NewTlug Meetings:2001-10-23

From GTALUG

Topics:

1) KDE 2.2.1 desktop by Marcel Gagne. "This is one cool desktop environment. Refined as all get out with plenty of slick enhancements on top of slick enhancements if you've got the horsepower. That extra pizzazz comes in the form of anti-aliased fonts and icons, multi-print environment support, animated icons and cursors, better Konqueror browsing and plug-in support address completion in Kmail, better organization in the menu system, ridiculously flexible personalization options, and more . . . " Ref: http://www.kde.org/download.html http://www.kde.org/announcements/changelog2_1to2_2.html

1.1) I'm sure Marcel's presentation will include other topics from his new book.

2) Open discussion and Questions and Answers. There should be time for QnA both re: KDE and general Linux topics or problems.

Presenter: part 1 - Marcel (Free Thinker at Large) Gagne president of Salmar Consulting, Inc. and author of the popular Linux Journal column "Cooking with Linux". In fact Marcel's articles won the Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Awards for 2001.

Marcel is also author of the recently released _Linux System Administration, A User's Guide_ from Addison-Wesley (ISBN 0-201-71934-7) This book is comprehensive yet easy to read, "written for both those who are new to Linux and those who are already proficient". It "starts with the basics and builds up to more sophisticated material."

More info: http://www.salmar.com/marcel/

part 2 - Q&A: Marcel and members of TLUG (and NewTLUG)

Date: Tues October 23rd.

Time: 7-10pm

Location: 6th Floor Auditorium Princess Margaret Hospital 610 University Avenue (just south of Queens Park Stn)

Directions:

Enter the building from the University Ave entrance (there are two entrances, you want the one that is farther south, you know you have the right one when you see a small Tim Hortons cafe just inside the door). Proceed toward the back of the building to the atrium area. You will see two sets of elevators. One set (glassed into the atrium) only goes to the 5th floor. The other set can take you to the 6th floor. When on the 6th floor, proceed around the elevator bays, and the auditorium is clearly marked.

Parking: There is parking behind the PMH on Murray street