Dru Lavigne (WIOS)
Topic:
"Now What?" for the Open Source Noob
Company:
Open Source Business Resource Dru Lavigne is a network and systems administrator, IT instructor, and author with over a decade of experience administering and teaching Netware, Microsoft, Cisco, Checkpoint, SCO, Solaris, Linux and BSD systems. A prolific author, she pens the popular FreeBSD Basics column for O'Reilly and is author of BSD Hacks and The Best of FreeBSD Basics. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Open Source Business Resource (http://www.osbr.ca), a free monthly publication covering open source and the commercialization of open source assets. She is founder and current Chair of the BSD Certification Group Inc. (http://www.bsdcertification.org), a non-profit organization with a mission to create the standard for certifying BSD system administrators.
Abstract:
This presentation will offer practical advice for new users to get the most out of their open source experience.
Main points include:
- transitioning from your current operating system to an open source one
- finding equivalents to your favourite applications
- what to do when you can't find an equivalent
- getting the most out of forums, IRC, and mailing lists
- the value of community
- how to contribute back without (necessarily) turning into a geek
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