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Open Source Workshop held at Jhangirnagar University, Dhaka

by A A Munir Hasan last modified 2007-11-10 09:09 AM

A day long workshop creates awareness among the university students in Bangladesh

A day long FOSS workshop held in Jahangirnagar University on 7th November 2007. The workshop was organized by Jahangirnagar University Open Source Network (JUOSN). After the inauguration of FOSS Camp in Jahangirnagar University (11,12 May, 2007), the awareness and inquisitiveness on Open Source had been gradually increasing, as a result of which, a workshop on Open Source Content and Development was successfully conducted in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in Jahangirnagar University. Participants were from different departments (CSE/ non-CSE) of JU. The workshop started with an encouraging inaugural address from Dr. Zahidur Rahman, Chair person of dept. of CSE, JU. Then the learning sessions began which included history and progress of Open Source Philosophy, Open Contents, Network Configuration, Pidgin IM configuration, GPRS/EDGE connectivity on Linux, Open Office etc. These sessions were conducted by Tanimul Haque, Abu Shufean and Partha Chakraborty of JUOSN. After the lunch break the workshop got its full spirit when Muzahid Suzan started his sessions. He showed the installtion of Ubuntu 7.10 and discussed about troubleshooting and various aspects of Ubuntu and Ankur's latest distribution হৈমন্তী . Nafisa Tisa also gave a short speech regarding Localization and Wikipedia. Finally Dr Zahidur Rahman awarded certificates among the participants.
 

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