[GTALUG] Tutorials on Linux command-line -- any interest?

[Gary]

Another idea is to petition Ryerson to offer more courses in Linux 
development. Ryerson already has a course on operating systems, which 
is, ipso facto, linux but we could encourage them to offer continuing 
education courses to expand this offering.

On 17-07-24 09:32 AM, David Ing isss--- via talk wrote:
> William,
>
> One cure (actually, an affordance) is to register the GTALUG on 
> meetup.com <http://meetup.com>, for visibility.
>
> If I look at https://www.meetup.com/topics/linux/ca/on/toronto/ , I 
> see "Toronto Linux Meetup" saying "over 50 interested". There's a 
> target audience!
>
> I had done this in 2009, for the systems sciences community (in 
> preparation for the ISSS Waterloo meeting in 2010).  The first year at 
> meetup.com <http://meetup.com> was free, and then they started 
> charging for being on meetup.com <http://meetup.com>.  I didn't want 
> to continue (as an individual) to pay for the registrations, so in 
> subsequent years, restarted on Google Sites (at http://wiki.st-on.org/ 
> ), with links to register on Eventbrite (which doesn't charge for free 
> events).
>
> I notice that IBM does have notifications on meetup.com 
> <http://meetup.com> , with a pointer to register elsewhere.  As an 
> example, see https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-IBM-Tech-Talks-Meetup/ , 
> where the April 20 event says "In addition to RSVPing on Meetup here, 
> please also register at the Eventbrite link".
>
> As a new attendee to GTALUG events, I did a little extra searching to 
> find the group.  Right now, searching Google on "Linux Toronto Meetup" 
> has GTALUG as the fifth hit on my list.
>
> In the interest of longevity, it's great that GTALUG is on its own 
> domain.  In the interest of publicity, there's a large group of people 
> who think meetup.com <http://meetup.com> is the only place that 
> advertises meetups.
>
> P.S.  I have also sent notifications to events at nowtoronto.com 
> <mailto:events at nowtoronto.com> (see https://nowtoronto.com/contact ), 
> which is free.  This has picked up people who don't plan more than a 
> day ahead.
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 9:21 PM, William Park via talk 
> <talk at gtalug.org <mailto:talk at gtalug.org>> wrote:
>
>     There was no formal discussion with the GTALUG board.  I just got
>     tired
>     of talking about it and decided to show initiative. :-)
>
>     GTALUG has long ceased to be "users group" and has degenerated to
>     social
>     get-together.  Symptoms are
>         - It has stopped growing.
>         - No new idea or people are coming in.
>         - It's not doing anything, because the current people are already
>           expert in what they are doing, so no need to do anything.
>         - It's falling behind the time.  There are people who knows Linux
>           and never heard about GTALUG.  (I see this at work)
>
>     So, what's the cure?  I think that structured tutorials is the
>     best way
>     to hold on to people.  "Linux Command-Line" is not the only topics.
>     There are many others, even from this mailing list alone.
>     --
>     William
>
>     On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 06:40:47PM -0400, Gary via talk wrote:
>     > I will attend but I think it would be great if gtalug could get some
>     > visibility on this for the public at large. How might this be done.
>     > /gary
>     >
>     > On 17-07-22 11:17 PM, William Park via talk wrote:
>     > > Subject of "tutorial" comes up every year at Linux BBQ.  This
>     year, at
>     > > Hacklab, was no different.  OK, I'll bite first.
>     > >
>     > > I will give a series of tutorials on "Linux Command-Line",
>     starting with
>     > >      - Shell (bash)
>     > >      - Vi editor (vim)
>     > > It will be workshop style.  So, you can bring laptop (Windows and
>     > > Chromebook), try out examples, and ask questions.
>     > >
>     > > How many are interested?
>     > > We'll work out the logistics later.
>     >
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