[kwlug-disc] Presentation needed for April

[sandeepjohri at rogers.com]

Happy to Paul. Let me know how much time you need me to Ramble...
From:Sandeep Johri
------ Original message------From: Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2018 2:33 PMTo: KWLUG discussion;Cc: Paul Nijjar;Subject:Re: [kwlug-disc] Presentation needed for April
Sure. Can you do April? I think it would be great to have you speak.

To others: we have lots of other slots to fill. So please keep
offering beginner-friendly presentations.

- Paul

On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 01:54:09PM -0500, Sandeep Johri wrote:
> Hi Paul
> 
> I had sent a response to you earlier (it may have been one that got lost
> in the glitch you had talked about in January) - and would be happy to
> present - 'My Linux Journey - an end users perspetive'.� I am a
> non-technical person and had hoped to share what I did - how I bounced
> around the various distros, lessons learned and how I landed where I am
> now + where I see myself going with my learning.
> 
> As this is a technical group though - they may not find this interesting....
> 
> Let me know.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Sandeep
> 
> From:
> Sandeep Johri
> 
> On 07/03/18 12:37 PM, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:
> > William won't be able to make the April meeting, so we need a new
> > beginner-friendly presentation for that month. 
> >
> >
> > >From my archives, here is a list of topics suggestions that have come
> > up. If you want I can clean this up and put it online. 
> >
> > - Paul
> >
> >
> > - What are volumes
> > - What are mount/umount
> > - What filesystem should I use? What are the tradeoffs?
> > - Blockchain mining
> >
> > How the Internet Works
> > - DNS
> > - IP routing
> > - Server ports
> > - Search Engines
> > - Email
> > - Facebook
> > - CDNs
> > - Web caching
> > - Web browsers: Javascript, CSS, HTML
> > Bob: Password Managers
> > - Tim: Keeppass multi host per database? Integrating Windows and Open
> >   Source
> >
> >> Other potential topics...
> >> 1. Scripting in the BASH shell.
> >> 2. Pros/Cons of using various open-source, free/libre operating
> >> systems
> >> 3. Managing/maintaining your family photo collection.
> >> 4. SELinux
> >> 5. Systemd (pros and cons, how about an honest discussion)
> >> 6. Licensing types (https://www.fsf.org/licensing)
> >> 7. Avoiding vendor lockin
> >> (ex. http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/79417.html)
> >> 8. Email vs. texting vs. twitter vs. FB vs. good old fashioned phone
> >> cal
> >> l
> >> 9. Open firmware / open hardware
> >> 10. Encrypted  backup to your home network
> >> 11. Web browser vulnerability and how GNU/Linux distributions
> >> compare
> >> to OpenBSD,OSX,etc.
> >> 12. I've never used Arduino, would it be useful for me? Could it
> >> replace my old computers?
> >> 13. Energy savings. Would it be less expensive to run a newer
> >> computer
> >> that hibernates vs. my old computer. Does it cost more per year to
> >> run
> >> my old computer than a modern computer?
> >>
> >
> 
> 
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