Comments on: Linux Challenge at Innovision ’08, NSIT http://rutsum.com/linux-challenge-at-innovision-%e2%80%9908-nsit Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:20:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sneezy Melon http://rutsum.com/linux-challenge-at-innovision-%e2%80%9908-nsit/comment-page-1#comment-5088 Sneezy Melon Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:16:26 +0000 http://rutsum.com/?p=484#comment-5088 I didn't ditch you! You never told me we were a team! I didn’t ditch you! You never told me we were a team!

]]> By: Uncool Shitty http://rutsum.com/linux-challenge-at-innovision-%e2%80%9908-nsit/comment-page-1#comment-5043 Uncool Shitty Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:12:38 +0000 http://rutsum.com/?p=484#comment-5043 Those shell scripting questions were actually very easy to implement if we knew even the basics of writing scripts. Luckily, these days most Linux distros have started relying on Python to do all the heavy lifting for them - from installation to cleanup tasks - that Python is always installed on a Linux system. You even get Python if you install the Mac OS development environment, XCode. A couple of years back this place used to be occupied by Perl. There was one question where you had to write a chat client using UNIX pipes. Again, we had no idea about UNIX pipes, but Kitallis had written a similar chat program in Ruby once. Unfortunately, Ruby isn't as popular as Python so it wasn't installed on the system. We could have WON the damn competition. We actually tied with another team for second place, but the NSIT folks used the prelim scores as a tie breaker. They scored 36 marks, us 22. Those shell scripting questions were actually very easy to implement if we knew even the basics of writing scripts. Luckily, these days most Linux distros have started relying on Python to do all the heavy lifting for them – from installation to cleanup tasks – that Python is always installed on a Linux system. You even get Python if you install the Mac OS development environment, XCode. A couple of years back this place used to be occupied by Perl.

There was one question where you had to write a chat client using UNIX pipes. Again, we had no idea about UNIX pipes, but Kitallis had written a similar chat program in Ruby once. Unfortunately, Ruby isn’t as popular as Python so it wasn’t installed on the system. We could have WON the damn competition. We actually tied with another team for second place, but the NSIT folks used the prelim scores as a tie breaker. They scored 36 marks, us 22.

]]> By: Ankit http://rutsum.com/linux-challenge-at-innovision-%e2%80%9908-nsit/comment-page-1#comment-5000 Ankit Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:38 +0000 http://rutsum.com/?p=484#comment-5000 Prizes arent out yet BTW, as sponsors pay after the event prizes are decided afterwards. Also "Linux" is not taught in college. Its one of the funniest things i heard (6th or 7th sem ?) , you being in IT will have a course on Linux in pracs. Prizes arent out yet BTW, as sponsors pay after the event prizes are decided afterwards.

Also “Linux” is not taught in college. Its one of the funniest things i heard (6th or 7th sem ?) , you being in IT will have a course on Linux in pracs.

]]> By: Ankur Banerjee http://rutsum.com/linux-challenge-at-innovision-%e2%80%9908-nsit/comment-page-1#comment-4913 Ankur Banerjee Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:06:20 +0000 http://rutsum.com/?p=484#comment-4913 "...but sadly, all Uncool and Kitallis got for the Linux Challenge were paper certificates, with the wrong college name mentioned on it..." ROFL! “…but sadly, all Uncool and Kitallis got for the Linux Challenge were paper certificates, with the wrong college name mentioned on it…”

ROFL!

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