Welcome to Compsoc! This wiki page is designed for freshers and non-compsoc members.
What is Compsoc?
Compsoc is the University of Kent Computing Society. We're a society at UKC/Kent dedicated to anything and everything involving Computers and Computing!
What does Compsoc provide that I might want?
Events
Freshers Fair - We'll be at the 2006 Freshers Fair, see you on Thursday the 21st of September from 11am onwards!
Society General Meeting - We're holding our first meeting on Monday the 25th of September at 6pm in COLT2 (come along to make your mark on Compsoc!)
Compsoc Socials! - We're holding social events throughout the term, the first one being on the 29th of September 2006
Gaming Events - We are planning to organise LAN Parties, console battles and more!
Planet Laser - We'll be organising a Staff vs. Students Laser Quest games at Planet Lazer (http://www.planetlazer.co.uk/)
Guest Lectures - We are planning guest lectures, including Microsoft UK, Prof. David Shrimpton (of the W3C) and Paul Mutton (of Netcraft)
Services
Compsoc1 (UsingCompsoc1)
- Our GNU/Linux Server, accessable on campus
- Remote X-Server and SSH Server
- Web Server with /~username for all members
- ...and much more!
Thin Clients
- Access to our compsoc1 desktop service from SE109 and SE105 in the Computing Octagon
Dodo (UsingDodo)
- Provided by the Computer Science Department, our on-campus Solaris server, Kent e-mail server, and incoming (i.e. off campus) SSH server
- You can use this server as a mailstore, so you don't have to use Kentmail!
- You can use internal services from off campus via Dodo, without having to use the VPN!
Network Storage
- 700MiB of backed-up network storage! (500 on Compsoc1, 200 on Dodo)
Compsoc Officer Status
- Become a Compsoc Officer (any member can) and run the society!
- and so much more... (see below)
What do I get without being a member?
Even if you don't join the Society, Compsoc provides these services (for FREE!):
- Our on-campus IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Network!
Trac project management service
- A hosted project management app and code repository for software projects - a combinbed wiki, issue/bug/ticket tracking and web interface to the code repository.
Jabber Server (UsingJabber)
- Our on-campus Jabber Instant Messaging Server!
Windows Applications Server (AppServices)
- Our on-campus windows application store - so you can use Firefox, Thunderbird, Winamp (and more!) from Public PC's and your own computer!
SBS Game Server (UsingSoyuz)
- Dedicated game server for SBS folk! At the moment we are providing an Unreal Tournament 2004 Server!
Music Collection
- A collection of freely available music for on-campus users
LAN Party Events (http://www.tagsoc.org/wiki/doku.php/taglan)
The TagSoc TagLan event, affiliated with Compsoc, which happens on a regular basis: http://www.tagsoc.org/wiki/doku.php/taglan
How do I get involved?
First, join the society! Contact secretary@compsoc.co.uk
Second, join us on IRC (#compsoc on KentIRC), or on our mailing lists (contact secretary@compsoc.co.uk to join!)