Fwd:Richard M Stallman @ VIT 6th-7th Feb 2005

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From: Anurag Goyal <anurags04-/[email protected]>


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Played around with gzip, gcc.
Wana meet the person who created these software gizmos?=20

This event is for you then. Vellore Institute of Technology is=20
organizing
a symposium on Free and Open Source software technologies titled
Swatantra(6th - 7th Feb, 05).=20

Founder of GNU and the man responsible for coining the term Free=20
Software,
Richard M Stallman will be there to deliver the keynote address of the
symposium and to answer all the questions that you have always wanted=20
to
ask about these amazingly simply yet inherently complex programs.=20

The event will also feature various competitions to kindle your nack=20
for
Linux tweaking and tuning such as:-=20

LINSTALL-- The Linux installation challenge.
Anaconda !! YaSt !! familiar with all these name? Have been installing=20
on
your system for a long time and you find it fun?? making the X server=20
run??
configuring the boot loader?? ..YES??..One event where apply all your
skills which you developed over the years by trying to install=20
GNU/Linux on
your system.=20

WEBMINISTER-- The Apache web server Challenge
Love Apache because of the customizability it offers while deploying=20
your
website? Love fiddling with httpd.conf and think you are best at it?=20
This
is one event to prove yourself! Come and demonstrate that your are the=20
best
at the best web server that there is and ever was.....=20

CORE WARS-- Challenge the memory
This event will feature an old game called core wars which involves
destroying your opponents programs by overwriting the memory in which=20
this
program is stored. It will kindle the nerves of memory geeks with=20
pointers
and direct memory references expertise being the norm.=20

Watch out for cool demonstrations on MONO, Linux Cluster, Linux from
scratch and much more....=20

Regards,
Anurag=20

For further details log on to: http://swatantra.info
or mail us at: contact-8rSR3MF3FyHKbUSlcsH/[email protected]
http://www.geocities.com/anuragvit/fest.htm
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