From Sfvlug

SCALE 2009 Workspace

Please feel free to post new ideas and suggestions as well as making contributions to existing material.

The following is a list of some of the proposed topics for SCALE 2009. Those in bold are almost written in stone and others will need more work before they make the final cut.

Voice Triggers

DD-WRT & other open router projects

Media server

Asterisk

Network storage

Wifi security

Zoneminder

Custom distro

Linux on old hardware

Linux on Apple hardware

Space-saving techniques

Virtualization

Fast booting

GRUB

Apt-proxy

FOSS replacements for popular Windoze applications

Common Applications

The following is a list of application descriptions followed by the names of Linux applications that serve to provide that capability. Please feel free to make additions or corrections.

Web browsing - Firefox, Konqueror, Sea Monkey
Email - Thunderbird, Kontact/Kmail, Evolution
File Management - Nautilus, Dolphin, Thunar & many more
Office Suite - OpenOffice.org, KOffice
Calendar - Evolution, Kontact, Thunderbird (as extension)
Instant Messaging - Pidgin (formerly Gaim) misc. others
Personal Finances - GnuCash, KMyMoney, Moneydance (not free)
Image Editing - Gimp, Inkscape 
Video Player - Totem, MPlayer, VLC, Xine
Music Player - Amarok, Totem, Xmms
CD/DVD Burner - K3b, Brasero
Create Web Pages - Quanta, Bluefish, SeaMonkey Composer
Desktop Publishing - Scribus
Photo Manager - F-Spot, Gwenview

--Miasma 12:51, 21 January 2009 (PST)