[Lancaster] Looking at coding, good idea or not?

[andy baxter]

Gareth Lees wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I've noticed that a lot of LUGs seem to include programming using open technologies into their demos? Just a quick survey:
>
> Do we follow suit and do some programming stuff, do we stick to open software or do we stick to pure GNU/Linux?
>   
It would be nice to do something on linux based coding. One of the 
things I appreciate about linux is the variety of free libraries you can 
install through the package manager, so when you are writing a program 
you just need to search for a library you want and install it rather 
than worry about licensing and money.

My only reservation is that it would be hard to know how to pitch 
something like that. An intro to programming for beginners would be very 
different to something aimed at showing people who already know how to 
program how to use a new language / API / whatever.

andy