rohitj's domain » purdue http://rohitj.net Yet more clitches Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 PLUG Talk : Introduction to Open Source http://rohitj.net/blog/2009/09/18/plug-talk-introduction-to-open-source/ http://rohitj.net/blog/2009/09/18/plug-talk-introduction-to-open-source/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:12:15 +0000 rohitj http://rohitj.net/?p=154 So, we are trying to resurrect the almost dead Linux User Group at Purdue (PLUG). We (I shouldn’t be using we, but anyways) had our first event today. A Talk on “Introduction to Open Source”. Seems like lack (none?) of advertisement did affect the turn out. 10-15 students were present including 2 apache contributors. I gave the talk. We had some nice questions at the end, and I am happy about that.

Below are the slides I used for the same. Some people from Navya suggested that I mixed up Free Culture ideas with Open Source in these slides, but I believe there is an overlap, and I used that overlap. But anyways, I still hope it gave some perspective to audience. I would love to hear your feedback on it.

For those who were curious about how I made the slides. I used Latex and a document style called “beamer”  Think link might be useful : beamer

[0] Tex file
[1] PDF File

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This shop features some awesome decoration, a class room (yes, a room with black board, chairs and tables), nice sitting place, nice sound tracks, nice wifi, nice timing and last but not the least, good coffee. It opens at 7AM and closes at midnight or 1AM depending upon day. Few weeks back we had a class in this coffee shop, thats when I discovered that its a good place to sit. Yesterday, I spent almost the whole day here. It was awesome. Constant supply of coffee, ice creams, cakes and other supplies. And if you are hungry, you can go outside and eat something in some shop in Chauncey and come back. In night, its a little crowded, so you may not find your choice of seat, but if you plan to sit here for sometime, you will eventually get your seat. They have 4 types of normal coffee. Go for bottomless coffee and try out each one of them. They are all good.

If you live around this place, you are most welcome to give me company here.

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