Sounds good to me. Even though I'm a newb, I'd stick around for the heady
stuff. Package management systems would get my vote. Then I just have to make
the meeting.
Tom Kastner
On Wed July 18 2007 2:10 pm, Nick Floersch wrote:
> If we had two presentations, it would seem reasonable and logical to
> have one high level presentation, and one low level presentation - with
> the low level presentation second, so that less technical users wouldn't
> have to site through what must be a boring technical talk to get to the
> less heady stuff they want ... I think the more technical users still
> enjoy the less heady stuff too.
>
> -nick
>
>
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> Nick Floersch (pr. Floor-sh)
> Stone Environmental, Inc.
> 802.229.1872
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Behalf Of Forest Bond
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:39 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Jul 17th meeting summary; Aug/Sep meeting planning
>
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 01:25:07PM -0400, Josh Sled wrote:
> > ...we talked briefly about if we should have a meeting in August or
> > September, but didn't really come to a consensus. Does anyone else
> > want to volunteer to present for the next meeting?
>
> It might be nice to a get a more highly-stratified mix of presentation
> topics.
> If someone wanted to, I think presentations on topics like the following
> would be appropriate:
>
> * Multimedia software
> - Image editors
> - Video & cinematics
> - Audio & recording software
> - 3D modelling
> * Package management systems (and why Debian/Ubuntu/apt is the best :)
> * Linux games
> * Window managers
>
> All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, you know. But, more-over,
> there's more to Linux & the BSDs than programming and databases, right?
>
> Is there anyone that's more of a newbie that wants to pick up a
> presentation like that?
>
> BTW, I don't mean to discourage highly technical presentations, either.
> It just might suit the group better to see a little bit of everything.
>
> -Forest
> --
> Forest Bond
> http://www.alittletooquiet.net
