The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 12. The meeting topic for this month is as follows:

VirtualBox - Run Several Virtual Systems On A Single Host Computer

Sun's xVM VirtualBox offers full virtualization on many host platforms for many guest systems like Linux, Windows, BSD, OpenSolaris and many others. VirtualBox requires no changes in the guest systems and provides for guests as far back as MS-DOS and forward to Windows Vista and OpenSolaris.

In this presentation, Daryl Fonseca-Holt, from the University of Manitoba, will explain what kind of virtualization VirtualBox offers, the major features it has, and some of the uses it can be put to. During the demo, Daryl will show how to set up for a new guest in VirtualBox, install the guest, and show the effect Guest Add-ins have on the user experience of the guest system.

The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend.

********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk.

Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $5.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. **********************************************************************

For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server:

http://www.muug.mb.ca/

Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board:

http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf