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