[plug] Fwd: Linux User Conference in WA?

[Quintin Lette]

IMO we also don't want to get too technical, or it will put off the
target audience.

Yes things like firewalling are important, but if you do a
presentation on firewalling with iptables the target audience aren't
going to be very likely to attend it, or worse still will attend and
get the opinion "Linux is too hard". In a general introductory session
on installation, or protecting your pc, something along the lines of
using your distro's firewall might be handy though.

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 06:04:18 +0800, Bernard Blackham
<bernard at blackham.com.au> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 11:10:07PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> > Apache is needed for configuring CUPS, so, once again, Apache
> > should be included for workstations
> 
> Ermm, no it's not.
> 
> > As I have mentioned on the Linux Australia (LA) list, the issue of
> > timing would neeed to be considered, and I would be inclined to favour
> > January, as, as mentioned on the LA list, the timing of past Australian
> > Linux conferences being held in January, allowed the attendance of
> > tertiary students, being before the commencement of the academic year,
> > and, allowed for the use of university accommodation for conference
> > attendees, again, being before the commencement of the academic year.
> 
> AIUI, this event will probably get (handwave) 90% of its attendees
> from Perth, and 99% from within WA... Accomodation isn't a big deal
> for a 2-day conference of this sort. If we're aiming even slightly
> at the educational area, anywhere but the summer break is IMHO
> better for grabbing people's attention.
> 
> Bernard.
> 
> --
>  Bernard Blackham <bernard at blackham dot com dot au>
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