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In this post, I am going to demonstrate and guide you through the steps of how to install and configure git and repositories on Ubuntu 17.10 system. Prerequisites: You need to have a github account. In case you do not have one yet, you may go on the provided link and create your github account.  https://github.com/join?source=header You  also need to have Ubuntu installed on your machine. Instructions: 1. Installing Git To install git on your Ubuntu system, you simply need to go on your terminal and type the following command and hit enter: sudo apt-get install git 2. Configuring GitHub To configure GitHub you need to type the following commands on your terminal and provide with the exact user name and email id which you are using to access your GitHub account:           git config --global user.name "user_name"           git config --global user.email "email_id" 3. Create New Repository Go to your GitHub account and create

This post is a quick recap about the #1, #2 and #3 hackers.mu community meetup. On Saturday 25 th of November 2017, I attended the hackers.mu’s second community meetup which was held at the University of Mauritius.  Before I continue further with the 2nd community meetup, here is a flashback of the hackers.mu first community meetup. Hackers.mu community meetup #1 The first community meetup was held on Saturday 18 th of November 2017 at the University of Mauritius where a presentation on "Introduction to GitHub and IETF" was delivered to the attendees . The objective of this presentation was: To encourage students to create their GitHub account and their blog page. What is GitHub? GitHub is basically a code sharing and publishing service for coders, programmers and developers, so that they can collaborate on what they are working on with different people over a public network such as the internet. Having a GitHub account is also considered to be a plus when i