[aclug-L] Re: February Meeting topic?

["Christopher Brown" <cwjbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

yeahbut..will this help you if you don't know your OS from a hole in the 
ground? And will shovels be provided for comparison?

what about someone discussing how the current kernel will access NTFS now, read 
and write, and the difference between current and past patches?

Chris Brown
----- Original Message -----
From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 20:19:02 -0600
To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [aclug-L] Re: February Meeting topic?

> On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 02:52:24PM -0600, Anne McCadden wrote:
> > I am beginning to to believe that we are going to have any more
> > meetings.  I was hoping that we had everything worked out, but now I am
> > not sure that we did.  
> > 
> > I was hoping to find out more info on multimedia programs with linux, ie
> > video capture and playing DVD's.  I think that fizzled out too.  ~Anne
> 
> I would be willing to talk about any of the following.  Some of these
> are not long enough for a single meeting, so two might be covered in one
> night.  My personal favorite suggestion would be LVM near the bottom,
> which could apply to just about everyone.
> 
> Introductory Material:
> 
>  * What an OS does, what Linux is, how it's different from Windows.
> 
>  * Common tasks for a Linux newbie.  Burning CD-ROMs, Gnome vs. KDE,
>    working with MS Office docs, where to find help.
> 
> Networking: A not-too-technical introduction to how networks and the
> Internet work.  (Covers things like network layers, TCP/IP, Ethernet,
> etc.)  Then, common network configuration tasks in Linux.  Second half:
> a description of IPv6, why I'm thrilled about it, and how you can use
> Linux to get billions of IP addresses for your home, given only a single
> IPv4 address.
> 
> Why People Like Linux: Talks about the empowering nature of Free/Open
> Source Software.   Some fun moments in Linux history (video of Bill
> Gates having Windows BSOD on him, the Microsoft KSH episode, one of
> Linus' letters to SCO).  Then an update on where Linux is now and where
> it's going.
> 
> BSD -- The Other Free Operating Systems: A discussion of the three
> popular BSD operating systems, FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD; the
> differences between them; the differences between them and Linux; and a
> demonstration of NetBSD.  While we're at it, a comparison between Linux
> and the commercial Unices -- Solaris, AIX, etc.
> 
> DocBook -- Writing documentation with SGML and converting it into just
> about any format imaginable.
> 
> Linux at work -- Why businesses like Linux, prominent companies
> using Linux, how to get Linux in at work, and my own experiences with
> Linux at various companies.
> 
> LVM and Advanced Filesystems: Two separate topics.  First, the LVM,
> which essentially replaces partition tables with a far more advanced,
> yet easier to use, option.  Then, common advanced filesystems: reiserfs
> and ext3 and my personal experience with both.
> 
> Some other shorter topics that could be combined or added to something
> above:
> 
>  * Printing with CUPS and Foomatic.
> 
>  * Programming with Python.
> 
>  * What's up with the SCO thing
> 
> Oh, and, what date is the meeting? :-)
> 
> Thanks,
> John
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