Russell Pavlicek

Russell Pavlicek
Where Would You Like to See the Next Xen Project User Summit Held?
12/18/2013

In 2013, we held the first major Xen event aimed specifically at users: the Xen Project User Summit. In 2014, we want to do it again — but where and when? The Xen Project wants to hold its second Xen Project User Summit.  We’d like to hold it somewhere

Xen Project Well Represented at SUSECon and openSUSE Summit
11/21/2013

What do a chameleon, a panda, and a mouse have in common?  More than you might imagine, unless you were present at SUSECon and the openSUSE Summit at the Walt Disney Coronado Springs resort last week in Florida.  During the week, it was clear that the SUSE chameleon

Xen Project Alive and Well at LinuxCon/CloudOpen North America
09/26/2013

The Xen Project was well represented at LinuxCon North America and CloudOpen North America.  Sponsored by the Linux Foundation, the two co-located conferences featured a number of Xen-related talks, as well as the first Xen Project User Summit (which will be discussed at length in a post to follow)

Xen Project User and Developer Summit Deadlines Are At Hand
09/06/2013

Key deadlines are at your doorstep; Sign up now to participate! With so many people returning from well-earned vacations, we want to remind you to act quickly to take advantage of the upcoming Summit meetings. Xen Project User Summit is Less Than Two Weeks Away! Register now to join the

Learning Xen: Converting Existing Non-Xen Hypervisor Images for Use in Xen
08/22/2013

If you are testing Xen in your environment, you probably already have images native to other hypervisors which you might like to test.  So a common question is, “How can I convert these images so I can use them in Xen?” Conversion requires two steps: first, convert the foreign

Xen Project User Summit 2013 Sessions Announced
08/13/2013

Linux stable tree maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman to give Featured Talk The Xen Project is pleased to announce the sessions which will be presented at the 2013 Xen Project User Summit.  Scheduled for September 18 in New Orleans, the Xen Project User Summit is the first major event focused entirely

Speakers Wanted for Xen Project User Summit
07/19/2013

This has already been a banner year for the Xen Project.  We have already seen the 10th anniversary of the project, the birth of Xen as a Linux Foundation Collaboration Project, and the release of version 4.3 of the Xen Project software.  More than that, this is

Call For Proposals Opens for Xen Project User Summit and Xen Project Developer Summit
06/03/2013

Announcing the Call For Proposals for two of the biggest events on the Xen Project calendar for this year: Xen Project Users Summit September 18, 2013 at LinuxCon NA in New Orleans, LA Call For Proposals closes July 26 Co-located with LinuxCon North America in  New Orleans, The Xen

Five Chances to Hear About the Xen Project in the Next Two Weeks
05/29/2013

Over the next two weeks, there are no less than five great opportunities to hear about the Xen Project.  These include: The Linux Link Tech Show on May 29, 2013 Xen Project Evangelist Russ Pavlicek will be a guest of The Linux Link Tech Show crew.  This weekly

Why Use Xen?
05/09/2013

At the Linux Foundation Collaborative Summit in April, the Xen Project announced that it was now a Collaborative Project of the Linux Foundation.  But as people attended some of the Xen-related conference sessions, one question always seemed to be asked: “Why should I use Xen?” There is

Google hosted Xen Hackathon, May 16-17, Dublin
03/07/2013

I am pleased to announce the next Xen Hackathon. The Hackathon will be hosted by the Ganeti team at Google and takes place on May 16-17, 2013 at Google’s offices in Dublin Ireland. You can find the exact address and hotel options at the events page and can also

SCaLE 11X: A very large very small show
03/01/2013

A few days ago, I had the privilege of attending SCaLE 11X in Los Angeles. And for me, it truly was a privilege. It had been over 5 years since I had the joy of attending a true Open Source conference of any real size, and what I found at