Hey guys! I like this idea a lot! Especialy the "let's build ..." title (The "HowTo" title is getting trite.)
Benjamin Scott wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Paul Lussier wrote: > >>Hey, I think that's a great idea. One of the things I think we should >>do more often is a "let's figure this out together" thing. >> > > I agree. I think the idea of a "hands-on" meeting is worth trying > further. For example, consider wireless. Last night, the primary goal was > to get a network, and it turned out that a wired network was easier. But > consider a meeting with the designated purpose of "Getting to know > wireless". Everyone who is interested, bring their laptop and their > wireless cards. A presentation on how it should work, combined with > actually setting up a wireless LAN, sounds very interesting. We could make > sure we had all the needed software (kernel, pcmcia-cs, iwconfig, etc.) on > hand ahead of time, and people could be sure to bring their distro disks. > > >>Hmmm, which leads me to the question, should we be more adventurous in >>the future? We could do things like: >> >> let's build a firewall >> let's build a webserver >> let's build a DNS environment >> let's set up an e-mail system. >> > > It certainly seems like it might be worth trying. Perhaps we should float > the idea to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>? > >
