On Thursday 05 October 2006 23:23, Nick Rout wrote: > 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? What actually happens behind the scenes. How to make it work when things go wrong.
> Its not demonstratable, watching a compile run > is marginally less exciting than watching paint dry. You don't demonstrate that, you show the effect of errors. > 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/ Personally I'd be somewhat more interested in seeing the two BBC World programs called "The Codebreakers" ( or words to that effect ) -- CS
