Over 27 IT professionals and students from different organizations and universities gathered at Yala Maya Kendra, Lalitpur, Nepal for a two-day Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) training called “FOSS Essentials Training 2007” on March 17-18, 2007. It was the first Free/Open Source Software training of its kind in Nepal. The key objective was to create an awareness about FOSS among general computer users, promote the use of FOSS and to build a network of FOSS practitioners and trainers in Nepal.

FOSS Essentials Training 2007 was jointly organized by FOSS Nepal Community and the Center for International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC), Singapore. The event was supported by National Information Technology Center (NITC, Nepal), and Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP, Nepal).

A broad range of topics were covered in the 2-day training including hands-on experience with installing GNU/Linux, Basic System Administration, Migration to FOSS, Localization, Collaboration in FOSS, PHP and MySQL Basics, Content Management Systems (CMS), Wiki, Blog, etc. There were resource persons from CICC Singapore (www.cicc.org.sg), FOSS Nepal Community (www.fossnepal.org) and Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (www.mpp.org.np).

For more information, visit http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=FOSS_Essentials_Training_2007
For the open content of the training, visit http://www.sixyadaan.org/index.php?title=FOSS_ESSENTIAL_TRAINING_2007