====== Future Meeting Topics ======

Here are some possible topics for future OCLUG meetings.
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 Send mail to the OCLUG mailing list to suggest other topics or
people who would be willing to give a presentation.

NOTE: We have plenty of topics -- we need people to present. You need not be the expert -- we
have had considerable success with panel discussions that allow multiple "small" contributions.
Contact any board member or post here if you can assist.

===== Possible Topics =====
  * RSS/ATOM feed readers/akregators 
  * GIT and other revision control s/w 
  * presentation software (Magicpoint, Negative, Openffice/ppt)
  * browser variations
  * Firefox extensions
  * screen casting
  * The future of Linux
  * gimp, script-fu
  * Licensing issues
  * Window managers
  * How to Live With your Windows-Manager

  * Linux on a Thumb Drive - how to put Linux on a USB key (J-F Messier could do it)
  * travel with Linux
  * ins and outs of a remix
  * IDE (Integrated Development Environments)
  * Programmer's editors (Emacs, VIM, others)

  * How to build your own distro.
  * File system comparison: ext2, 3, 4, FAT, NTFS
  * Security issues of different file systems.

  * Interworking Linux with other operating systems.
    * There will always be some Windows machines in the environment.
    * How to make Windows "easier" to use (eg: Cygwin)
    * How to transfer files, (scp, putty, rsync).
    * How to access Linux X windows graphical applications from Windows machines (xming).
    * How to access Windows machines from Linux (rdesktop)
  

===== Possible Beginner/New to Linux Topics =====

  * How to use the command line; and why you want to use it.



== Please update this page with new ideas, or contact someone who can. ==