C[was G] LUG meetings

[Bob Edwards]

Brad Hards wrote:
> 
> simonb at webone.com.au wrote:
> >
> > Bob!
> > all of this sounds great to me:
> > UML would be most interesting.
> > Yes, i'd like to hear more about cool projects people are doing,
> > of course we'd all love to hear about your linux port!
> >
> > ummmm, how about some kernel disection?
> > being an audio guy, i have a particular soft spot for
> > the scheduling code, but also the fs fascinates me :)
> >
> > Maybe it's not good cause not every one is a c coder.
> > Still, flowcharts/handwaving would be a help.
> > Well, what about a lang fest?
> > I'd especially like to hear about Ruby and also Haskell,
> > and would volunteer to demo some python magic.
> 
> I think it is important that there is a range of topics from fairly newbie
> through to ultra-technical. Even if you don't know much operating system or
> networking theory, Rusty's talks are still fairly entertaining :)
> If there is some interest, I'd be willing to do a talk on ways to get involved
> when you aren't much of a coder, especially in doing documentation.
> 
> Brad

I agree with this Brad. We need to keep newbies and near-newbies on-side
and interested.

I think we should remember that the "L" in CLUG is for Linux. Whilst
other open-source projects are interesting etc. (esp. Samba etc.), as
we move further away from central Linux issues to (eg.) programming
languages like Haskell, Ruby, Python etc. many people who come along to
discuss Linux installation/compilation/configuration/debugging etc. issues
may get turned off.

Having said that (or written it), as long as there is some notice of
such up-coming talks, people can decide for themselves whether they are
interested in coming along or not.

There are still plenty of interesting Linux issues to discuss: UML,
Documentation (and other non-coder work), User Space file-systems,
porting Linux to other hardware, setting up PPPoE connections, all
sorts of stuff on scheduling, memory management etc., new features in
the 2.5 kernels, security issues etc. etc.

I hope this is not too preachy.

Cheers,

Bob Edwards.