[kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies

James Kelsh freshmeadow1 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 19 12:24:04 EST 2018


Thank you Ron, it will help! That way I font have to overwrite my existing Ubuntu installation!!!!!
Will you be at the February meeting? We can talk there.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 19, 2018, at 11:59 AM, Ron Singh <ronsingh149 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Jim, I can lend an X220 laptop with 8G and an SSD(to reduce install time and make the presentation go a bit faster) for the bare-metal install if this help in anyway.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ron Singh
> "in transit, via mobile comm device"
> 
>> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 8:14 AM, James Kelsh <freshmeadow1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> > On Jan 18, 2018, at 10:24 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > 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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