[dgplug-users] I Know What You Are Going To Do This Summer 2018

[Saptak Sengupta]

On 1 June 2018 at 18:28, siddhant trivedi <sidntrivedi012 at gmail.com> wrote:

> +1.
>
> Regards,
> Siddhant.
>
> On 1 Jun 2018 6:00 pm, "Siddhant Shenoy" <siddhant8897 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Saptak,
> >
> > It would be great if you give us a brief introduction on how to use IRC
> > clients (not in IRC obviously). I read about it on the internet, however,
> > it seems a bit old school and clients have a lot of features. Please
> > consider this for people who are newbies to IRC clients, like me.
> >
>

I think you can use this[1] as a guide to setup and start using IRC.
Once you start using you can pretty much get accustomed by using
it, staying online in channels and pinging in IRC if you have any
questions.

You might make mistakes at the beginning. But it's okay to make
mistakes and learn from them. :)

Feel free to mail back for any other specific questions.

[1]: http://summertraining.readthedocs.io/en/latest/xchat.html


> > Thanking you,
> > Regards,
> > Siddhant Shenoy.
> > (An enthusiast)
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 5:54 PM Saptak Sengupta <saptak013 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Do you want to see your name next time you install
> > > GNU/Linux in your friend's computer? Or run some open
> > > source software or web application with your name as
> > > an author?
> > >
> > > If yes, then continue reading.
> > >
> > > We are glad to announce the 11th edition of "I Know What
> > > You Are Going to Do This Summer" [1], a free (as in freedom),
> > > online (IRC-based) [2] training programme with sessions for
> > > new comers to get started with Free/ Libre/ Open Source Software
> > > at #dgplug on irc.freenode.net [3].
> > >
> > > If you are a mentor, or trainer, or prospective enthusiast who would
> > > like to participate in this year's sessions please go through last
> > > year's IRC logs:
> > >
> > > http://www.dgplug.org/irclogs/
> > >
> > > This year we will be spending more time on learning about
> > > ethics in programming and in life and the consequences of the
> > > code we write.
> > >
> > > The session timings are mostly varying, usually after 1900 IST every
> day.
> > >
> > > To participate, you need a good internet connection and any latest
> > > Linux Distribution installed (Fedora 28 preferably). And an
> > > attitude to learn. Anyone can participate.
> > >
> > > We do get participants from all across the world, so this is real
> > > chance for you to make friends in the community.
> > >
> > > What we teach?
> > > ===============
> > >
> > > Through this training we build contributors. Upon completing this
> > > training you will be able to successfully contribute to upstream
> > > projects, you will know the tools used by different upstream
> > > projects and yes, we will teach you how to solve real life problem
> > > using Python programming language.
> > >
> > >
> > > Guest sessions
> > > =============
> > >
> > > Through out the training we organize special sessions from well known
> > > upstream contributors. They share their own stories, and take in-depth
> > > sessions on various subjects.
> > >
> > > To know more
> > > =============
> > >
> > > [4] is an interview on opensource.com about this training. [5] is the
> > > talk we had in PyCon 2014 on the same topic.
> > >
> > >
> > > How to participate?
> > > ====================
> > >
> > > If you are interested in participating, you just need to join the
> > > mailing list and the IRC channel. (details given below)
> > > This training is open to anyone and everyone, so share the news
> > > among your family and friends.
> > >
> > > Probable Starting Time
> > > ======================
> > > 17th June 2018, 19:00 IST
> > >
> > > Home page: http://dgplug.org/
> > > Planet: http://planet.dgplug.org/
> > > Mailing list group (for queries, discussions) :
> > > http://lists.dgplug.org/listinfo.cgi/users-dgplug.org
> > > IRC Channel: #dgplug on Freenode server
> > >
> > > [1] https://dgplug.org/summertraining18/
> > > <https://dgplug.org/summertraining17/>
> > > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
> > > [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/IRCHowTo
> > > [4] http://opensource.com/life/14/6/enroll-now-free-online-open-
> > > source-programming-classes
> > > [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5YV5KzIbOc
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > Users at lists.dgplug.org
> > > http://lists.dgplug.org/listinfo.cgi/users-dgplug.org
> > >
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