Hey, if any documents are passed around feel free to send them to me. I can put them on the event's page on the site.
Regards, Dustin At 01:07 PM 2/15/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Calling all Linux Newbies (and any non-newbies wanting to help out newbies)! > >We are having the 2nd BRLUG Newbie Night meeting at Sparkhound (directions: >http://www.brlug.net/location.php3?id=4, but the location of Sparkhound is >wrong. It is on the north side of I-12. Look for the bright neon green >building. If you are coming from the east, take Airline north exit. Turn >west on Interline and drive around the curves till you see Sparkhound on the >left.) > >We will be discussing, demoing and comparing Linux distributions. I plan to >demo Debian and YellowDogLinux (hopefully) and maybe SuSE and a few others, >depending on how many others I can cram in my laptop over the weekend. Ricky >Salmon will be demoing RedHat. If you are a more experienced Linux user and >want to help out some newbies, please bring your PC with another >distribution of Linux installed to demo. It would really help out the effort >and would be appreciated. > >We initially decided to base the following meetings around installing and >using Mandrake, but if you really want to use another distribution, please >feel free to do so. We will be providing a bunch of requested Mandrake 8.1 >and 7.1 Install CDs. If you requested a set at the first meeting, let me >know that you will be there, otherwise I will give out any CDs leftover. If >you didn't request a set and you want one, let me know. And if you want >another distribution, let me know soon so I can try downloading and burning >a copy of it. > >Here is the agenda for the meeting: > >1. Intro to Distros 2/18/02 >1.1. What is a Linux distribution? >1.1.1. Linux basically starts as a bunch of uncompiled source code. >1.1.1.1. Which can be a pain to install. >1.2. Distributions make Linux easy to install. >1.3. Different distributions address different needs. >2. Demo of Some Linux Distributions >2.1 RedHat, Mandrake - RPM based >2.1.1. What is an "RPM"? >2.2. Debian - deb based >2.2.1. What is a "deb"? >2.3. SuSE >2.4. Yellow Dog Linux - RPM based >2.5. Other distros? >3. What makes distributions different? >3.1. Different languages >3.1.1. SuSE is ideal for German speaking users >3.1.2. TurboLinux is popular in Asian countries >3.2. Different levels of user experience >3.2.1. RedHat and Mandrake are ideal for newbies >3.2.1.1. Emphasis on ease of installation >3.2.2. Slackware and Gentoo are better for Linux gurus >3.3. Different philosophies about free | open source software >3.3.1. Debian follows the free and open source sw intent best >3.3.2. Lindows will mix open and closed source >3.4. Different security needs >3.4.1. Bastille Linux >3.5. What intro is best for newbies? >3.5.1. Currently, Mandrake is our favorite. >3.6. Good links that compare different Linux distributions: >3.6.1. http://www.distrowatch.com/ >3.6.2. http://www.linux.org/dist/ >4. Wrap Up >4.1. Give out Mandrake CDs >4.2. Discuss next meeting > > >If you have any questions, please ask on the brlugnewbies mailing list so >everyone can benefit. But, if you need to ask me directly, please do so. > >See you there! > >John Hebert >================================================ >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >your subscription information. >================================================ --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Information Systems Contractor http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
