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Goal #1: practice navigating from the command line

Many of the tools of open source development are primarily used via the command line. Let's get some practice with navigating the computer from the command line.

Goal #2: install git

Git is a popular revision control system that is used by many open source projects. We'll use it during this workshop.

Goal #3: install an IRC client

IRC is a real-time chat protocol that open source projects often use to talk about the project and as a medium for users and developers to help each other.

Goal #4: practice using SSH

SSH allows you to securely access a shell (like the command line window you used earlier) on a remote machine.

Success!

You are done with laptop setup!

Take a break, stretch, meet some neighbors, and ask the staff if you have any questions about this material.

Bonus material

If you finish laptop setup early:

Find and join an IRC channel for something you are interested in.
- on Freenode, try #ubuntu (the Linux distribution), #web (web development), #gsoc (Google Summer of Code)
- You can get a full list of Freenode's channels here
Learn about Google Summer of Code and look at last year's accepted mentor projects.
Learn about screen. Then ssh into the remote Linux machine umd-workshop.openhatch.org and set up a screen session there.

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 == Goal #2: install git ==
-Git is one of the tools in common use within open source. During this workshop, you'll need it.
+Git is a popular revision control system that is used by many open source projects. We'll use it during this workshop.
 * [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/Windows git|Windows]]
 * [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/OSX git|OS X]]
 * [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/Linux git|Linux]]
+== Goal #3: install an IRC client ==
+IRC is a real-time chat protocol that open source projects often use to talk about the project and as a medium for users and developers to help each other.
+* [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/Windows IRC|Windows]]
+* [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/OSX IRC|OS X]]
+* [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/Linux IRC|Linux]]
+== Goal #4: practice using SSH ==
+SSH allows you to securely access a shell (like the command line window you used earlier) on a remote machine.
+* [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/Windows SSH|Windows]]
+* [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/OSX SSH|OS X]]
+* [[Open Source Comes to Campus/UMD/Laptop setup/Linux SSH|Linux]]
+== Success! ==
+You are done with laptop setup!
+[[File:Party.png|125px]]
+Take a break, stretch, meet some neighbors, and ask the staff if you have any questions about this material.
+== Bonus material ==
+If you finish laptop setup early:
+* Find and join an IRC channel for something you are interested in.
+** on Freenode, try #ubuntu (the Linux distribution), #web (web development), #gsoc (Google Summer of Code)
+** You can get a full list of Freenode's channels [http://irc.netsplit.de/channels/?net=freenode here]
+* [http://code.google.com/soc/ Learn about Google Summer of Code] and [http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/projects/list/google/gsoc2011 look at last year's accepted mentor projects].
+* [http://www.rackaid.com/resources/linux-screen-tutorial-and-how-to/ Learn about <tt>screen</tt>]. Then ssh into the remote Linux machine <tt>umd-workshop.openhatch.org</tt> and  set up a screen session there.