[Discuss] meeting

[Ole Madsen]

--- On Mon, 12/15/08, Peter <roskis at shaw.ca> wrote:

> From: Peter <roskis at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Discuss] meeting
> To: "Nanaimo Linux User Group discussion list" <discuss at nanlug.org>
> Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 9:41 AM

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> On a different note... what interests do we have regarding
> Linux?  In
> other words what topics should we explore in the future?  I
> personally
> use Linux for video.  Primarily I digitize movies from
> cable, strip the
> commercials, add a menu and turn the result into a DVD. 

Interesting.  How is it done?  What hardware & software is involved?

My 'thing' is to get (mostly) BBC programs via uknova and convert the files into something my dvd player can understand.  BBC has a lot of excellent material, and as long as it is not available commercially anywhere, I do not believe there are any legal issues involved.

 
> That's about
> 'destop' as you can get.  I know others are more
> interested in networks
> and systems.  Are there areas that might make for
> interesting topics?  eg.
> 
> The CLI and useful commands
> Favourite applications
> New distributions (Ubuntu 8.10 / OpenSUSE 11.1)
> Simple programming
> Scripting
> MC and derivatives
> Differences between Window$ and Linux
> KDE vs. Gnome
> Home networking with Win and Linux machines
> A closer look at GRUB
> File Systems
> Backups
> 
> Those are some suggestions.  Maybe they have been covered
> before? 
> Anyway anyone else have an idea or two?  I know the
> experience level
> with attendees is broad so maybe even fairly basic
> discussions may spark
> some interest.
> 
> All the best
> (One of the other) Peter(s)
> 

Cheers
Ole