Virtual Machines: little boxes on the hillside

When: Thursday, August 6, 2015, 6:00–9:00 PM
Where: King County GIS Center, 201 South Jackson Street, Suite 706, Seattle, WA

Meetup link:

https://www.meetup.com/maptimesea/events/224359874/

During this session, we'll learn how to build and run Virtual Machines (VM). For the purposes of this tutorial, Virtual Machines (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_machine) will give us the the ability to run a self contained operating system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system) on our existing computer.

So, why Virtual Machines? Here are a few scenarios:

• Running a Mac? Setup a VM running Windows tooperate ESRI software
• Run test or beta software. Don’t jeopardize your whole computer, just a VM
• Running Windows? Test drive or setup a Linux WebServer

Add VMs to your tool chain!

Target Audience: people who want to avoid the constraints of any single operating system. Beginners encouraged!

Be sure to bring your laptop! If you get a chance install Virtual Box (https://www.virtualbox.org/).

There is absolutely no reason why this can't be your first Maptime! Check out our website (https://maptimeseattle.org/) (and tutorials) if you want to learn more about what we'll cover.