Dear All,

*Free Software Movement-Karnataka (FSMK)* a member organisation*REE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT INDIA * in association with* IBM Software Labs* is organizing the encore workshop on *'FOSS for budding developers'* at *CMR Institute of Technology*, Bangalore, on 10th and 11th April 2010, targeted at students becoming code contributors - foss developers. Please visit http://nc2010.fsmk.org/LDW/. You can also contact myself or Mr.Prabodh lecturer CMRIT college over email or phone for more details of the conference.

Contact Persons: Naveen Mudunuru(+919986403928), Prabodh (9844205442). Session Details Inaugral Address: *Prof. Gopinath, IISc, Vice President, FSMI* Day1

- *Eclipse *(Software Development Environment related) - *Linux Kernel workshop* - *OpenPegasus* (System Management Development related)

Day2

- *Linux Test Project* (Test development/testing for Linux OS related) - *Linux Kernel workshop* - *Apache Geronimo* (Web Server/Web Applications development related)

*Guest Talk:* L Subramani, Chief Technical Editor, Deccan Herald

*Note*:* Each Day consists of 3 parallel sessions as mentioned above. Students are free to choose any one of these sessions on either day* Prerequisites

*Its expected that all participants will have:* 1. Basic knowledge of Operating Systems 2. Good working knowledge of C 3. Hands-on experience desirable 4. Kernel programming experience is a bonus 5. Basic scripting knowledge (ex: shell scripts) 6. Working knowledge of GNU/Linux. 7. Booting a GNU/Linux system 8. Basic system administration (adding/removing users etc) 9. Basic commands (ls, ps, chmod, mkdir, vi, etc) *Event Details* *Date:* 10th and 11th April 2010. *Venue:* CMR Institute of Technology No. 132, AECS Layout, IT Park Road, Bengaluru - 560 037.