A Linux Workshop
Recently the faculty of my college along with the support of
the students organized a Linux workshop. The workshop focused on the basics of
the Linux operating system. The workshop was held for two consecutive days in
which the students learnt a lot about the fundamentals of Linux.
The workshop was organized on 23rd and 24th
October.
The workshop was conducted by Mr. Ahmad Jabas, a PhD scholar
of our college. He emphasized various concepts of Linux with the help of the
Debian Operating System.
Virtualization was also covered as a part of the workshop
with the help of VirtualBox. There was a live demonstration where the Debian
Operating System was installed on VirtualBox.
Here is a quick overview of the various activities that were
covered in the two days –
Day 1
Topics covered –
- Introduction to Linux
- Origin of the Linux Operating System
- History of the Linux Operating System
- The GNU Project and Source Code Freedom
- Linux Philosophy
- Linux Installation
- A comparison of the Linux Operating System and the
Windows Operating System
- UNIX/Linux commands
Day 2
Topics covered –
- Virtualization
- Virtual Machines
- System Virtual Machines
- Process Virtual Machines
- Full Virtualization
- Applications of VMs
- VirtualBox
- Linux Installation on VirtualBox
- Shell Scripting
Various demonstrations were given which included several concepts like –
- Stand-alone installation of Debian
- VirtualBox installation of Debian
- Linux commands
- Shell Scripting
The workshop was very inspirational and several attendees
installed the Linux Operating System on their computers and started working
with it.
There were about 65 students who attended the workshop both
the days.
