These are some of the lectures I've given for the Baton Rouge LUG. They are mostly out of date (2002 to 2005). More can be found at the SIG web site and Wiki.

• Where Does Free Software Come From?
• Where and how do I get free software CDs?
• Star Office 6.0 on Debian
• Introduction to Shells
• Quick and Dirty Review of Mepis, an amazing self configuring Live CD with a painless GUI installer.
• Mail Client and Browser Review
• Partitions and Booting, an overview of the whys and hows of partitions including a review of tools on the Knoppix 3.4, Mepis and Woody CDs.
• GIMP and Friends, the powerful and easy to use world of free software image manipulation.
• Debian Kernel Compile is Easy.
• Stable Tunes How to rip CDs and digitize phonographs and tapes with Debian.
• New Tunes, the very cool world of sound and video in Mepis.

This one is on the way:

• Video, easy HD video capture, editing and transcoding with Lenny.