[School-GNU-Linux] Software Freedom Day 2008 @ Thiruvananthapuram
- From: "Vimal Joseph" <vimaljoseph@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: schoolgnu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:59:44 +0530
Dear All,
SPACE, Free Software Foundation of India and GNU/Linux
users group, Thiruvananthapuram are organizing a host of programs to mark
the *Software Freedom Day* on* 20th September 2008 at Press Club Hall*, *
Thiruvananthapuram*.
The forenoon session (10.00 a.m 1.00 p.m) will include talks on and
demonstrations of free software. Afternoon session (2.00 pm 3.45 p.m) will
include exhibition of three movies on free software and in the evening
session (4.00 pm 6.00 p.m) there will be a tutorial titled "*MaSH* *the
true story of a Shell*" for programmers. This tutorial
will show the participants efficient and effective use of GNU
Development tools and encourage them to join the GNU Project. In the 2 hour
presentation, we will show how to build a basic shell. The participants will
learn some of the good constructs in C, how to use subversion, diff, patch
etc.
*Programme Schedule*
*Morning Session (10.00 am - 1.00 pm)*
10.00 am Welcome
10.00 am Talks on Politics and Philosophy on Free Software and Free
Knowledge
Speakers : Prof. K. Pappootty(Director of the State Institute of
Encyclopaedic Publications),
Mr. Joseph C Mathew (IT advisor to Kerala Chief Minister )
11.00 am Tea break
11.15 am Free software : Experience of KSEB Mr Ajayakumar, KSEB
11.45 am Demonstration of Accessibility features of GNU/Linux Mr.
Balaram/Mr. Sukumaran,
Master Trainer, Insight
12.15 pm Demonstration of Malayalam and the 3D desktop features of GNU/Linux
12.30 pm Discussions and Question/Answer session
*Afternoon Session (2.00 pm - 4.00 pm)*
2.00 pm Movie Show :
• Revolution OS
• Steal this film
• Big Buck Bunny
3.45 pm Tea break
*Evening Session (4:00 pm - 6:00 pm)*
4.00pm* MaSH* : *the true story of a shell* Mr. Raj Mohan Kovilath
This tutorial will show the participants efficient and effective use of GNU
Development tools and encourage them to join the GNU Project. In the 2 hour
presentation, we will show how to build a basic shell. The participants
will learn some of the good constructs in C, how to use subversion,
diff, patch etc.
*
Objective:*
The purpose of this assignment is to help you learn about how
standard
GNU/Linux shells work and to demystify the working behind any standard
shell.
The presentation will cover basic introduction to the following topics:
- GNU autotools (autoconf, automake, not libtool)
- subversion
- diff utility
- patch utility
*Prerequisites*
Knowledge in C programming.
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