"Ashley T. Howes" <ashley(a)blueskyresearch.net> writes:
> I was thinking that to draw more people into the ALUG meetings it would be
> a good idea to have 1 or 2 structured talks at each event for a duration of
> 30 mins each (20-25 min talk, 5-10 mins Q&A). If members of the group talk
> about stuff they have expertise in doing on Linux, the talks will require
> very little preparation and probably done on the fly.
> An initial list of talks could be:
> Building a Linux cluster - Mark?
I think given our failed attempt (network quality not good enough,
machine spec not high enough), I think I'd better talk about our
alternative solution of network management systems. ;-)
> Using XML/Cocoon/etc - Andrew / Paul?
I think it may be more interesting to either just have an XML/XSLT
talk, or perhaps Paul would be able to talk about the background of
the Apache Server Foundation (home to the Cocoon project)? It's a
subject I ought to know more about and would like to know about.
Cocoon itself is probably still too fast-moving a target to do a
useful talk on.
> Installing Linux for the first time
Is there a newbie up for this?
Perhaps it would be a good early talk to have "Introducing the new
ALUG website". Things are happening, just far too slowly. It ought
to be ready to accept new users in a week, max, though. On Wednesday
I get fed up and do DNS-buggering to give it a temporary home ;-)
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MJR
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