Mark "If there's a volunteer to manage the web site (preferably one who's been around at meetings for a while) I can arrange to get them the server passwords and they can take this on and run with it."
As stated in on of my posts I think I can find time for this. I will make an effort get to meetings from here on in so that anything relevant that is raised can be added to the site. You can e-mail or ring me the server details. Stu -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Rogers Sent: 05 February 2007 13:31 To: Peterborough LUG - No commercial posts Subject: Re: [Peterboro] Follow-up to 30th January PLUG meeting Stuart Lonnen wrote: > 1. The Peterborough lug website needs to be worked on; the next > meeting is currently set to read as 28 March 2006, if it's going to be > to time consuming to update the website monthly I feel that it would > be better to just change this to read that meetings occur on the last > Tuesday of the month. My preference would be to keep it up to date but this would be a good compromise. > 2. Is it possible or even worthwhile adding a forum? Not unless it mirrored the list, see other post. > 3. What does everyone think about posting the first names of active > members and which distro they use? This could give prospective new > members an idea of the likelihood of meeting a Plug member who maybe > able to offer them support with their distro of choice. I'm all for people posting this information themselves, that sounds like a good idea. I won't be posting a list of subscribers though (I'm pretty sure that's not what you meant). I will say that there are a *lot* more subscribers than the few who actively post here. > 4. Could we list on the website somewhere topics that people want to > be discussed/attempted at specific meetings? I think the list is better for this (its easier to discuss things via a list) but I'm open to being convinced otherwise. > How about running install days? We could encourage people to try out a > live version of Linux or even help with setting up dual-boot systems. Absolutely, although we need to be sure they'll work if we're looking to "convert" people. > Does anyone think it would be worthwhile contacting the Central > Library or even one or more of the local branch libraries of > Peterborough with regards to finding a new venue to hold monthly > meetings or to run install days at? > > Likewise would it be worth contacting the Peterborough Regional > College Dept. with respect to install days/introducing Linux to the > students? We should be looking to get as many people as possible interested so all of these are good ideas. > BTW how much space do we have on the website? If we did run install > days and events would there be enough space for write-ups of events > with/out pictures. I don't see a problem here: either my company or one of the others here could provide space if we needed it and we ran out at lug.org.uk. If there's a volunteer to manage the web site (preferably one who's been around at meetings for a while) I can arrange to get them the server passwords and they can take this on and run with it. > 1. Burning CD/DVD including ISOs This sort of thing is usually much easier than it sounds, with k3b being a good starting point if you're using KDE or have its libraries installed. > 2. Using Skype or other telephony software under Linux. Similar to the above: most of these things "just work" when you try them, although if they don't then someone here should help. > 3. How to compile from source code. tar -zxvf package.tar.gz cd package ./configure make sudo make install (usually, or thereabouts). Again, this is something which sounds more scary than it usually is. The biggest problem tends to be dependencies, either in terms of getting the rights things in place for the compile to work, or in not breaking apt/yum afterwards by installing things outside them. If its something like (for example) an nvidia driver or vmware installation then the process is usually painless, it just needs repeating if you update the kernel. > 4. Recording desktop activity including voice/audio with respect to > creating tutorials. Depending on what you want to do, doing the whole thing inside something like vmware is good (it can record a session as an AVI file). > 5. Remote accessing of windows/Linux PCs under Linux. VNC is the simplest all-round solution, but I'd welcome a look at the alternatives. For a VPN solution I use Hamachi (www.hamachi.cc). > 6. Recording TV to HDD possibly using MythTV. My favourite topic! If only I could get this to work, but I am working on it... > 7. Emulation of 8bit computers from the 1980s (i.e., C64, Spectrum 48k > and Amstrad CPC range). And 8. Running current games either natively or under Wine (or a derivative of Wine). I know nothing about games but this is the most frequest way to end the sentence that begins "I would use Linux expcept that..." -- Mark Rogers More Solutions Ltd :: 0845 45 89 555 _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.25/669 - Release Date: 04/02/2007 21:58 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.25/669 - Release Date: 04/02/2007 21:58 _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
