Hi all, we are very lucky to have Bob Ham coming to speak on the 29th of March (our next but one meeting) and he has 2 choices for talks for us - see below. Can you all let me know what you would prefer please? I wouldn't mind learning about emacs (as to me they are still a tipe of imac........) but I would happily learn about JACK too (didn't he build a house????) :D
Best
Anna
> The first is about JACK, titled simply "An Introduction to JACK".
> Here's the outline:
>
> A short history and discussion of the JACK Audio Connection Kit, its
> operating principles, design and implementation
>
> * A short history of JACK
> * Some sound card basics
> * The JACK system
> * Demonstration
>
> Obviously, the demonstration (and hence the talk) would work best with a
> decent sound system. The talk is quite technical and goes contains
> phrases like about "sound card buffer" and "callback". But it is a nice
> demonstration of free audio software.
>
> The second talk is about GNU Emacs, titled "An Introduction to GNU
> Emacs" (my titles are innovations in and of themselves, I realise :-)
> Here's the outline:
>
> A short introduction to, and demonstration of the GNU Emacs text
> editor and IDE
>
> * History of Emacs
> * Basic ideas
> * Demonstration
>
> This talk was written with the intention of converting my fellow LUG
> members to use Emacs so it's pretty simple. The history is quite
> interesting. However with the Fellowship audience I'm not sure if I
> would be preaching to the converted, or teaching my grandmother how to
> suck eggs, or even preaching about how to suck eggs to my converted
> grandmother :-) So, I'll let you decide which talk would be best :-)