Two talks would probably be good. Put everything about games on one session and the good stuff on another ;-)
I think it all can be done within an hour or two. Who's bringing the beer cooler? -- Alvaro Zuniga Windows Professional Administrator Windows 95 Certified Dustin Puryear wrote: > Oh, as far as the other topics, want to break those out to a few > advanced meetings? Maybe one a month? > > --- > Puryear Information Technology, LLC > Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 > http://www.puryear-it.com > > Author of "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" > Download your free copy: > http://www.puryear-it.com/bestpractices.htm > > Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 1:00:44 AM, you wrote: > > > Hi again. I wrote an outline for the topic I suggested as the next meeting. > > > The Commandline Brotherhood: Mastering the Console > > > 0) Introduction > > "Should you be a Commandline Warrior?" > > a) Why should you use it? > > - Fun > > - Faster > > - Looks cool (Well it does.) > > - Key point: learn more > > 1) Setting up > > "From Dumb TTY to Linux Console" > > a) Resolution > > - The default 80x25 size can be insufficent. > > - SVGATextMode instructs your video card to resize the console > > on-the-fly > > without having to reboot. It can be dangerous if you don't set the > > right > > refresh rates. > > b) Fonts > > - PSF fonts in /usr/share/consolefonts > > - consolechars -d (default) or -f file > > c) Keymaps > > - /etc/console/ files and newer Debian setup with console-setup > > - loadkeys command > > - man 5 keymaps > > - Use: Windows keys for VT switching, dead keys > > - evexec hotkey program (music control) > > d) screen (detaching, statusbar, window management) > > - Mapping Function keys to switch windows > > - Constant statusbar > > - ^A for commands > > - Detaching > > e) gpm > > - General overview (howto use, setup is easy) > > 2) Using it > > "Enter the Shell" > > a) Automating a login system (fancylogin, bash init scripts) > > - Logging into 8 shells is annoying. Can be automated OR go a bit > > further. > > - mingetty in inittab > > - fancylogin > > - My bash init script (aliases, fixed apps, LS_COLORS, PS1, bash > > completion > > b) Web browsing (elinks, lynx, links, links2, w3m) > > - Alternatives, recent is elinks though links2 can do gfx+jscript > > - Basic usability (show it off) > > c) IRC (irssi) > > - Again, show it off > > d) Other communication (bitlbee) > > - Explain usefulness, demonstrate adding an account, show it off > > - Groupchats > > e) Mail (elmo, mutt) > > - elmo is better for SMTP, show off both > > f) Multimedia (mplayer) > > - It can play many formats and output in many ways. > > - Video output (svgalib, framebuffer, vidix) > > 3) Graphics and games > > "It's a GUI World out there" > > a) SVGAlib (zgv) > > - Show it off > > b) aalib (bb) > > - Show it off > > c) Interactive fiction games (Inform, adventure, battlestar) > > - Adventure > > - battlestar > > - modern intfic games (wurb.com/if, rec.games.int-fiction) > > d) Arcade games (tetris, worm, bsdgames) > > - tetris, worm, ninvaders, snake, etc > > e) Roguelikes (nethack, crawl, adom, tome, GearHead, CastlevaniaRL, > > DoomRL) > > - demo each > > - my project > > > I'm totally inexperienced at giving talks, but I could try. > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
