Where It's Going

Now we have the ability to use 3 different Learning Management Systems (LMSs). The first one can be used for teaching lessons to 2-3 people at a time. It is the best in most cases, but can only serve 2-3 people at a time.

The second, can be used either when you need more than 3 people, or when you need access via the android app. It also has certain uses that it is also used for where the first cannot be used.

Finally, the 3rd one is a fallback LMS for when no other LMS fits the bill. It will be used occasionally, but rarely.

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This is still working...


-- Dennis Earl Smiley ---

Where It's Going

So what will be possible in the future? Well, I see various things, such as being able to have personal web pages, and being able to log onto game and application servers and do work. It'd be nice to also have the Public News Service back up and running again too.

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Look at this. Some of this is already possible, but not advertised well. We can have personal web pages via the vweb server. We can log onto App servers for the purpose of doing work, or playing games.

The public news service, is basically considered a "dead" thing, for now, however.

--- Dennis Earl Smiley ---

Where It's Going

I can see where the network is going in my head, but it's hard to describe in words. What you are seeing on this website is part of it working. Let me try to describe some of the things I see working however.

I can see people being able to log onto a server for the purpose of using applications. There are several application servers, each with a different OS. These are implemented as virtual servers running perhaps on main1.

I can see websites running from my server(s). The first one is already in progress and it is the main website for the network. It is technically done, it's just that it isn't always working, as main1 is being worked on right now.

I can see down the road theoretical protocols created, such as the buy protocol and the sell protocol. These are protocols created by me.

I can see possibilities of being able to download stuff. You could download programs perhaps, that have been created.

I can see that not just the people who live in the house use this, but others as well. Right now it's only me using it, but I can see that expanding to others using it.

I can see the usefulness of the private mail system working. I can see it working with e-mail.

These are some of the things that I can see working on the network. Perhaps I will post more about them later.

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What you are seeing now, is part of this coming true.

It is now possible to log onto several App servers. Each of these has a different OS. Mostly, it's different flavors of Linux. They are indeed implemented as virtual servers. One is running on main1. However, the majority of them are running on main2.

There are several websites, and/or web services. These can all be accessed from my main network web page. That is the only one of my network pages, that is located on a server outside the network. Mostly you can browse it as if it were all on one server. But most of it, in reality, is on my virtual servers.

The e-mail subsystems are all set up and working okay. We have a long ways to go before private mail works with e-mail, but we are on the way. Now we have the subsystems set up.

--- Dennis Earl Smiley ---

vmandrakelinux

We now have our vmandrakelinux server up and running. This is simply another App server. More access to older programs for us!

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vmandrivalinux

We now have vmandrivalinux completed. vmandrivalinux is: The Virtual Mandriva Linux Server. It is an App Server. Sometimes called an Application Server. From now on I will use the new term "App" as much as possible. This refers to "Application". An Application is a type of program.

So vmandrivalinux is an App Server. It will run apps and function as a client, only with remote access to it.

It has several software packages that we currently did not have access to. It has documentation on it. Lots of documentation. It has Office tools and lots of games and other apps. That's what this one is good for.

--- Dennis Earl Smiley ---

Where We Are and Where We Are Going

We now have all servers on main1 complete. Remember that main1 is a physical server and the rest are virtual servers. That's a little bit of technical information you need to understand things.

There is one more physical server to create virtual servers on. That server is main2. It will come next. main1 has 5 virtual servers. main2 will have 5 more virtual servers. How to use that space is still yet to be determined, but we'll figure it out.

There will be several "passes" made to get the servers working. This is the first pass. The first pass is where we get all virtual servers working.

--- Dennis Earl Smiley ---

vmail

Now we have the vmail server! This changes the way e-mail works for the final time for now. This also finishes the server group on main1. This is the first pass of all those servers.

vmail is: The Virutal Mail Server

vmail provides outside access to e-mail. It can work with standard e-mail in some of the following ways, possibly plus more.

• Be linked as the only outside account. In this way, we can provide e-mail for the user all in-house..
• Be linked as another outside account. When this is the case, we essentially have an alias for a user account. A user could give one away to more trusted people, and only share the other with untrusted people that they need to communicate with.
• Function independently. A user could have just the outside account provided in house. This would then allow them to use it such as they use gmail.

There are these ways, and possibly more ways to use this service.


--- Dennis Earl Smiley ---