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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.

Bonus material

If you finish laptop setup earlier:

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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+== Bonus material ==
+If you finish laptop setup earlier:
+* [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.