Linux

30 Jun 2009 — Show descriptions | Hide descriptions

• Build virtual appliances using the OVF Toolkit

  Familiarize yourself with the Open Virtualization Format, a new standard for creating virtual appliances, then get started building them with the OVF Toolkit, an Eclipse-based tool that makes packaging and distribution easy.

• Cultured Perl: Perl and the Amazon cloud, Part 5

  Learn how to build a simple photo-sharing Web site using Perl and Apache to access Amazon's data storage services. Examine the full mod_perl site's templates for indexing, uploading, and image and comment browsing.

• Cultured Perl: Perl and the Amazon cloud, Part 4

  You've figured out the database, now it's time to build the mod_perl site. Walk through the full site's code base, including configuring the top level, handling the handlers, and setting up external dependencies.

• Cultured Perl: Perl and the Amazon cloud, Part 3

  Continue building your cloud-based photo-sharing site by learning how to upload images via a list of URLs in a table and using a Perl tool for managing images and comments.

• Introducing KDE 4 plasmoids

  Learn how to build small but extremely useful applets for Plasma -- the new shell for the K Desktop Environment -- starting with a handy memory monitor applet.

• Protein modeling with Blue Gene/L

  Computational visual modeling -- synthetic video -- provides crucial insights into protein folding and dynamics that other techniques can't offer. See how IBM Blue Gene is uniquely qualified for the job.

• Linux: Lean, clean, and green

  Learn how Linux can reduce e-waste and power consumption by running reliably on older hardware, enabling server consolidation through virtualization, and managing the use of system power more intelligently.