SBR600 Communication Lab

Purpose

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

Resources

• Communication Tools page

Steps

1. Set up a Seneca Wiki account.
   • Create a User page for yourself on this wiki (example).
2. 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 "SBR600 Public Key".
3. Set up a FAS2 account.
   • Create a User page for yourself on the Fedora wiki (example).
   • Upload your public ssh key.
4. Connect to the Freenode IRC network.
   • Choose a nick for yourself and register it.
   • Join these channels:
     • #seneca
     • #fedora
     • #fedora-devel
   • Observe who is in these channels and the conversations taking place.
   • Chat with someone.
5. Add an entry to the Winter 2011 SBR600 Participants page.
6. Subscribe to these Fedora mailing lists:
   • arm
   • announce
   • devel
   • (optional, high-volume): users
7. Research the Raspberry Pi project
   • Locate the Raspberry Pi forum and wiki
8. Set up a blog account.
   • Configure the OpenSource@Seneca Planet to include your posts by adding your blog to the Planet CDOT Feed List.
9. 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

Deliverable

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

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

Note: don't just dump this stuff in a blog post, add some introductory text as well!