16 March, 2023

EC Department organized a one-day Workshop titled “Linux – Let’s Get Started” under ATAL Tinkering Lab. Students of 2nd and 3rd year were benefited by the workshop. The session started with a brief introduction and history of Linux by Prof. Ketan Patel which was followed by the importance of Linux skill and its usage in different EC related fields by Prof. Shreeji Shah. In the next session, hands-on practice was carried on in which many topics like different environments of Linux, file system, basic file management commands, networking commands etc were discussed.

Key Features:

• Organizing Department: EC Department
• Title Of Event: A Workshop on  “ Linux - Let’s Get Started”
• Duration: 16th March 2023 (11:00 AM Onward)
• Experts: Prof. Shreeji H. Shah, Prof. Ketan N. Patel (Asst Prof, EC, VGEC)
• Venue: F-204, VGEC
• No. of Participants: 27
• Event Coordinators: Prof. Urvisha Fatak and Prof. Shreeji H. Shah

Discussion Points:

• Linux GUI and CLI environments
• Linux importance for embedded, VLSI and communication industry
• Linux root file system and usage of different directories in Linux
• Basic File management commands and knowledge on relative and absolute paths
• Linux commands for administration
• Vi editor, C code compilation and run from command line
• Managing user accounts and permissions in Linux