Do you want presentations (Linux does this, this and this. The End.) or
something more like a tutorial, where the guy would actually show how to
do things?

On Mon, 2001-12-17 at 07:12, Joel T Schneider wrote:
> It would be a good idea for presenters to get together and assemble a list
> of topics for a series of linux presentations.  The following are some
> linux topic ideas.
> 
> 1. Comparison of Linux Distributions (RedHat, Mandrake, SuSE, Debian,
>    Slackware, ...)
> 2. Office Productivity Software (StarOffice, KOffice, AbiWord, OpenOffice, 
>    ...)
> 3. Desktop Environments (Gnome, KDE, WindowMaker, Sawmill, fvwm2, twm, 
>    ...)
> 4. Server Capabilities (web server, file server, print server, mail server
>    database server -- Apache, Samba, Sendmail, Postfix, Postgresql, MySQL,
>    InterBase/Firebird, ...)
> 5. Client and Networking Capabilities (file and print services, web
>    browsers, X, vnc, ipchains/iptables, ...)
> 6. System Administration Overview (file system layout, webmin, linuxconf,
>    vnc, ssh, distro specific tools, ...)
> 7. Software Development (gcc, gdb, perl, python, java, CodeWarrior,
>    NetBeans, Kylix/Delphi, ...)
> 8. Commercial Software (Oracle, DB2, Sybase, games, IDEs, ...)
> 
> It would also probably be a good idea to create a questionnaire for TCPC
> members that asks which linux topics they would be most interested in
> seeing for future presentations.
> 
> Count me in as someone willing to do presentations ("potential SIG
> leader").
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Sun, 16 Dec 2001 Terry Houle wrote:
> > As President of the Twin Cities PC Users group I am going to try and devote
> > one Saturday a month to Linux.  Currently our Systems on Saturday group
> > meets every Saturday in Bloomington near the Mall of America.  Generally we
> > discuss Windows since that is all most of us know or are trying to learn.  I
> > would like to include Linux once per month or at least on a periodic basis.
> > It would all be dependent on someone to lead the SIG and share their Linux
> > knowledge and skills with some of us want-a-bees. Great proficiency with
> > Linux would not be required since anyone would probably know more than most
> > of us.  We have about 375 members and publish a monthly newsletter called
> > the Digital Viking.  A copy of the newsletter and more information about us
> > could be found on our web site at: http://www.tcpc.com  .
> > It could be an opportunity for someone to enhance their speaking or teaching
> > skills. We do have a projector but Linux is not on our machine at this time.
> > Would be preferable if the person/s brough their own laptop to use.  Our
> > meeting room probably holds a max of 40 people and generally 20 may show up
> > to most Saturday's.
> > Assume it would be difficut for me to get a person to do it every month and
> > would therfore like to develop a list of possible SIG leaders for a
> > Saturday.  That way there could be a rotation of some kind or possibly we
> > just do it every few months depending on the number of people willing to do
> > it.  To not discourage our group it would be best just to use GUI and not
> > the command line to scare people off.  We meet from 9AM to about 11:30 AM.
> > If you would like more clarification please contact me or to put your name
> > on the list as a "potential SIG leader".  Regretably no compensation is
> > available except for the satifaction or skill development you get.
> > 
> > 
> > Terry Houle
> > President
> > Twin Cities PC Users Group
> > terry at tcpc.com
> > http://www.tcpc.com
> 
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