Message-ID: <20021012191440.46694.qmail@web11706.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 09:10:22 -0500 From: Robert Kennedy <erwin_k_r@yahoo.com> Subject: Meetings' Structure was: How is ITEC going?
--- Jim Herrmann <JimH@ItDepends.com> wrote:
> Steve makes a good point. Perhaps our group is
> growing enough that more structure is warranted. I
> think the "Installfest" and "Demoday" concepts are
> out dated.
Don't know about that. More newbies means more people
wanting to install duel boot machines and/or get Linux
to run on unusual hardware. (Rhetorical Question:
Could anyone get YDL to run on an Amiga with a PPC
processor? I've got one at work.)
> Linux is moving on, and so should our group. I
> think having someone show off some piece of software
> each meeting would be a great idea.
No argument there.
SNIP!
> The software being demonstrated would not have to be
> the latest, coolest, greatest, most obscure piece of
software.
> We're going to have a more and more newbies showing
> up to the meetings, and it would probably be good to
> have someone extolling the virtues of Kmail,
> Mozilla, Konqueror, Galeon, Evolution, Xine, XMMS,
> Gphoto, KDE desktop, Gnome desktop, IceWM,
> OpenOffice.org, GNUcash, Koffice, Eroaster,
> X-CD-Roast, Kate, KDevelop, Gcc, Desktop Themes,
> User Administration, Package installation, compiling
> kernals, compiling applications, PDA use, video
> editing, chat clients, Ghost Script/Ghost View, VNC,
> remote shells, remote X windows, FTP clients, etc.
> etc.
Explaining MIME types would be one topic I'd sit thru.
Some programs tell you each file is a MIME type
without specifying any details. Is it sound, graphic,
explosive, or whatever.
> My point is, there is plenty of opportunities for
> people to show off stuff they use all the time. We
> don't need to prepare handouts and write up a big
> presentation, we just need to show people how to use
> the tools that people use everyday.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Jim Herrmann (first names aren't enough anymore)
Thanks, Jim. Good food for thought.
Best,
Bob Kennedy
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