[Wolves] THINGS FOR THIS YEAR

[Chris O'Rawe]

On 12 February 2010 15:35, Andy Jewell <Andy.Jewell at sysmicro.co.uk> wrote:
> I can do an intro to moin-moin wiki (a python based wiki) - installing, using and extending.
>
> Doesn't involve any electronics tho. :-(

I would definitely be up for hearing as much Python related talks as poss :)

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> From: wolves-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk [wolves-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Adam Sweet [adam at adamsweet.org]
> Sent: 12 February 2010 15:32
> To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [Wolves] THINGS FOR THIS YEAR
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> Dave Morley wrote:
>> I have a bit of breathing space so I thought I would get this out there:
>>
>> 1. I'd like to organise a once a quarter Saturday or Sunday workshop.
>> This will be to discuss things that don't fit into one week day meeting.
>> For example practical things like setting up a server, firewall box,
>> nagios, etc.  Learn to program with python, perl, php, etc. Configuring
>> KDE oh wait that might take an entire weekend (Sorry Chris E I couldn't
>> resist).  These days will have a small £5-10 charge to include the cost
>> of a meal and refreshments, anything left over I thought it would be
>> nice to give as a gift to the person/people doing the talk.
>
> Sounds good to me.
>
>> So to this end I need volunteers for the big talks, and ideas on what
>> people would like talks on. Please reply to this mail with
>
> Volunteer: Adam Sweet
>
> * Introduction to Linux and the command line for beginners and avoiders
> * Virtualisation with Xen (and virtualisation in general ie VMWare ESX,
> Virtualbox, containers etc).
>
> I've done both of these talks for work, but I've been meaning to the
> Linux/command line for beginners for the LUG for a long time, but most
> of the people who it was targeted at either don't come at all or don't
> come very often and most of us are relatively proficient these days. As
> it says, it's for people who are new to Linux, new to the command line
> or people who have been using Linux for quite a while but have avoided
> learning to use the command line because it can seem a steep curve. It's
> not just about the command line, it's about configuration, how Linux
> boots, where things are, where to look when things go wrong and all that
> kind of stuff, run-levels, init scripts, kernel modules, crontabs etc.
>
> I could also do a Nagios and host/resource graphing one but it would
> cover much of the ground James Turner's Nagios talk covered a few years
> back.
>
> I'd be interested in anything to do with development (Python, Perl, PHP,
> C, assembler, packaging, dev tools, debugging, triaging etc),
> MySQL/PostgreSQL, Asterisk, LDAP and home project stuff like 'set up an
> xyz server' or hardware hacking/homemade electronics/Arduino etc. I know
> f*** all about electronics and I'd be interested in broadening my
> horizons a little.
>
> I guess if anybody has a nice recipe for a cool or helpful server app
> then I'd be interested. I gave most of my machines away now so I guess
> 'Build a Beowulf Cluster in a Day' is out unless James is feeling lively ;)
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam Sweet
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