2. LINUX! Tell me more ...
LINUX IS A UNIX-LIKE OPERATING SYSTEM
RELEASED WITH A FREE & OPEN LICENSE
HOW OLD IS LINUX?
A genius designed this operating during his
university time in the early 90's. Several likeminded folks joined the project. Today Linux
powers 96% of the top 500 supercomputers
of the world.
WHERE IS LINUX USED?
Ahaaan … Apart from the supercomputers
running at NASA, CERN, Fermilab etc …
Linux also runs on the majority of web
servers, Smartphones, Smart TV, Gaming
Consoles, Routers etc.
LINUX USER GROUP OF MAURITIUS
4. Linux User Group Meta
GEEK! NERD! GENIUS! AWESOME...
WE BELIEVE IN KNOWLEDGE SHARING...
WWW.LUGM.ORG
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We are a bunch of like-minded geeks with the passion to
make computing something fun ( :
We are dedicated to the Linux & FOSS community. We
strive to promote free software, open standards and
share ideas & knowledge.
5. openSUSE Project
ABOUT THE PROJECT
openSUSE is a community developed Linux
distribution.
The project has support and sponsorship from a
number of companies notably SUSE (a subsidiary of
Novell), AMD, B1 Systems, Heinlein Support and IP
Exchange.
The SuSE community has been around since the early
90's making it among the oldest surviving Linux
distributions.
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6. openSUSE Features
OPEN BUILD SERVICE
YAST
YaST – Yet another Setup Tool
A tool for administering & maintaining the
openSUSE installation. It contains both
GUI & ncurses front-ends.
Formerly known as openSUSE Build
Servcie, is development platform
designed to encourage developers
compile packages for multiple Linux
distributions.
SUSE STUDIO
SUSE Studio is an online Linux image creation tool by SUSE.
Users can create customize their own 'custom' Linux by
selecting various applications and use openSUSE or SUSE
Linux Enterprise as base.
7. openSUSE Advocate Program
GOALS OF THE ADVOCate program
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Act as an evangelist for openSUSE to the public
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Support openSUSE at local events
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Promote use of openSUSE and contributions to the
openSUSE Project
Have a lot of fun!
MY EXPERIENCE AS AN OPENSUSE ADVOCATE IN MAURITIUS
I have been an openSUSE Advocate for almost 4
years. It's been an fabulous learning curve while
studying how a global project is handled & managed.
You get to meet a lot of awesome people from around
the world!
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8. Ish Sookun // openSUSE Advocate & LC
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