On 10/15/06, Denise Bates <dbates(a)iconz.co.nz> wrote:
Hello folks,
At last months meeting there was a call for suggestions for meeting topics for next year. I would like to propose the following.....
As I am in the process of upgrading my stable of computers to Slackware 11.0, I remain puzzled why the BS about Slackware being hard to use has any traction at all. While I expect _any_ discussion of Slackware will probably be branded as a distro war, I think that I could deliver a constructive, informative talk on the _underlying essence_ of text-based installation, package management, and configuration. I would invite the audience to engage in _constructive_ discussion of whether the extra demands made by GUIs on computer resources justifies any ease of installation, package management, and configuration (if any).
I would like to have a newbie actually install and configure a computer as part of the presentation. I realise that time will be tight, but I should be able to keep it around the one-hour mark. I suggest the following parameters-
I think that this is a great idea. We will discuss at tonight's comittee meeting but I'm pretty sure we can go ahead with this. I'll be back in touch. Ian (WLUG President) -- Ian McDonald Web: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 Blog: http://imcdnzl.blogspot.com WAND Network Research Group Department of Computer Science University of Waikato New Zealand