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[Fsuk-manchester] Re: Call for talks from you


From: Michael Dorrington
Subject: [Fsuk-manchester] Re: Call for talks from you
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:24:25 +0000
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Michael Dorrington wrote:
> We are looking for talks, including lightening talks, on topics relating
> to free software for our group meetings[1]. We are particularly
> interested in talks from group members, that's you!
> 
> Our talks need to be accessible to a non-technical audience. Please have
> a look at previous talks we've had on the wiki[1] but don't be
> constrained by them. I know group members have got interesting talks on
> free software in them so let's get them out. :)
> 
> We will accept talks of varying lengths so you don't have to talk for an
> hour and a half if you don't want to:
> 
> * Lightening talk: 5-15 minutes long. They will be appended/prepended to
> a Short or Long talk.
> * Short talk: 30-45 minutes long. We could have 2 of these together or
> one with 2 lightening talks.
> * Long (normal length) talk: 60-90 minutes long.
> 
> We can provide a projector and, with luck, wifi. We have been known to
> video our talks and redistribute them under a Creative Commons license.
> We are happy not to video your talk on request.
> 
> The dates available for talks in 2010 are listed on the wiki[1].
> 
> Hope to hear you speak.
> 
> Regards,
> Mike.
> MFS Chair.
> 
> [1] http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Manchester/Meetings#Group_Meetings

Some ideas for talks I have. Please comment on those you'd like to see.

* Linux device-mapper: LVM, RAID, Multipath, dm-crypt
Explain LVM, LV, VG, PV, PE, etc. Advantages/disadvantages of LVM. Show
resizing, renaming, moving. Discuss different RAID types.


* 100% free software gaming: No cheating!

The talk would demonstrate 100% free software games on 100% free
software system. There are lots of free software games. Unfortunately,
many are not in a suitable state of completion, are not good games or
require non-free video drivers. The talk would show top quality free
software games that work well on free video drivers.

The style of game demo'd would include fast paced FPS, racing,
graphically rich arcade, RTS, Point-and-click adventure.

It would include which GFX hardware works best in free software, what
features are missing and the settings required on games to get speed.

Possibly have lightening talks from people demo'ing their favourite games.


* GNU's Not Linux: Alternative kernels for the GNU system.
Show the GNU system running on the FreeBSD kernel (Debian GNU/kFreeBSD)
and the Hurd (Debian GNU/Hurd). Show how to install, the current state
and features differing from Linux.
What better way to explain why we insist on the term GNU/Linux than to
show a GNU system running without Linux!


* KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine): How to use and its uses
Describe what virtual machines are, why you would want to use them and
then how to use kvm.


* Building from source: Use the source, Luke!
Access to the source code of a program is required by the essential
freedoms <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>. The talk would
describe how to turn the source code into program, why you might want to
build from source, applying patches, dealing with revision control
systems, getting dependances, ./configure and customising, make, Linux
from Scratch <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/>.


* Free Software on Windows
Recommendations for free software on Windows. Could use Wine
<http://www.winehq.org/> to run demos.

http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/Manchester/FAQ#What_free_software_is_there_for_the_Microsoft_Windows_OS.3F


* Wine: Windows without Windows
Describe and demonstrate wine, which allows you to "Run Windows
applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X".


Regards,
Mike.




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