[kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies
James Kelsh
freshmeadow1 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 19 08:14:12 EST 2018
I would be happy to do it in March. I am thinking to include installation on bare metal from a dvd, USB stick, and maybe dual booting and installing
from an iso in a VM too.
Let's talk further at the February meeting.
Jim
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> On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:24 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
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> 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
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>>> 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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