All,
Good ideas!
Okay, here is the plan for the crash courses, in the order in which they will be presented, as well as the presenters that will be presenting them:
CRASH COURSE 1:
First presenter: Sean
Presenting: What is GNU, Linux, UNIX, open source, the concepts behind it, the benefits of it, why we support it, the histories of it, etc.
Second Presenter: Chris V
Presenting: What is the kernel, X11, window managers (describe the different ones), the shell, filesystem layout, and basic command line navigation / commands / survival.
Third Presenter: Ben
Presenting: Knowledge needed to install Linux, process of installation, where to go to get help, etc.
Notes for Crash Course 1:
Chris: As far as the CLI for the first crash course goes, try to cover everything included in the presentation I sent you, but not much else. Most of the more advanced stuff will be in the second crash course. Don't worry about the editors, or commands used for programmers that are presented in the presentation I sent you - that will all be in second crash course.
CRASH COURSE 2:
First Presenter: Chris V
Presenting: Multimedia, Office, Internet, alternatives for popular windows programs, etc.
Second Presenter: Ben
Presenting: Slightly more advanced tasks: uncompressing files, restarting X, changing init, single user mode, displaying networking devices, etc.
Third Presenter: Chris L
Presenting: XGL
Notes on the 2nd crash course:
Chris L: You never responded to my last e-mail, so let me know if you still want to do the XGL presentation.
General notes:
When making the slides, try to use pictures where you can. Refer to the last presentation (http://www.vtluug.org.vt.edu/files/Crash_Course_PDF.pdf), for examples. Special effects are not really necessary, and try to keep the slide's text to the most important points. Most of the info should come from the presenter, not the slides.
At the end of the second presentation, we will have sort of a casual round-table discussion / question-answering thing. Sean will also have a machine with some VMd Ubuntu and FC installs to show off if people are interested.
Everyone is responsible for making the slides required for their part of the presentation. If everyone could get their slides sent out to everyone else by Sunday morning to allow some time for comments and revision, it would be really helpful.
Unless someone says otherwise, it will be assumed that the presenter will be bringing his own computer and own presentation to present with. If someone wants to share a machine, send out an e-mail.
We will have a computer projecter and screen there. The computer projecter requires a VGA port. Make sure you have one if you plan on using your machine!
Good luck with the slide creation!
Ben