[lug] BLUG Newbie Lessons

[John Dollison]

I've been talking with Chris Riddoch (socket at peakpeak.com) and Jason Strnad
(jstrnad at mac.com) about continuing and improving the Newbie Lessons before
the main BLUG meetings.  I've proposed a format, below, and I was hoping we
could all discuss it at / after tonight's meeting.  If anyone has any
questions, comments, or suggestions, please e-mail me!

John D.


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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Dollison" <johndollison at hotmail.com
To: "Chris Riddoch" <socket at peakpeak.com
Cc: "Jason W. Strnad" <jstrnad at mac.com
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 10:57 PM
Subject: BLUG Newbie Lessons

 Chris,
 Here's my proposed schedule and layout, very similar to the bi-weekly
 posting I send to my running club's mailing list.  It's been very
successful
 there, and I think it will work well here, too.  All the dates should be
 correct; in addition, I filled in some sample dates with old topics, just
to
 see how it will look.

 Jason,
 Would you be willing to sign up to do some of the newbie lessons?  Chris
 said you might be able to demonstrate how to load Linux on a PC, so newbies
 can actually watch it being done.

 Thanks guys!
 John D.


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 Here are the Boulder Linux Users' Group discussion topics for upcoming
 meetings.  Please remember that this schedule, like Linux, is flexible to
 meet the needs of the group.  IF you want a topic to be discussed, just
ask!
 It also needs your help to survive, so please sign up for any open slot!
As
 always, you can join some of us for dinner at the Dark Horse restaurant
 around 5:30 before going to the meeting.  The Dark Horse is located south
of
 Baseline, between 28th and 30th.


 December 12, 2002
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson: "DemoLinux" - How to try Linux without modifying
 your computer.  (by bob; bob at bob.com)
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:  RATS (by Evelyn Mitchell; efm at tummy.com)
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:  Automake, Autoconf and Libtool (by Tom Tromey;
 tromey at redhat.com)


 January 09, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:   "Can my laptop / desktop PC run Linux?" - A
 discussion of what hardware IS, and more importantly, IS NOT compatible
with
 Linux.  (by bob; bob at bob.com)
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:  PAM console modules; Rob Riggs (RRiggs at doubleclick.net)
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:  The Linux-Powered Sharp Zaurus PDA; by ljp
 (ljp at llornkcor.com)


 February 13, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:  "Choosing a Linux distribution" - A discussion
 of the myriad choices for Linux, and which ones are easiest for a newbie to
 install and master.  (by bob; bob at bob.com)
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 March 13, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:  "Configuring your new Linux machine, Step One -
 Connecting to the Internet"  (by ???)
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 April 10, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:  "Linux Tutorials" - A brief introduction to
 websites that provide learn-by-doing Linux tutorials.  (by John D.)
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 May 08, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:   How to ask a good question; Evelyn Mitchell
 (efm at tummy.com)
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 June 12, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 July 10, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 August 14, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 September 11, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 October 09, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 November 13, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:


 December 11, 2003
 6:30 - 7:00 Newbie Lesson:
 7:00 - 7:30 Demo:
 7:30 - 9:00 Main Topic:






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