On Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 12:47:51PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > According to <http://gtalug.org/> : > > "GTALUG is currently looking for speakers for the 9th December, 2014 > meeting. If you are interested in speaking please contact our talks > coordinator." > > Let's brainstorm on this. Here's a poorly organized dump of some of my > thoughts. > > - I'd love to hear Lennart talk about what he's learned working on > routers.
How many hours do you have? Or Anthony could talk about all the legacy sysadmin disasters of mine he has had to clean up so far. > - I'd like to learn what each of you has learned using Linux (or > perhaps, not able to do using Linux) and what your current > Linux-related interests are. > > - I'd like to hear how people have set up their internet gatways. > What's worth doing, what's easy, what's hard. > (It's time for me to revisit this after having a pretty static > setup for a decade. I'd be willing to talk about what I've done > but it is pretty stale.) > > - I'm interested in setting up my in-house services like a cloud. > Perhaps <http://owncloud.org/>. Motivation: I want to keep control > of my own data as much as possible. Can anyone speak to this? > > - Subproblem of above: I run MediaWiki already. Tips and tricks (eg. > from Drew) about care, feeding, and use would be welcome. > > - I'd be willing to share 10 minutes worth of what I've learned about > little Windows gadgets as Linux platforms. > > - I'd love to discuss whether this is interesting and useful > <http://www.banana-pi.com/eacp_view.asp?id=64> > > This is a version of the Banana Pi with an added ethernet switch: > 5 x 1G eithernet ports. > > The Banana Pi is intended to mimic the Raspberry Pi in some ways but > with a stronger processor; my impression has been that this is goofy > and that the Cubieboard2 and Cubietruck <http://cubieboard.org/> > were more transparent uses of the Allwinner chips. > > But gluing on a switch seems very attractive. > > - chatting about peoples' workflow always seems useful: it's not just > the tools, its how we use them, how we find them useful, and where > they don't quite meet expectations. > > Examples: backup methodology, distro update methodology, favourite > editor (leave out tribalism), programming language, etc. > > - why Go is interesting <https://golang.org/>. > Why Rust is interesting <http://www.rust-lang.org/>. > Why Python 2.x still has a loyal following. > > - what are you doing with your _____? Example: Raspberry Pi. > > - How you make your mobile device work with your desktop? > > Summary: we've had Question and Answer sessions, how about an Answer > and Question session? By that I meen: people give a mini-chat about > something they think is interesting and have the rest of us ask > questions in response. Could be interesting too. Pretty sure I am not making the meeting this month. -- Len Sorensen --- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - [email protected] http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
