On Thursday 05 October 2006 23:10, Robert Fisher wrote: > On Thursday 05 October 2006 10:53 pm, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > Sorry to be a bit of a failure over the orgainising of talk subjects, > > > > Don't stress yourself. > > Here here. You have done fine so far Chris. > > > I am not sure whether compiling tar files is a good topic for > > demonstration. There's nothing to see. A thread on the list, or a good > > writeup on the wiki, filled in with more list input, would be adequate. > > How to run rpm & Co is more basic system administration, covered by > > reading $DISTRO's howto-101. > > Quite possibly correct but maybe there is interest. > Maybe we should ask if there is interest. > There have been, after all, recent list discussions which showed a wide gap > between those who know various package management techniques and those who > do not. > > Any comments from others? > > Rob
I dunno about compiling, its been done to death. less README less INSTALL ./configure make sudo make install what else is there to know? Its not demonstratable, watching a compile run is marginally less exciting than watching paint dry. Is anyone interested in bittorrent? Its a useful tool, but a mature technology now, so may not be that stimulating. I could talk about it if there was a demand. then again u may be sick of me. with vista around the corner, "trusted computing" is also here. I am downloading a short film about it that may be interesting. We could reshow "Evolution OS" if anyone wants a night at the movies. Its a bit old now though http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308808/
