Software Freedom Day 2008 @ Thiruvananthapuram

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Sep 17, 2008, 9:09:28 AM9/17/08
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Dear All,

                  SPACE, Free Software Foundation of India and GNU/Linux users group, Thiruvananthapuram are organizing a host of programs to mark the Software Freedom Day on 20th September 2008 at Press Club Hall, Thiruvananthapuram.

The event is sponsored by Kerala State IT Mission, IEEE and Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board.

       The forenoon session (10.00 a.m ­ 1.00 p.m) will include talks on and demonstrations of free software. Afternoon session (2.00 pm ­ 3.45 p.m) will include exhibition of three movies on free software and in the evening session (4.00 pm ­ 6.00 p.m) there will be a tutorial titled "MaSH ­ the  true   story   of   a   Shell"   for   programmers.   This   tutorial   will   show   the   participants   efficient   and effective use of GNU Development tools and encourage them to join the GNU Project. In the 2 hour presentation, we will show how to build a basic shell. The participants will learn some of the good constructs in C, how to use subversion, diff, patch etc.

Programme Schedule

Morning Session (10.00 am - 1.00 pm)

10.00 am Welcome
10.00 am  Talks on Politics and Philosophy on Free Software and Free Knowledge

      Speakers : Prof. K. Pappootty(Director of the State Institute of  Encyclopaedic Publications), 
      Mr. Joseph C Mathew (IT advisor to Kerala Chief Minister )
     
11.00 am Tea break

11.15 am Free software : Experience of KSEB ­ Mr Ajayakumar, KSEB

11.45 am Demonstration of Accessibility features of GNU/Linux ­ Mr. Balaram/Mr. Sukumaran, 
Master Trainer, Insight

12.15 pm Demonstration of Malayalam and the 3D desktop features of GNU/Linux

12.30 pm Discussions and Question/Answer session


Afternoon Session (2.00 pm - 4.00 pm)

2.00 pm Movie Show : 
       • Revolution OS
       • Steal this film
       • Big Buck Bunny

3.45 pm Tea break

Evening Session (4:00 pm - 6:00 pm)

4.00pm MaSH : the true story of a shell ­ Mr. Raj Mohan Kovilath

This tutorial will show the participants efficient and effective use of GNU Development tools and  encourage them to join the GNU Project. In the 2 hour presentation, we will show how to build a  basic shell. The participants will learn some of the good constructs in C, how to use subversion, 
diff, patch etc.

Objective:

              The purpose of this assignment is to help you learn about how standard
GNU/Linux shells work and to demystify the working behind any standard shell.
The presentation will cover basic introduction to the following topics:
  •    GNU autotools (autoconf, automake, not libtool)
  •    subversion
  •    diff utility
  •    patch utility
Prerequisites
       Knowledge in C programming.

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