CLUG meetings

[Kearns, Terry]

I would be keen to learn about FreeBSD. I know some admin guys at work (we
run doze/solaris) who would definately be interested in BSD. It wouldn't
hurt for them to get a basic intro to linux too.

BSD is not Linux but hey, it's a free unix implementation. Presumably this
is why a lot of us attend/subscribe-to CLUG?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Edwards [mailto:Robert.Edwards at anu.edu.au]
> Sent: Monday, 29 October 2001 17:00
> To: Nathan Le Nevez
> Cc: Stephen Gibson; sjh at wibble.net; linux at samba.org
> Subject: Re: CLUG meetings
> 
> 
> Hey, I'm not a "key player". That's Tridge, Rusty, Paulus, Stephen
> Rothwell and the other Linux Pros/Kernel Hackers.
> 
> Anyway, how about a straw-poll on what people would like to see
> discussed at CLUG meetings? FreeBSD might be interesting, but not
> really Linux - is it? The PPPoE/xDSL stuff (which applies equally
> to TransACT and Telstra ADSL) would be good to cover.
> 
> Stephen Handley has offered to do a talk on User-Mode Linux (UML) -
> I would be keen to hear that one.
> 
> I could do one on porting Linux to the EzeNet TV (cheapo
> consumer-oriented 486 box sold by Harvey Norman earlier this year).
> 
> Other stuff I would like to see includes: how to _really_ get DVDs
> playing on Linux (I can't get xine, vlc or mplayer to work properly),
> anything on nifty projects that people are working on, etc. Any
> volunteers?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bob Edwards.
> 
> Nathan Le Nevez wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, I agree CLUG hasnt been the same.
> > 
> > Maybe there are other gurus out there who would volunteer 
> to give some talks
> > on various things. Anyone got any suggestions for possible 
> topics? Being a
> > FreeBSD guru, I would be happy to give a walk-through 
> demonstration of
> > FreeBSD and its uses, how to install, etc. Maybe someone 
> with TransACT could
> > give a talk on how to setup a nice gateway/firewall situation...
> > 
> > My $0.02,
> > 
> > Nathan.
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stephen Gibson" <stg121 at rsphy1.anu.edu.au>
> > To: <sjh at wibble.net>
> > Cc: <linux at samba.org>
> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 9:52 AM
> > Subject: Re: CLUG meetings
> > 
> > > Well, I would like to back Simon on this one.
> > >
> > > CLUG without the key players (Tridge, Bob Ewards ...) 
> tends to be a little
> > dull.
> > > It's all very well to just turn up and have a yak, but the real
> > excitement,
> > > for me, comes from learning from the "gurus" through 
> instructive and
> > > informative talks. Perhaps, that era has passed :-(
> > >
> > > FWIW,
> > >
> > > Steve.
>