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-====== Resurrected Workshops ======
-===== Introduction =====
-We are on the look-out for a suitable location for workshop meetings.  **Can
-you help?**  Around 2006-04 we though a location had been found because a new
-member offered to make a suitable venue available to us.  However, the venue
-fell through, but the ideas from then, in particular the [[meetings:pub|social
-meeting]] on 2006-05-03 and the [[:mailing_list|mailing list]], are preserved in
-case an opportunity arises to carry them through.
-===== Linux from Scratch Proposal =====
-After discussion, the favourite suggestion was a series of workshops leading to
-a full build of [[http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/|Linux from Scratch]].  This
-would let people learn the nuts and bolts of how a Linux system comes together,
-from the boot loader, the kernel, init(8), getty(8), and a shell prompt.
-So here is what we think could work well.
-  - At the first meeting, everyone who can bring a box installs VMWare, or perhaps [[http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/about.html|Qemu]] as a more free alternative.
-  - We then begin the process of building Linux from Scratch inside the virtual machine.
-  - At the end of the session we save the image so far ready to continue next time.
-Using a machine emulator will allow us to carry on where we left off at
-subsequent meetings, thus solving the biggest obstacle to creating a Linux from
-Scratch installation;  the long compile times.  Perhaps
-[[http://ccache.samba.org/|ccache]] or [[http://distcc.samba.org/|distcc]] can
-be used to help cut these down.
-===== Alternative Proposals =====
-Talking of long compile times, we will then have some spare time for
-chatting/other activities.  If anyone who hasn't got a Linux installation yet
-and wants to come along, we can have a Mini-Install-fest alongside the main
-event.  Other people have asked for a media server, so that could be another
-sideshow.  Two other events are probably enough, but if you'd like to see other
-activities take place rather than Linux from Scratch please put them here or
-raise it on the [[:mailing_list|mailing list]].
-===== Organisation =====
-==== Date ====
-The consensus on the list out of 19 people was that most preferred a weekend,
-out of those a Sunday came up most often.  So, a Sunday to be determined.
-Probably starting just after lunch given the travelling involved and continuing
-to the early evening.  Some of us may meet for lunch beforehand at a nearby
-pub.
-==== Venue ====
-To be determined.  If you can offer suggestions, please do so on the
-[[:mailing_list|mailing list]].  Ideal faciliaties include:
-  * Sufficient power points.
-  * Broadband-speed Internet access.
-  * Accessible on a Sunday.
-  * A lab of existing machines, suitable for network booting off a server without disturbing their normal setup.
-  * White-board.
-  * Projector.
-Possible locations needing investigation are Dorset Adult Education Centres
-that have computer labs, or any technology schools, e.g.
-[[http://www.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk/|The Purbeck School, Wareham]].  (This is a
-wiki, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BB|be bold]] and edit away.)
-==== Transport ====
-Given some of us don't have cars, either the venue needs to be near decent
-public transport, which if it's a Sunday is unlikely, or lifts will have to be
-arranged.  For the original venue we had offers of lifts from:
-  * Corfe Mullen
-  * Bournemouth
-  * Wimborne
-  * Tollard Royal
-  * Sturminster Marshall
-  * Fordingbridge
-  * Bridport
-This will obviously be subject to change when a venue becomes available.
-==== Equipment ====
-We probably need:
-  * patch leads
-  * projector
-  * WiFi Access Points
-==== Experts ====
-If you can help guide the rest of us, please put your names here, with skill offered.
-  * Terry Coles.  Installation, media server (audio only at present).
-  * Ralph Corderoy.  Happy to give rough talks or answer questions on
-    * Unix process model, e.g. fork/exec, file descriptors, pipes, environment variables.
-    * Unix shell scripting and text processing commands, e.g. wc, tr, grep, sort, uniq, comm, sed, awk.
-    * Basic Internet principles, e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, SMTP, POP3, FTP, HTTP, SSH.
-  * Robin Shepheard, enthusiastic amateur.  While I can't call myself an expert in any field, I am more than willing to help out in any way I can. I have experience with networking, building Gentoo (well I have done it a few times) and I have played with a fair few distros and have a bit of experience with WIFI cards, oh and have a reasonable experience of vmware. Only possible problem I have is that about every other Sunday I am back in Sussex so a reasonable amount of warning is neccesary. Oh and I can download and burn to disc (cd/dvd) any distros that we may need for the workshop.