Jeremy Bongio's Semester Summary

Fall 2005

Goals for the Semester

• Learn about the Linux kernel
• Give some presentations on some of the technologies I've learned
• Take more of a hand in running COSI

Semester Achievements

• I presented how to install, configure, and use Xen based on a Ubuntu system.
• I presented some of what Mike and I learned during our visit to the Ottawa Linux Symposium (OLS).
• I spent conutless hours in the lab. This helps in a number of ways. It's good to keep the lab open for anyone who wishes to use it. Also, the more people in the lab generally makes it a more friendly place to work.

Continuing Projects

I am currently competing in the OSDL Tuxmaster's Invitational again. I am working with Mike McCabe to make modifications to the Xen kernel. I'm also still reading about the Linux kernel in general.

Future Plans

Next semester I will be filling in for Rouslan as a student co-director of COSI. This is big responsibility. I plan to be in charge of COSI servers, do more presentations than this semester, and perform all of the regular tasks of a student director like organizing meetings, keeping up to date as far as what others are working on, and being someone people can go to for help. Beyond this I plan to review some of the technologies I've used in the past to refresh them in my mind. I believe this will be beneficial because, for one, I could do presentations on them, and, two, over time you tend to forget things. It's important that a person's skills are maintained.