> -----Original Message----- > From: Dustin Puryear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 6:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Agenda for BRLUG Newbie Nights was RE: [brluglist] Cheap > Offi cial RedHat Linux 7.1 Basic packages still in shrink wrap > > > At 12:55 PM 1/23/2002 -0600, you wrote: > > > -----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. :) > > I still think that the presenters we have had recently have > done a good job > and have been very open. But that's just me.
And again, I state that I am not talking about the presenters themselves. Hey, it's a joke, maybe even a self-deprecating joke. > > > Should we devote regular nights to more in-depth technical > > > discussions? > > > >Yup, and presentations now and then, but not all the time. > > If we aren't going to have presentations but rather technical > discussions > I'm not sure how the format would work. Fill me in. I would rather have 50% hands-on informal tweaking sessions like you proposed for the next meeting, and 50% presentations, with some discussion afterwards. John Hebert > Regards, Dustin > > > > >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. > >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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