https://thealternative.chAnnouncements for Events organised by TheAlternative at ETH Zurichhttps://thealternative.ch/?eventId=50You might already have a dual-boot, but what about a quadruple-boot? The Advanced Install Event is a day to celebrate operating systems and to experiment in an open-minded supportive environment with free snacks.This is your chance to dive deeper on what is going on on your machine. You can exchange with other Linux enthusiasts and if wanted, we can help you make the jump from Ubuntu to Nix or Arch etc.People of all skill and experience level are welcomed to join. There will be Super Tux Cart gaming and a small Linux Hackathon.The person with the most blursed setup will win a bottle of Linux laundry detergent.DATE IS STILL TBD It will be at Student Project House (Clausiusstrasse 16, 8006 Zürich) on Wednesday, 31.12.69 from 09:00 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-50https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=1Discover the differences between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and proprietary software, and find out why these differences matter.This captivating lecture will provide you with information about the advantages of Free Software licenses, as well as show you the historical background of the Linux kernel.Additionally, we show why Free Software and Open Data is important even beyond the world of Linux.Learn how you can regain full control over your data! It will be at UZH KOL-G-203 on Monday, 25.09.23 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-1https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=2Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Tuesday, 26.09.23 from 16:00 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-2https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=3In this course you will learn about the wide family of free operating systems based on the Linux kernel, some of the most useful software tools available for them, as well as the philosophy that made them so successful.Find out how easy to use and yet powerful Linux systems are, discover their advantages when compared to other operating systems, and get to understand their basic structure and most important concepts.Furthermore, discover different flavours of Linux and get a feeling for which distribution and desktop environment would be the right match for you. It will be at ETH HG E 33.5 on Thursday, 28.09.23 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-3https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=4Get started with Linux by installing it on your computer.Of course, we'll help you: Bring your laptop and charger and we will personally assist you with the installation of Linux as well as with your first steps and basic customization.You can choose to keep your existing operating system and install Linux next to it.Still, it's important to back up your data before you come, just to be on the safe side.You may of course stay longer than the indicated time should we encounter issues with installing Linux on your laptop.ChromeBooks (all versions), Apple MacBook Pros (after Oct. 2016) and Apple MacBooks (12" model) are not well supported by Linux due to hardware restrictions, and we do not recommend installing Linux on those devices.If you intend to buy a new laptop to install Linux on, stay away from these devices altogether. It will be at Student Project House (Clausiusstrasse 16, 8006 Zürich) on Tuesday, 03.10.23 from 15:30 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-4https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=5This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it?Our goal in the Linux Toolbox course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand.Linux has many useful tools, so we don't intend to cover them all in detail. We'll instead take a sweeping glance to cover as many use cases as possible and provide you with learning resources if you want to delve deeper into a topic. Most of the course will take place on the command line, but no prerequisite knowledge is required. It will be at Student Project House (Clausiusstrasse 16, 8006 Zürich) on Tuesday, 10.10.23 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-5https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=6Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Thursday, 12.10.23 from 16:00 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-6https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=7This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects with ease.This course gives you a solid understanding of git and GitLab, including its basic concepts.We will have exercise breaks where you can apply the concepts at your own pace. It will be at Student Project House (Clausiusstrasse 16, 8006 Zürich) on Sunday, 15.10.23 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-7https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=8This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Learn how you can use Bash to program simple scripts that can save you a lot of work. Bash is a scripting language that is designed to interact with other programs and your system easily. Whether you want to backup your newest files to a hard drive or quickly download a lot of PDFs—with Bash, you can do it at a keystroke. It will be at Student Project House (Clausiusstrasse 16, 8006 Zürich) on Sunday, 22.10.23 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-8https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=9Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Monday, 23.10.23 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-9https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=10Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at SPH Zentrum H-Floor on Tuesday, 07.11.23 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-10https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=11This talk will demonstrate how to develop modern software on a Linux platform. We will explore how to most effectively use the Unix system with it's most ancient roots for modern problems. It will be at ETH HG E 33.1 on Wednesday, 08.11.23 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-11https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=12Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at SPH Zentrum H-Floor on Wednesday, 22.11.23 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-12https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=15The Swiss hacker known for its leak of the U.S. no-fly list talks about its work over the past year. Shedding light on the stalkerware industry, it makes the case for hacking an entire industry in the absence of justice and discusses the difference between legality and morality.Livestream: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://ethz.zoom.us/j/66437115900">https://ethz.zoom.us/j/66437115900 It will be at ETHZ HG F 30 (Audimax) on Wednesday, 29.11.23 from 16:00 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-15https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=13Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Monday, 04.12.23 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-13https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=14Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Tuesday, 19.12.23 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-14https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=23Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Tuesday, 20.02.24 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-23https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=17Discover the differences between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and proprietary software, and find out why these differences matter.This captivating lecture will provide you with information about the advantages of Free Software licenses, as well as show you the historical background of the Linux kernel.Additionally, we show why Free Software and Open Data is important even beyond the world of Linux.Learn how you can regain full control over your data! It will be at Student Project House (H - Floor) on Sunday, 03.03.24 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-17https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=24Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at CAB E14 on Wednesday, 06.03.24 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-24https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=18In this course you will learn about the wide family of free operating systems based on the Linux kernel, some of the most useful software tools available for them, as well as the philosophy that made them so successful.Find out how easy to use and yet powerful Linux systems are, discover their advantages when compared to other operating systems, and get to understand their basic structure and most important concepts.Furthermore, discover different flavours of Linux and get a feeling for which distribution and desktop environment would be the right match for you. It will be at Student Project House (Stairs) on Monday, 11.03.24 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-18https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=25Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at SPH Zentrum H-Floor on Sunday, 17.03.24 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-25https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=19Get started with Linux by installing it on your computer.Of course, we'll help you: Bring your laptop and charger and we will personally assist you with the installation of Linux as well as with your first steps and basic customization.You can choose to keep your existing operating system and install Linux next to it.Still, it's important to back up your data before you come, just to be on the safe side.You may of course stay longer than the indicated time should we encounter issues with installing Linux on your laptop.ChromeBooks (all versions), Apple MacBook Pros (after Oct. 2016) and Apple MacBooks (12" model) are not well supported by Linux due to hardware restrictions, and we do not recommend installing Linux on those devices.If you intend to buy a new laptop to install Linux on, stay away from these devices altogether. It will be at Student Project House (H-Floor) on Wednesday, 20.03.24 from 17:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-19https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=20This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it?Our goal in the Linux Toolbox course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand.Linux has many useful tools, so we don't intend to cover them all in detail. We'll instead take a sweeping glance to cover as many use cases as possible and provide you with learning resources if you want to delve deeper into a topic. Most of the course will take place on the command line, but no prerequisite knowledge is required. It will be at Student Project House (H - Floor) on Tuesday, 09.04.24 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-20https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=26Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at Students Project House (H-Floor) on Wednesday, 10.04.24 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-26https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=21This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects with ease.This course gives you a solid understanding of git and GitLab, including its basic concepts.We will have exercise breaks where you can apply the concepts at your own pace. It will be at CAB G51 on Tuesday, 16.04.24 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-21https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=30Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Thursday, 18.04.24 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-30https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=22This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Learn how you can use Bash to program simple scripts that can save you a lot of work. Bash is a scripting language that is designed to interact with other programs and your system easily. Whether you want to backup your newest files to a hard drive or quickly download a lot of PDFs—with Bash, you can do it at a keystroke. It will be at Student Project House (Stairs) on Tuesday, 23.04.24 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-22https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=29Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Wednesday, 01.05.24 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-29https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=31Have you been dreaming of becoming sysadmin one-man-army? Infrastructure as Code is the force multiplyer at your side that lets you deploy applications quickly and provision the required cloud ressources, networks and even bare metal servers with (relative) ease. Learn to do more with less, by leveraging modern automation tools on your workstation, in your homelab, or even your workplace.In this talk we explore the concepts of Infrastrurture as Code and the benefits that come from reaching a high degree of automation, with practical examples using Ansible and Terraform. It will be at Student Project House (E - Floor) on Thursday, 09.05.24 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-31https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=16F-Droid is an alternative app store for Android. It hosts a huge collection of apps that are free (both as in freedom and as in free beer) and open source.In the first half, we will discuss the user perspective: what F-Droid is, why you should use it, what its limitations are, how to install F-Droid, and how to use it to discover and install Android apps.In the second half we will look at the developer perspective: how to publish your own apps on F-Droid, how F-Droid’s internal process of building and publishing apps works, and how to contribute to F-Droid in general. It will be at Students Project House ETH Zentrum (Stairs) on Sunday, 12.05.24 from 17:15 to approximately 18:45.thealternative-0-16https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=28Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Wednesday, 15.05.24 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-28https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=27Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Tuesday, 28.05.24 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-27https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=32Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 97 (Innenhof) on Friday, 02.08.24 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-32https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=40Does you back hurt, because you've been ricing your Arch too much? Then its time to leave your basement and strengthen your core with us.We will meet at CAB E14 at 19:00 and go bouldering at Minimum Leutsch. People of all boulder levels are welcomed.Note that you need to pay for your entry and shoes yourself. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Monday, 19.08.24 from 17:00 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-40https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=39Do you just started ETH and are suddenly expected to know git for your courses? Do you frequently delete your repository and clone it again to avoid sorting out merge conflicts? Or perhaps you're just curious about git?Then this git course is for you. In this course, we will give a quick introduction to git's philosophy and explain the concepts and techniques you need to work on your courses efficiently. We assume that you have git already installed, and are not afraid of using the terminal. It will be at ETH HG D 7.2 on Wednesday, 18.09.24 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-39https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=33Discover the differences between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and proprietary software, and find out why these differences matter.This captivating lecture will provide you with information about the advantages of Free Software licenses, as well as show you the historical background of the Linux kernel.Additionally, we show why Free Software and Open Data is important even beyond the world of Linux.Learn how you can regain full control over your data! It will be at ETH HG F 33.1 on Tuesday, 24.09.24 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-33https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=49Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at SPH H-Floor on Thursday, 26.09.24 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-49https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=34In this course you will learn about the wide family of free operating systems based on the Linux kernel, some of the most useful software tools available for them, as well as the philosophy that made them so successful.Find out how easy to use and yet powerful Linux systems are, discover their advantages when compared to other operating systems, and get to understand their basic structure and most important concepts.Furthermore, discover different flavours of Linux and get a feeling for which distribution and desktop environment would be the right match for you. It will be at ETH HG F 33.1 on Monday, 07.10.24 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-34https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=43Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at CHN green floor/CHN Grüner Boden on Friday, 11.10.24 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-43https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=42Get started with Linux by installing it on your computer.Of course, we'll help you: Bring your laptop and charger and we will personally assist you with the installation of Linux as well as with your first steps and basic customization.You can choose to keep your existing operating system and install Linux next to it.Still, it's important to back up your data before you come, just to be on the safe side.You may of course stay longer than the indicated time should we encounter issues with installing Linux on your laptop.ChromeBooks (all versions), Apple MacBook Pros (after Oct. 2016) and Apple MacBooks (12" model) are not well supported by Linux due to hardware restrictions, and we do not recommend installing Linux on those devices.If you intend to buy a new laptop to install Linux on, stay away from these devices altogether. It will be at HG F 26.3 on Monday, 14.10.24 from 15:30 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-42https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=35Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it?Our goal in the Linux Toolbox course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand.Linux has many useful tools, so we don't intend to cover them all in detail. We'll instead take a sweeping glance to cover as many use cases as possible and provide you with learning resources if you want to delve deeper into a topic. Most of the course will take place on the command line, but no prerequisite knowledge is required. It will be at ETH HG F 33.1 on Tuesday, 22.10.24 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-35https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=44Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E14 on Thursday, 24.10.24 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-44https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=36Have you ever configured your OS and messed something up, right before you needed to use your PC for an important task? Then come to our NixOS spotlight! NixOS is an unusual Linux distribution that has gained popularity recently due to its reproducibility, large package repositories and unified way of configuration. Packages are installed and managed with the functional language and package manager both named Nix. Updates and config changes are atomic and Nix keeps track of old configurations, so changing the configuration can not mess up your system, since you can always roll back.We both use NixOS as our operating system and will share personal experiences, tips for getting started and outline the key benefits of this unusual distribution. It will be at ETH HG D 7.2 on Wednesday, 30.10.24 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-36https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=45Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Monday, 04.11.24 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-45https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=37This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Learn how you can use Bash to program simple scripts that can save you a lot of work. Bash is a scripting language that is designed to interact with other programs and your system easily. Whether you want to backup your newest files to a hard drive or quickly download a lot of PDFs—with Bash, you can do it at a keystroke. It will be at ETH HG E 33.1 on Wednesday, 06.11.24 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-37https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=38Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects with ease.This course gives you a solid understanding of git and GitLab, including its basic concepts.We will have exercise breaks where you can apply the concepts at your own pace. It will be at ETH HG E 3 on Sunday, 17.11.24 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-38https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=46Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Tuesday, 19.11.24 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-46https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=41Tor is the current state-of-the-art implementation of an onion routing network that resists current ubiquitous internet surveillance. This talk starts with an introduction to networking, overlay networks and threat models on the internet, moves on to show available privacy-enabling technologies and their shortcomings, and explains how Tor tries to solve those. After that, you can learn about the different ways you can use all the features the Tor network provides for anonymous communication, to get back the privacy-by-default everyone deserves. It will be at ETH HG D 7.2 on Sunday, 24.11.24 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-41https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=51You might already have a dual-boot, but what about a quadruple-boot?The Advanced Install Event is a day to celebrate operating systems and to experiment in an open-minded, supportive environment with free snacks.This is your Chance to dive deeper on what is going on your machine. You can exchange with other Linux enthusiasts and if wanted, we can help you make the jump from Ubuntu to Nix or Arch etc.People of all experience and skill levels are welcomed.There will be some Linux gaming and a small Hackathon.The Person with the most blursed setup will win a bottle of Linux laundry detergent. It will be at Student Project House (Clausiusstrasse 16, 8006 Zürich) on Friday, 29.11.24 from 09:00 to approximately 17:00.thealternative-0-51https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=47Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Wednesday, 04.12.24 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-47https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=52When's the last time you touched grass? Have you grown weak from spending all of your time sitting in front of your computer?Today is the day we change that.Come bouldering with us. We will meet at CAB E14 at the stated start time and then travel to Schlieren. (entry: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.boulderlounge.ch/schlieren/preise/">https://www.boulderlounge.ch/schlieren/preise/) It will be at Boulderlounge Schlieren on Monday, 16.12.24 from 13:15 to approximately 16:00.thealternative-0-52https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=48Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH SPH H-Floor on Thursday, 19.12.24 from 16:15 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-48https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=66Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at TBA on Friday, 07.02.25 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-66https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=65Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH SPH H-Floor on Wednesday, 19.02.25 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-65https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=53The “Git Crash Course” is the first Git in the course trilogy.Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects.This course teaches you how to install and setup Git and GitLab and it gives you a quick introduction into version control with Git. At the end of the course you will be able to perform basic Git actions that might be necessary for your team or your exercises at ETH. It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Sunday, 23.02.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-53https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=54This course is the second part of the Git course trilogy.Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects.Git is a very powerful tool for managing and collaborating on large projects. In this course you will understand how to operate Git and know all the most frequently used concepts of Git. Afterwards you will be able to manage your own first projects with Git. It will be at ETH HG D 7.2 on Sunday, 02.03.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-54https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=67Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 15.2 on Friday, 07.03.25 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-67https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=55Linux is known for its exceptional tooling when it comes to software development. This talk will highlight the part of the tooling related to debugging. It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Tuesday, 11.03.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-55https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=56This is the last Git course in the trilogy.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects.This course directly continues where the “Git and GitLab (Beginner) Course” left off. After this course you will be a Git power user and know how to operate Git on a big project correctly. You will also see some usages of Git a lot of users do not know. It will be at ETH HG D 7.2 on Sunday, 16.03.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-56https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=68Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH SPH H-Floor on Tuesday, 18.03.25 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-68https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=57Discover the differences between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and proprietary software, and find out why these differences matter.This captivating lecture will provide you with information about the advantages of Free Software licenses, as well as show you the historical background of the Linux kernel.Additionally, we show why Free Software and Open Data is important even beyond the world of Linux.Learn how you can regain full control over your data! It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Wednesday, 26.03.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-57https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=58In this course you will learn about the wide family of free operating systems based on the Linux kernel, some of the most useful software tools available for them, as well as the philosophy that made them so successful.Find out how easy to use and yet powerful Linux systems are, discover their advantages when compared to other operating systems, and get to understand their basic structure and most important concepts.Furthermore, discover different flavours of Linux and get a feeling for which distribution and desktop environment would be the right match for you. It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Sunday, 30.03.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-58https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=69Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH SPH H-Floor on Monday, 31.03.25 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-69https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=59GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable, free/libre text editor — and more.In this Spotlight course, aimed at emacs beginners, we will have a look at the extremly powerful Emacs system, which can be used as a text editor. We will cover basic use, configuration and concepts together with a small lisp and Org-mode introduction. It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Wednesday, 09.04.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-59https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=70Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH SPH H-Floor on Monday, 14.04.25 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-70https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=60Get started with Linux by installing it on your computer.Of course, we'll help you: Bring your laptop and charger and we will personally assist you with the installation of Linux as well as with your first steps and basic customization.You can choose to keep your existing operating system and install Linux next to it.Still, it's important to back up your data before you come, just to be on the safe side.You may of course stay longer than the indicated time should we encounter issues with installing Linux on your laptop.ChromeBooks (all versions), Apple MacBook Pros (after Oct. 2016) and Apple MacBooks (12" model) are not well supported by Linux due to hardware restrictions, and we do not recommend installing Linux on those devices.If you intend to buy a new laptop to install Linux on, stay away from these devices altogether. It will be at ETH HG D 7.2 on Monday, 14.04.25 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-60https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=61This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it?Our goal in the Linux Toolbox course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand.Linux has many useful tools, so we don't intend to cover them all in detail. We'll instead take a sweeping glance to cover as many use cases as possible and provide you with learning resources if you want to delve deeper into a topic. Most of the course will take place on the command line, but no prerequisite knowledge is required. It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Tuesday, 29.04.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-61https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=62This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it?Our goal in the Linux Toolbox course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand.Linux has many useful tools, so we don't intend to cover them all in detail. We'll instead take a sweeping glance to cover as many use cases as possible and provide you with learning resources if you want to delve deeper into a topic. Most of the course will take place on the command line, but no prerequisite knowledge is required. It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Tuesday, 06.05.25 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-62https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=71Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH SPH H-Floor on Monday, 12.05.25 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-71https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=63This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Learn how you can use Bash to program simple scripts that can save you a lot of work. Bash is a scripting language that is designed to interact with other programs and your system easily. Whether you want to backup your newest files to a hard drive or quickly download a lot of PDFs—with Bash, you can do it at a keystroke. It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Tuesday, 13.05.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-63https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=64Install:- A new Linux distribution- One of the many BSD's- A new init system- HaikuOS? RedoxOS?- ...on your system at the advanced install event. This is the place and time to install and try things which you wouldn't risk installing alone. Make sure to back up your data before coming, as almost all of the before mentioned things pose a risk of data loss.You install a new operating system, init system or any other piece of advanced Software. We'll provide technical support and snacks, you just bring your laptop.This event is mostly catered towards more experienced Linux users, though we also gladly welcome any motivated less experienced individuals who want to learn more about Linux and operating systems. It will be at ETH SPH H-Floor on Friday, 16.05.25 from 08:00 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-64https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=72We are very excited to present several speakers on digital integrity and how information transparency helps holding governments and corporations accountable. Following an insightful exchange, opinions and personal experiences – there will be room for an open Q&A with a panel discussion. After the event we will gather for an Apèro!Our highlights include: maia arson crimew who is a swiss investigative journalist and hacktivist well known for allegeldy leaking the US no fly list providing an insight into the topic of Surveillance. Phil Zimmermann, computer scientist, cryptographer and the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world, will share insights into the topic of Privacy. Vikram Subramanian, a former Google Zurich employee will present the industry perspective into local Big Tech and AI Ethics. The evening will be accompanied by speaker and host Dr. Jaya Klara Brekke, CSO at Nym technologies, presenting how privacy is the foundation for human rights, Tech Ethics and decentralized technologies.For those who cannot join us in person, there will be a chance to join via livestream on the signup website. Unfortunately due to a major inconvenience we had to reschedule Chelsea Manning and Carmela Troncoso's attendance to a later point.Website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://privacytalk.thealternative.ch/en">https://privacytalk.thealternative.ch It will be at ETH Paul Scherrer Hörsaal, ETA F5 on Monday, 26.05.25 from 16:30 to approximately 18:30.thealternative-0-72https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=73As the summer break is here we are organising a grill evening! I hope to see a lot of people from our community and past, present and maybe future TheAlternative members.The event will take place at Käferberg (<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://s.geo.admin.ch/j2k8rb01phli">https://s.geo.admin.ch/j2k8rb01phli) on the 12th of July and start at around 16:00. If the weather is bad we will move the event to the following Saturday (19.7.). Please sign so we can organise a sensible amount of snacks and drinks.We will inform you a few days before 12.7. via mail if the event takes place and provide you with some more details. It will be at Käferberg on Friday, 11.07.25 from 14:00 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-73https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=75This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects with ease.This course gives you a solid understanding of git and GitLab, including its basic concepts.We will have exercise breaks where you can apply the concepts at your own pace. It will be at HG D7.1 on Tuesday, 23.09.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-75https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=74Discover the differences between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and proprietary software, and find out why these differences matter.This captivating lecture will provide you with information about the advantages of Free Software licenses, as well as show you the historical background of the Linux kernel.Additionally, we show why Free Software and Open Data is important even beyond the world of Linux.Learn how you can regain full control over your data! It will be at HG D5.2 on Wednesday, 24.09.25 from 16:15 to approximately 17:00.thealternative-0-74https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=76In this course you will learn about the wide family of free operating systems based on the Linux kernel, some of the most useful software tools available for them, as well as the philosophy that made them so successful.Find out how easy to use and yet powerful Linux systems are, discover their advantages when compared to other operating systems, and get to understand their basic structure and most important concepts.Furthermore, discover different flavours of Linux and get a feeling for which distribution and desktop environment would be the right match for you. It will be at HG D 5.2 on Monday, 29.09.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-76https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=82Join our Stammtisch! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Wednesday, 01.10.25 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-82https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=77Get started with Linux by installing it on your computer.Of course, we'll help you: Bring your laptop and charger and we will personally assist you with the installation of Linux as well as with your first steps and basic customization.You can choose to keep your existing operating system and install Linux next to it.Still, it's important to back up your data before you come, just to be on the safe side. It will be at CHN D8 on Tuesday, 07.10.25 from 14:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-77https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=78Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it?Our goal in the Linux Toolbox course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand.Linux has many useful tools, so we don't intend to cover them all in detail. We'll instead take a sweeping glance to cover as many use cases as possible and provide you with learning resources if you want to delve deeper into a topic. Most of the course will take place on the command line, but no prerequisite knowledge is required. It will be at HG D5.2 on Sunday, 12.10.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-78https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=86Join our Free Software Get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Wednesday, 15.10.25 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-86https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=84This is the second part of the Introduction to Terminal 2 Course Series.Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it? Our goal in the Introduction to Terminal course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand. Linux has many useful tools, so we don't intend to cover them all in detail. We'll instead take a sweeping glance to cover as many use cases as possible and provide you with learning resources if you want to delve deeper into a topic. Most of the course will take place on the command line, but no prerequisite knowledge is required. It will be at ETH HG D5.2 on Sunday, 19.10.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-84https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=79Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects.Git is a very powerful tool for managing and collaborating on large projects. In this course you will understand how to operate Git and know all the most frequently used concepts of Git. Afterwards you will be able to manage your own first projects with Git. It will be at ETH HG D5.2 on Wednesday, 22.10.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-79https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=81Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects.This course directly continues where the “Git and GitLab (Beginner) Course” left off. After this course you will be a Git power user and know how to operate Git on a big project correctly. You will also see some usages of Git a lot of users do not know. It will be at ETH HG D5.2 on Wednesday, 29.10.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-81https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=85This event is a collaboration with Student Project House.Learn how you can use Bash to program simple scripts that can save you a lot of work. Bash is a scripting language that is designed to interact with other programs and your system easily. Whether you want to backup your newest files to a hard drive or quickly download a lot of PDFs—with Bash, you can do it at a keystroke. It will be at ETH HG D5.2 on Monday, 03.11.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-85https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=87Join our Free Software Get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Tuesday, 04.11.25 from 17:15 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-87https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=80This course provides an introduction to the world of computer networking, exploring the principles, concepts, and mechanisms that allow devices to communicate and share information. We’ll look at how networks function behind the scenes and build a foundation for understanding the systems that connect our digital world. It will be at ETH HG D5.2 on Wednesday, 05.11.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-80https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=83The Kakoune text editor provides a contemporary approach to modal text manipulation. We will learn how this can streamline our workflows for programming and studying while allowing us to benefit from its composable architecture.In this course we'll introduce the basics of Kakoune as well as how to get started with more complex tasks like programming and writing latex. It will be at ETH HG D5.2 on Monday, 10.11.25 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-83https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=88Join our Free Software Get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 on Tuesday, 18.11.25 from 17:15 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-88https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=89Even when talking about software all day, we must also take care of our own hardware. This is a casual invitation to come bouldering with us. you'll bring / rent your own shoes and pay for entry. It will be at ETH CAB E14 on Monday, 01.12.25 from 17:00 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-89https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=91Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects.This course gives you a fast theoretical overview over all the concepts surounding Git and it will show you how to use Git. It will be at ETH HG D 7.1 on Wednesday, 25.02.26 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-91https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=90Join our Free Software get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at ETH HWB E 01 on Thursday, 26.02.26 from 17:15 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-90https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=94Discover the differences between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and proprietary software, and find out why these differences matter. This captivating lecture will provide you with information about the advantages of Free Software licenses, as well as show you the historical background of the Linux kernel. Additionally, we show why Free Software and Open Data is important even beyond the world of Linux. Learn how you can regain full control over your data! It will be at ETH HG D1.1 on Monday, 02.03.26 from 17:00 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-94https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=98Richard Stallman is holding a talk at at OST Campus in Rapperswil-Jona. We'll meet in CAB E14 and take the train there, attend the talk, and go back to Zürich together. NOTE: TRAIN TICKETS ARE NOT INCLUDED, PAY FOR YOUR OWN. The talk will start at ~17:15 and take about an hour. It will be at OST Campus Rapperswil on Sunday, 08.03.26 from 15:00 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-98https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=95In this course you will learn about the wide family of free operating systems based on the Linux kernel, some of the most useful software tools available for them, as well as the philosophy that made them so successful.Find out how easy to use and yet powerful Linux systems are, discover their advantages when compared to other operating systems, and get to understand their basic structure and most important concepts.Furthermore, discover different flavours of Linux and get a feeling for which distribution and desktop environment would be the right match for you. It will be at ETH HG D7.1 on Monday, 09.03.26 from 17:00 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-95https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=97Due to unfortunate circumstances, we don't have a space reservation as planned on Monday, which is why we have to move the get-together to TUESDAY, the 17th of March. We apologize for the short notice and any inconvenience caused. Join our Free Software Get-Together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. It will be at CAB E14 on Monday, 16.03.26 from 17:15 to approximately 21:00.thealternative-0-97https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=92Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects.Git is a very powerful tool for managing and collaborating on large projects. In this course you will understand how to operate Git and know all the most frequently used concepts of Git. Afterwards you will be able to manage your own first projects with Git. It will be at HG D7.1 on Wednesday, 18.03.26 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-92https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=101This spotlight talks about the current state of the art, limitations, tricks, and considerations of using offline AI models as opposed to cloud-based ones. It will be at HG D 7.2 on Wednesday, 18.03.26 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-101https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=100Get started with Linux by installing it on your computer.Of course, we'll help you: Bring your laptop and charger and we will personally assist you with the installation of Linux as well as with your first steps and basic customization.You can choose to keep your existing operating system and install Linux next to it.Still, it's important to back up your data before you come, just to be on the safe side.You may of course stay longer than the indicated time should we encounter issues with installing Linux on your laptop.ChromeBooks (all versions), Apple MacBook Pros (after Oct. 2016) and Apple MacBooks (12" model) are not well supported by Linux due to hardware restrictions, and we do not recommend installing Linux on those devices.If you intend to buy a new laptop to install Linux on, stay away from these devices altogether. It will be at ETH CHN Green Floor on Tuesday, 24.03.26 from 16:30 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-100https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=93Git is the state-of-the-art version control system, taking away the pain of continuously changing file versions. Keep track of who changed what, when and why, and revert changes easily.GitLab allows you to save the files to the cloud, giving you a secure backup location and enabling easy collaboration. Never lose your files again, and coordinate changes in even bigger projects.This course directly continues where the “Git and GitLab (Beginner) Course” left off. After this course you will be a Git power user and know how to operate Git on a big project correctly. You will also see some usages of Git a lot of users do not know. It will be at ETH HG D7.1 on Wednesday, 01.04.26 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-93https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=96Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it? Our goal in the Introduction to Terminal 1 course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand.Linux has many useful tools, so we don't intend to cover them all in detail. We'll instead take a sweeping glance to cover as many use cases as possible and provide you with learning resources if you want to delve deeper into a topic. Most of the course will take place on the command line, but no prerequisite knowledge is required. It will be at ETH HG D7.2 on Sunday, 12.04.26 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-96https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=105Join our free software get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. We have moved it to CAB E14 now, it is no longer at höngg! It will be at CAB E14 on Wednesday, 15.04.26 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-105https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=102This is the second part of the Introduction to Terminal Course Series. Linux is well-known for being configurable and fitting many different styles of use. But what can you do with it? Our goal in the Introduction to Terminal course is to introduce a large range of tools and to teach you how you can profit from them. We'll show you typical tasks that Linux is good at, such as renaming hundreds of files, searching and replacing text, automatic downloading etc.. This way, you'll be able to recognize those tasks in the wild and don't have to do them by hand. It will be at ETH HG D7.1 on Monday, 20.04.26 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-102https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=107Join our free software get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. Please check the location shortly before the get-together. We might change the location to be somewhere else at Zentrum. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 (tentative) on Tuesday, 28.04.26 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-107https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=106Git is powerful, but many developers struggle with its complexity, brittle workflows, and fear of rewriting history. Jujutsu (jj) is a modern Git client designed to make everyday version control safer, more intuitive, and more flexible.We'll explore what Jujutsu is, why it exists, and how it improves common Git workflows. You'll learn how jj rethinks core concepts like commits, branches, rebasing, and undoing changes, making it easier to experiment, recover from mistakes, and manage complex histories with confidence. It will be at HG D 7.1 on Wednesday, 29.04.26 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-106https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=99This is a beginner-friendly introduction to self-hosting and homelabbing. Self-Hosting is all about running services like a file storage, media server, calendar and game servers at home where you are in control of your data. Free of any companies where you don't know when they might fail. This course gives you an introduction by answering the questions: - What is self-hosting and homelabbing - Why should you care - What can you actually self-hostWe will see how easy it can be to just start running your own services without much technical knowhow. We will also cover some best practices and common pitfalls to avoid when setting up such a system. I will also talk about my personal journey through this topic. It will be at ETH HG D 5.2 on Tuesday, 05.05.26 from 17:15 to approximately 19:00.thealternative-0-99https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=108Join our free software get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. Please check the location shortly before the get-together. We might change the location to be somewhere else at Zentrum. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 (tentative) on Sunday, 10.05.26 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-108https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=103This spotlight discusses how one may remove proprietary software from their Android for a more privacy and freedom-friendly experience on their mobile device. It covers: - Different software one may use - Custom ROMs - Why you might or might not want to free your android It will be at HG D 1.1 on Monday, 18.05.26 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-103https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=109Join our free software get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. Please check the location shortly before the get-together. We might change the location to be somewhere else at Zentrum. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 (tentative) on Tuesday, 19.05.26 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-109https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=104This spotlight discusses the best practices of system scripting in Linux using Python. It covers:- writing system scripts - Useful Python packages - Best practices of system scripting It will be at ETH HG D 7.2 on Monday, 25.05.26 from 16:15 to approximately 18:00.thealternative-0-104https://thealternative.ch/?eventId=110Join our free software get-together! We meet in a casual atmosphere, have a drink and discuss upcoming technical trends. If you have troubles with Linux, bring your Laptop and we will be glad to help. Please check the location shortly before the get-together. We might change the location to be somewhere else at Zentrum. It will be at ETH CAB E 14 (tentative) on Wednesday, 27.05.26 from 16:15 to approximately 20:00.thealternative-0-110