Ok, why don't two or three of us, put our heads together and starting with http://www.kernel-panic.org/Members/pacneil/beginner/node3 go through the document and present on the information there. We can advertise it as a Linux for beginners presentation and move through and cover the basics, then the commands and continue on. If we find something that needs to be covered (there's probably a lot) we can write more as we go along. We can take a break from the topic when someone volunteers to do a presentation on a more advanced topic (George Geller and backup comes to mind), then proceed again the next month.
What do you think? Any volunteers? James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: >> Neil Schneider wrote: >>> I think we need to figure out what we're going to do for August. >>> There >>> were a bunch of good topics discussed last Thursday night. >>> >>> Jim, >>> >>> I would be most grateful if you would give us a synopsis from your >>> notes about that could kick start this conversation. >>> > > Comments related to meeting suggestions > ======================================= > > Command Line Concepts for Beginners > > - possibly multiple short presentations with multiple presenters. From > past experience, 3 or 4 might be the most we could usefully pack into > one meeting. Alternatively, one (or 2) short(s) could pair with a > longer traditional presentation, providing joy to multiple audiences. > :-) > > - might do some idea-prospecting (or even revive work on) prior > writings > http://www.kernel-panic.org/Members/pacneil/beginner/ > http://www.kernel-panic.org/wiki/MeetingProgramIdeas > http://www.kernel-panic.org/wiki/LinuxAnswers > > > Entertainment Category > > - Flight simulator (type) programs > > - Board Games such as gnuchess > > - See if Robin Rowe might be available & amenable for another > presentation (he gave one several years ago) -- either on his work > with > CinePaint (was Film Gimp), or anything else from his knowledge and/or > involvement with the film industry. > > - Stir up other local experts on gaming (eg DJA?) > > > Revisiting some additional basics (beginner-level) > > - General Networking > - Wireless > - Firewalls (& security) > - WebCam, Dynamic DNS (& providing 'services') > - *nix ownership, permissions, filesystem > - file management, file migration and synchronization (how about > rsync) > - backup > - archiving > > Other Notes > =========== > - San Diego ed-tech project (San Diego Unified School District > (SDUSD)) > http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/PFshowstory.cfm?ArticleID=7178 (reg > reqd) > http://www.edtech.sandi.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177&Itemid=336 > -- possible contacts: > http://www.edtech.sandi.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=74&Itemid=504 > Deputy Superintendent Geno Flores > Doug McIntosh, an educational technology resource teacher > article author Jordan Zebor, Distance Learning and Digital Media > Specialist > > - thin clients (eg, LTSP) > - vmware images for teaching/training > - help & support infrastructure needed for promoting Linux > > > Remarks > ======= > All of the above seems like good wiki fodder. Especially since there > is > such a good match to perpetual/recurring themes. > > ..but.. oh gee, organizing thoughts and actually getting things > written > down is _really_ hard work. :-[ > > > Regards, > ..jim > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer > -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net http://www.paccomp.com Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best. - Will Rogers -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-steer
