DPI908/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

• DPI908/SBR600 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 "SSH 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-arm
     • #fedora-devel
   • Observe who is in these channels and the conversations taking place.
   • Chat with someone.
5. Add an entry to the Fall 2013 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. Research the Pidora project
   • Locate the Pidora main page, bug tracker, and Koji system
   • Ensure that you can describe the difference between Fedora-ARM and Pidora
9. Set up a blog account.
   • Configure the OpenSource@Seneca Planet to include your posts by adding your blog to the Planet CDOT Feed List.
10. 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 Pidora project
    • Check back in 30+ minutes to ensure that your post ended up in the Planet

Deliverable

A well-written blog post (as outlined above) on the OpenSource@Seneca Planet. Note that the quality of your writing is significant -- don't just dump the required text into your post.