Dear Luggies
MIT, Chromepet is organising their annual foss event on Jan 31.
I request volunteers to help the students in different topic.
The mail from the Chairman of Computer Society is appended.
Raman.P
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Hi sir,
This is S.Sundar Raman,Chairman,Computer Society.
CARTE BLANCHE DEMO TOPICS
1.Installation and administration
2.Shell and Scripting languages (Shell,basic Commands,Perl,Python)
3.Programming and Debugging Tools
(gcc,gdb,strace,ltrace,mtrace,memwatch,yamd,valgrind etc)
4.Web programming (django,php,ruby on rails)
5.Networking (ssh,scp,rdesktop,NFS,SMBFS etc.)
6.DataBases (mysql,postgresql)
7.Visual Programming (gtk,Qt,Py-GTK,Py-Qt,Glade,scribus,Tk-Inter)
8.Desktop Applications (Apiword,Openoffice,Gnumeric,Internet)
9.Kernel Programming
10.Graphics (blender,GIMP…)
11.Gaming
12.Open Solaris
13.GNU/Hurd
(Download Locations :
http://linux.softpedia.com/progDownload/Debian-GNU-Hurd-Download-872.html)
INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION ( 1 )
Installation steps in atleast three distros
About Distros available and their differences
Frequently encountered Installation failures
Internet installation and installing from image in Hard Disk
Package management ( RPM,DEB and source packages)
Basic configuration (mounting,network configuration etc.)
PenDrive Linux
Server Linux *
PROGRAMMING AND DEBUGGING TOOLS ( 1 )
GNU Compiler Collections (gcc,g++)
GNU Debugger (gdb)
Traces and watch(strace,mtrace,ltrace,memwatch,yamd,valgrind,electric fence etc)
References :
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-debug/
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/systems/library/es-debug/
WEB PROGRAMMING ( 3 )
Frameworks
Django
Ruby on rails
content management systems
Drupal,Mambo,Joomla etc.,
Server Scripting
PHP,Perl,Python etc.
References :
http://www.djangoproject.com
http://www.djangobook.com/
NETWORKING ( 2 )
Network File Sytems
NFS,SMBFS etc.
Remote Login
Ssh,scp,rdesktop etc
IP tables and firewalls
Nmap (Port Scanner)
Basic Network Commands
Netstat,Ping,Finger,Traceroute,Host,nslookup,Dig,telnet,mailx,
wget,ftp,wall,talk,Tcpdump etc.
References:
http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html (for IP-tables)
http://www.slackbook.org/html/basic-network-commands.html (for Basic Network
Commands)
http://nmap.org/book/man.html (for Nmap)
DATABASES ( 2 )
MySql,Postgresql,Sqlite etc.
Installation and starting service,
Unique options,
Queries for basic database operations
Comparison with other databases.
VISUAL PROGRAMMING ( 2 )
GTK+ and its bindings
GTK+,Py-GTK
Qt and its development
Qt Designer
Visual Tools
Glade,gambas,scribus
3D Design
Xgl programming
References:
http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/docs/tutorial/glade (for glade)
http://wingtk.sourceforge.net/ishan/starting.html (for glade)
http://www.gtk.org/documentation.html (for GTK+)
DESKTOP APPLICATIONS ( 1 )
Desktop Environment
GNOME,KDE etc.
Differences in those environments
Office
Openoffice,Abiword
Internet
Konqueror,Firefox,pidgin,Transmission
Sound and Video
Mplayer,RhythmBox,VLC,Totem,xine etc.
CD Burning
Nautilus,k3b
3D Desktop
Beryl,Compiz
Wine
KERNEL PROGRAMMING ( 1 )
Kernel re-compilation
System calls and kernel architechture
Modules handling
Modprobe,Depmod
Module programming
Device Drivers
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The above will be the tentative list of demo topics.
Please suggest us something new topic to the open source world and make the
demo stalls look different.
Also we are in need of lectures for each topic ..
Please suggest us some ILUGC members who ll take class for those students who
gave the name for the demo topic...
--
S.Sundar Raman,
Chairman, Computer Society, MIT
http://csmit.org
http://cb.csmit.org
98405 47925
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