Meetings' Structure was: How is ITEC going?

[Patrick M]

I am going to take this as a RFC or in this case Request For Topic Ideas.
I think we have already heard of some and will hear of more as time passes.
Any of the Differences between X & Y could be hot topic points for 
experienced users.

 From the list of topics would say pick a major and minor topic, and let 
people choose between the two at the meeting. The ones with ** I 
consider smaller but still very important. Down the road they can be 
discussed in detail. I see there is already demo days, but what is going 
to be demo'ed, and is it going to be organized? I see at least 6 months 
of topics below:

--Differences in Distributions.
--Differences in X windows: Gnome, KDE, etc.--Over view
      Using diferent X servers -- More detailed--either break out 
session or whole meeting
            Tweaking and personalising your desktop.
--Samba--networking in a windows world.
--Firewall
**Office applications Open Office, Star office, Corel, etc.... Show that 
you can really do everything easily
--Apache--other web servers
**Graphic applications
**Web browsers
**Burning CD's
--Security Detailed
**Security Basic Common sence
**Open source (ideals and philociphy)
**Netiquite
**RTFM -- Include the idea of patience, and thinking things out.
--Gaming
--Package managers... tar... gz... installing stuff... and more
--Installfest
--Kids and linux
-*MTA -- Mail transfer agents
**DNS
**Sound
**Text editors -- vi
--SQL

Here is a list Jim Herman put forth:

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.

LCD projectors have been offered by: Jason Clinton and Vatterott College 
(Aaron)

Steven Elling wrote:

>Why don't we take the time to ask some of the newbies what they want to do 
>with linux?  Ask them what they want to explorer? Ask them how much they know 
>about Linux?  Ask the seasoned Linux users what they think they are lacking 
>in knowledge?  Ask the seasoned Linux users want to do with Linux?
>
>Once we gather this info, use it as a basis for conducting the KCLUG meetings.
>
>Good? Yea? Nay?
>  
>