FSSG, HUST FSSG, HUST was founded by Hong Feng on Dec 20, 2004. Currently there are 30+ members in the group. On Dec 20, 2004, Hong Feng gave a speech to the HUST students, on the topic "What is a Hacker?". The students in HUST, as in other most Chinese univerisities today, learn the Windows based tools, which Hong pointed out, it is little helpful to grasp the nature of computing science. Anyone who needs to master computer science, has to hack the source code. Free software, comes out with fully complete source codes, provide the possibility for the students to understand the nature of the computing, thus it is the best choice for the students to become professional software engineers, or hackers.
Hong emphasized the importance of learning Scheme, as it is the most powerful programming language today. The purple bible "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (the introductory textbook in MIT) is highly recommended as the textbook for the audience to study closely. Scheme is powerful, because it handle the symbolic expressions, which may refer anything in the computer. Scheme is strong to express the algorithms, which can liberate the programmers from the memory allocations, where many details are related wit the hardware. For the students who need to construct the "bricks" of computing, C or assembly is required to study. Hong introduced how to study "3+3" with free software, i.e. the 3 platforms: the OS (GNU or FreeBSD), the network, and the database management platform; and the 3 programming languages: Scheme, C and assembly. All these knowledges can be obtained on the free software platform, and the students can develop the programming talent by hacking them. More than 200 students joined the speech in the classroom. Most of them are the freshmen in the HUST, who study the computer science, some are the graduate students. After the speech, Hong spent about 40 minutes, answered the questions from the audiences, which covered from the trends in the current software industry, the concrete programming problems, how Indian and European students learn the programming through the free software resources, to how to grow the free software business if the student lives on it. Hackerdom Training Program (HTP) is an advanced training system developed by Hong Feng based on the Pansystems methodology, which enables a student can become a true hacker within relative short time. Hong also introduced this tempting training system. The free software study group, as a small community in the campus, is a nice way to gather the students with the same interest on programming, the members in the group can discuss the problem encountered in the learning and the hacking, by exchanging the experience, the members in the group can share more experience than the ones who are not in the group. After the speech, about 30 students decided to join the FSSG, HUST, and they held the first meeting, and elected the group leader and the secretary. HUST's facility is pretty good, and much better than 4 years ago, the students can all get online, so to share the hacking experience would be easy. The FSSG, HUST is the first one Hong established in the Chinese university, Hong planned to establish 100 such groups in Chinese universities step by step, and connect these free software study groups together. RONSNET offers the guidance to these groups for the further hacking. The guide also includes the CD-ROMs, academic journals, software magazines, the T-shirts with free software logos, and other materials. For more information about FSSG, HUST, please contact with the group leader and the secretary. For how to set up your local FSSG, please contact with our webmaster. For how to join in HTP, please contact with Hong Feng http://groups.google.co.in/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_thread/thread/87c9a41c84e45511/470b2e84c5996cb6?q=China+Linux&rnum=3&hl=en#470b2e84c5996cb6 .......................................................................... Frederick (FN) Noronha | Freelance Journalist | Mobile +91 9822 122436 Tel +91.832.2409490 | http://fn.swiki.net | http://www.bytesforall.net .......................................................................... http://lug.homelinux.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxhubli/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
