PyCon intro to open source

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.


 * Windows
 * OS X
 * Linux

Goal #2: 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.


 * Windows
 * OS X
 * Linux

Bonus material
If you finish laptop setup early:


 * Find and join an IRC channel for something you are interested in.
 * on Freenode, try channels like #python, #django
 * You can get a full list of Freenode's channels here