Jason
Kevin Anderson wrote:
TBA kinda concerns me.
I haven't been to a meeting in well over a year, so maybe I shouldn't say anything, but I'll make a suggestion.
Throughout the "what would be good for the newbies" thread, one repeated thing was that people would like to see more of the basics. Additionally, there is always a TON of praise following a presentation such as the one on IPcop. Some of the more active people get pretty attached to various distributions.
It would be fairly simple for someone to choose a favored distro, and demo it. That way, newbies would be able to compare "features" of different distros that they may not otherwise see. Apt-get vs Emerge vs up2date would be features that could be compared after seeing the various distros, but not before. This would also keep more experienced people engaged too, because most of us (let's be honest) don't play with the various distros as often as we'd like newbie or not, and this would be an opportunity to see what has happened between RH 7.3 and RH 9 (for example).
We could put together a quick " demoing a mainline distro should include..." type list. Maybe Install a new package. Update an existing package. Find which packages are out of date. Presenter's favorite feature of this distro. Top Item on the Presenter's wish list for the distro. Where to go for help - Forum, IRC, etc. ???
I would suggest that if this was done every second month, it would be something that could continue indefinately. Off the top of my head, I can think of 5 common distros (MDK, Suse, RH, Debian, Gentoo) and I'm 100% certain there will be people thinking "you forgot about ..." and most dostros could easily be recovered every 6 months or so. Plus, if different people presented, there would always be something new for each presentation even if several people both show the same distro.
I would also submit that these could also be done by a first timer themself. "My name is Joe, and I'd like to wipe out Windows and replace it with the distro I saw demoed a few months ago." This effectively does the same thing as a distro demo, except that it's at an even more basic level. It also allows someone to have their hand totally held while going through the install.
The alternating weeks would be something focused on applications or use or something along those lines.
I'll also make another suggestion for a topic. "How to use Linux in your office. AKA - Linuxmanship".
I think it's worth spending a day focusing on how to "sell" Linux up the corporate food chain at an office. This seems to be getting easier with almost every passing day, but it's still something that would be of benefit to some people.
As a followup (I'd suggest that it should be a 2 month session), we could have a day for people to bring in supervisors, bosses, clients, and co-workers so that they could sit down and test drive Linux for themself while people were around to help them out with any questions they may have. Following the session, they should be sent home with a copy of Cluggix, so they can continue to test the waters in a non-committal way. Once again, newbies benefit because they can have a look at various things, and greyhairs can benefit by 'selling' something they love.
I also still owe a Samba session. Please let me know when would be best. July?
Kev.
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June 2003 Meeting
Topics:
Presentation: TBA Membership Business of the group Workshops/Installfests Any other relevant topics Question & Answer period GPG key exchange Open Floor
Time:
7:00pm - 9:30pm, June 4, 2003
doors open at 6:45pm and close at 10:00pm
Location:
SAIT - room MC317 in the Heart building
Map available at their website (http://www.sait.ab.ca/corporategeneral/virtualtour/printmap.gif) , and in the front of the phone book.
Door Prize(s):
Linux Magazine (June 2003)
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