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Count me in except for Monday or Saturday evenings nor at any time on a Sunday. I'd have to think about topics as I'm essentially a user rather than a sys admin. But finding out something about networking could interest me. Keith -- On Thursday 31 July 2003 7:17 pm, Neil Williams wrote: > Probable venue - University of Plymouth. > Possible dates - open to contributions. The options at present are: > > 1. A weekday evening - probably a Monday or Tuesday. > 2. A weekday half-day - would have to be a Tuesday. > 3. A Sunday half-day or all-day - difficult for some Uni staff (who are > trying to arrange the venue, so it'd be nice to make it easy to attend!) > Say mid-August. > > If I say the 12th, 17th, 18th or 19th, it might make it easier for everyone > to check their availability. > > Topics: > > Two main options - > A presentations, general chit-chat and keysignings. > B presentations, general chit-chat and keysignings PLUS problem-solving. > > B would involve something like the Linux Install Day at Exeter Uni. Lots of > people milling around various boxes, connecting and configuring, testing > new installations, correcting problems, installing on awkward laptops that > don't have CD drives, etc. Any PC you can bring, we'll try and get it to > run Linux. (And possibly a few Macs if people have them hanging around > too.) A fertile ground for new members to get to know others, learn from > those who've already made the mistakes and survived and basically fiddle > with Linux boxes. This option is best if at least a half-day is available, > depending on the number of members attending. > > Presentations would be centered around LAMP: > > Linux (problem solving, installation, configuration, freedoms) > Apache (configuration, performance, capability, authentication) > MySQL (intro to SQL, uisng PHP and MySQL, intro to database design) > PHP (how to write PHP scripts, what PHP can do, graphics, databases, FTP, > file I/O, authentication etc.) > > I'll have a test installation of the DCLUG website as a demonstrator and > testbed. (eth connection, fixed IP, MySQL,PHP,Apache). > > I can also bring a headless Mdk8.2 system with eth card and 2 CD drives to > aid in doing a network install for any machines not fitted with CD drives. > > Basic networking can be demonstrated too - there'll certainly be a small > LAN just containing our own machines, with a few hubs, some Cat5, power > extensions, DCHP for IP configuration, fixed IP for the LAMP demonstration, > basic local DNS too. It should just be a case of plugging any Linux or even > Windows machine into the LAN and starting the DCHP client (may require a > reboot or two on Windows, a simple command on Linux!) > > Everyone interested, please reply on list. > > Once there is a consensus about the date and length of the meeting, I'll > put the meeting onto the DCLUG website at: > http://www.dclug.org.uk/linux_uk/events.php > for further discussion. -- SuSE 8.2 on ECS K7S5A/XP with 1.2GHz Athlon, 384MB RAM, Maxtor 20GB HD and using KDE's Kmail -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.