[Re: Topic ideas]

[Matt Graham]

> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Edward Glowacki wrote:
> 
> > I think at some point someone mentioned wanting to know more about
> > Unix pipes and other "tricks" that you can do with Linux.  Last
> > night (while *trying* to fall asleep) I was thinking about it and
> > came to the conclusion that I could do a presentation on, among
> > other things, using pipes! =)  Anyone interested in such a
> > presentation?
> >
> > - Intro to pipes
> > - STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR
> > - Using pipes with common commands
>Mark Szidik <szidikm@mlc.lib.mi.us> wrote:
> 
> I would like to see this.  I have wanted to setup a "*NIX Basics" series
> of presentations for a long time.  I have never really had the time to
> get it started.  This is a good one to get things rolling.
> I can do a presentation on using Vi if anyone is interested.

AOL on the vi thing.  I've been using it for almost 3 years now and still feel
like a novice.  ("let backspace=2, let color=true, so
{$VIMRUNTIME}/syntax/syntax.vim ").  Hmm.  My knowledge pool is a bit
eclectic.  Basic bash, editing the SysV init layout by hand, how to rescue an
x86 box that's scribbled all over its disk, Linux-on-x86-specific hardware
config/troubleshooting, how *not* to configure Samba, making the shell prompt
look pretty and useful, customizing KDE/KDE2, graphics with GIMP and/or
POVRay....  If any of these sounds appealing, let me know.

FWIW, RedHat 7.0 on Alpha has serious and misleading problems with Samba. 
There's a rant there somewhere, but I'm too tired right now to write it.

-- 
Matt G / Dances With Crows
There is no Darkness in Eternity
But only Light too dim for us to see

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