UP Linux Users' Group

January 27, 2004

Due to the conversion of offices in UP Diliman to Linux, the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (OVCSA) coordinated with UnPLUG to conduct a training on Linux and OpenOffice.org. The training was held on January 14 and 21, 2004. The first day of training introduced the OVCSA staff to the history of Linux, the concept of Open Source and basic Linux usage. The second day, on the other hand, tackled word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations using the OpenOffice.org suite.

The eBetaway facility at the basement of the Engineering Library is composed of 15 computers used mainly for word processing and web surfing. Due to the costly and virus-prone Microsoft Windows operating system, the Engineering Library staff coordinated with UnPLUG to convert the whole facility into Linux. UnPLUG converted the computers into Mandrake Linux, a user-friendly variant of Linux.