[GLLUG] Presentations

[Brian Hoort]

I'd be interested in this presentation on KDE.  Most especially 2.5, 2.6, 
3*, and 5.1.

At 03:54 PM 3/2/2005, you wrote:
>On Wednesday 02 March 2005 15:22, after a long battle with technology,
>Asenchi wrote:
> > I've come out of hiding to request proposals for presentations.
> > Sorry this is so late, been very very busy, but we need a March 17th
> > presentation.  If you are interested in short notice topics, let me
> > know and we will sign you up.
>
>Last meeting, Jeff said something about a KDE presentation.  I've been
>using KDE since version 1 and can probably put something together in 2
>weeks.  I can make it basic or more advanced; whatever people would
>like.  I was thinking something like so:
>
>0. What is this KDE thing, anyway?
>1. The Konqueror file manager/web browser
>    1.1 What are all these buttons for?
>    1.2 copying, moving, deleting, renaming files
>    1.3 directory properties and icons
>2. The KDE Control Center--where the action is
>    2.1 What is all this junk?
>    2.2 Changing your KDE's window, color, font, and icon themes
>    2.3 File associations, MIME types, left-click vs. middle-click
>    2.4 The KDE Taskbar and how to fiddle with it
>    2.5 aRts and its problems/pitfalls
>    2.6 Making it all go faster
>3. Nifty KDE things to do
>    3.1 "fish?" Konqueror and KDE IOslaves make some things easier
>    3.2 KDE Desktop Sharing--VNC made simpler
>    3.3 DCOP--control your KDE apps from shell/python/C++
>    3.4 (put something else here)
>4. Specific KDE applications that might help you
>    4.1 konsole--xterm with tabs and menus
>    4.2 kmail--powerful e-mail client
>    4.3 k3b--very nice CD/DVD-burning application
>    4.4 (put more here... kopete?)
>5. Questions from the audience
>    5.1 optional throwing things at presenter
>
>...can expand or contract sections of this according to what people want
>to see, so write in with your requests.  My laptop has a VGA-out port
>that works, so I can demonstrate on it if Roger's main machine in the
>meeting room doesn't have KDE on it.
>
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