IRC classroom sessions

[Bill Davidsen]

Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> Greetings. 
> 
> We have been working to improve IRC based support for Fedora of late,
> and one of the ideas was to start up some classroom type sessions to
> teach/show specific things for interested folks. 
> 
> See: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/IRC
> for more information on IRC. 
> 
> Toward that end, I thought I would post here and see if I can gather a
> feeling for general interest for the idea and some thoughts about
> sessions that would be well attended. 
> 
> Feel free to reply directly to me... 
> 
> 1. Would you be interested in attending a classroom session on IRC?
> 
Love to, timing is important though, I can shift my work day more easily than 
evening meetings with people who are locked into 9-5.

> 2. What sessions would be of most interest to you? 
> 
> Some examples: 
> 
> a. How to get involved in Fedora
> b. Pulseaudio and Sound
^^^^
> c. Demo's of new Features coming in the next release.
> d. Basic desktop usage
> e. How to file a good bugreport in bugzilla.redhat.com. 
> f. How to make a rpm package. 
^^^^
> g. Upgrading and Reinstalling tips and tricks
^^^^
> h. Learn how to Triage bugs
> i. Selinux and security features. 
^^^^
> j. iptables and firewalls
^^^ should be able to contribute to that somewhat
> k. kvm and libvirt tips and tricks. 
^^^^
> l. Other: please explain. 

A lot of people don't know how to compile a kernel (and many shouldn't)
so some examples of getting the unused features out to reduce build time
would be useful. Also how to apply patches.

How to create and maintain a local repository would be useful.

Syslog - use of central syslog servers, and writing logs to pipes so
other programs can watch them in real time.

> 
> 3. What general times would be good for you to attend a classroom
> session? Weekends? Weekdays? Weekday evenings in the EDT timezone? 

Weekday afternoons in NY time are good for me, AM is doable.
> 
> 4. Would you be interested in leading a classroom session on some area
> you know well? 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> kevin
> 


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