Um, sorry about not including the date and time in the body of the message, but if you look in the Subject: of the message, you should see it. :)
John Hebert ps: 1900 means 7pm > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 12:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [brluglist] BRLUG Newbie Night Meeting, 2/18/02 > at 1900 at > Sparkhound > > > When is the meeting? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Calling all Linux Newbies (and any non-newbies wanting to > help out newbies)! > > > >We are having the 2nd BRLUG Newbie Night meeting at > Sparkhound (directions: > >http://www.brlug.net/location.php3?id=4, but the location of > Sparkhound is > >wrong. It is on the north side of I-12. Look for the bright > neon green > >building. If you are coming from the east, take Airline > north exit. Turn > >west on Interline and drive around the curves till you see > Sparkhound on the > >left.) > > > >We will be discussing, demoing and comparing Linux > distributions. I plan to > >demo Debian and YellowDogLinux (hopefully) and maybe SuSE > and a few others, > >depending on how many others I can cram in my laptop over > the weekend. Ricky > >Salmon will be demoing RedHat. If you are a more experienced > Linux user and > >want to help out some newbies, please bring your PC with another > >distribution of Linux installed to demo. It would really > help out the effort > >and would be appreciated. > > > >We initially decided to base the following meetings around > installing and > >using Mandrake, but if you really want to use another > distribution, please > >feel free to do so. We will be providing a bunch of > requested Mandrake 8.1 > >and 7.1 Install CDs. If you requested a set at the first > meeting, let me > >know that you will be there, otherwise I will give out any > CDs leftover. If > >you didn't request a set and you want one, let me know. And > if you want > >another distribution, let me know soon so I can try > downloading and burning > >a copy of it. > > > >Here is the agenda for the meeting: > > > >1. Intro to Distros 2/18/02 > >1.1. What is a Linux distribution? > >1.1.1. Linux basically starts as a bunch of uncompiled source code. > >1.1.1.1. Which can be a pain to install. > >1.2. Distributions make Linux easy to install. > >1.3. Different distributions address different needs. > >2. Demo of Some Linux Distributions > >2.1 RedHat, Mandrake - RPM based > >2.1.1. What is an "RPM"? > >2.2. Debian - deb based > >2.2.1. What is a "deb"? > >2.3. SuSE > >2.4. Yellow Dog Linux - RPM based > >2.5. Other distros? > >3. What makes distributions different? > >3.1. Different languages > >3.1.1. SuSE is ideal for German speaking users > >3.1.2. TurboLinux is popular in Asian countries > >3.2. Different levels of user experience > >3.2.1. RedHat and Mandrake are ideal for newbies > >3.2.1.1. Emphasis on ease of installation > >3.2.2. Slackware and Gentoo are better for Linux gurus > >3.3. Different philosophies about free | open source software > >3.3.1. Debian follows the free and open source sw intent best > >3.3.2. Lindows will mix open and closed source > >3.4. Different security needs > >3.4.1. Bastille Linux > >3.5. What intro is best for newbies? > >3.5.1. Currently, Mandrake is our favorite. > >3.6. Good links that compare different Linux distributions: > >3.6.1. http://www.distrowatch.com/ > >3.6.2. http://www.linux.org/dist/ > >4. Wrap Up > >4.1. Give out Mandrake CDs > >4.2. Discuss next meeting > > > > > >If you have any questions, please ask on the brlugnewbies > mailing list so > >everyone can benefit. But, if you need to ask me directly, > please do so. > > > >See you there! > > > >John Hebert > >================================================ > >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. > ================================================ > ================================================ 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. ================================================
