How about a (30mins or so) Vi vrs emacs talk, non violent. --- David Irvine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 08:53, Colin McKinnon wrote: > > At 20:00 30/10/01 +0000, Kevin McDermott wrote: > > >What would everybody think about a talk on *BSD > (the three main free BSD > > >variants) ? > > > > Well, my inbox isn't overflowing with responses. > What _do_ people want to > > hear about? > > I would quite like to hear about why you use BSB, > perhaps a bit of an > insight into J.Random BSD user, what you like about > it that you dont > like on other distrobutions, What the differences > are in use and > licencing between the various flavors of BSD etc. > etc. > > I would quite like to hear a series of talks on why > people use the > distro they have. Something along the lines of "My > names <Name> and I > use <Distro> because <Reason>..... The talk wouldnt > have to be long, in > fact we could get everybody to stand up and say a > reason for using their > distro or for not using any of the others like the > idea with the books, > just a short rant about your favorite distro and > what quirks and > features you like about it. > > Definatly would appreciate one on general encryption > and the like. > > D > > > > > (I though it would have been interesting, > Kevin) > > > > I don't think any of our scheduled speakers stand > up and talk without > > putting a lot of time and thought into their > presentation, so feedback and > > direction is important. Similarly, attendance at > the monthly meetings > > really took off when the formal presentations > started so there does seem to > > be some demand for technical talks. > > > > I'm obviously not embarassed by my ignorance - top > of my list of things to > > hear about: > > Perl programming, particularly CGI & DBD > > C tools - gdb, make & co. > > GPG/PGP encryption > > ssh > > internet telephony > > legislation regarding development & use > of software > > > > There are some areas I've done (a little) research > into and I could be > > convinced to give a introductory talk on: > > intrusion detection systems > > content control > > > > Meanwhile, can anybody recommend some cheap/free > games for Linux? > > > > Colin > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.lug.org.uk > http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk > http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.lug.org.uk > http://www.linuxportal.co.uk > http://www.linuxjob.co.uk > http://www.linuxshop.co.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------------
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