KLUG Meeting Minutes and Agenda (#28) The 28th meeting of the Kingston Linux User Group was held Mon, Feb. 5, 2001 at 7PM at RMC. The meeting lasted until about 10:00 PM. The attendees were: Conrad-Avarmaa, Brigitte Cowan, Jessy Drummond, Mark Gauthier, Daniel Hutchinson, Rod Jezak, Edward Lott, Rodney MacIntosh, Bob MacPherson, Alex Mitton, Doug Paul, Derek Sigaran, Joanna Meeting Schedule: 28 - Wed, Mar. 7 at RMC. "System Administration I" 30 - Mon. Apr. 2 at RMC. "System Administration II" 31 - Wed. May. 2 at RMC. "Compiling a Kernel" - Doug Mitton Summary Of Activities: - Web page host and domain name - http://www.klug.on.ca - Mailing list - http://www.egroups.com/search?query=klug- Agenda/Minutes: 1) Roll Call and Introductions (if required) - See attendees above. 2) This Meeting: There were 12 attendees to our 17th presentation "Installation HowTo" by Mark Drummond. First off it now appears we have a home for our web presence, Internet Kingston has agreed to host it for us and it should have been active at the new location as of Tues, Feb. 6. They have also agreed to co-locate our own hardware. The web page will not initially be served on a Linux machine BUT that leads to the next announcement. Daniel Gauthier had been in contact with Computer Depot who has agreed to supply us with a machine to host the web presence. Mark will be going to see them in the next few days to discuss the requirements. This means that others will be able to help maintain portions of the web page and Mark won't have to shoulder the entire load! Mark had a handout for the presentation which will be added to the web page. He did mention one additional web resource for Slackware users ... http://linuxmafia.org. The demonstration involved installing Slackware 7.1 onto a Pentium 133 with 64 Meg of RAM. While the install progressed Mark went into detail on some of the more technically oriented subjects as alternate installation methods via floppy, cdrom, mounted hard drive, ftp and nfs. Another technical subject was a discussion on partitioning, what goes on behind the scenes and why it must be completed. Partitioning of an existing hard disk or making room with an already installed operating system (Windows is the typical co-existing OS) is not always required. Some opt to install a new hard drive just for Linux. There are a lot of choices possible. Some details of the Slackware package manager and how it compares to those included in other distributions was also presented. While the XWindows server was being configured Mark outlined the hierarchial layout of the modern XServer and how it makes Linux a more stable implementation than the integrated environment in the Microsoft offerings. The Linux XServer has 5 distinct levels or layers; kernel, shell, X server, window manager and desktop environment, with the last being a relatively new addition. The installation was a success and future presentations will elaborate on maintaining, securing and administering the new Linux system. Thanks Mark and to all who attended. 3) Next Meeting: Wed, Mar. 7 at RMC, 7pm room G307. "System Administration I" 4) Socialize / Adjourn