On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:22, you wrote: > History: Chris Sawtell offered to talk on gentoo at the next meeting, > but then couldn't make it.
Looks as if I may well be able to come after all. The 9 or so students on the course want to make coming to the CLUG evening a class outing instead of being stuck in the class room lisenting to me raving on. If I can get permission from the management -- ie they don't cut my pay -- we will be coming. > I have offered to do a talk on it instead, I'm more than happy to have a change from being the centre of attention. > but want to make sure people really are interested. > > Thoughts anyone? I think anyone reading the list will know basically > what gentoo is about. I envisage a short spiel on: > > source distros generally, including brief overview of those available, > advantages and disadvantages of source distros. > > description of the ebuild/emerge system of installing software. > > where to get the distro and where to get help. > > demo the installation of a (small) app (small as it has to download @56k > and compile while everyone is watching) > > description of the install process. > > give away a few cd's. I have about 300 megs of source files, but they are all of vaying ages. > There won't be much wizz bang in terms of "Entertainment", and I'll try > to keep it relatively short, as we need to run the 20 minute Linus > interview too. > > Anyway I am seeking comments about whether this discussion has any > appeal, and (if so) any other specific areas people want covered. -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
