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Bluepoint is a non-profit Open Source education and development center. It is the first organization in the Philippines to focus on Linux and Open Source training.
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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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- Chivas Sicam
Senior Science Research Specialist
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Software Freedom Day 2008
Saturday, Sep 20, 2008, 11:00 PM
Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) in cooperation with the Commission on Information & Communications Technology-National Computer Center (CICT-NCC), Advanced Science & Technology Institute (ASTI), 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 attendees joined Fedora Ambassadors Philippines, LinuxChix Philippines, Slackware Linux Users Group Philippines (SLUGPhils), Philippine Linux Windows Users Group (PH-LWUG), Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration & Empowerment of the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV), Philippine Linux Users Group (PLUG), One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Philippines, Novare Technologies, Computerworld Philippines, Sun Microsystems, and Trend Micro in the 8AM to 6PM celebration. |
| PLENARY SESSION |
| Invocation | Former Senate President Jovito Salonga
Bluepoint Foundation |
| Opening Remarks | Angelo Timoteo Diaz de Rivera
Director General/Commissioner
NCC/CICT |
| Software Freedom Day | Kim Murga
SFD08 Team Leader
BLUE |
| Free and Open Source Software | Magie Antonio
LinuxChix Philippines |
| Keynote | Arthur Tyde
Linux & Open Source Solutions Architect
Oracle Philippines |
| Open Source for the Visually Impaired | Rene Orense
ATRIEV |
| Open Source: The SM Experience | Bryan Galleta
SM Prime Holdings |
| IPv6: The Next Generation Internet | Bani Lara
ASTI |
| Fedora Project | Engels Antonio
Fedora Project |
| TECHNICAL SESSIONS | CODEFEST TUNE-UP |
Desktop Linux from Scratch
Rage Callao
ASTI | Ryan Baclit
BLUEPablo Manalastas
Ateneo de Manila University/PLUG Orly Andico
Oracle Philippines/PLUGCarlos Yu
CYWare/PLUG Engels Antonio
Bluepoint Foundation |
J2ME Applications Development on Netbeans
Edward Samson
Novare Technologies |
Open Source Network Access Controller
Roy Jieviv Saguran
PH-LWUG |
Robotics with Slackware Linux
Michael Balcos
SLUGPhils |
| EXHIBIT BOOTHS |
| Philippine Linux Users Group | National Computer Institute |
| Philippine Linux Windows Users Group | Computerworld Philippines |
| Slackware Linux Users Group Philippines | One Laptop Per Child Philippines |
| Fedora Project | Advanced Science & Technology Institute |
| LinuxChix Philippines | Sun Microsystems |
Press
Philippines Joins Worldwide Celebration of Software Freedom Day
RP to Take Part in Global Open Source Festivities
Sun Leads Global Mobilization of Communities Around Software Freedom Day 2008
Software Freedom Day Brings NGO, Government, Education, Private Sectors Together
Related Links
CodeFest 2008
Software Freedom Day 2007
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