To all FSGers:
WVU Free Software Group is planning a general in the very near future, but currently we are planning a major two-day event: an Open Source Fest!
Here follow the details on this event, which also counts as an out-of-class experience:
Join us for a two day celebration of open-source software! Events include technical talks, software demonstrations, and movies.
November 17-18 2008
All events are in the NRCCE Atrium. The NRCCE is the building next to the Engineering Research Building.
All are welcome, novice or expert! This event is open to the public, not just WVU students.
Schedule:
November 17th
# 5:00 PM - Keynote: Tim Menzies
# 6:00 PM - Movie: Revolution OS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_OS
# (post revolution os)
# Free time, questions, on the site installs (for the willing) and demos in virtualbox.
# Ends when the fun stops
November 18th
# 5:00 PM - Speaker: Tim McGraw - Occlusion Mapping in OpenGL (
http://www.csee.wvu.edu/~tmcgraw/ao/index.html)
# 5:45 PM - Speaker: Gregory Gay - Command Line Tips & Tricks
# 6:15 PM - Speaker: TBD
# 6:45 PM - Movie: Antitrust (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrust_movie)
Note: This is still subject to change. Please keep checking for the latest information.
Check out
http://www.wvuopensource.org/?p=35 for updates. We hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
WVUFSG