The Open IT Lab at IT-oLogy led another successful Ubuntu workshop on Thursday, January 24. The workshop was the fifth Ubuntu offering since the Lab opened and served as an introduction to Ubuntu from the desktop users perspective. Ubuntu Linux is a free and open alternative to Windows or Mac…
The Open IT Lab at IT-oLogy hosted its first ever Build a Computer from Scratch workshop on Saturday, February 2. The workshop targeted those that have wondered what goes on inside a computer and served as a unique hands-on opportunity for attendees to build a desktop computer from scratch. People…
23 people attended the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) workshop held Thursday, November 29 at IT-oLogy. KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux and is open source. Jim Salter, a nationally known open source expert, conducted the workshop and answered questions from attendees. His talk started with an introduction to…
Last week Todd Lewis and Jim Salter visited Red Hat Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Triangle Linux User Group (TriLUG) in the heart of the Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle is one of the largest monthly Linux meetings in the world. Todd, the founder of the Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON)…
More than 30 people attended the Linux Administration 101 workshop held Thursday, September 13 at IT-oLogy. Attendees included high school and college students, as well as current IT professionals from local companies and government organizations. The workshop meant to familiarize participants with the basics of Linux systems administration with a…
The Open IT Lab spoke to more than 40 municipal technology managers at the SC Municipal Technology Association’s annual meeting on Thursday, September 6. The meeting took place in Charleston at the Francis Marion Hotel. The topic of discussion was the definition of open source, the top 10 open source…
