Hi, Welcome to the Ubuntu Developer Week! We will have one week of action-packed sessions from Aug 31st 2009 to Sep 4th 2009! In just four years, Ubuntu has become the most popular Linux distribution in the world with millions of users. Ever wondered how Ubuntu development works? How to get involved yourself? Find out from Aug 31st 2009 to Sep 4th 2009! Ubuntu Developer Week is a series of online workshops where you can: * learn about different packaging techniques * find out more about different development teams * check out the efforts of the world-wide Development Community * participate in open Q&A sessions with Ubuntu developers * much more... Get the brochure in http://people.canonical.com/~dholbach/Ubuntu_Developer_Week4.pdf Today is Day-1 Today's Timetable is as follows: Mon 31st Aug 16.00 UTC Getting Started with UbuntuDevelopment -- dholbach 17.00 UTC Getting Started with UbuntuDevelopment -- dholbach 18.00 UTC $quickly fun -- rickspencer3 and didrocks 19.00 UTC Packaging Perl Modules -- jawnsy and Debian pkg-perl team members 20.00 UTC Fun with Python Plasmoids -- agateau and Riddell India time is UTC + 5.30 i.e 9.30 PM to 1.30 AM (Night to early morning) The sessions will happen in IRC - Internet Relay Chat in the following room. #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net New to IRC? read http://linux.com/archive/articles/61439 http://www.zantherus.com/community/index.php?showtopic=2635 http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Professor+Pew/the-complete-guide-to-unofficial- dtoid-irc-92033.phtml Please inform this to all your friends and college students so that we can contribute to the Open Source development. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com