[kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies
Paul Nijjar
paul_nijjar at yahoo.ca
Thu Jan 18 22:24:37 EST 2018
That would be fantastic. Could you slot your presentation in March?
- Paul
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 08:18:31PM -0500, James Kelsh wrote:
> Hello all. I have been away for a while because I started teaching at Conestoga College and depending on what school you are in it takes over your life. Anyway, the beginner sessions sound like a great idea! I know I could still benefit as I do not work with Linux but have been using it for some time.
> I would be happy to give a short talk on how to install Linux on a laptop.
> I did give 2 talks in the past, one on Knoppix and the other on converting an OEM installation of Windows 7 into a virtual machine using disk2vhd and running it under Ubuntu.
> Just a thought.
> Anyway, hope to see everyone at the February meeting.
> Jim Kelsh
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 17, 2018, at 4:14 PM, Chamunks <chamunks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What if, in order to help improve on attendance we do a beginners portion and a deep dive portion of the KWLUG rather then just exclusively the 2 hour format where its all heavy from start to finish we try to have a beginner section from 7 where we cover some light stuff and then go into a deep dive in the second half. This way we can bring more rookies into the fold.
> >
> >> On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 10:25 AM Andrew Sullivan Cant <acant at alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> >> Robert Elder was also running a Linux basics meetup last year, but has
> >> not run any events yet this year:
> >> https://www.meetup.com/Intro-to-Linux-Command-line-C-Programming/
> >>
> >> He also has some Linux how to material on his own website:
> >> https://www.robertelder.org/
> >>
> >> Andrew
> >>
> >>
> >> On 16/01/18 22:06, Joan Currie wrote:
> >> > I'd like that as well. Cheers, Joan.
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 9:06 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com
> >> > <mailto:bjonkman at sobac.com>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I think a presentation on GNU/Linux file systems is a great idea!
> >> > Always good to go back to basics sometimes
> >> >
> >> > --Bob
> >> >
> >> > On January 16, 2018 3:34:55 PM EST, Chamunks <chamunks at gmail.com
> >> > <mailto:chamunks at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > If its a noobie meetup covering the Linux filesystem and things
> >> > like that could really help get peoples head around things its
> >> > logical to us veterans but it might help to discuss the
> >> > differences between the major distros and some of the history etc.
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 8:17 AM CrankyOldBugger
> >> > <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com <mailto:crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > +1 on the edX course...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 at 03:08 Sandeep Johri
> >> > <sandeepjohri at rogers.com <mailto:sandeepjohri at rogers.com>>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I'd also suggest joining the free Introduction to Linux
> >> > course on EdX. I found it helpful.
> >> >
> >> > Regards
> >> >
> >> > Sandeep
> >> >
> >> > From:
> >> > Sandeep Johri
> >> >
> >> > On 15/01/18 01:01 PM, peter_melse at gto.net
> >> > <mailto:peter_melse at gto.net> wrote:
> >> >> DevOps talk suggestions:
> >> >>
> >> >> configuration management (puppet, chef, ansible, salt,
> >> >> etc.)
> >> >> automated deployment (satellite, the foreman)
> >> >> patch management (aptly, landscape, and the rhel
> >> >> equivalents?)
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >> *Subject:* [kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies
> >> >> *Date:* Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:18:10 -0500
> >> >> *From:* <jvj at golden.net> <mailto:jvj at golden.net>
> >> >> *To:* kwlug <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> >> >> <mailto:kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> >> >> *Reply-To:* KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> >> >> <mailto:kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
> >> >>
> >> >> Linux & Linux admin for newbies
> >> >>
> >> >> In last week's meeting an attendee was self described
> >> >> as a Linux newbie and explained that Linux admin was
> >> >> an interest.
> >> >> As I identified with the "newbie" aspect I gave the
> >> >> attendee a short list of topics to study.
> >> >> This list (somewhat modified) follows - and shows that
> >> >> I am somewhat dated.
> >> >> And I invite the members to copy and and add to this
> >> >> list to help other new newbies who might subscribe to
> >> >> these discussions.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> *IX == UNIX (history)
> >> >> (with reference to Tim's recap of last week.)
> >> >>
> >> >> Command Line Input aka CLI
> >> >> Terminal
> >> >> Screen
> >> >> Shell & BASH Shell
> >> >> BASH scripting
> >> >> tar
> >> >> ssh
> >> >> gnome
> >> >> unity
> >> >> gnome vs unity
> >> >> text editors: vi & vim & [other]
> >> >>
> >> >> Linux admin (aka DevOps)
> >> >> I have nothing to add here - and am looking for topics.
> >> >> (hint: I go back to fsck)
> >> >>
> >> >> Regards
> >> >> JohnJ
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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