/ /bin /boot /dev /etc /home /lib /usr/bin /usr/src /proc/interrupts /sbin /var/log /var/mail
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"put your boots on" - this means for the operating system to start.
in this directory is information about the boot-procedure
and sometimes the kernel "vmlinuz" is here.
The kernel of an operating system operates the
computer harware and interacts with user programs.
What is the GCA?
The Gender Changer Academy is a nonprofit organisation by women for
women,
its primary goal being to improve women's understanding and skills with
regards
to computer hardware. To attain this the GCA provides workshops, makes and
maintains a website and mailinglist, and distributes a reader. The GCA was
borne out of the ASCII (Amsterdam
Subversive Code for Information Interchange), a free internet workspace.
Momentarily the GCA is run by a a small group of volunteer women. It was
founded in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 2000 by Tali, brbr and Sara
with
Sisi. Donna, Maya, Sol and Jane joined later. We encourage women to crash
computers and to put it all back together again. Preferebly with an
improved
installation.
What is a genderchanger?
Technically speaking a
genderchanger is a small device or adaptor that changes the "sex" of
computer cables. It has two sides with holes or two sides with pins,
making
any connection between port and computercable a possibility. The holes are
female and the pins are male. In a more figurative sense a genderchanger
can be
seen as someone who wants to change the way the world perceives things,
for
example that computers are for men but WE ALL KNOW THIS IS NOT TRUE ;)
Why a computer hardware course?
Women work a lot with computers but mostly with the software. They
generally know very little about what is under the hood of this piece of
equipment. Hardware is a mystery, a barrier and a lot of fun. Education
and
Playing is a way to get to know how stuff works. Knowing how it works,
being
able to interact with it gives one a sense of control and independence.
Secretaries of today should have a toolkit to be able to Do It Themselves,
a
millenium witchbag.
Computers are still in the prototype phase but
that
doesn't mean that as soon as something is outdated it is useless. The GCA
supports the practice of maintanance and the use of secondhand parts where
reasonable. Similarly knowledge and skills should not be in the hands of a
select group of individuals. This asks for misuse and imbalance in the
world.
Hence the GCA promotes D.I.Y. and the use of Open Source products.
Encourage
Women in Linux HOWTO
This document written by a kernel developer could help to bugfix some
gender incorrect behaviour ... which leads until now to lots of men-only groups
especially in GNU society
make clean, make no_gender_education, make society, make linux_society,
make tea, make all_other_stuff, make install