Thanks for the input. I have just used Acrobat to view the file (it was created in OOo, saved as a .pdf, and "stacked" so that it was all one file). I'll see about making it xpdf friendly. The single .pdf file was for the LinuxWorld staff so that they had a single file to print and got it in the right order (this will be handed out in hard copy format to all who attend). The presentation will be just the slides in OOo so I won't have all the white space below and the washed out look won't be there. The main part of the presentation is what I will be showing during the presentation. The appendixes are simply there because I know that I've always wanted a nice printed copy of those options, and this was an opportunity to put it in paper form for people with Red Hat's blessing. As for audience, I really don't know unfortunately. Based on past tutorials I have attended at LinuxWorld, most assume no knowledge of the subject they are presenting unless it's called "Advanced so and so". With that in mind, I did lean towards newbies a bit. Also, I have 3 hours, so I figure I'll get through the slides in 2 hours and leave an hour to work on specific technical issues that attendees may have. All that said, once I get a feel for the crowd, I'll make changes as appropriate for the next LinuxWorld in Boston. That's the problem going in blind, I have NO idea what my target audience is going to be :( I'll mention stateless, it just didn't cross my mind! And yes, BofA has been great in giving me time, space, and corporate approval to build a kickstart infrastructure and be able to present back what I've learned. Thanks again! Chip -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg Morgan Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 2:11 AM To: Discussion list about Kickstart Subject: Re: Kickstart Tips and Tricks -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Shabazian, Chip wrote: > All, > > As promised, I have finally completed the presentation for LinuxWorld > and welcome feedback and corrections: > > http://www.shabazian.com/lw2007.pdf > > Thanks, and I hope it's useful to someone. > > Chip > I am not sure how this will be presented. However, when I used xpdf to review the document, the code examples were "washed" out. I could see the code samples better, once I viewed the file at 200%. My monitor settings are 1280 by 1024. That setting may highlight a problem your presentation hall viewers will have. I would suggest using a bold fix text font for those sections of the document. Perhaps a font size adjustment would also help, if you can still fit you code segments on the same page. Your title says "Tips and Tricks". I don't get to hear you present so much of the "glue presentation" is missing for me as I review the document. When I blitzed through the document the first time, I was wondering what the difference between the main part and the appendices? That comes from a programmer looking at another alphabetic api looking document. With that being said, how can you set off your tip and trick sections so that I can focus on these? This may be an audience question for you. For people that have clicked themselves through several server installations, finding out about anaconda is a major tip. If you're going for the newbie crowd, then you may have hit the mark. If you're going for the advanced crowd, then covering more of the struggles that you see on the kickstart list would be helpful. At what level do your tips and tricks hit home? Since you are talking about imaging hard drives, is stateless linux worth putting in too http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StatelessLinux or are these technologies that you have used? It is nice that B of A supports your efforts. Tell 'em thanks. HTH, Greg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGkKo1xyxe5L6mr7IRAjrVAKCHIFbD3iQAxd6Ijv+H8ndC4G27aQCfX0io RSIb2WZ2Fgk+bJ+YXW1nP2E= =k5cW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
