Interesting point. I wouldn't mind hearing about that either. Hm<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">David Lawyer</b> <<a href="mailto:dave@lafn.org">dave@lafn.org</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:49:34AM -0700, Matthew Gallizzi wrote:<br>> I'd be interested in bash as a full length presentation. I think starting
<br>> from the ground up to advanced would be good. Every good Linux administrator<br>> has good bash (or perl) scripting knowledge for writing quick scripts on the<br>> fly. Bash++ for me. Maybe we could all throw some real world examples and
<br>> use bash to tackle the problem, or something. I know learning something and<br>> then being able to apply it isn't always easy. Maybe, writing a script that<br>> writes the output of ps aaauuuxxx to a file, as well as iostat, and also
<br>> sends me an SMS to my cell phone. :)<br><br>Since I haven't been attending meetings, I shouldn't have any say in<br>the matter. But teaching shell programming is a big topic and is<br>better done at ones own pace using a textbook or the free docs on the
<br>internet. So I think that economic-political issues might be of<br>interest like the future of Linux on the desktop and servers including<br>the past history and estimated market share of Linux for both the<br>desktop and servers.
<br><br>Right now I'm working on two Linux projects: Revival of the LinuxDoc<br>markup format which is sgml. Trying, without success yet, to recruit<br>people to help the Linux Documentation Project. I'm toying with the
<br>idea of using VolunteerSearch (a website) to recruit volunteers. For<br>this we need to register with the IRS and get what's called an EIN<br>number but apparently don't need to incorporate. Good documentation
<br>is a major problem with Linux. But my main interest is still energy<br>efficiency in transportation that you'll find on my website:<br><a href="http://www.lafn.org/~dave">www.lafn.org/~dave</a>..<br><br> David Lawyer
<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matthew G