provision system over a small network, avoiding the CD-shuffle that so many system administrators experience. OCM Provision can be purchased standalone or as part of the OCM 3.1 Universal Linux Management Suite. Open Country has also invited experts from the Linux community to speak at the booth and to offer advice to users. "This is a great opportunity for users who want the best in Open Source technology, provisioned by experts, at no cost to them," noted Paul Cubbage, founder of Open Country. The LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, the premier event exclusively focused on Linux and open source solutions, is regarded as the world's most comprehensive marketplace for open source products and services. The event will be held August 14-17 at the Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . Users may bring computers to LinuxWorld InstallFest, sponsored by Open Country at booth (#428).
Show floor hours:
Tuesday August 15, 2006
10:00 AM 5:00 PM
Wednesday August 16, 2006
10:00 AM 5:00 PM
Thursday August 17, 2006
10:00 AM 4:00 PM
About Open Country Open Country helps organizations significantly simplify the management of existing enterprise Linux systems. The majority of IT costs involve repeated problem solving problem solving Process involved in finding a solution to a problem. Many animals routinely solve problems of locomotion, food finding, and shelter through trial and error. across the enterprise or from one enterprise to the next. Open Country enables IT managers to solve a problem once and effectively leverage the solutions across the organization. Open Country OCM(TM) Universal Systems Management Suite supports the largest number of Linux distributions in the industry. By eliminating "lock-in" to one software platform, Open Country OCM(TM) helps customers choose the best and most cost-effective options to power their enterprises. Open Country is based in Belmont, Calif. For additional information, visit www.opencountry.com. |
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