LUAU

[Ben Beeson]

kevin wrote:

> Yes, I'm green as a papaya!  -:)
>
> I've been using redhat since version 5.1 but I still can't remember
> commands.  I guess my main problem is that I really need and use Microsoftie
> at work. (Autocad)  Still waiting for the Linux version to come out. (Lots
> of luck on this one, lol)
>
> I have a small ethernet network at home running LRP with windows/linux
> clients, I guess I need to learning how to install and run samba.  (file
> sharing and printing) I also have redhat on my laptop but I can't get the
> soundcard to work.
>
> Question, will this group help me and other people hack some of these little
> problems that we have running linux?  If it is then i'm in!

>
> I now live in Kapahulu so I guess I can make it to some of the meetings in
> town.
>
> Kevin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nelson Garcia" <garcian002 at hawaii.rr.com>
> To: "Linux & Unix Advocates & Users" <luau at luau.hi.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 4:43 PM
> Subject: [luau] Re: LUAU
>
> > I have been on this list for a while but never made it to a meeting. I
> live
> > in Ewa Beach and have only been using Linux for about a year.  My biggest
> > fear was of showing up for a meeting and feeling ignorant and out of
> place.
> > So I have hacked my way through most things every Linux User Group member
> > (LUG) would need to learn (networking, security, etc.).
> >
> > I think that it would be fair to assume that there are others like me in
> the
> > list. I would like to suggest that the meetings recognize this need to
> > educate the newbies like me.  Also, it would be nice to know in advance
> what
> > the topics/agenda for the meeting are.
> >
> > In my mind, I have divided Linux Users Group members (LUGs) into three
> > categories: New-LUG, Real-LUG, and SUPER-LUG (or SLUG).
> >
> > An example meeting might go like this:
> > - [New-LUGs show up]
> > - discussion on distributions and installation
> > - how to get Linux to recognize your NIC? or is it the other way around?
> >
> > - [Real-LUGs show up with laptops, pda's and workstations]
> > - discussion on building kernels, compilers, optimizations, etc.
> > - [New-LUGs start getting fidgety]
> >
> > - [Super-LUGs show up wearing the same clothes they wore for the last
> > meeting]
> > - [New-LUGs head for the parking lot, but not because of the smell]
> > - [Somebody orders pizza, Chinese and 2 cases of Mountain Dew]
> > - Discussion on massively parallel recursive algorithms for detecting when
> a
> > cat walks on a keyboard
> > - [Super-LUGs yawn and decide that warm-up is over, somebody launches a
> > low-earth-orbit satellite]
> > - [Real-LUGs get fidgety and slowly inch toward the exits]
> > - Demonstration of simulation and artificial intelligence reveals that the
> > next meeting will be even better
> > - In response, the word "cool" is projected on the Moon using a laser
> > pointer and a pda.
> > - [Real-LUGs run...]
> > - [Mid-Pacific Institute security, NASA and the FBI respectfully request
> > that we "cut it out", adding "this time we mean it"]
> >
> >
> > Anyway, since I have never been to a meeting, I guess I'll wait and see
> how
> > the real thing turns out. I can't wait, who's got a laser pointer?
> >
> > Aloha,
> > Nelson Garcia
> > (New-LUG)
> >
> >
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Aloha,

    I'm muddling thru the same stuff at home.    A route is my next
project.....  So I'm interested to see how your works out.


Ben