Monthly Meet April 21 2018

The next monthly meet is scheduled on Saturday, April 21th 2018 at 1600 IST.

Venue: Classroom No 1, Aerospace Engineering, Near Gajendra Circle, IIT Madras.

Link for the Map: http://bit.ly/iitm-aero

Talk schedule for the meet

Talk 1: iproute2

  • Speaker: Mohan.R
  • Description: Linux networking swiss army knife
  • Duration: 30 mins
  • About Speaker: Just another linux user

Talk 2: Android is my distro - Termux

  • Speaker: Ajay K.
  • Description: Linux has done very well on the server, supercomputers, and now mobile, but it never got very far on the desktop. However, Android, which is built with linux, is now starting to focus on desktop use, with docks like Samsung’s DeX or laptop shells like Sentio’s Superbook. I’ll talk about some of the technical underpinnings of Android as a desktop OS, and present a live demo of the Termux app, an open source terminal and package manager for Android.
  • Duration: 30-45 mins, depending on questions
  • About Speaker: Ajay K., a software engineer in Chennai

Talk 3: Gnu Privacy Guard (GPG)

  • Speaker : Karthik Karunamoorthi
  • Description : Secure electronic communication
  • Duration : 30 - 45 Minutes
  • About Speaker : UNIX and GNU/Linux Administrator