Purpose

To set up the communication tools that you will need to interact with the Open Source community and complete this course.

Resources

Set up a Seneca Wiki account.
- Create a User page for yourself on this wiki (example).
Create a pair of ssh keys (ssh-keygen).
- Send a copy of your ssh public key to your professor (chris.tyler@...) with the subject line "SSH Public Key".
Set up a FAS2 account.
- Create a User page for yourself on the Fedora wiki (example).
- Upload your public ssh key.
Connect to the Freenode IRC network.
- Choose a nick for yourself and register it.
- Join these channels:
  - #seneca
  - #fedora
  - #fedora-arm
  - #fedora-devel
- Observe who is in these channels and the conversations taking place.
- Chat with someone.
Add an entry to the Fall 2012 DPI908/SBR600 Participants page.
Subscribe to these Fedora mailing lists:
- arm
- announce
- devel
- secondary
- (optional, high-volume): users
Research the Raspberry Pi project
- Locate the Raspberry Pi forum and wiki
Set up a blog account.
- Configure the OpenSource@Seneca Planet to include your posts by adding your blog to the Planet CDOT Feed List.
Create your first blog post.
- Include:
  - a self-introduction
  - a link to your Seneca wiki user page
  - your IRC nick, and a snippet of conversation from IRC
  - your Learn ID
  - your reflections on and opinion of the Raspberry Pi project
- Check back in 30 minutes to ensure that your post ended up in the Planet

Write a blog post which will appear on the OpenSource@Seneca Planet, containing:

An introduction. Tell us a bit about yourself.
A portion of an IRC conversation you've had with someone on a Fedora or Seneca IRC channel.
A link to your User page on the Seneca wiki.
A link to your User page on the Fedora wiki.

Note: don't just dump this text stuff in a post! -- The quality of your writing counts.