Topics For Future Meetings -- Remainder Of 2025 & Beyond

[Bernie Hoefer]

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I'm happy to say that we've been blessed with people willing to present for the rest of 2025 with these (subject to change) speakers:

  August:  Ben Breard on bootable containers

  September:  Neal Gompa on Btrfs

  October:  John Scott on End Of 10.  (Special meeting to help people
            install GNU/Linux on machines that Windows 11 will not
            work on, what with Windows 10 reaching end-of-life.  Help
            is needed -- please start a new mailing list thread if you
            can help!)

  November:  Chen Chiu on how Open Source changed 3D printing

  December:  Michael Schultheiss on Home Assistant


(This year our speaker list has been a bit Red Hat-biased.  That is not on purpose; we just draw from the people & organizations that we know.  We would ***love*** to have more speakers from SuSE, Ubuntu or other distros!  Please help us find presenters; send an e-mail to education at cinlug.org if you want to present or know of someone who might!)

I also want to thank Tim & Marc who suggested future meeting topics.  This topic list includes:

  + Setting up security cameras that tie into a GNU/Linux GUI back-end.
    (It is my hope that Michael's December talk with `scratch that
    itch` -- but I also know we have some members [Doug M. and Joe G.]
    that use other tools like ZoneMinder.  Please start a new thread
    on this mailing list around that topic!)

  + How to get started with GNU/Linux application development.
    (This suggest did not go into what kind of application [C/C++,
    Java, Perl, Python, etc.] -- so the sky's the limit.  Again,
    please e-mail education at cinlug.org if you or someone you know can
    speak on this or want to flesh the idea out a bit.)

  + A follow-up to October's End Of 10 topic:  what do you do on the
    2nd day now that you have GNU/Linux installed?!
    - What are the key things to do/master after install? A
      CINLUG-sourced checklist would be helpful.
    - What are CINLUG members' storage and backup strategies?
    - What are CINLUG members' favorite Linux apps?  What would a
      former Windows user use for:
        MS Access,
        MS Publisher
        Winamp
        Spotify
        Amazon Music
        DVD Shrink
        Handbrake
        Printer's Apprentice font management
        etcetera
     - Related to this, how do you run Windows applications in
       GNU/Linux?
     - Related to this, how do you run Windows 11 as a virtual machine
       under Linux?

  + Secrets to buying hardware affordably 
    Are there any good choices in PCs / laptops to go with for
    GNU/Linux, or ones to avoid?
      Related:  are there any distros that are good for supporting the
      most hardware, and for easy installation for new Linux users?
    (I note that we had a "home lab" talk back in May 2023.  Maybe it
    is time for another??)

  + Is anyone tinkering with AI agents who would like to share examples of
    what they're doing?

  + Raspberry Pi projects members have made


If you have more topic ideas or know people who might be willing to speak on the above (or other topics!), please e-mail education at cinlug.org.

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Bernie Hoefer
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