The Open IT Lab at IT-oLogy led another successful Ubuntu workshop on Thursday, January 24. The workshop was the fifth Ubuntu offering since the Lab opened and served as an introduction to Ubuntu from the desktop users perspective. Ubuntu Linux is a free and open alternative to Windows or Mac…
Nearly 20 people attended the Drupal 101 & 102 workshop on Saturday, February 23 at IT-oLogy. Even with the terrible weather outside, attendees of all ages and experience levels gathered in the Distance Learning classroom to learn more. The purpose of the workshop was to introduce the open source Drupal…
Tickets for the Palmetto Open Source Software Conference are going quickly! POSSCON will take place at IT-oLogy, 1301 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC from March 27-28th. If you’re a Developer, Sys Admin, Engineer or IT Manager of any type and you’re interested in open source, this is a can’t miss event! If you’re a high school…
The first 100 tickets are now available for the 2013 Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON). The cost is $99 per ticket and includes both days of content. After these are sold, the next 100 will be made available for $149. POSSCON 2013 will be held at IT-oLogy on March…
23 people attended the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) workshop held Thursday, November 29 at IT-oLogy. KVM is a full virtualization solution for Linux and is open source. Jim Salter, a nationally known open source expert, conducted the workshop and answered questions from attendees. His talk started with an introduction to…
The first ever Student Android App Development Contest was hosted by the Open IT Lab, IT-oLogy and the University of South Carolina on Saturday, November 17. It was a tremendous success with more than 10 teams competing from across South Carolina. This was the first Android application development contest exclusively…
25 people attended the Version Control/Git/GitHub workshop held at IT-oLogy on Thursday, October 25. The Open IT Lab hosted the event and Jarrell Waggoner, the Lab’s Program Manager, served as the instructor. The workshop focused on version control, which is a common tool used by software developers to keep track…
Last week Todd Lewis and Jim Salter visited Red Hat Headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Triangle Linux User Group (TriLUG) in the heart of the Raleigh-Durham Research Triangle is one of the largest monthly Linux meetings in the world. Todd, the founder of the Palmetto Open Source Software Conference (POSSCON)…
Cross-posted from the Open IT Lab News The Open IT Lab joined nearly 300 other teams from over 60 countries around the world in celebrating this year’s Software Freedom Day last Saturday. Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software that takes place on the third…
More than 30 people attended the Linux Administration 101 workshop held Thursday, September 13 at IT-oLogy. Attendees included high school and college students, as well as current IT professionals from local companies and government organizations. The workshop meant to familiarize participants with the basics of Linux systems administration with a…
