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Kicking off the Tech of the Month series

Started by Travis W, 2009-03-25T10:25:23-05:00 (Wednesday)

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Travis W

We are starting our new Tech of the Month Series Wed April 8th at 4PM in EB 1012.

The first topic is Linux / Ubuntu 101.
This is not an installfest we will just be showing you how to install Ubuntu and this includes how to dual boot your computer.

The topics that will be covered are:
*Installation (including dual booting)
*Configuration and Drivers
*How to install software
*Common / Popular Applications
*Linux Tools
* Q and A

The presenters are Brian Pritchett and Scott Miller.

If you have any questions or comments please post them here.
Hope to see everyone there.
Travis

William Grim

You going to cover installation in a virtual machine?  I think people would find that more useful in general from a beginner's perspective.  They could demo it without interrupting their work flow.  Then they can take the plunge to a dual-boot or single-boot linux system later (at least until practicality sets in and they decide they want an OS X desktop :)).
William Grim
IT Associate, Morgan Stanley

raptor

No need to virtual machine when you can run live versions :)
President of CAOS
Software Engineer NASA Nspires/Roses Grant

William Grim

Quote from: raptor on 2009-03-25T19:41:43-05:00 (Wednesday)
No need to virtual machine when you can run live versions :)

Oh, yeah, that could work as well, but it doesn't leave you with the satisfaction that you know it's installed in the state you last left it.  Anyway, I'm sure that'll also do fine to get people used to it.
William Grim
IT Associate, Morgan Stanley

Robert Kennedy

As a newly converted Ubuntu user I'll be there.  Hopefully I'll pick something up that I haven't been able to get from the plethora of community resources available for Ubuntu. 

Anyone that has an older computer that is running Windows XP or Vista should at least attend to learn a bit.  Its hard to believe how fast a computer will run when the OS resource usage gets cut in half.  Do like I did and try it out on an older computer for a little while.  Within a month or so you will find yourself deleting Windows from your system altogether (or at least setting up a dual boot). 



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Adam C

This should be very cool! I feel like when I switched to a *nix based system, my skill and productivity as a programmer grew immensely. I used ubuntu for about a year before switching to mac and it was in that time that I learned the terminal, vim, and all those other goodies that really make you more productive.

raptor

Almost done making the presentation.  I think for the installation portion of the presentation I will go through an online tutorial.  It has all the details everyone will need.  I don't think there is must point in taking everything off of the site and putting it onto slides if the website has more information.  Should be a good intro to linux/ubuntu.  Remember this is a primer presentation for getting start/basics, but I will have Brian (linux genius) with me for questions I can't answer.

Scott
President of CAOS
Software Engineer NASA Nspires/Roses Grant

Bryan

This is a very cool idea.  There are so many systems out there that are integrated into businesses that you WILL have to learn to use.  Even if you're looking for a Java postion, or a C++ postion, or any other kind of position.  There will be third party systems, there will be stuff you will be using, it's a fact of life.  There simply isn't enough time in the known universe to get it in your college education.

Might I suggest SAP?  It's out there, and it's out there big time.
Bryan Grubaugh
Quickly aging alumni with too much time on his hands
Business Systems Analyst, Scripps Networks.

raptor

Thought about it, but I'm not sure if we have anyone that is familiar enough to teach it.  I only had to dable with it.
President of CAOS
Software Engineer NASA Nspires/Roses Grant

William Grim

This may be a little off topic, but adding to what Bryan said, one suggestion for anyone getting ready to go into the development space: forget about reading documentation.  Pretty much, just skip reading any of the comments in the code and just understand what the code itself says.  I've found that big development environments don't have time to keep up with documentation, for better or worse.  The documents are typically incorrect or incomplete, and they can cause pain.

In the end, you'll find yourself getting used to new code a lot faster because you can read and understand the code very quickly.  You might be surprised how useful a skill that is when you often don't have a lot of time to work on projects.
William Grim
IT Associate, Morgan Stanley

raptor

Grim!

How dare you tell us we should learn how to read code.

Fore Shame
President of CAOS
Software Engineer NASA Nspires/Roses Grant

William Grim

Yeah, I know you all know how.  I'm just saying that proper documentation doesn't really seem to matter, except in the cases where you're developing a black-box API, which is pretty rare for most jobs.  Just accepting it now will save you a lot of trouble, regardless of what professors tell you :-)
William Grim
IT Associate, Morgan Stanley

Mark Sands

Bumping. This is TODAY at 4 pm, in an hour an a half. BE THERE!
Mark Sands
Computer Science Major