[ Thanks to Marcelo
Souza for this link. ]
http://www.gnulinux.im.ufba.br/
It will happen in days 22 and 23 of November the First GNU/Linux
Festival of Salvador, beginning at 9h in the PAF I, Campus on
Ondina of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBa).
The Festival will be a dedicated meeting to the GNU/Linux in all
its diversity: since mini-courses for beginners and the curious
ones until stands showing the many possible applications in
GNU/Linux.
Everything for showing that the operational system is not more
restricted to the specialized users in computer science, but spread
out successfully in public companies, governmental organizations,
research groups and even in the people computer.
Therefore, 1º GNU/Linux Festival of Salvador, is an open
and free event for anyone. Beginners, computer programmers,
companies and entities, members of GNU/Linux community and the
curious people who still do not know about the system.
What will happen in the Festival:
- Mini-courses of GNU/Linux, for beginners, intermediate and for
programmers (KDevelop); - Installation and free configuration of the operational system
in the computers. The person will be able to choose the
distribution most adequate (for beginners, advanced, enterprise
administration, etc) amongst the 4 offered: Kurumin, Slackware,
Debian and Conectiva. - Lecture and presentation on diverse subjects to the GNU/Linux
and Free Software. The programming can be seen in the event site
and will be come back in such a way, toward the public specialized
and for common public. - Stands to the guests, dedicated to the graphical programming,
applications, Internet, office programs, nets of ‘light’ computer
terminal (old computers, managed for only one good machine),
multimedia and games. - Electronic Music party, with presentation of DJs and VJ using
computers with multimedia software running Free Software on
GNU/Linux as instrument.
Website:
http://www.gnulinux.im.ufba.br/
http://twiki.im.ufba.br/bin/view/Installfest