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The tentative weekly schedule shown here is subject to change.

= Week 1 (Sept 1) - Intro to Open Source / Command-line Basics =

* Course introduction
* Introduction to Open Source and Linux
* Introduction to/Review of the command line
** Why use the command line?
** Accessing the command line locally and remotely
*** terminal programs
*** ssh
** Command recall and editing
* Linux Commands
** Builtin vs. external
** Types of arguments
*** Option
*** Positional
*** Option with value
* Filesystem hierarchy
* Accessing Documentation
** manpages
** info
** Documentation viewers
* '''TODO'''
** Set up your accounts as described on the [[LUX Communication]] page.
** Complete the [[SPR720 Command Lab]] and blog about the experience.

= Week 2 (Sept 8) - Bash Scripting Basics I =

Announcements/discussion/review:
* Blogging guidelines
* Louis Suarez-Potts - Thursday Sept 11 2:15 pm
* Paul Frields - IRC chat Sept 11 5-6 pm
* Review: shell, commands, arguments

== The Fedora Project ==

* What is a distribution?
* Main functions of a distribution
** Packaging
** Integration
** Testing/QA
** Distributing (mirrors, media)
* The Fedora Distribution
** History
** Community structure
** Participating in the Fedora community
*** FAS2, mailing lists, wiki

== Bash Scripting Basics ==

* Filesystem hierarchy
** Absolute paths: start with / indicating the root directory
** Relative-to-home paths: start with ~ indicating a home directory
** Relative paths: start with anything else, relative to "current" directory
* Why script?
* Creating a script
** Putting commands in a file
** The shebang line: <code>#!/bin/bash</code>
** Permissions
*** Three communities: user-group-other
*** Three permissions: read-write-execute
**** Permissions on directories
*** Symbolic and octal notation
*** <code>chmod</code> command
**** Relative notation: <code>[augo][+-=][rwxX][,[...]]</code>
*** <code>ls -l</code> command
* Redirection
** Standard file descriptors
*** stdin (0)
*** stdout (1)
*** stderr (2)
*** Mind bender: ''how does'' <code>less</code> ''get keyboard input?''
** Output redirection: <code>>   >></code>
** Input redirection: <code><   <<</code>
** Cloning
** Pipes
*** Filter programs
* Result codes
* Flow control (part 1): <code>if/then/else/fi</code>

'''TODO'''
* Create a FAS2 account, subscribe to Fedora mailing lists
* Complete the [[SPR720 Bash Scripting Lab I]]

== IRC Session: Paul Frields ==
Paul Frields is the Fedora Project Leader. He will be meeting with us in freenode:#seneca from 5-6 pm on Thursday (Sept 11) during the SPR720 lab time.

= Week 3 (Sept 15) - Bash Scripting Basics II =
= Week 4 (Sept 22) - Makefiles =
= Week 5 (Sept 29) - Creating SPEC files and RPMs =
= Week 6 (Oct 6) - RPM Scripts =
== Guest speaker: Andrew Overholt ==
Andrew Overholt works at Red Hat's Toronto office on Eclipse.

= Week 7 (Oct 13) - Creating a Repository =
= FSOSS and Break Week (Oct 20) =

= Week 8 (Oct 27) - Using Mock =
= Week 9 (Nov 3) - Python Scripting Basics I =
= Week 10 (Nov 10) - Python Scripting Basics II =
= Week 11 (Nov 17) - Using Libvirt =
= Week 12 (Nov 24) - Project presentations =
= Week 13 (Dec 1) - Exam review =
= Exam Week (Dec 8) =