[School-GNU-Linux] Software Freedom Day 2008 @ Thiruvananthapuram

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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