These all sound good. If you can please put together an outline and show it here. We can help you fine tune the presentation.
At 03:00 PM 10/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Dustin, I will be interested in doing this. Where is this going to take >place? If it is in LSU and we can get one of the rooms with the projectors, >how easy is to get your laptop to interface with the equipment? I would like >to have powerpoint presentation which will also be showcasing OpenOffice. >Handouts will also be OK I guess. > >Goal: To showcase Linux as a an inexpensive powerful development workhorse >born within the academic community equivalent or better than any profit >oriented counterpart; hopefully, someone will realize that anyone serious >about computer science should take advantage, contribute, and enjoy of open >source development. > >Points: > Languages available and utilities. It would be nice to give a homework >in programming languages class where students should have a few versions of >the same program in different programming languages and write a 1000 words >paper discussing the differences, similarities, advantages and disadvantages >etc; or, would this be against Linux? This type of exercise is not possible >under a commercial environment because the tools are only available if you >sacrificed your beer money of your entire undergraduate career. I think I >paid $150 dollars for an academic version of CodeWarrior. If I would have >purchased Turbo Assembler I would still be regretting not having donated my >money to the local pub. > > Academia: money is not an issue when designing a teaching course. > > Software distributed as source. There is a myth that Linux users have >access to the source code and therefore can fix the bugs in their programs, >right! Many Linux savvy users feel lucky enough to get a clean compile of an >application and hardly dare to look at compilation directive scripts; but >the point is that the possibility is there. I once fixed an application! >That was easy but I feel so proud of it. It was a Window Maker dock >application wmmultipop or wmmail, I have to check. Anyway. I was using a >command for my email applications such as " aterm -bg white -fg >black -tr -trsb -tint green -sh 40 -e pine " and the thing kept crashing. It >turned out that the command string was to longer than the allocated memory >for the array holding the string. I just change the array to hold more >elements and voila. > > Academia: users have access to the code which are real life solutions to >a problem. The didactic benefits are great, real life code inspection. Once >again, how about getting a program and breaking it for students to debug it? >I never had that opportunity coming from a teacher. > >I would like to put together a few points addressing the academic benefits >such as this. Then submitting them to the group for suggestions about what >software to show and what to talk about to get the interest of the audience. >Any comments and help are greatly welcome. This is exciting. > >Alvaro > > > >---- Original Message ----- >From: "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 1:41 PM >Subject: Re: [brlug-general] LSU ACM meeting > > > > At 11:04 AM 10/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Dustin, > > > > > >I cannot remember last time that I did a public presentation without my > > >cello but it cannot be that different, so I think this would be fun. Who > > >will be attending? What level? I do not know anything about compiler > > >optimization if that is necessary. > > > > Uh, no. That wouldn't be a bit too involved. We would want an overview of > > the various tools available with Linux for software development using > > various languages such as C, Java, Perl, Python, and so forth. Would you > > like to do this? I see a presentation that discusses the various tools > > including compilers, IDEs, debuggers, and available documentation. > > > > >Does anyone know of a good place to learn Glade? I looked into it once >but > > >the information was scarce and what I found was not that great. That >would > > >be a nice one to show along with Kdevelop both of which I have no idea >how > > >they work. > > > > > >About Codewarrior, nothing wrong with using commercial stuff, is there? >In > > >fact I think you were explaining to me a few years ago while you were >doing > > >the review that codewarrior combines the gnu libraries with their shell. >I > > > > My point was that I can't give you a copy since it's commercial. > > > > >think that is a great example to show the marriage between the open and > > >commercial world, objectionably similar to qt and kde. I once looked into > > >getting me a copy for $79 at the time compared to $599 for the Mac, Be, >or > > >Windows version. I suppose they are selling you the GUI which is where I > > >find the power, particularly the debugger. > > > > Not a bad idea. I'll see if I can find the software and I'll just give it > > to you. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > > > > > >let me know the details, later > > > > > >Alvaro > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Dustin Puryear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:41 AM > > >Subject: Re: [brlug-general] LSU ACM meeting > > > > > > > > > > At 02:39 AM 10/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >Hi Dustin: > > > > >Do you still have a copy of CodeWarrior for Linux? I have never had >the > > > > >chance to use it in Linux but I used quite a bit in Macs and also > > > > >Windows( buggy in 1998 v5 ). If I can get a hold of this tool I would > > > > >love to show it off assuming. I think is the coolest software I have > > > > >ever used( actually ever since I tried it I never looked for anything > > > > >elsewhere, unbeatable ). > > > > > > > > I may still have it around here someone, but CodeWarrior is >commercial. > > > > > > > > >Another application that I have been using recently is Quanta. If you > > > > >can get this running in KDE with a translucent theme people will love >it > > > > >for sure because it looks incredible. > > > > > > > > > >Finally, the countless editors with color scheme and language savvy > > > > >capabilities, GIMP, the countless languages available, icon editors. > > > > >etc. > > > > > > > > > >I would love to be part of this > > > > > > > > Sure. So you want to do the development side? > > > > > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Puryear Information Technology > > > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > General mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >General mailing list > > >[email protected] > > >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Puryear Information Technology > > Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting > > http://www.puryear-it.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://host19.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology Windows, UNIX, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
