Hello all, Do you want to see your name to be the wizard who installs GNU/Linux in your friends' computer?
Or have your name widely known as the author or contributer to the world of open source software? Do you realise that just like being a superhero, the life of a software programmer is filled with responsibilites and weighty ethical decisions? Want to know more? If yes, then continue reading. We are glad to announce the 12th edition of "I Know What You Are Going to Do This Summer" [1], a free (as in freedom), online (IRC-based) [2] training programme with sessions for new comers to get started with Free / Libre / Open Source Software at #dgplug on irc.freenode.net [3]. If you are a mentor, or trainer, or prospective enthusiast who would like to participate in this year's sessions please go through last year's IRC logs: http://www.dgplug.org/irclogs/ This year we will be spending lots of time, learning about ethics in programming and in life and the consequences of the code we write. The session timings are mostly varying, usually after 1900 IST every day. To participate, you need a good internet connection and any latest Linux Distribution installed (the latest version of fedora is preferred. [4]) And an open mind with a strong attitude to learn. Anyone can participate. We do get participants from all across the world, so this is real chance for you to make friends in a community that spans the globe. What we teach? =============== Through this training we build contributors. Upon completing this training you will be able to successfully contribute to upstream projects, you will know the tools used by different upstream projects and yes, we will teach you how to solve real life problem using the Python programming language. Guest sessions ============= Through out the training we organize special sessions from well known upstream contributors. They share their own stories, and conduct in-depth sessions on various subjects. To know more ============= [5] is an interview on opensource.com about this training. [6] is the talk we had in PyCon 2014 on the same topic. How to participate? ==================== If you are interested in participating, you just need to join the mailing list and the IRC channel. (details given below) This training is open to anyone and everyone, so share the news among your family and friends. Probable Starting Time ====================== 16th June 2019, 19:00 IST Home page: https://foss.training Planet: http://planet.dgplug.org/ Mailing list group (for queries, discussions): http://lists.dgplug.org/listinfo.cgi/users-dgplug.org IRC Channel: #dgplug on Freenode server [1] https://foss.training/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat [3] https://summertraining.readthedocs.io/en/latest/irc.html# [4] https://getfedora.org/en/workstation/ [5] http://opensource.com/life/14/6/enroll-now-free-online-open-source-programming-classes [6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5YV5KzIbOc _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dgplug.org/listinfo.cgi/users-dgplug.org
