AktiviX - weekend Linux workshop for campaigners

international | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday August 26, 2003 00:13 by geek - geeks for a stronger underground

20th - 21st September 2003 in Lancaster, U.K.

A weekend for environmental / animal rights / peace / social justice campaigners to get to know GNU/Linux

There will be workshops and discussions for all levels of ability
here are some of the suggestions so far:
basic training
which distribution ?
Installation
-only workshop
intro to GNU/Open Source/Free Software philosophy
where to find support and info
multimedia - sound and video, including streaming (radio, television)...
multimedia - practical applications in Lancaster. a nice surprise action...
security (incl. GPG key signing...)
networking
databases
php and mysql etc for websites
making a decent newbie guide to GNU/Linux
hacking - getting the most out of your command-line
using Linux on older machines (incl. X-terminals)
...and more...