Classroom

Introduction

The Fedora Classroom is a project to teach interested users of Fedora how to better use, understand and manage their Distribution. Currently, All classes are held on IRC in the #fedora-classroom on irc.freenode.net. If you are not familiar with IRC, see the Fedora IRC HowTo .

If there is a session you would like to see, please suggest it and we'll do our best to accommodate the request.

Upcoming Classes

These are the classes that are scheduled currently. Make sure and check the UTC time and date for the class you wish to attend.

Find out your local time.

Date and Time (UTC)	Class topic and Instructor
27 April, 2010 at 19:00 UTC	How to make life awesome for journalists - Joe Brockmeier
29 April, 2010 at 01:00 UTC	How to test Fedora Updates - Kevin Fenzi
30 April, 2010 at 12:30 UTC (6:00 PM IST)	A Short Tutorial On i18n Through gettext - Naveen Kumar
03 May, 2010 at 13:30 UTC (7:00 PM IST)	Introductory workshop on GNU Autotools - Siddhesh Poyarekar
10 May, 2010 at 01:00 UTC	Learn about exciting Fedora 13 Features - Kevin Fenzi

Mailing List

For discussion and feedback or to sign up to teach a class, use the Classroom mailing list at:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/classroom

Help wanted

If you would like to help out the Fedora Classroom effort, we are currently looking for assistance in several areas. Please see the Classroom Help Wanted Page.

Teaching a class

If you would like to teach a class on any Fedora related topic, please mail an introduction of yourself and outline of your proposed class to the classroom mailing list. Some things to keep in mind:

• We recommend sessions be approximately 90 minutes This allows for an hour long session and enough time for questions and answers.
• Make sure you know your subject and know where to point students who wish more detailed information.
• Note at the beginning of your class if you would like students to ask questions as you go, or would prefer them to wait until the end.
• Remember that typing is slower than talking in front of a class or speaking on a phone call, so keep in mind you will not cover as much on IRC.

(Note: Check out The World Clock Meeting Planner for time zone syncing.)

Suggest a Class

If there is something you'd like to see during Fedora-Classroom sessions, let us know below, or mail your suggestions to the mailing list.

• A Moodle install for Fedora Classroom.
• Beginner's Guide to SystemTap
• A short introduction to Bug Triaging (with some examples of untriaged bugs)
• Testing/QA of the Fedora Desktop
• Intermediate SELinux topics (follow-up to previous beginner topics)
• Introduction to gconftool-2 and configuring the GNOME desktop from config files
• How to use the fedoraproject.org wiki.
• Beginner's topics on Python like the Perl and Bash ones
• Setting up a local server with Apache,DNS, Mail, basics of LAMP
• Basics of kernel development, modules
• Writing patches, device driver modules for beginners
• Bacula HowTo
• Directory Server HowTo
• Networking Server HowTo (DNS, DHCP, iptables, etc)

Classroom Archive

This is the archive of the past Fedora Classroom sessions:

Apr 16 2010 (20100416)

2010-04-16 -- 1330 UTC

RPM Packaging Workshop using GNU Hello -- Rahul Sundaram

Jan 23 (20100123)

2010-01-23 -- 2330 UTC

Ambassadors tips and training for LATAM -- Neville A. Cross & Maria Leandro

Jan 7 (20100107)

2010-01-07 -- 0200 UTC	Basic Troubleshooting of Fedora problems -- KevinFenzi
2010-01-07 -- 1500 UTC	Ambassadors tips and training -- MaxSpevack

Jan 6 (20100106)

2010-01-06 -- 1500 UTC

Packaging Sugar Activities -- SebastianDziallas

Dec 8 (20091208)

2009-12-08 02:00 UTC

How to report bugs to the Fedora Project -- Kevin Fenzi

Nov 17 (20091117)

2009-11-17 14:00 UTC

Secure Virtualization sVirt -- Dan Walsh

Nov 16 (20091116)

2009-11-16 00:00 UTC

E-mail: server types; transport agents; spam and configuration. -- Kevin Fenzi

Nov 10 (20091110)

2009-11-10 20:30 UTC

How to monitor PR for a release -- Kara Schiltz

Sept 29 (20090929)

2009-09-29 01:00 UTC

Upcoming Fedora 12 Features overview -- Kevin Fenzi

Aug 18 (20090818)

2009-08-19 01:00 UTC

An Introduction to the command line -- Kevin Fenzi

Aug 05 (20090805)

2009-08-05 01:00 UTC	An intro to rsync -- Jon Stanley
2009-08-05 02:00 UTC	Introduction to Koji (build system) and Bodhi (updates system) in Fedora infrastructure (End user perspective) -- Rahul Sundaram

July 30 (20090730)

2009-07-30 01:00 UTC

A tour of the Xfce desktop -- Kevin Fenzi

July 21 (20090721)

2009-07-21 01:00 UTC

Using preupgrade -- Kevin Fenzi

July 12 (20090712)

2009-07-12 10:15 UTC

Kernel Modules -- Balaji Gurudass

June 7 (20090607)

Time (UTC)	Session Name -- Instructor
~15 minutes prior to first session	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions
06:00 UTC	Basics of kernel development, Kernel modules -- Balaji Gurudass
10:15 UTC	Writing a Networking Driver -- Balaji Gurudass
19:00 UTC	Fedora 11 Features, Questions and Answers -- Kevin Fenzi
Insert your presentation time here (in UTC)	A great class goes here
Insert your presentation time here (in UTC)	A great class goes here

May 3 (20090503)
Time (UTC)	Title of Session - Instructor
~15 minutes prior to first session (currently 03:45 UTC)	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions
04:00 UTC	Basics of kernel development, Kernel modules -- -- Balaji Gurudass Cancelled due to internet connectivity issues
06:00 UTC	Fedora Ambassador Tips & Training -- MaxSpevack
13:00 UTC	What is SELinux trying to tell me? - The 4 key causes of SELinux errors -- Dwalsh
19:00 UTC	Introduction to libvirt - The virtual machine manager -- Kevin Fenzi

Time (UTC)	April 4	April 5
10:00 UTC	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions
10:15 UTC	Setting up a Virtual Routing Environment using Fedora and User Mode Linux -- Balaji Gurudass	Introduction to busybox and QEMU on Fedora -- Balaji Gurudass
11:30 UTC	Introduction to Netlink Sockets - What are they? -- Balaji Gurudass	Building RPM packages - Christoph Wickert (more info)
12:45 UTC	A great class goes here	Fedora Networking Basics -- Kevin Fenzi
14:00 UTC	A great class goes here	Fedora Classroom Wrap-up Session

Time (UTC)	March 7	March 8
18:00 UTC	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions
18:15 UTC	Introduction to bash shell scripting Classroom - Scott McBrien	Using the Windows cross-compiler - Richard Jones
19:30 UTC	Training & Tips for Fedora Ambassadors Classroom -- Max Spevack	No class held
20:45 UTC	Fedora Trademarks Classroom -- Paul W. Frields	Introduction to mock, the chroot package builder -- Kevin Fenzi
22:00 UTC	Perl Basics Classroom -- Doran Barton	Fedora Classroom Wrap-up Session

Time (UTC)	February 8
01:30 UTC	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions
01:45 UTC	Understanding RPM - The engine behind yum - Clint Savage
03:00 UTC	Using Yum - Tricks and tips - Kevin Fenzi
04:15 UTC	Fedora 11 Features - Jon Stanley
05:30 UTC	Fedora i18n - Jens Petersen
06:30 UTC	Fedora Classroom Wrap-up Session

Time (UTC)	December 6	December 7
12:00 UTC	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions - Kevin Fenzi	Introduction to Fedora Classroom and Sessions - Kevin Fenzi
12:15 UTC	Training & Tips for Fedora Ambassadors -- MaxSpevack	Making text exquisite, worldwide — packaging fonts in Fedora — Nicolas Mailhot
13:30 UTC	Intro to Bug Triage Jon Stanley	How to wow your friends with awesome Gimp tricks! Máirín Duffy
14:45 UTC	KDE4 for KDE3 users - Kevin Kofler, Rex Dieter	A great class goes here
16:00 UTC	Creating Logical Volumes - Clint Savage	Fedora Classroom Wrap-up Session

Time (UTC)	November 8	November 9
20:00 UTC	Clint Savage - SELinux Basics	Kevin Fenzi - Firewall Basics
21:00 UTC	Jon Stanley - An introduction to Bugzilla	Jeroen van Meeuwen - Creating a Fedora Remix
22:00 UTC	Paul W. Frields - Beginner's guide to getting involved	No class scheduled
23:00 UTC	Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams - Package Taxonomy and Techniques	Jeroen van Meeuwen - Configuration Management using Puppet