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Goal #1: 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 #2: 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 #3: 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 #4: practice using a plain text editor

Make sure you know how to use a plain text editor. If you don't have experience using one of those, ask an instructor for help installing one.

Our suggestions:

gedit on Linux
Notepad++ on Windows
Smultron on OS X

Goal #5: (Optional) Log into the provided server

If your computer doesn't have a C compiler, and you don't have an account on the ugrad network, log into this account:

Host: acm.jhu.edu
Username: ohworkshop
Password: bluejay

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

Here are some things you can do once laptop setup is over:

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.

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-== Goal #4: practice using a plain text editors ==
+== Goal #4: practice using a plain text editor==
 Make sure you know how to use a plain text editor. If you don't have experience using one of those, ask an instructor for help installing one.
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 * Notepad++ on Windows
 * Smultron on OS X
+=== Goal #5: (Optional) Log into the provided server ===
+If your computer doesn't have a C compiler, and you don't have an account on the ugrad network, log into this account:
+* Host: acm.jhu.edu
+* Username: ohworkshop
+* Password: bluejay
 == Success! ==
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 == Bonus material ==
-If you finish laptop setup early:
+Here are some things you can do once laptop setup is over:
 * Find and join an IRC channel for something you are interested in.
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 ** 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>rpishell.openhatch.org</tt> and  set up a screen session there.