[Yhslug] Friday Meeting-- Bring People!

[Matthew Gallagher]

Well we now have tons of experienced users coming, but very few complete
beginners.
If basically everyone knows the basics, then we could do some more advanced
things like setting up beryl  and other customizations. However I think
Thomas's presentation is focused on  the basics.


On 5/17/07, Dan Caughran <dcaughran at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I plan to be there. I also have a few old *nix crash course
> presentations I can give again if you me want too. I'll also have my
> laptop with some Beryl eye candy on it too.
>
> --
> Dan Caughran
> Vice President, VTLUUG
> Intern, The MITRE Corporation
> DCaughran at gmail.com
>
> On 5/17/07, Thomas Doggette <tdoggette at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm glad to see that a lot of the regulars are attending, but what's
> > more important than that is that we have people to teach. Much of this
> > (excepting, of course, the pizza), is simply not going to be very
> > interesting to you Linux zealots.
> >
> > Bring family and friends.
> >
> > I'll have a powerpoint ready with the very basics of F/OSS and Linux,
> > ie what Libre is, why you ought to care, and how you can use it.
> > That'll be followed by the start of an Ubuntu installation (I have a
> > hard drive, and I talked with Elkner a while back about using one of
> > his computers). Then, the pizza, and then we have a clean install to
> > play with. We can show everyone how easy it is to do stuff on Linux
> > (we can do that on another machine of the install's not done), and
> > then, how to install programs and maybe do a little customisation.
> > Then, the fun part: I'm borrowing a copy of World of Warcraft from a
> > friend, and we'll get that running under Wine.
> >
> > If you have anything to add, either now or at the meeting, it's a
> > flexible schedule, so you'll have time to show off your trick or
> > favorite app.
> >
> > ~Thomas Doggette
> > ~YHSLUG Student Lead
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