> At last night's meeting there was a low turn-out and no speaker.
I believe "low turn-out" may be related to the "no speaker".
> it wouldn't fill the needs of those of us who've been
> around to go back to simple presentations.
What are those needs? Could they be taken care of by mailing lists?
I rarely get much out of any advanced presentation. It is either
over my head or I already know all about it.
> have the first or last hour devoted to Linux beginners topics.
I.M.O. whichever starts first will overrun the second. It's the
nature of conversation. If you want the newbies, then they get to
start first.
> We could start at 6
I can not be there before 7. YMMV.
I would be more likely to attend beginner sessions. This may be a personal
preference thing, especially as I like teaching as much as learning. As I
hinted above, I consider exploring the basics (the underpinnings) more
worthwhile than learning too much about this or that new package. Rather
than an in depth presentation, I think an appropriate overview is
consumable by newbies anyway.
As an example, I did learn about MythTV from the presentations, but I
really never knew anything about it until I tried it myself.
Barry
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