The Arrival

Participants started arriving around 10am and by 12pm, the convener of the meet-up, James John, made an opening speech, welcoming everyone to the meet-up and outlining the aim of the meetup. Thereafter, everyone present at the time introduced themselves and talked about how they started using Linux.

Speakers’ Session

Segun speaking on The Power of Linux

The first speaker, Segun Olumide (A techie) spoke on the topic: The Power of Linux (Tooling tips and how it can help you). His speech highlighted why people should use Linux, fears that new users have and the challenges they face. This got a lot of contributions on how to tackle these problems from the audience.

Taiwo speaking about his Linux journey

Akinwunmi Taiwo, a Software/DevOps Engineer at OkadaBooks spoke next on the topic: My Linux journey: How Linux Saved Me From Coding Extinction. He told a funny story of his struggles with Windows before meeting Linux and how he has been hooked.

Bakare breaking down on the columns in /etc/passwd

There was Q&A session after his speech. Three questions were thrown to the participants. The first question was answered by Taiwo while the second and third questions were hijacked by Bakare Emmanuel on specifying the columns in /etc/passwd

Ehi setting up Postgres on Linux on a demo laptop

The 3rd speaker was Ehiaghe Aigiomawu who presented the topic: How to set up Postgres in Linux (Ubuntu). She started off with an explanation of what postgreSQL is. Her session was practical and some of the participants whipped out their laptops and practiced its installation and configuration alongside.

Checking out of /etc/passwd for users’ data by James

James John was the 4th speaker. He talked on what Samba is and how it allows Windows users to access Linux systems over the network, he also showed a practical way to install and setup Samba on Linux.

Oluwole speaking on Linux Security 101

The 5th speaker, Olakanmi Oluwole a Software Engineer by day, Hobbyist Penetration Tester, presented the topic: GNU/Linux for Security 101 (Selecting the right Operating System for penetration testing). He told a very interesting story of his journey before and after Linux and how he’s such a huge Linux fan. His presentation entailed tools in Linux and their alternatives. He pressed on the issue of persistence and experiments for beginners.

Oladele on Learning Linux early

Oladele Ibrahim spoke next on the topic: Learning Linux Early. He regaled us with the story of his journey from Computer Engineering to Computer Science and consequently, encountering Linux.

Emmanuel Odia a Software Engineer at doctoora.com was the 7th speaker. His topic was on How to run Windows apps on Linux Environment (Ubuntu). He was really brief and concise. He introduced WINE and gave links for further reading on it, which can be found at the end of this article.

Ayoola teaching Linux permissions on demo laptop

The last speaker, Ayoola Abayomi a Cybersecurity Specialist presented the topic: Introduction to Linux Permissions. His presentation centred on files and permissions to using files. After his presentation, some questions were thrown at him, which he promptly answered.

The meetup was the first of it’s kind in Lagos, Nigeria and everyone was excited, had fun and learnt something. To keep this community alive, the members agreed on opening a Slack channel where beginners and people having issues can come and get answers or help. The invitation link to the Slack channel can be found here.

There was a call for further Q&A session or dismissal. The participants opted for dismissal and the meet-up officially ended at exactly 4:15p.m

Presentations & Images

Segun Olumide — https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GzwxnBKjJIlFxJe4VI5owAhYYNklaBJmns46PXyujVs/edit Taiwo Akinwunmi — https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZiCPO--78WG2-TgvFsstmvYdqpkeqq1t9ADJWtKlTZQ/edit?usp=sharing_eip&ts=5b7b3e10 Ehi Aig — https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FktlxH0c-_34pAbMW_UuQAHXe2jRIAwIrxZVdu4kvpA/edit?usp=sharing_eip&ts=5b8081fe Olakanmi Oluwole— https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wPHR8zivgLV9iyAVqo8Z-cE0xDvX8t5ycT0-0dhm9yQ/edit?usp=sharing Oladele Ibrahim — https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vs1GhMvpsoq5k73qGqLL8khMDIo4b1QlLf618U_DWA4/edit?usp=sharing Emmanuel Oaikhenan — https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rCqC7NcrJ2sHzoQz7GtjoOLqrRC6iFrLzRvZME9XIcw/edit?usp=sharing Ayoola Abayomi — https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6TFeOuUlPB1YzhxQ05fVV9nU2xUS3FFUHJYTm1WdDhSSmQ0/view?usp=sharing See more photos in our album — https://photos.app.goo.gl/dfH5J4BD8HdKi2Dn9

Special Thanks

A special thanks goes to: