Hi I would like to have some suggestions and volunteers to present 5 minute demos of "basic Linux topics", either before or after the main meeting. This would be in a small group around a table, not to the main group. My idea here is to provide a bit of structure to the groups, so they are more focused on demos and not just chatting. My ideas: - Word processing - Open office, Callabra Word, other. - Spreadsheets - email clients - different browsers and why try them - setting up a web server - setting up a database - setting up a VM for a purpose (such as - is that too long for 5 minutes?) - or maybe use the VM, not showing how to set it up, to demonstrate a database on a server or use two of them to demonstrate failover? - simple programming demo - simple shell script demo - anyone got scripts they use a lot? -- Rob Echlin, B. Eng. 613-266-8311 - Ottawa, ON http://talksoftware.wordpress.com - http://picasaweb.google.com/coderoller ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rob Echlin <rob [ at ] echlin [ dot ] ca> > To: R RENAUD <rjrenaud [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com>; ed stuckems <edstuckems [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>; OCLUG- Lists <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2013 10:47:42 PM > Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] help for new Linux users - before the club meeting > > Hi Ed and Roland, > > I would be in favour of renaming this to "Learning more about Linux", > or similar. > We can have one or two volunteers take a total newbie or two off to a different > table and discuss their issues separately. > > We have not been promoting the "new to linux" session outside the > club, so far, so it would be a bit of a waste not to help you with an area you > want to learn about. > > Any suggestions for a topic to work on? > We could also discuss or demo a subject as part of the work groups at the end of > the meeting. > > Rob > > > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: R RENAUD <rjrenaud [ at ] rogers [ dot ] com> >> To: ed stuckems <edstuckems [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>; OCLUG- Lists > <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >> Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2013 3:13:16 PM >> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] help for new Linux users - before the club meeting >> >> >> I've been using unix for over 30 years but I'm still a new user on > many topics. >> >> If the interest is there, maybe this should expand to a general informal > question session, with priority given to the new to linux people so they > don't feel overwhelmed. >> >> roland >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: ed stuckems <edstuckems [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> >> To: OCLUG- Lists <linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca> >> Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2013 12:04:10 PM >> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] help for new Linux users - before the club meeting >> >> >> Rob: >> >> Are these sessions meant solely for new linux users or can they be used by >> those of us who have been using it for a while but that are having >> difficulty getting something new to work. >> >> regards,s >> eds >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux mailing list >> Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca >> http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux >