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== Club membership and special discounts==
* First year NM: mandatory
* Second year NM: optional
* All years LB: optional
== Prerequisites ==
== Prerequisites ==
* You have a working GNU/Linux distro (network, audio, video, keyboard)
* You have a '''working GNU/Linux''' distro (network, audio, video, keyboard)
* You know how to open a terminal (Gnome Terminal, xterm, urxvt, st, etc)
* You know how to open '''a terminal''' (Gnome Terminal, xterm, urxvt, st, etc)
* Your keyboard is configured (as in you do not spend half an hour figuring out how to change the layout from QWERTY to DVORAK and then spend of the rest of the day looking for the '/' key)
* Your '''keyboard is configured''' (as in you do not spend half an hour figuring out how to change the layout from QWERTY to DVORAK and then spend of the rest of the day looking for the '/' key)
* You know how to use a text editor (as in Gedit, Vim, nano, ed, emacs, kate) so you can read/edit/write plaintext files.
* You know how to use '''a text editor''' (as in Gedit, Vim, nano, ed, emacs, kate) so you can read/edit/write '''plaintext''' files.
* You have a couple of video files.
* You have '''a couple of video files''' on your laptop.


== Schedule ==
== Schedule ==
=== Monday 8th October 11:00 - 18:00 ===
=== Monday 10th October 11:00 - 17:00 ===
* Text vs GUI metaphors
* Text vs GUI metaphors
* Terminals and Shells
* Terminals and Shells
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* Shell scripting: animated GIF generator (video files needed)
* Shell scripting: animated GIF generator (video files needed)


=== Tuesday 9th October 11:00 - 18:00 ===
=== Tuesday 11th October 11:00 - 18:00 ===
* How pipes works from a C perspective
* How pipes works from a C perspective
* bitwise operators  
* bitwise operators  
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== Free Beer ==
== Free Beer ==
I pay a beer the one who give me the name of the guy on the photo.
I pay a beer to the one who give me the name of the guy on the photo.
 
Answer: it is Douglas McIlroy

Latest revision as of 22:13, 9 October 2011

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Club membership and special discounts

  • First year NM: mandatory
  • Second year NM: optional
  • All years LB: optional

Prerequisites

  • You have a working GNU/Linux distro (network, audio, video, keyboard)
  • You know how to open a terminal (Gnome Terminal, xterm, urxvt, st, etc)
  • Your keyboard is configured (as in you do not spend half an hour figuring out how to change the layout from QWERTY to DVORAK and then spend of the rest of the day looking for the '/' key)
  • You know how to use a text editor (as in Gedit, Vim, nano, ed, emacs, kate) so you can read/edit/write plaintext files.
  • You have a couple of video files on your laptop.

Schedule

Monday 10th October 11:00 - 17:00

  • Text vs GUI metaphors
  • Terminals and Shells
  • Pipes and redirection
  • Shell scripting: animated GIF generator (video files needed)

Tuesday 11th October 11:00 - 18:00

  • How pipes works from a C perspective
  • bitwise operators
  • Using output redirection, /dev/dsp and simple C oneliners
  • Simple AV pipe synth with mplayer

Free Beer

I pay a beer to the one who give me the name of the guy on the photo.

Answer: it is Douglas McIlroy