The group .... My take

[mpo]

I have to agree with Ray on this point. I get the emails from this group 
every day and most of the time the subject matter is way beyond my 
experience. I'm not at all saying that more upper level topics shouldn't 
be discussed between you guys with the know-how, but as far as taking 
interest in the group goes it's hard to maintain enthusiasm when I don't 
know what is being discussed on a user level. I also said that I agreed  
with the mentoring idea when it was first brought up a couple months ago 
but interest didn't go far with the group. My main reason for getting 
involved with the group was to learn. It still is. If we are to get 
people more involved in the group let's delve into more mainstream user 
issues like wireless, digital photography, home networking etc.  My 2 cents.

One tip I did pick up on from this group is Knoppix, the linux distro 
run from the cd-rom. Someone from nflug had mentioned it ( I forget who 
) so I tried it on my laptop yesterday and I have to say it is "cool". 
It recognized all my hardware without a hitch and I'm writing this email 
with it.  It's amazing all the software on one cd. You can get it at 
cheapbytes.com for $4.95.

Mike Osika



Ray Cherry wrote:

>In relation to the organization of the group.... I
>think we need to move to get more basic in our
>approach to Linux...At least for some part of the
>meeting. I know that most of u guys are experinced
>network adm people and are used to using linux and
>Unix at work..... i think we need to move at least
>some porition of the group toward user level.... I
>talk to people about linux.... and they are interested
>in trying the OS, but they need some help... But I
>can't say that the group at this point will help them
>at the level they will need (considering they have
>little progamming experience and pc config
>knowledge).. I have pc experinence on a tech
>level...and most of the time the group is beyond
>me.... Before I proposed we setup mentoring
>relationships with experiences users and linux
>newbies... I don't know that this is a good option but
>I think we need to consider some options... to bring
>everyone up to at least user level with linux
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