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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