Minutes 2024-09-12
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- What is Linux?
- UNIX and AT&T Bell Labs
- the BSDs
- Stallman creating GNU
- footnote on Minux
- Infamous Linus "linux will be nothing big like minux"
- Linux in the current day (servers, embedded, nerds use it on laptops)
- Why Switch to Linux?
- Windows getting worse every day
- ads in native applications
- Windows Recall (slow creep, you know it's gonna eventually be cloud-based)
- BLOAT
- more control than MacOS
- itoddlers btfo
- take computing into your own hands
- linux gigachad image "delete bootloader"
- also a bit risky, leads into "Beginner distro" section
- xdotool (and ydotool) (like a more powerful AHK)
- bash scripting (VERY BRIEF)
- muuuch better dev tooling
- Windows getting worse every day
- How do I use Linux?
- Different distros
- "Beginner" vs "Advanced" Distros
- Mint (people don't like apparently?)
- PopOS
- Ubuntu
- Endeavor
- Debian
- Arch
- gentoo
- void
- anti-systemd (Artix / Deuvan)
- liveboots
- install-a-thons
- if there's interest, we can do one over the weekend (or after next meeting)
- VERY BASIC intro to terminal
- the real terminal introduction is an entire other talk (next week)
- my recommendation for getting started
- dual-booting
- distro (idk, mint?)
- don't start with "advanced" distro hoping to learn, it'll only make you hate the system when nothing works and everything requires 2+ hours of reading documentation to get started
- Cool Linux tricks
- gimmicky tty tools
- Shell!
- FREE hands-on sandbox to learn!
- Do people want install-a-thon? (Question 1/3)
- Vote on next presentation Question 2/3)
- we voted to do intro to the linux commandline, then intro to ssh, then pentesting on linux
- Trip to GLRC? (Question 3/3)
- Voted to not this week, maybe another time