[XCSSA] June meeting topic?

[xcssa@xcssa.org]

On Sunday 18 June 2006 15:00, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> Is there a topic for the meeting Monday night?

Thanks for asking John...  My apologies folks... I've dropped the ball this 
month.  But my excuse is the same that has kept me out of work, in bed for 
the past 4 days + a trip to the ER.  Food poisoning.  Wow.. I had no idea how 
bad THAT little bugger could be (see 
http://www.accepta.com/Industry_Water_Treatment/Campylobacter.asp).

Anyway.. I'm just now recovering... and yes.. the meeting is ON.. but I was 
simply negligent in my duties.


Topic #1:
> Last I heard on the subject, the idea was discussion about how one goes
> about investigating new/development versions of operating systems/software
> and/or discussion of upgrade practices.  Tweeks mentioned something about
> NetBSD, so I was properly baited.

I can talk a little on that.  But would like to make it more of a "Best 
Practices Comparisons", allowing several experienced folks to talk on what 
we've found works best when doing upgrades and migrations.  I have a general 
web zine article that I wrote from a few years back on doing web server 
migrations that can be generalized... and my own /home drive strategy is a 
personal favorite.  But some of you old timers....  I would love to get your 
$0.02 and hear your war stories and current best practices...  Maybe limit 
20-30min per person?

Topic #2:
I would also like to similarly open the floor to the discussion of 
"Windows/Linux Desktop App Equivalency".  A type of X on Windows = Y on Linux 
overview that I plan on using in my Open Source talk at the July Open Source 
fest.  A few obvious examples might be:
Windows App	Linux App
-------------------------
MS Office	Open Office (duhh), SiagOffice, KOffice
MS Word		Abi-Word, KWord, etc
IE		Firefox, Konqueror, Opera
Outlook		Evolution, KMail, ...
Visio		Dia, Kivio
Photoshop	GIMP
WinAmp		XMMS, Mplayer
WinDVD/WMplayer	XINE, MPlayer, Totem
Notepad		Kedit, Gedit
UltraEdit32	Gvim
...		...

I would love to open this up to group discussion this month and grow out this 
list a bit.. :)  But remmember.. think common "must have apps" in Windows = 
what in Linux?   As the target audience of this baby presentation is going to 
be people who want to make the jump from Windows to Linux, but need to see 
the existing, stable desktop on which they will be landing... and being 
assured that everything will "be ok". :)  Over the next month I'll include 
this info in my "State of the Linux Desktop" talk at the Open Source Fest in 
July.

BTW.. More info on the Open Source Fest (where this talk is eventually going 
to end up) is here:
http://cis.sac.accd.edu/~skolars/satlug/index.html

It will be at Kelly USA from July 12 - 15.  Those interested in volunteering 
as staff to assist with the event.. please contact myself and Steve Kolars 
(the head dude).


So.. I guess it's a little late to send out a meeting announcement... Maybe 
the above was good enough...?  Hope it wasn't too little too late...

I guess we'll know if we see you there..  :)

Tweeks