> -----Original Message----- > From: Dustin Puryear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 11:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Agenda for BRLUG Newbie Nights was RE: [brluglist] Cheap > Official RedHat Linux 7.1 Basic packages still in shrink wrap > > > Well good lord. A lot of these topics would suit regular > BRLUG meetings as > well.
But without the testosterone-driven, geeky oneupmanship. :) > Should we devote regular nights to more in-depth technical > discussions? Yup, and presentations now and then, but not all the time. John Hebert > By the way, feel free to post all of these > meetings. I believe > the main page will only display the next two or three events, > so there > shouldn't be any problem. > > Regards, Dustin > > At 08:36 AM 1/23/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Yup, every 3rd Monday for the foreseeable future. I'm typing > up some notes > >and URLs from the meeting and will hopefully post that tonight. > > > >We have determined that we will use the RUTE book > (http://rute.sf.net) as > >our tutorial for BRLUG Newbie Nights. > > > >Here is the rough agenda for the future BRLUG Newbie Night meetings: > > > >1. Intro to Distros 2/18/02 > >1.1 RedHat, Mandrake - RPM based > >1.2. Debian - deb based > >1.3. SuSE > >1.4. Yellow Dog Linux > >1.5. Other distros? > >1.6. What intro is best for newbies? > >1.6.1. Currently, Mandrake is the favorite. > > > >2. Installation and Configuration 3/18/02?, 4/15/02? > >2.1. Booting Up > >2.2. hard disk partitioning - fdisk, DiskDruid > >2.2.1. Sizing partitions > >2.3. Installing software > >2.4. Configuring X Window (GUI) > >2.5. Lilo, GRUB > >2.5.1. Kernel Who? > > > >3. Installing software - Intro and Use 5/20/02? > >3.1. Software Package Management > >3.1.1. RPM > >3.1.2. deb > >3.1.3. Ports tree > >3.2. Compiling Software from Source > >3.2.1. gcc - intro and use > >3.2.2. make > >3.2.3. Finding, downloading source code > >3.2.3.1. on-line software archives > >3.2.3.2. tar, gzip, bunzip2 > > > >4. Basic Networking - Intro, Config, Use 6/17/02?, 7/15/02? > >4.1. A Short History of the Internet - (Egads! A taxpayer > financed govt > >project that works!) > >4.1.2. RFCs > >4.1.2. More Acronyms Than You Can Shake a Stick At > >4.2. TCP/IP > >4.2.1. Return of the Acronyms > >4.3. How to setup a network > >4.3.1. Cabling - Orange, Green, Blue,... Purple? > >4.3.2. NICs, hubs and other alien technology > >4.4. Setting up servers > >4.4.1. Mail > >4.4.2. Web > >4.4.3. etc. > > > >5. GUIs - Intro, Install, Config 8/19/02? > >5.1. X Window > >5.1.1. XFree > >5.2. Window Managers > >5.3. Desktop Environments > >5.3.1. Gnome > >5.3.2. KDE > > > >Possible future topics: > >a. Compiling Your Own Kernel > >b. Linux From Scratch > >c. Intro to C > >d. How to Participate in a Free|Open Source Software Project > >e. Free|Open Source Software Licenses - What's the Deal? > > > > > >This agenda WILL change to suit our needs as we go along. > _Please_ give any > >feedback, help and ideas you can, it will be most welcome. > If you plan to > >attend the next meeting or any meeting, please send me an > email so that we > >can plan to have enough chairs for everyone. > > > >Thanks, > >John Hebert > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dustin Puryear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 10:24 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: [brluglist] Cheap Official RedHat Linux 7.1 > > > Basic packages > > > still in shrink wrap > > > > > > > > > I also want to thank John for giving some time to the newbie > > > cause. So will > > > this be a regular, monthly event? > > > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > At 08:50 PM 1/22/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > > >John, I want to say thank you for the excellent "Newbie" > > > class Monday. In > > > >just a little while you had me understanding the basics. Now > > > all I have to > > > >do is study for the next few years and I may understand how > > > Linux is put > > > >together. > > > >Thanks again and see you next month. > > > >Larry > > > > > > > > > > > >================================================ > > > >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > >your subscription information. > > > >================================================ > > > > > > --- > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Information Systems Consultant > > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > > > > > ================================================ > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > your subscription information. > > > ================================================ > > > > >================================================ > >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > >your subscription information. > >================================================ > > --- > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Information Systems Consultant > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > In the beginning the Universe was created. > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > ================================================ > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > your subscription information. > ================================================ > ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. 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