{"id":1504,"date":"2012-10-09T23:46:41","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T06:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pogostorage.com\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2020-03-19T07:07:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T14:07:57","slug":"ohio-linuxfest-workstations-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/ohio-linuxfest-workstations-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux, Workstations, and Ice Cream!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-346 size-full\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 190px;\" title=\"OLF-GENERICLOGO Sm\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/OLF-GENERICLOGO-Sm.jpg\" alt=\"Ohio LinuxFest Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"316\" \/> After a few long plane flights, we\u2019re finally back from Ohio LinuxFest 2012!\u00a0We had fun talking with attendees about Linux, and it was great to be there as LinuxFest celebrated its 10th year.<\/p>\n<p>The show was very well-attended, and Pogo Linux was in good company with fellow hardware vendors like HP and IBM. \u00a0It\u2019s great to see a show like this grow into such a great event evangelizing open source and Linux (we remember the early days when it was just a wee little lad!)<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s always good to catch up with old friends &#8212; we saw many familiar faces from the Fedora project and the local Linux users groups. We had a lot of good conversations around our new Intel product lines, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-345\" style=\"width: 130px; height: 189px;\" title=\"Colorful ice cream\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/iStock_000018827630XSmall.jpg\" alt=\"Ice cream\" width=\"287\" height=\"418\" \/>including our latest Intel Xeon E5 Processor-based servers and workstations. In fact, we even had quite a few discussions about our Open Solaris-based Nexenta Storage offerings (Go Open Storage!)<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s talk about the important stuff &#8212; the food! hahaha \u00a0The lunch provided by the show was delicious, and we topped it off with some dessert from Ohio-based <a href=\"https:\/\/jenis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Jeni&#8217;s Splendid Ice Creams<\/a> (just down the street from the show.)\u00a0If you get the chance, try Jeni\u2019s ice cream. There was a line out the door day and night &#8211; it\u2019s <em>that<\/em> good!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-348\" style=\"width: 179px; height: 269px;\" title=\"Workstation Sm\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Workstation-Sm.jpg\" alt=\"Pogo Linux workstation\" width=\"375\" height=\"563\" \/>Last but not least, a big congratulations goes to Ed Liddle, the lucky winner of the Pogo Linux Verona 930 workstation!\u00a0We shipped the machine off to Ed right away, and he\u2019s got it up and running. \u00a0His thoughts so far? \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a well-built, nice-running machine!\u201d Thanks, Ed!<\/p>\n<p><strong>All in all, a fun, productive, and successful show &#8212; thanks again, Ohio LinuxFest. \u00a0Happy 10th year&#8230;and many happy returns!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a few long plane flights, we\u2019re finally back from Ohio LinuxFest 2012!\u00a0We had fun talking with attendees about Linux, and it was great to be there as LinuxFest celebrated its 10th year. 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