Hello, the CSC is hosting UNIX 101 on 2009-09-24 at 4:30 PM in MC3003.
New to Unix? No problem, we'll teach you to power use circles around your friends!
This first tutorial is an introduction to the Unix shell environment, both on the student
servers and on other Unix environments. Topics covered include: using the shell, both basic
interaction and advanced topics like scripting and job control, the filesystem and manipulating
it, and ssh. If you feel you're already familiar with these topics don't hesitate to come
to Unix 102 to learn about documents, editing, and other related tasks, or watch out
for Unix 103 and 104 that get much more in depth into power programming tools on Unix.
Hope to see you there.
If you have any questions about the event e-mail the executive or check http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
Hello CSCers!
WHAT, WHEN AND WHERE?:
This saturday (tomorrow!) The Working Centre (with assistance from the
Computer Science Club) will be holding the event "Computing as if
People Mattered" to celebrate Software Freedom Day.
The event at the Working Centre in Kitchener and is from 10:00am until
4:00pm. You are welcome to show up and leave at any time.
WHY (YOU SHOULD ATTEND):
Considering using linux? Need more information, or ready to take the
plunge (with assistance!) this saturday? There will be short info
workshops (see site) and, if you want to bring your computer and get
linux working there will be people there to assist you in installing
and configuring (and showing you how to use) the new software. Again,
see the website for specifics.
Are you a first year student? The event will be held in Kitchener.
This is a great chance to get out and see the town. We realize that
this can be hard for people new to the city (especially in the first
week of classes!) so we have developed a solution. See the "how"
section. Once you are in Kitchener, you don't have to stay at the
event. There is plenty to do in downtown Kitchener, see the extra
information page for a link to a website which describes this (the
Buisness Listings page in particular is informative.)
As an example of something that you can do downtown, tomorrow only the
Children's Museum (fun for adults as well!) is holding their first
"Cupcake Camp". Yes, cupcakes. You pay $6. This allows you to eat one
(1) cupcake of your choosing (extra cupcakes are $1) and you have free
access to the entire museum for the rest of the day! Pretty sweet
deal! See the link below for more information.
For specific information on what is happening (e.g. workshops) at
which time, please see the link "Computing as if People Mattered" in
the extra information section.
HOW:
If you are a first year, you may be wondering or worried about how to
get to Kitchener. Did you know that your WatCard can be used to get on
the city busses for free*? To assist people in getting to the event,
the Computer Science Club will be taking caravans of people to the bus
stop and travelling with them to the event. We will be making two
organized trips. We will meet outside the Comfy Lounge on the 3rd
floor of MC at the times listed below:
10:00am - Taking the 10:12 iXpress from DC
12:00pm - Taking the 12:12 iXpress from DC
Please be there BEFORE the listed times. We will not wait.
Note: You do not need to use our guides, and you can (and are
encouraged to) come with us even if you are an upper year (or already
know your way.) The more the merrier!
Note: If you plan to wander off on your own, you might want to
consider printing out a map from Google. Or not (adventures are cool.)
* Not really free as you paid for it in your student fees. Might as
well make use of it!
EXTRA INFORMATION:
Computing as if People Mattered: http://www.theworkingcentre.org/at/comp_recycling/sfd09/sfd09.html
Software Freedom Day: http://softwarefreedomday.org/
The Working Centre: http://www.theworkingcentre.org
Downtown Kitchener: http://www.kitchenerdowntown.com
Cupcake Camp: http://cupcakecampkw.ca/how-it-works/
Hope to see plenty of you there!
p.s. Sorry for the short notice :( !
This should do it.
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Edgar Bering, Vice President ebering at uwaterloo dot ca
Computer Science Club http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~ebering
Mathematics Society MC 3036, (519)888-4567,x33870
University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1
Testing mailman usenet bridge.
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Edgar Bering, Vice President ebering at uwaterloo dot ca
Computer Science Club http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~ebering
Mathematics Society MC 3036, (519)888-4567,x33870
University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1