Friday 30 June 2017

Getting started with Markdown

Last time there was a session by Kushal about markdown - It was exactly to the point and simple but there were a lot of questions, complaining about the installation of the "discount" package which might have really annoyed the trainers.
Learning about markdown -
We can use many clients to which can convert markdown to html but i tried it with discount.

For installation -

dnf install discount
 
->create a file with .md extension


 After saving use discount-mkd2html <filename>.md
<HTML> file is generated check it out.



We all learnt about Markdown but did anyone try the other way around?
Aaron wrote html2text, the python version can be easily installed using -

dnf install html2text       - for fedora users
apt-get install html2text - for Ubuntu or Debian users





















I tried kushal's command line tutorial html file and converted to text using this


Thursday 29 June 2017

Web logs of Gaurav Sitlani: Training has just got started!

Web logs of Gaurav Sitlani: Training has just got started!: Hello World! This is Gaurav Sitlani and this is my first blog post here. I am not new to Open Source world but my explorations till d...

Training has just got started!

Hello World!

This is Gaurav Sitlani and this is my first blog post here.
I am not new to Open Source world but my explorations till date are my amazing experiences.
Getting started with BOSS linux was just a beginning and programming has always been fun and the people who taught me played a very major role in my development.
I liked the way in which Pankaj Chaddha sir used to teach us in high school, that helped in igniting the fire in my belly. That fire has till date motivated me to learn more.



When i moved here, the college seemed to be lot more dull and boring and my desire to explore more grew. The first open source event, mini-debconf introduced me to the community, a deeper world that helps Linux to grow.
In one of the PLUG meets one of my friend told me about this amazing training that happens every year. 
It takes place on an IRC channel known as #dgplug.
Here i got acquainted by Kushal Das, Sayan Chowdhury and a lot more Open Source experts.
They spare their prestigious time from their lives to conduct our training which is helping noobs like me to get acquainted to the Open Source world and providing a kickstart.
 Their experience about their day to day life and work are motivating.
Even simple happiness of having sips of coffee while working's like enjoying.

I think there are many ways of learning, it's just that one needs to explore more.
Well the journey has just started, let's see how the ride goes :)