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The Spring 2008 GNU/Linux/BSD/OpenSourceFest

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March 19 - 22

Presented by San Antonio College CIS Department, San Antonio Linux Users Group, and X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio


General Info
March 19 - 22, San Antonio College, the San Antonio Linux Users Group, and X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio will host the 2008 Spring Open Source Fest, a celebration of freely available computing technologies. There will be classes and demonstrations on a variety of topics, and probably a surprise or two. The exact schedule is still being developed, but it's sure to include business, scientific and recreational uses of Linux, BSD Unix, Apache, and similar software.
Hours and Location
Wednesday through Friday 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and Saturday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Sessions will take place at the Nail Technical Center on the San Antonio College campus.
Admission
Free admission (first come first serverd). This is a community service of SAC, SATLUG, and XCSSA.
Sessions
Wednesday, March 19
  Room 213A Room 126 Room 025 Room 025C
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Linux Newbies Workshop (part 1) Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP Workshop (part 1) Perl Workshop (part 1) TCP/IP Nuts and Bolts
 
Thursday, March 20
  Room 213A Room 126 Room 025 Room 025C
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Linux Newbies Workshop (part 2) Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP Workshop (part 2) Perl Workshop (part 2) Building a Transparent Bridge--Silently Dropping the Bad Guys into the Bit Bucket
 
Friday, March 21
  Room 213A Room 126 Room 025 Room 025C
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Linux Newbies Workshop (part 3) Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP Workshop (part 3) Perl Workshop (part 3) Snort Rules
 
Saturday, March 22
  Room 213A Room 126 Room 025 Room 025C
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Puppy Linux Building Applications Using: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, PostgreSQL, and GNUPlot Building a firewall that works
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. State of the Linux Desktop Monitor Your Network with Open Source Tools
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If you'd like further information, or wish to present your project at the OpenSource Fest, please contact:
Steve Kolars, SAC CIS - skolars@cis.sac.accd.edu





Linux Newbies

Puppy Linux
Nathan Oxhandler will present Puppy Linux.

TCP/IP Nuts and Bolts
This session will cover the nuts and bolts of the TCP/IP suite (as much as possible in two hours). The following are links for you to obtain more information about TCP/IP:

RFCs:

Packet Layouts:

Other Useful Links:

Books:


Building a Transparent Bridge--Silently Dropping the Bad Guys into the Bit Bucket
A, in detail, HOWTO build a transparent bridge using a commodity PC and OpenBSD. pf and blacklists will be used to silently make the bad guys disappear.

Building a Firewall that Works
A detailed, HOWTO build a robust firewall using a commodity PC and Linux. This firewall will go beyond what you normally think of when you think about a firewall. If you are interested in a firewall that keeps the bad guys out, dynamically adjusts to the bad guys, and alerts you about specified activity, then this is a must see presentation for you.

Snort Rules
Learn how to read and then write your own snort rules..

Monitoring Your Network with Open Source Tools
Monitor your network with open source tools.

Perl Workshop
Get ready for a truck load of Perl in a very short time. I hear the truck backing up now...(beep beep beep).
State of the Linux Desktop
Tweeks will be giving a "State of the Linux Desktop, touching on where the Linux Desktop has been and then drilling into where it is today. He will be start by talking about some of the historical "Desktop Problems", then cover some of the new technologies that are making the average user Linux Desktop a reality and then will compare the major desktop distros. He'll then review a list of the most commonly requested Windows/Linux equivalence apps (App A in Windows = App B in Linux) to help Windows users who want to move to Linux but need to get their work done in their new Linux desktop environment.

This talk will cover:
LAMP Workshop

LAMP Programming is becoming a very important tool for creating and maintaining robust and attractive web sites. LAMP programming uses the PHP scripting language to bind together some very useful tools: Apache, the number one HTTP server on the Internet, and MySQL, the most popular open-source database available today. PHP is growing by leaps and bounds, and can be used for a variety of scripting tasks. This can all be done with very simple and freely available tools in many operating environments, but the Linux Operating System is preferred for its stability and reliability.

Topics to be covered include:

Beyond LAMP



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