Pengufest
"Its just a kid"
"He's learning, he's getting smarter everyday. Its happening fast..."
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"Knowledge amplification. What he learns, we all learn. What he knows, we all benefit from."
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"Does he have a name?"
"His name, is Linux."
GNU/Linux Users Group Trichy (GLUG-T) proudly presents Pengufest at Pragyan 2008.
Looking for a free, reliable, fast operating system for your computer?
Well then, bring your machine to Linux installation stalls at Pragyan 2008, and let one of the friendly experts there help you install and configure Linux, the revolutionary open source OS. Imagine finding yourself contributing to the OS that you use! This is the kind of freedom that you will live with everyday, when you install Linux, which has grown enormously in the past few years from being a hobbyist operating system to a feature-rich, reliable, user-friendly Desktop OS. You will have total control over your machine and we will show you how.
"Do you want to use cutting edge technology with a vibrant community helping you?"
Join the Linux community, and you will find yourself transforming from a newbie asking questions to an active contributor. The spirit of innovation and sharing will grip you as you join any of the numerous Linux communities all over the world.
"Got questions about Linux?"
We've got answers. Penguin power! Firmly believing in the wisdom of Free Software, we would like to encourage and spread it as far as possible. Come down with your laptops. Learn to use, customise and play with Linux. Take the OS and all the applications you want with it, completely free of cost! Leap into the future and enjoy an unparalleled Desktop experience!!
Is that all ???
Nope ! We have eminent people from ILUGC and other places who have been into FOSS , delivering lectures on various topics. We also have GLUG-T members conducting workshops which will help beginners ,novices and regular users alike to improve use of GNU/Linux better on a day to day basis.The workshops will be numerous but really concise , say from 5 to 30 minutes per workshop so that you do not have to miss other events at pragyan. If you have your laptops with you, you can bring them to the workshops to try out things and learning will be much more fun and faster !
List of Workshops :
1.Mr. S. Pavithran, Project Engineer, NRCFOSS
Topic: Lecture on KDE
Speaker: Mr. S. Pavithran, Project Engineer, NRCFOSS
Date: Thu 28-2-08
Time: 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm
2.Mr. Hariram Aathreya , associated with NRCFOSS, currently at Pudukkottai
Topic: Lecture on "NRCFOSS initiatives", focussing on their HR activities -- curriculum, projects for students, etc.
Speaker: Mr. Hariram Aathreya , associated with NRCFOSS, currently at Pudukkottai
Date: Fri 29-2-08
Time: 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm
Topic: Introduction to Shell Programming and GCC
Speaker: Bharathi Subramanian ,Associate Team Lead at Midas Communication Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai.
Date: Sun 2-3-08
Time: 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Short Bio :
Bharathi Subramanian is currently a Associate Team Lead at Midas Communication Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai. He obtained his B.E from Bharathidasan University in 1999 and currently is a MS Research Scholar at IIT-Madras. He has previously worked as a Research Associate in IndLinuX and Low-Cost Messaging Terminal projects of TeNeT Group, IIT-Madras.Presently he is the co-ordinator of Indian Linux Users Group -Chennai. And he is also an active volunteer member in NRC-FOSS and many Free and Open Source Software Groups in INDIA.
Now if that was too techy for you guys , Relax .We have our share of workshops for beginners . Learn on how to get your basic stuff configured and working in Linux.
We have our own short workshops on the following topics.
1. Setting up a Network in Linux and working with VNC .
2.Installation of Linux and Adding Repositories.
3.Desktop Applications in Linux .
4. Introductions to Editors and IDE plunge into the programming environment.
5.Compiz and Beryl to make your Desktop have eye candy features beyond your wild imaginations.
6.How to Create WebPages using Open Source Softwares.
If you want a workshop on specific topic, please post your request on the forum. We will take efforts to add those topics also on our workshop lists ! Also let us know if you want anything else that can be added to PenguFest that might be useful for everyone .
For any queries on linux or about Pengufest, please use the pengufest forum.
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