Re: Linux Lunch and Learns...

[fiaid@quasi-sane.com]

The interest is already there, don't really need to evangelize much.  What 
I am really looking for here is what kinds of things would be shown to 
those with only a little knowledge of the goings on.  It's been so long 
since I first sat down that I really can't think of where too begin.  
Plus, I am also fishing for swag.  ;)

TIghe

> If you're talking mostly to programmers and trying to evangelize Linux,
> perhaps you could start by evanglizing UNIX in general?  Explaining how
> everything is treated like a file, toolchains, pipes, the things that
> make UNIX rawk from the command line.  Usually after I show a VB or
> Delphi or other GUI programmer how much I can do from one command line
> or how simple it is to pipe output to network sockets, printers, or even
> soundcards, their interest in the UNIX world is piqued.  Command line
> scripts are much easier than having to open Excel or write a ton of VB
> just do a sort by multiple columns.  That's usually how I get coworkers
> initially hooked on heroin --er-- UNIX -- and then I get them doing more
> and more involved things with it.
> 
> Perhaps something like CVS (which I prefer to SourceSafe on a number of levels)
> or talking about specific applications like MySQL would be a good way to
> explain to people why the Linux world is more cool and what can be done.
> 
> I've also gotten some people to lean towards conversion by showing them PHP for
> web applications and PERL+TK for GUI applications on Windows and UNIX.  It's
> neat for people just learning Linux to be able to write things for Windows and
> Linux at the same time.
> 
> Quoting fiaid@quasi-sane.com:
> 
> > It is going to be mostly programmers, so I will be talking to essentially 
> > the lowest level of humanity.  They were looking specifically for Linux 
> > things, I also harranged another poor soul into this so I will have 
> > someone to keep me from choking everyone.
> > 
> > Tighe
> > 
> > > Iighe:
> > > 
> > >  What does the audience consist of? Fellow sys admins, college students,
> > > people from the trucking industry? 
> > > 
> > > For *BSD here are some great overviews:
> > > The BSDs: Sophisticated, Powerful, and (Mostly) Free 
> > > http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,555398,00.asp
> > > And
> > > Outside Looking In: The BSD Operating Systems 
> > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1368006,00.asp
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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> > "Nothing is too cruel if it is funny enough."
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> Ken Hagan
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