[svlug] OPEN INVITATION - weekly Linux Kernel walk-through sessions starting next week

[Michael Cheselka]

Hello,

Is this one day only?  Then Tuesday is good.  Wednesday is out since
that's Halloween.
Fridays are best if this repeats.

Ciao!
Mike

On 10/26/07, Akkana Peck <akkana at shallowsky.com> wrote:
> Paul Reiber writes:
> > All - Leslie and I have done a bit of off-list emailing, and we're
> > happy to be able to make the following announcement.
>
> Yaay! That's great news. Thanks, Paul, and Leslie and Google!
>
> > Google's preference would be for us to schedule the meeting on a Tues,
> > Weds, or Fri. evening.  Regarding Weds evening - once a month that
> > collides with our main meetings, so we can either (1) consider that a
> > good thing, or (2) go for Tues. or Fri. to avoid the collision.
>
> I have a class on Weds evenings, but I could make Tues or Fri.
>
> > How do people feel about the following aspects of this:
> > - like the idea of reading a module first, then reviewing it with the group?
>
> I don't mind pre-session assignments like that. But depending on the
> module we're reading, it might help to have someone give some
> background in what the module does if it's not obvious, so we're
> not just blindly reading lines of code and trying to guess.
>
> > - like the idea of take-home follow-up homework rather than
> > pre-meeting-preparation?
>
> It would be really cool to have homework like "Now try tweaking this
> code to do foo" and see what people come up with and what problems
> they have.
>
> > - if we have enough people, splitting into separate focus groups?
> > (would make taping a lot harder, but would accommodate more people and
> > wider bandwidth of info flow)
>
> That would be excellent if people wanted to cover different types of
> modules.  Some might be more interested in scheduler details, some
> in network algorithms, some in USB drivers. But that'll become
> clearer after several sessions -- we're probably fine with one group
> initially.
>
> > I welcome all of your involvement in this, I hope you decide to take
> > advantage of this wonderful opportunity, and I'm proud to be part of
> > the team making it happen!
>
> Thanks again for making it happen!
>
> --
>     ...Akkana
>     "Beginning GIMP: From Novice to Professional": http://gimpbook.com
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