Dear ilug Mumbai members,
A workshop organ= ized by the Free Software Foundation of India (Dr. Nagarjuna & Co) is g= oing to be conducted at the K.J. Somaiya College of IT - Sion. All those in= terested are welcome. It would be a 5-6 hr massive seminar. It would also i= nclude demonstrations and distribution of the GNU/Linux CDs (Knoppix 3.4, F= edora Core 2, Slackware). An audience of about 300-400 people (students, te= achers, executives etc)is expected .
The gurus of FLOSS/Linux= from the Mumbai GLUG who are interested in giving extempore talks ar= e welcome, provided they mention their name, qualification and topic of spe= ech at least 2 days in advance.
The flow of the topics would b= e as such :
1. Why use GNU/Linux and free software?
2. What i= s Unix paradigm, how is it different from other OS?
3. How to type a= nd program at the speed of thought? Introduction to GNU Emacs.
4. H= ow to do x,y,z ..? keeping engineering students in mind.
5. How to c= arry home GNU/Linux and work at home college. Knoppix, college Gnoware. = 6. Question Answers.
Detailed agenda of the = program would be mailed as soon as other speakers are finalised.
= Date of the program : 6th/7th August
Venue: K.J.Somaiya College o= f IT
Somaiya Medical College Grounds
&nbs= p; Sion, Mumbai
Contacts: Anand Sharma - anand@= grtship.com
Prof. Kumthekar= (Principal K.J.Somaiya College of IT)- kumthekar@hotmail.com
= Sameer Niphadkar - spniphadkar@rediffmail.com<= BR>
Somaiya College - kjsiit@vsnl.com
Rgds
= Sameer Niphadkar
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