Thursday, May 2, 2013

T3RM1N4L_G33K


Agenda:                                                 
      Learning cum competitive event which includes :
      Linux 101
      Review of Linux concepts
      Advanced Linux (Open source programming tools)

About t3rm1n4l_geek:
" Terminal geek is a general quiz based event having 3 rounds and it requires a little knowledge of computers.
" The entire event will be focused on the command line usage and efficient ways of doing a particular task.
" Participation will be based on registration which can be “online" or "on spot registration".  (first come-first serve)
" The participants would receive an unique login id and a password after successful registration.(To be used by a local host using a router)
" It is preferable for the participants to bring their own laptops.
" Appropriate arrangement will be made for participants who do not have their own laptops.

Other Specifications:
      This is an "individual" event and any teams will not be entertained.
      The participants who have registered for the event will compete with each other in three rounds.
      The difficulty will increase as the rounds progress.
      The final winner will be decided on the basis of cumulative performance of the three rounds.
      The format of the event will be of multiple type questions.
      The participants would be required to login to a local website, in order to participate.

Prerequisites
      There are no specific prerequisites to this event.
      The participants should have some basic knowledge of operating computers.
      Preferably the participants should have their own laptops

Event Format         
                                   
Day 1:
LiNuX_101
      Duration : 1 Hour
      The round would be broken into two parts
i: Review
ii: Competition
     Review: The review part would be a very basic review of some of the important concepts of the Linux, philosophy of Linux (K.I.S), file system structure, command line and a brief overview of some commands. This would be done in-order to make all students at par with each other.

     Competition: The competition part would consist of some question and problems on basic Linux usage.

Day 2:
Prove your code Mettle
       Duration : 1 Hour
      The round would be broken into two parts
i: Review
ii: Competition
     Review : The review part would be a brush up of some of the advanced concepts of the Linux commands , configuration and a brief overview of some of the practices in the security field This would be done in order to make all students at par with each other

     Competition : The competition part would consist of some question and problems on advanced Linux usage and some basic security related issues

Day 3:
Open encouragement (Quiz cum Workshop)          
       Duration : 1 Hour
      Again this round will consist of 2 parts:
i: Review
ii: Competition
     Review: The review part would be a bird’s eye view of the L.A.M.P architecture, gdb, objdump, valgrind, VI etc.

     Competition : The competition part would consist of some question and problems on some basic configurations and some basic trouble-shooting related issues