Slash Bin Slash Bash

Total prize money worth Rs 8000 to be won !!

Prelims Results

Timings:


Online teaser round :

The duration of the test will be 45 minutes. The participants can take the test any time between

Start time  :     18:00 hrs on 09-12-2009
End time  :     00:00 hrs 10-12-2009


Online final round :

The selected participants will fight it out for the final glory between
Start time :      20:00 hrs on 13-12-2009
End time   :     01:00 hrs on 14-12-2009

This is the new avatar of LINUX GURU the much hyped event of Excel.

The event is mainly concerned with introducing GNU/Linux to students so that they get to know the added advantage of this. It is carried out in two stages. The first being the elementary screening of your basic knowledge in GNU/Linux.

The final round dives deep into the subject n puts in to test your scripting and network administrating abilities.

Objectives

* To encourage students to get familiar with the Linux Operating System, and widen its use.
* To bring more people into the Linux World and introduce them to its power and simplicity.
* To provide a platform for newbies to start experimenting and for regular users to master developing.

Linux Guru will be conducted in two rounds –
Online Teaser Round
This round will act as a qualifying round and will have objective-type questions which would test the participants' basic Linux knowledge and basic scripting skills.
The top 10 participants from the online teaser round will be shortlisted for the online finals based on their performance

Online Finals

1. This round will test the Scripting, System Administrative and Networking skills of the participants.

2. The complexity of questions in this round would vary as easy, moderate and difficult and due weightage would be given to these.

3. The evaluation of answers will be based on efficiency, simplicity and innovativeness.

* Registration is required for participation
* Students from any engineering discipline/ branch may participate.
* This is an individual event.
* The participants will be required to answer the questions in the given time frame.
* Participants may use tips and learning resources on the site to assist them in the preparation for the contest.

Narayanan K
Ph No: +91-9995739180
Email id: knarayanan88@gmail.com

Suraj Shenoy K.S
Ph No: +91-9947502111
Email id: ksshenoysuraj@gmail.com

Sarath Lakshman
Ph No: +91-9446857967
Email id: me@sarathlakshman.info

 

The registrations for Slash Bin Slash Bash has been moved to the Event Application hosted on Google App Engine. Please register yourself on the application in order to attend the event.

Register here.

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