Future topics

From Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts

These are ideas for future meetings or events that are of interest to the group or perhaps the larger public.

Meeting formats

• Presentation by developers of open source software packages.
• Task-based collaborations in small groups.
• The group working to create or enhance documentation for a project.
  • SAMBA

Presentation ideas

• Software and systems
  • GnuCash (see Josh Sled's GnuCash presentation)
  • Linux High Availability (see Jim Lawson's LVS presentation)
  • Emacs vs. Vi (vs. pico) (see Emacs presentation)
  • GNOME vs. KDE vs. XFCE (vs. FVWM ;)
  • Databases: Postgres, MySQL, SQLLite...
  • Package management systems / frontends (apt-get, aptitude, synaptic, yum, portage, ...)
  • Distro shootout
  • Forensic analysis, data recovery tools
  • Presentation from the Segue authors of Middlebury
  • Presentation by Chris Murphy about running Linux under the sea.
  • Linux games
  • Multimedia Software
    • Image editors
    • Video & cinematics
    • Audio & recording software
    • 3D modelling
• Environments and programming languages
  • AJAX (html, javascript, + server-side support)
  • HTTP and the REST architecture
  • Basic and advanced shell scripting
  • Bash shell and Bash completion
  • Shell comparison (bash, csh, tcsh, zsh, perl shell, Emacs shell, ...)
  • Basics of python, java, ruby, or perl. (See Josh Sled's Python presentation).
  • software internals for users (stack traces, compilation, and bug reporting).
  • Agile web frameworks (like django, rails, ...)
  • Text-only programming for terminals (curses, slang, ...)
  • Math and statistics (GNU Octave, GNU R, Maxima, and Axiom)
• Licensing issues.
  • GPLv3
  • Inviting IP lawyers
  • Issues of single- and multiply-licensed projects in an organization.
• Virtualization (Xen, vmware, qemu, &c.)