[ltp] presentation to show linux

[Alex Deucher]

On 6/1/07, Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>
> r8scq7b02@sneakemail.com wrote:
> > On Friday 01 June 2007 16:24, Joe Zien wrote:
> >> I belong to a computer club that is 98% window$ and want to show
> >> the advantages of linux.
> >
> > You should know your audience. Choose what is right for them. For example, if
> > they are mostly made out of people that are easily amazed by flashy
> > and "cool" programs, show off Compiz. Search the Internet for the best video
> > demonstrations of compiz, beryl and metisse. Show them how it's done, then
> > give out a LiveCD or two with the programs you demonstrate (Mandriva for
> > Metisse, Sabayon for Beryl).
> >
> > Of course, if your audience is not so easily impressed by shiny things, show
> > them something that will.
>
>
> Indeed. I'd have thought that a computer *club* might be impressed by
> some of the more technical things. Example:
>
>   konqueror and  fish://            (Drag'n'Drop file GUI over ssh)
>   This is *amazingly* neat if you also have ssh keys enabled.
>   [I wrote a summary here:
> http://www.richardneill.org/a22p-mdk11-0.php#ssh ]
>
>   the fact that everything can be so easily scripted, because everything
> has a CLI equivalent (examples: festival, sox, play, mplayer, convert, wget)
>
>   package management is so much better.
>
>   development environment: how easy it is to do simple programming.
>
>   Also, for those who haven't seen it before, VNC and Qemu are a revelation.
>

Also running a program on one PC and sending the display to another is
always a good show.

Alex