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- Installing Ubuntu (Juergen) 1st March 14 - 17.00
- Networking (Manu) 15th March
- 22nd march no workshop scheduled
- 29th march shell scripting with Jason
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Perl Scripting Introduction (Jason)
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This class would discuss using Perl from the standpoint of a systems administrator - how it can help automate common tasks.
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Shell Scripting Introduction (Jason)
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This class would discuss the use of the shell in more detail than we covered in the Linux class.
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Using the Subversion version control system (Jason)
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SVN is a system for storing the changes made to files (and directories) in a project. Binary files (like images and movies) can be versioned, but the greatest benefit happens for text based files (including HTML web pages, and the XML based OpenOffice files).
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Apache Web Server Setup and Administration (Jason)
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Linux makes it *incredibly* easy to have your own webserver. Having a webserver makes many things possible on your linux machine:
* web-based administration interfaces, e.g. phpMyAdmin for MySQL administration
* plug-in servers: mod_svn for Subversion, mod_caldav for calendars
* sharing files easily between local computers
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Explaining Services in Linux (Jason)
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When a linux machine starts up, it initiates a number of services - otherwise known as 'daemons' in the hacker circles. Services are generally started at boot time and stopped at shutdown, but they can be reloaded or restarted to change configurations while the computer is running.
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