[PLUG] Special Topics Workshops for PLUG?

Michael M. mcubed at slashmail.org
Tue Mar 20 07:12:30 UTC 2007


On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 09:41 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> PLUG has three monthly gatherings - the general meeting, advanced 
> topics, and linux clinic.  I propose a fourth meeting, scheduled
> as the need appears and when an organizer volunteers:
> 
> Special Topics Workshop
> 
> The special topics workshop is for installing and configuring
> specific pieces of software.  Examples might include  VMware,
> Mediawiki, Samba, ndiswrapper or video codecs.  The workshop would
> follow a format that would be a blend of Advanced Topics and Linux
> Clinic; perhaps an hour devoted to a lecture/demonstration, followed
> by an hour of install and an hour of configuration and testing.
> Attendees are be expected to read up in advance, look onlines for 
> potential problems with their particular distro and setup,  and
> download prerequisites and dependencies if possible, then bring
> their machines and be ready to work.

A nice idea, though for me it has the same problem as the clinic:  no
means of transporting a machine to the location.  I suppose one day I'll
get a laptop, but I don't really need one now.


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Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA
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