Hi Mark. We talked about this the other night. I was going to be drafting an email to you and the other Linux 101 speakers later tonight. We have a list of topics we'd like to see done, and just need them to be spoken for.
Some of the topics we came up with are on your list, so I think you'll find something you like. :) Shawn On Sunday 16 April 2006 19:55, Mark Carlson wrote: > Hello all, > > A few weeks ago I was volunteered by my gf to present at LinuxFest. > That part is not a big deal, I don't mind presenting things in > general, however I am having difficulties picking something to talk > about. > > I'm currently scheduled for the "Desktop Linux" track, but it is > becoming more and more apparent that I don't really use desktop Linux > (actually, I've also been realizing that I don't care about desktop > anything at all.) The things I use computers for are as follows: > - Embedded development (Linux target and host) > - Viewing and serving webpages > - (web) Email and IM > - Listening to streaming music > - Playing DVDs > - Reading Usenet > - Number crunching (OO.o Calc, Matlab, etc.) > > As far as I can tell, I can't really make a presentation out of that. > To compound the problem, my only real interests in computers are > microprocessor architecture and operating systems (in general) and my > knowledge in both topics could barely be described as novice. > > The only topics I've been able to come up with so far are: > - Using a Wiki for your house / family (not exactly Linux, but they > sure are handy!) > - Doing something or other with Knoppix (or has this been done to > death already?) > - Demonstration of exploits and how having your computer set up > properly (i.e. standard Windows setup vs. standard <insert distro > here> setup) can minimize damage. (I don't know that I'd be able to do > this, but it would be interesting to see) > > Since there's only three weeks left until LinuxFest I may not have > enough time to learn many new software packages... so I probably won't > be able to do any comparisons. > > If anyone can help me out with some ideas, please post them to the > list; I'd appreciate seeing what other people do on their computer > and/or what they'd like to see a presentation on. > > Thanks, > > -Mark > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
