Topic Suggestions
Please enter any topics you would like to present at a meeting or that you would like to have presented. Note that there are two types of talks - regular presentations of about 30-40 minutes and "lightning talks" of about 5-10 minutes at most.
Current & Past Topics
The past presentations list has been moved to ListOfPresentations.
Topics Scheduled
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Sept - Samba for Windows clients - Jeremy
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Oct - Cluster Knoppix - Rob
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Nov - Mambo - James
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Dec - Social at Munchies
Tentative Topic assignments
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LAMP - Dutch
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Zope - Vern
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WRT54G hacking - Rob, Vern
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Home Studio Audio Tools - Jon
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Xsane - Jon
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Scribus and graphics - Chris
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Linux as a client in a windows majority environment - Vern
Other Topics
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Asterisk & VoIP
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Ruby on Rails
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Open Office - Transition/Coexistence
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Linux email (Thunderbird & Evolution) vs Outlook
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Groupware for Linux, Open Exchange
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nmap, snort, nessus, ethereal
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Firewalls, ipcop
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Bastille
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selinux
"Newbie" talks
We discussed that talks focussed towards new users might be good. Here is the beginnings of a list of topics (please add your own):
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installing software with the various package managers/systems
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using the GIMP
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remote tools - ssh, vnc, lbxproxy, etc
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managing/killing/restarting processes
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introduction to daemons and what they do, how to start them, etc.
Presentations - Topics from our Aug. 3 meeting
sysadmin
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Setting up DNS and SPF
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automating sysadmin/scripting
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ppc Linux install
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hacking/security
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graphic bootloader
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news readers and nntp
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spam filtering
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intruder detection
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Kerberos & Radius
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IRC/Jabber/Gaim
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Cat 6 - 1/10 GB
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LTSP
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suspend/resume (2.6)
development
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SOAP
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hardware I/O
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setup LAMP
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SQL
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Linux Webcams and V4L
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Linux and Palm development
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GTK & QT
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gnu debuggers
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Ruby
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audio programming
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JSP w/Apache
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Embedded Linux (IPaq hacking)
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external Hardware
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Industry using Linux (Prodigy)
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BASH scripting
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Mono/C#
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Xbox/Dreamcast/iPod etc. hacking
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hackaday.
social
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GPL, LGPL, BSD, Apache licenses explained
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Patriot Act and privacy
creative/gaming
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digital video editing
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audio manipulation tools
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state of linux games
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Ink, scope & sodipodi
applications
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game servers
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How to make Windows usable (cygwin, mingw/msys)
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Linux for users
Other Major Topic Suggestions
Brainstorming for other good topics worthy of presentation:
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Fun with Glade: Cross Platform GUIs in C, C++ and Ada
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Using CVS and sourceforge to manage a coding project
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The Joy that is SDL
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Nessus, Nmap, SNORT, Ethereal
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Making Money on Open Source: Open Source and the Economics of IP.
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Mini and Nano-ITX. PC's with small form-factors.
Other Lightning Talk Suggestions
More Brainstorming
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The debacle that embodies XFree86
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Problems with software patents
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Tivo hacking
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NVidia drivers Vs. ATI drivers. Which sucks the least?
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Ogg Vorbis Vs MP3 & Ogg Tarkin video codec
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cool things to do with GPS and a laptop.
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Matrix Orbital and Crystal Fonts displays
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Linux UPS software
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PAM architecture
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Tradeshow reports
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Mathematics on Linux (Mathematica, mupad, etc.) (Don't forget
Maxima. and octave)
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RPM "transaction Rollback" package that can be added to RPM so that you can "undo" failed updates and the like.
