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Title is pretty self explanitory, but I was hoping for assistance and feedback and suggestions from the great community of LFO. So far I've got a wiki going and am ...
- 09-22-2005 #1Linux User
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Starting a LUG at My High School
Title is pretty self explanitory, but I was hoping for assistance and feedback and suggestions from the great community of LFO. So far I've got a wiki going and am working on a PowerPoint presentation to so and would love any input!!
Mt. Hebron LUG
My PowerPoint
- 09-22-2005 #2Linux Guru
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Slide #2: you say
I would add most are free. There is no reason they have to be free of charge.open source projects are free in another sense, as in costing the user nothing to use it.
Slide #4: I would add recursive in front of acronym, since that helps to explain it.
Slide #7: Change MS to windows. MS is just the company name, no the OS.
Slide #8: you sayThat is not actually true. Wine is not a emulator. It runs windows programs on a compatibility layer. I doubt this will matter to most, but WINE does stand for Wine Is Not an EmulatorLinux can now emulate the Windows operating system to trick a Windows executable program into running.
Other than that, it looks great.Brilliant Mediocrity - Making Failure Look Good
- 09-22-2005 #3Linux User
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I thought that about WINE, but my comrade, made that slide. Anyways, thanks!
PowerPoint has been revised! Same link still:
http://compy386.homelinux.org/upload...t_is_Linux.ppt
- 09-22-2005 #4Linux Guru
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Slide 12: "Why should I care?"
I think a very compelling reason, especially for your audience is that it's the best way to learn about computers and networks, etc and that you can do anything with Linux if you work at it. But I guess that will come out in your verbal presentation.
Overall: Nice work.
A couple of minor editing points:
slide 2: "viewed" is repeated.
slide 4: change "your" to "you're" or "you are"
slide 5: spelling "recent", not "resent"
slide 6: spelling "Debian", not "Debain"
Cheers~/IMHO
//got nothin'
///this use to look better
- 09-23-2005 #5Linux User
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Thanks drakebasher! Anyways, I've fixed it again and added some animation (appear on click) and random slide transitions!
Same link still:
http://compy386.homelinux.org/upload...t_is_Linux.ppt
- 09-23-2005 #6Linux Newbie
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Where are you located? I see Mt. Hebron, near Ellicott City? I'm over in Catonsville :o
- 09-23-2005 #7Linux Engineer
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PowerPoint Presentation on GNU/Linux...
Save it as OpenDocument using OpenOffice.org.
"Open source is computer software where anyone can view the code it was built with. It is commonly referred to as being “free as in speech.”"
Open source!=free software
"Because this code can be freely viewed by anyone, most open source projects are free in another sense, as in costing the user nothing to use it."
Err... change that to something like "free/open source projects are usually available free of charge."
"Linux is the kernel based on UNIX, that is a core of the operating system known commonly known as Linux."
Mention that it does NOT contain any UNIX code, just operates similar. Also "commonly known as Linux, but some believe it is correct to call it GNU/Linux (will be explained later)"
"Because of this many argue we shouldn’t refer to the OS as “Linux” but rather “GNU/Linux”. Both have really come to mean the same thing, so it doesn’t really matter (unless you’re Richard Stallman)."
Actually the reasoning for GNU/Linux is not just giving credit where credit is due, but spreding GNU's philosophies.
"It is open source!!"
should be "It's free/open source!!"
"GNU is a project run by Richard Stallman that has created very many different open source programs and the license many use."
No, no, no. Read the link above. GNU is not open source, it is free.
"A Distribution or “Distro” is the GNU/Linux core with specified programs and GUIs embedded in it."
Note that GUI's do not have to be there.
"The most popular today is “Ubuntu”, A Debian Linux Modification."
Debian actually calls it Debian GNU/Linux.
Please, don't get people started on the wrong track. Let them know the difference from the start.
- 09-23-2005 #8Just Joined!
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lmao...just noticed that.
Originally Posted by a thing PowerPoint Presentation on GNU/Linux...
OO is here for a reason
- 09-23-2005 #9Linux User
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Ellicott City, thats the place! And about it being PowerPoint, this is going to be shown at my school, therefore Windows computers Originally Posted by aimstolemylife 
- 09-23-2005 #10Linux Engineer
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OpenOffice has a Windows port (I don't get why though...) You could also use a GNU/Linux live CD.
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