I propose as a true invocation of the diversity of Linux, that the next meeting be a 60 minute 60 second whirlwind talk.
Choose 6 blokes, (I'll volunteer to be one), each to give 10, 60 second talks on a linuxy topic dear to their hearts. Some imposing ChairDroid can bong something loud and intrusive every 60 seconds and on to the next topic. Each speaker would bring N copies of his notes complete with relevant URL's to references to hand out. Each speaker should prepare a couple of extra minutes in case some other speaker doesn't pitch. Some topic's I (or any other volunteer) could discuss would be Ruby R libplot valgrind memtest86 make cvs /proc file system xml apache as your deployment tool Catalog of Free Compilers and Interpreters. gcc - Obscure features. Source code navigation in Emacs. Getting, sorting, reading mail using fetchmail,procmail,pine. .... John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639 Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632 PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] New Zealand Good Ideas: Ruby - http://www.ruby-lang-org - The best of perl,python,scheme without the pain. Valgrind - http://developer.kde.org/~sewardj/ - memory debugger for x86-GNU/Linux Free your books - http://www.bookcrossing.com Memtest86 - http://www.memtest86.com - Free standalone, excellent memory tester for PC's.
