Linux User Group @ SJSU Meeting#1

Linux User Group @ SJSUAll about Linux and Open Source

Agenda

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• Introduction to Linux, LUG and the team.

• Events which will be organized in Spring 2010

• Linux 101 – Handouts and Cheat-sheets

• Facts and Figures – After all, Why Linux?• Your feedback – What do you expect from us?

Linux #awesomeness #free

• Unix – like, NOT Unix(1969)• GNU/Linux (1991) = GNU Shell (Richard Stallman) +

Linux Kernel (Linus Torvalds) – Fedora, Ubuntu etc

• CLI rocks, but you also have an amazing GUI!• Completely user friendly• It’s everywhere – Your phone, servers, cars,

routers, small devices!

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Why LUG@SJSU?

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. So, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.“

~George Bernard Shaw

SJSU Part of Linux history The community builds itself

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Linux 101 – Your PocMan: A Linux Pocket Manual

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Install Fest

• One day• We have the media• Bring you computers• Teach basics• More than one

distro

Linux 101 – The Basics

• March 9• For the Linux beginners• Hands on event• Basics of Linux – commands, file system• Basics System Administration• You'll be interview ready

HackFest

• Clever way of doing something• Show off• Fun event• Thou shall not be judged• All types of hacks

GUI Hacks-1

GUI Hacks-2

Now for something interesting – the video

CLI Hacks

• for i in *.jpeg; do; convert -geometry 400x400 $i small$i; done

• Swimsuit illustrated perl script

Software Hacks

• How many know autopager addon for firefox• Greasemonkey?• Bring in and demonstrate the rare but useful

softwares

You tell us

Think

• Build upon hackfest• Customize the software• Develop scripts• Who cares if it is complete?• Your platform for feedback

Talks

• You decide, we negotiate• Basic-intermediate-advanced-master• Previously

– Richard Stallman– Networking Talk– Programming and Development

Lan Party

• Sauerbraten – Cube Engine Game• Civic – Strategy Game Play• http://www.supergamer.org/ - and people

think we have no games

You and Us

• Help you with unix accounts• Handouts• Fun projects• SJSU’s custom Linux Distribution

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Myth Buster – A New Hope• Smaller Numbers = Less Hackers

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Myth Buster – Empire Strikes Back

• Open Source is Open! And hence prone to unreliability?

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Look who is in!!

• 95% of Servers in Hollywood Animation houses run on Linux• James Cameron used Linux for Titanic and Avatar• Google runs its web servers on Linux• IBM Sequoia will run on Linux• Palm, Google, Nokia Phone OS are Linux based• TiVo uses Linux on its appliances• Over 300 distribution’s of Linux available • Brazil and Indian state of Kerala mandate use of Linux I in schools

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The Team

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• Utkarsh Sengar• Roopesh Vaddepally• Ravi Dontharaju• Anirudh Mittal• Harish• Akhil Kapoor and

•You…...

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Your Turn!

Questions?