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 I took up Bluepoint's Total Linux course last 2002 and time and again, what I've learned are still relevant today. Why? The course was developed with security and performance in mind.
In less than two months, I was able to learn the best practices in setting up Linux as a server: installing Linux at a bare minimum; removing standard and unnecessary programs, files and folders; protecting critical files and folders; compiling server software and the Linux kernel from scratch with optimized settings and necessary features only; installing servers in a jailed environment; designing and implementing a paranoid firewall.
Aside from the hands on lecture, we also had the toughest practical and written exams.
This quality training helped me obtain a score of 100% in my RHCE exam last March 2005. The first person I thanked was of course, my instructor, Engels Antonio of Bluepoint Institute.
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Follow Us  Facebook's mission is to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected. Check out our official page on Facebook. | | Software Freedom Day 2010 Saturday, Aug 14, 2010, 12:00 AM (Revision 100 - Thursday, Sep 2, 2010, 7:15 AM)
Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) in cooperation with the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS) and Bluepoint Foundation will celebrate Software Freedom Day with the rest of the world on September 18, 2010 at the Leong Hall, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
| 09:30 | Registration |
| 10:00 | National Anthem |
| 10:05 | Invocation |
| 10:10 | Opening Remarks
Dr. John Paul Vergara
Vice-President for Loyola Schools, Ateneo de Manila University |
| 10:20 | Free and Open Source Software
Marie Grace Gaffud-Antonio
Executive Director, Bluepoint Foundation |
| 10:35 | Software Freedom Day
Irene Orense-Balaoing
SFD 2010 Team Leader, BLUE |
| 10:45 | Open Source Your Career
Johan Janssens
CEO, Timble
Co-Founder and Former Project Manager, Joomla!
Lead Architect, Nooku |
| 11:15 | FOSS in Distance Education: The UP Open University Experience
Myra Jill Siason
University of the Philippines Open University |
| 11:30 | Sponsor Slot |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 | The Magic of iPad Development
Vip Malixi
Bluepoint Foundation | CodeFest 2010
Ryan Baclit
CodeFest Team Leader, BLUE |
| 13:30 | Pacifica Online: MMORPG for Facebook
Galileo Lajara
Lead Programmer, Nexus Pixels |
| 14:00 | Advanced Science and Technology Institute |
| 14:30 | Taking Fedora for a Spin
Herson Pagcaliwagan
Fedora Philippines |
| 15:00 | jQuery Tips and Tricks: Solving Common Web Development Concerns in a Heartbeat
Chivas Sicam
Bluepoint Foundation |
| 15:30 | Do-It-Yourself Private Cloud Computing Desktop
Engels Antonio
Bluepoint Foundation |
| 16:00 | CodeFest 2010 Awarding
Dr. Reena Estuar
Chair, Ateneo DISCS |
| 16:15 | Closing Remarks |
Register here starting August 17 to receive event updates and to reserve your slot for Software Freedom Day 2010. The last slot was reserved last August 25. Registration is now closed. 14 slots have become available after manual pruning of users with multiple accounts last August 31. Register here for the remaining slots. The last slot was reserved last September 1. Registration is now closed. |
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APNG 12th Camp Thursday, Jul 15, 2010, 9:00 PM
12th Camp: Collaborative Internet Innovation for Asia Pacific
Rihga Royal Hotel, Hiroshima, Japan
12-15 July 2010
Asia Pacific Networking Group (APNG) is an Internet organization dedicated to the advancement of networking infrastructure in this region and to the research and development of all associated enabling technologies. Its mission is to promote the Internet and the coordination of network inter-connectivity in the Asia Pacific Region. It also represents the “Asia Pacific Next Generation” raising the voice of the Next Generation of the region.
Through its activities, it has spawned off a number of Asia Pacific organizations including Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), Asia & Pacific Internet Association (APIA), Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD) and Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT). Today, APNG represents the region at the Coordinating Committee for Inter-Continental Research Networking (CCIRN), and is the leading voice of Internet networking in the Asia Pacific Region. |
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Fedora 13 Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 11:13 PM
Fedora 12 was standard material in our Total Linux® and Linux Express® courses since November 2009. It was also Bluepoint's platform of choice for our Extreme PHP and other development and certification programs. Time to upgrade again. Fedora 13 promises new features and enhancements that we can't wait to share with our students this June! |
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Total Linux 39 Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 9:19 PM
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Bluepoint Christmas 2009 Saturday, Dec 5, 2009, 10:00 PM
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Software Freedom Day 2009 Saturday, Sep 19, 2009, 7:09 PM (Revision 416 - Wednesday, Feb 10, 2010, 3:13 AM)
Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) in cooperation with the Commission on Information & Communications Technology-National Computer Center (CICT-NCC), University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Ateneo de Manila University Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS), and Bluepoint Foundation celebrated Software Freedom Day with the rest of the world today at the National Computer Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City.
More than 500 pre-registered attendees and walk-in participants joined us in this international celebration. Registration and refreshments were FREE, thanks to our sponsors:
We started accepting pre-registrations last August 17, 2009. All 400 slots were confirmed and reserved by August 24, 2009. To accommodate the large number of attendees, including more than 100 walk-in participants, three venues at the National Computer Center (NCC) were utilized to maximum capacity.
| AUDIO VISUAL ROOM | SEMINAR ROOM |
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 | National Anthem |
| 09:05 | Invocation
Sen. Jovito Salonga
Trustee Emeritus
Bluepoint Foundation | Invocation
Marie Grace Gaffud-Antonio
Executive Director
Bluepoint Foundation |
| 09:10 | Software Freedom Day
Irene Balaoing
SFD09 Team Leader | Software Freedom Day
Arnold Laurinaria
SFD07 Team Leader |
| 09:20 | Keynote
DG Angelo Timoteo Diaz de Rivera
Director General
National Computer Center | Keynote
Dr. Grace Javier Alfonso
Chancellor
UP Open University |
| 09:40 | Vyatta
The Open Source Alternative to Cisco
Paul Magahis
BLUE | Red Hat
Major Sponsor
Justin Rivera
Technical Officer
MSI-ECS |
| 10:15 | Red Hat
Major Sponsor
Robert Reidenbach
Technology Manager
UR Solutions | GCC
Linux Serial I/O Programming
Michael Balcos
BLUE |
| 10:45 | SugarCRM
Commercial Open Source CRM
Chivas Sicam
BLUE | Kannel
Open Source WAP and SMS Gateway
Mike Cabalin
PH-LWUG |
| 11:30 | CodeFest 2009 Awarding
Dr. Reena Estuar
Chair
Ateneo DISCS | CodeFest Presentation
Ryan Baclit
CodeFest Team Leader
BLUE |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break |
| 13:00 | GCC
Linux Serial I/O Programming
Michael Balcos
BLUE | SugarCRM
Commercial Open Source CRM
Chivas Sicam
BLUE |
| 13:45 | Fedora Project
Herson Pagcaliwagan
BLUE | Vyatta
The Open Source Alternative to Cisco
Paul Magahis
BLUE |
| 14:15 | Open Internet Exchange
Bani Lara
ASTI-DOST | ASTI Awarding
Marie Grace Gaffud-Antonio
Bluepoint Foundation |
| 15:00 | Closing Remarks |
| 15:10 | Complimentary Snack |
| OVERFLOW AREA |
| 09:30 | National Anthem |
| 09:35 | Invocation | Marie Grace Gaffud-Antonio
Bluepoint Foundation |
| 09:40 | Software Freedom Day | Marie Grace Gaffud-Antonio
Bluepoint Foundation |
| 09:50 | Free and Open Source Software | Engels Antonio
Bluepoint Foundation |
| 10:35 | Bayanihan Linux | Marison Florendo
Advanced Science & Technology Institute |
| 11:15 | Red Hat | Robert Reidenbach
UR Solutions |
| 12:00 | Lunch Break |
Exhibit booths were open for viewing from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the NCC lobby.
Special thanks to the networks that provided coverage for our Software Freedom Day celebration:
UHF Channel 11 | | 
VHF Channel 7 | |
Related Links
CodeFest 2009
CodeFest 2008
Software Freedom Day 2008
Software Freedom Day 2007 |
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CodeFest 2009 Monday, Aug 10, 2009, 12:00 AM (Revision 122 - Friday, Sep 25, 2009, 12:55 PM)
Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) in cooperation with the Ateneo de Manila University Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS) and Bluepoint Foundation will hold CodeFest 2009 on September 12, 2009 at the Faura Building, Ateneo de Manila University, Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
CodeFest 2009 is open to all senior high school students and college undergraduates who are proficient in any of the following programming languages:
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 Rubyists Welcome!
Ruby has been added
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Interested parties must submit an endorsement letter from their respective schools and register at Bluepoint Foundation or Ateneo DISCS before September 8, 2009. Registration fee is 100 pesos per contestant. Only 20 players will be accommodated, maximum of 5 contestants per school.
| Ateneo | Roosevelt College | STI Cubao | STI Marikina | TIP Manila |
Nelvin Driz
Alvin Dumalus
Marlou Ramas
Fernando Vitug
Adviser
Hubert Ursua | Rexon Chumacera
Jayson Zanarias
Adviser
Sheryll Villaroman | Francis Pineda
Ronnel Talento
Billy Ray Teves
Sandino Umengan
Camillo Villagonzalo
Adviser
Cheryl Buatin | Meynard Collado
Galileo Lajara
Golu Pabla
Chippy San Jose
Adviser
Arthur Lasaca | Justine Afable
Edwin Bondoc
Ryan Calonzo
James Licong
Sergio Paglinawan
Adviser
Jerico Flor |
Contest duration is 1.5 hours. Players must try to solve a series of problems within the given time. Code is evaluated using the PC^2 software that follows the ACM rules for scoring. It ranks players according to the number of programming problems solved correctly. The player who solves most or all problems properly and with the least time penalties will be the declared as champion. In case of a tie, the player who has the lesser amount of time penalties wins. More about PC^2 usage will be discussed before the contest begins.
CodeFest 2009 will be held at Ateneo de Manila University (Faura Hall) from 1PM to 3PM on September 12, 2009.
Prizes and certificates will be awarded during the Software Freedom Day celebration at the National Computer Center (AVR) on September 19, 2009.
Related Links
CodeFest 2008
Software Freedom Day 2008
Software Freedom Day 2009 |
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10th Saturday, Jun 6, 2009, 10:00 PM
Bluepoint held its 10th Anniversary Thanksgiving Dinner and Awards Presentation Ceremonies today at the Jovito R. Salonga Building, Bantayog ng mga Bayani Memorial Center, Quezon Avenue, Quezon City. |
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AMD64 Saturday, Dec 30, 2006, 12:00 AM
 Bluepoint embraces change by upgrading all classroom machines to dual-core AMD64 today.
AMD64 is designed to enable simultaneous 32 and 64-bit computing with no degradation in performance.
Dual-core processors contain two processing cores, residing on one chip, that perform calculations on two streams of data, thereby increasing efficiency and speed while running multiple programs and the new generation of multi-threaded software.
These features will be enjoyed by all incoming Linux Express®, Total Linux®, Total Linux® Reload, Linux Kernel Internals®, Extreme PHP, Perl Programming, Python Programming, and 3BSD students this 2007. |
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