[brlug-general] Next advanced meeting or hangout

[Alvaro Zuniga]

Two talks would probably be good. Put everything about games on one
session and the good stuff on another ;-)

I think it all can be done within an hour or two.

Who's bringing the beer cooler?

--
Alvaro Zuniga
Windows Professional Administrator
Windows 95 Certified


Dustin Puryear wrote:
> Oh, as far as the other topics, want to break those out to a few
> advanced meetings? Maybe one a month?
> 
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> Tuesday, July 11, 2006, 1:00:44 AM, you wrote:
> 
> > Hi again. I wrote an outline for the topic I suggested as the next meeting.
> 
> > The Commandline Brotherhood: Mastering the Console
> 
> > 0) Introduction
> >   "Should you be a Commandline Warrior?"
> >   a) Why should you use it?
> >     - Fun
> >     - Faster
> >     - Looks cool (Well it does.)
> >     - Key point: learn more
> > 1) Setting up
> >   "From Dumb TTY to Linux Console"
> >   a) Resolution
> >     - The default 80x25 size can be insufficent.
> >     - SVGATextMode instructs your video card to resize the console on-the-fly
> >       without having to reboot. It can be dangerous if you don't set the right
> >       refresh rates.
> >   b) Fonts
> >     - PSF fonts in /usr/share/consolefonts
> >     - consolechars -d (default) or -f file
> >   c) Keymaps
> >     - /etc/console/ files and newer Debian setup with console-setup
> >     - loadkeys command
> >     - man 5 keymaps
> >     - Use: Windows keys for VT switching, dead keys
> >     - evexec hotkey program (music control)
> >   d) screen (detaching, statusbar, window management)
> >     - Mapping Function keys to switch windows
> >     - Constant statusbar
> >     - ^A for commands
> >     - Detaching
> >   e) gpm
> >     - General overview (howto use, setup is easy)
> > 2) Using it
> >   "Enter the Shell"
> >   a) Automating a login system (fancylogin, bash init scripts)
> >     - Logging into 8 shells is annoying. Can be automated OR go a bit further.
> >     - mingetty in inittab
> >     - fancylogin
> >     - My bash init script (aliases, fixed apps, LS_COLORS, PS1, bash completion
> >   b) Web browsing (elinks, lynx, links, links2, w3m)
> >     - Alternatives, recent is elinks though links2 can do gfx+jscript
> >     - Basic usability (show it off)
> >   c) IRC (irssi)
> >     - Again, show it off
> >   d) Other communication (bitlbee)
> >     - Explain usefulness, demonstrate adding an account, show it off
> >     - Groupchats
> >   e) Mail (elmo, mutt)
> >     - elmo is better for SMTP, show off both
> >   f) Multimedia (mplayer)
> >     - It can play many formats and output in many ways.
> >     - Video output (svgalib, framebuffer, vidix)
> > 3) Graphics and games
> >   "It's a GUI World out there"
> >   a) SVGAlib (zgv)
> >     - Show it off
> >   b) aalib (bb)
> >     - Show it off
> >   c) Interactive fiction games (Inform, adventure, battlestar)
> >     - Adventure
> >     - battlestar
> >     - modern intfic games (wurb.com/if, rec.games.int-fiction)
> >   d) Arcade games (tetris, worm, bsdgames)
> >     - tetris, worm, ninvaders, snake, etc
> >   e) Roguelikes (nethack, crawl, adom, tome, GearHead, CastlevaniaRL, DoomRL)
> >     - demo each
> >     - my project
> 
> > I'm totally inexperienced at giving talks, but I could try.
> 
> 
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