[NTLUG:Discuss] Presentation Ideas

[Collin Davis]

I would really love to hear thoughts on  the last point you suggested - 
operation of a typical open source project.  Also the second to last point - 
about how to contribute, especially as non-programmers.
Collin



On Tuesday 04 May 2004 10:21 pm, David White wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I'm fairly new to NTLUG, and I thought I'd start by introducing myself - my
> name is David White, and I've recently moved to the DFW area from
> Australia.
>
> I'm the lead developer of a popular Free game: Battle for Wesnoth
> (http://www.wesnoth.org). Chris has been kind enough to let me give a
> presentation about Battle for Wesnoth and Linux gaming in general at NTLUG
> in June.
>
> In preparing for this presentation, I've realized that there are a number
> of topics which I could present on, but I'm not sure how much interest
> there would be in each of them.
>
> I've made a list of some of the topics I'm looking at touching on at the
> meeting. It'd be great if I could get some feedback on what people think
> would and wouldn't be appropriate for the group.
>
> The topics I've thought of are as follows:
>
> - Demonstration of the Battle for Wesnoth game, what it is, how it works,
> basic overview of the game rules.
> - Demonstration of the configurability of Wesnoth through its 'Wesnoth
> Markup Language' (WML) configuration files
> - Overview of the state of Free/Open Source gaming on Linux. Brief
> description of major games.
> - Important Open Source development philosophies: Keep It Simple, Stupid
> (KISS), and It Is Ready When It's Ready (IIRWIR). Why it is important for
> software projects to stick to these principles.
> - Overview of CVS: what it is, how it works, basic commands.
> - Explanation about Savannah (http://savannah.gnu.org) - what it is, how it
> works.
> - Discussion of C++ and the tools available for C++ developers on Linux
> - Discussion of how users have contributed to Wesnoth, leading into
> discussion on how users can contribute to any Open Source project, and how
> non-programmers as well as programmers can contribute.
> - Discussion of the operation of a typical open source project --
> distributed development, communication through email/forums etc.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
>
>
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