PLUG presentations/training

[Ben]

Matt,

Thanks for all your help last night, I appreciate the info that you gave
me. Speaking as a newbie, I couldn't agree more regarding the need for
basic fundamental training. I would certainly want to know as much as I
can regarding Linux and how to be the most productive with it.

I actually came early yesterday in hopes of doing exactly that, but
there wasn't any training so I did talk to you and Rick, (the other guy
in the room). I did gain a little knowledge at that time, but not as
much as a training session of some type would've offered.

Just my $.02 worth.

Ben Chacko
benchacko@earthlink.net nism096@hotmail.com	

Message: 11
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 23:10:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Matt Alexander <m@netpro.to>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Subject: PLUG presentations/training
Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

After talking with several people tonight, it occured to me how
important it is for this group to provide training to its members.  I'd
be willing to take the initiative and start teaching classes on a
variety of Linux topics.  For example, I could easily give introductory
sessions on the following topics:

Linux user fundamentals
Setting up an Apache webserver
Setting up a DNS server
Setting up a Samba file/print server
System monitoring with Big Brother

I'm sure there are many other topics I could handle as well, but this
could be a start.  Maybe we could even have a "fundamentals" session
before every regular meeting, that way new users would know that they
could come to any PLUG meeting and learn the basics, and then stay for
the main topic afterwards if they're interested. I know there's a lot of
interest in Linux out there, but it can be pretty overwhelming at first
to a new user, particularly if they've never been exposed to *nix
before. ~M