[Blackpool] Blackpool Meeting Sat 17th

[Colin Parker]

We know Les is interested in web sites/hosting/development and started a web 
page design session.   I am interested in how linux works and command line 
stuff, scripting and/or programming and setting up a Drupal site or working 
on the one Mike set up.

I agree we might struggle to fit in all the different topics in just two 
hours a week.  I've had a look at the Linux from scratch site & a quick look 
at the manual but it's huge.

Les has told me about a training guide he's currently writing which I've 
facetiously nicknamed User-bin-Linux & I wondered if we could look at 
creating a website which mimics a terminal?  It could give you basic 
commands either on one side or at the top/bottom, & the rest of the screen 
would be the terminal.  You would carry out 
operations/instructions/excersises & you'd get messages saying if you'd done 
it right.  You'd create files & directories, move them, re-name them, search 
in them, and also do things like mount an imaginary hard drive (not your 
real one so you can't trash it) floppies usbs etc & move on to piping 
results into other files etc.
 I realise it would take a bit of work, but it might encourage people to 
join & would give us an insight into reactive websites.

I'd like to look at minix3 running in Qemu if there's time, as well.

I got DSL running both live & installed on my crusty old Thinkpad but I'm 
not sure if it's optimised for best performance.  I'll bring it along 
(assuming the Boss allows me time off for good behaviour) but if there isn't 
time to look at it, no prob.

Bye for now,

Colin


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