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=== 1:30 - 2:00: Jessica McKellar, on cool command-line skills === |
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Jessica McKellar is a software engineer at Ksplice, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle. In this tutorial, you will learn how to manipulate data in text form using standard free software tools. You will come away from it a sense of why plain text is so widely-liked in free software culture. |
Jessica McKellar is a software engineer at Ksplice, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oracle. In this tutorial, you will learn how to manipulate data in text form using standard free software tools. You will come away from it a sense of why plain text is so widely-liked in free software culture. |
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Have you ever wondered how so much free software gets created by contributors across the globe, without working face-to-face? In this tutorial, you will learn how contributors create a "virtual office," sharing text, code, and graphic design work through tools like Mumble, EtherPad, Gobby, Pastebin, and IRC. |
Have you ever wondered how so much free software gets created by contributors across the globe, without working face-to-face? In this tutorial, you will learn how contributors create a "virtual office," sharing text, code, and graphic design work through tools like Mumble, EtherPad, Gobby, Pastebin, and IRC. |
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A hand-out will be provided so you can practice the skills at home. |
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