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Great going, GEC team... Prachi, a small correction. We haven't taken
the stall there, but have approached CSI to allot us the Rampon Hall
(on the first floor), to arrange a series of talks, 3-7 pm on both
days. Please encourage other students to put on talks too. We need
both geek talks and newbie-focussed ones! FN
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From: Prachi Amonkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 31 Aug 2007 19:54
Subject: [ILUG-GEC] Report of last meeting
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everyone,
We basically did two things in last meeting - OpenSUSE 10.2 DVD
installation and demonstration of XGL/Compiz effects in Ubuntu 7.04.
One VERY good news is that now we have shiny new PCs to work with,
making it possible to demonstrate DVD distros and high-end graphics
effects.
OpenSUSE 10.2 installation was covered in detail. We covered both
methods of installation i.e.
1. Letting OpenSUSE propose the partitions
2. Taking things in your hands by doing custom partitioning from scratch.
Concepts of mount point, primary partition and extended partition were
explained to newbies. We also made sure to cover points like resizing
of existing windows partitions, automounting windows partitions, and
configuring boot loader settings to make the newbie transition from
windows to linux is a smooth one. A brief introduction to the concept
of packages was provided. As engineering students, we made sure to
select development packages required for programming. (They are not
selected by default.)
The demonstration of XGL/Compiz effects in Ubuntu 7.04 was the fun
part. Most newbies were extremely impressed with spinning 3d cubes and
wobbly windows. In case you couldn't attend the meeting and want to
have a taste of what you missed out on, you can see some screenshots
at
http://news.softpedia.com/news/What-Should-You-Expect-from-Ubuntu-7-04-50206.shtml.
Desktop effects are said to be experimental in Ubuntu 7.04, yet we
found them to be extremely stable during our demonstration.
The meeting ended with an announcement about ECAP, the computer
exhibition organized by Computer Society of India. The venue is Hotel
Mandovi, Panjim, Goa. Date: 8 and 9 Sept. ILUG-Goa i.e Indian Linux
Users Group - Goa will be having a stall there. On both days (Saturday
and Sunday), there will be talks on various linux related topics. I'll
be giving a small talk on how to get newbie programmers started in
linux. Assuming that the audience knows basic C programming (Hello
World) using windows, I'll show how to compile and run the same
program on linux. Anyone from GEC interested in giving talks can
contact me or post a message on this group.
Hoping to see y'all at the next meeting,
- Prachi Amonkar
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