Re: [aclug-L] Plans for upcoming meetings

[JOHNSTONE JEREMY S <jsjohnst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You have a vote from me for this schedule.

On 3 Sep 1998, John Goerzen wrote:

> OK, resending this one.  I think I got all the mail that was lost
> resent.  I managed to salvage it all, I think.
> 
> ....
> 
> OK, based on the feedback everyone has sent (thanks!) here's the
> tentative plan:
> 
> September 21:
>  * Intro to the Linux command line
>  * Filesystem layout, how to find files, why files live where they do
>  * Basic config file editing, and intro to some of the config files
>  * Some command-line tools like FTP, telnet, lynx, and the like.
>  * Editors used in a text-based interface.
> 
> This will provide needed background for the next meeting:
> 
> October 5:
>  * Networking with an emphasis on smaller or personal networks.
>    (We did some of this before, but I'll take a different angle with
>    it)
>  * How IP masquerading (aka Network Address Translation) works, its
>    benefits, pitfalls, and how to use it in Linux.
>  * How to integrate Linux into a Windows network and Windows into a
>    Linux network.
>  * Basic security precautions
>  * Mail server setup
>    (Or: why you should be glad you do not run complete.org <grin>)
> 
> And October 19:
>  * Graphical user interfaces under Linux: KDE, Gnome, fvwm2,
>    Enlightenment, and the new one that's been getting a lot of
>    excitement: Window Maker.  A review of the differences between
>    them and who would benefit most from each one in particular.
>  * Linux distribution comparison and discussion.  Which distribution
>    is the right choice for which people and *why*.  Why Debian and
>    RedHat are currently the most popular, and the future direction
>    of the distributions.
>  * A brief coverage of the legal issues surrounding some of the
>    controversial GUIs like KDE/Qt.
>  * Brief coverage of legal issues at play in the distributions.
> 
> This may be "overbooking" a few evenings.  The general consensus has
> seemed to me that these are the hot topics for a lot of people right
> now -- the trick is the order.  I think that the order I've laid out
> here is optimal, as some basic knowledge of the commandline is good
> for networking and for understanding some of the issues in the
> distributions.  We'll cover the command line in an easy way -- those
> of you that have never used it before will be able to do basic things
> comfortably, and we'll show some tricks to those of you that have been 
> using it for ages, too.
> 
> -- 
> John Goerzen   Linux, Unix consulting & programming   jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx |
> Developer, Debian GNU/Linux (Free powerful OS upgrade)       www.debian.org |
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