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== Success! ==

You are done with laptop setup!

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


== Bonus material ==
== Bonus material ==


If you finish laptop setup earlier:
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.
* [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.

Latest revision as of 01:16, 19 April 2012

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: