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Re: Report Re:GNU/Linux awareness meet
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 14 May '03

14 May '03

Details from Jabalpur and Girish <girish(a)apnajabalpur.com> about a recent GNU/Linux event there. FN > herez the details, pardon me if Ive slipped in writing. > We have taken a month's off from our regular weekly meets due to various > reasons, however, the interactions continue informally. > > The detailed report about the event is enclosed. We are yet to recieve > the few photographs we took. > > If you have any queries, please do write back, > > Thanks for your encouragement and support, > With best regards, > > -Girish Shukla > ========== > Linux Users' Group Jabalpur > Website: http://jbplug.sf.net > Mail-list: http://yahoogroups.com/group/jbp-lug > > The Event: > The GNU-Linux awareness meet was held on 20th April, 2003 at premises of > Dubey Chemistry Classes, Wright town, Jabalpur. The event was arranged > at a short notice of less than a week. > > The Objective: > The event was first for jbp-lug marking one year of the lug here. > The objective was to create awareness about software issues and > importance and advantages of GNU-Linux beyond our weekly Sunday meetings. > The event has opened new channels for larger events and activities of > such nature. > > How it went: > 1.Event began around 15 minutes late at 4:45 pm with a brief > introduction about the LUG, Linux and FLOSS. > 2.Linux as a Desktop and server was demonstrated using RedHat8 and MDK9. > 3.This was immediately followed by screening of The Code Linux movie. > ~At intervals, explanation with examples was given in Hindi about what > the movie is saying for those not comfortable with English medium.~ > 4.A technical discussion session followed with discussions from Clusters > to Sockets related to Linux. > 5.The event concluded at around 8 pm with informal interactions and > hands-on experience by newbies on Linux. > > Most of the publicity was through 'tell your friend' i.e. word of mouth. > The event had attendence of around 40-50 people and 10 active LUG > members. No commercial sponserships were solicited for the event and no > fee was charged to anyone. > Only dampening factors being the extremely hot weather, and technical > discussion stretching for longer than scheduled. > The event was attended mostly by students. Engg. students from as far > as, Bhopal had come. There were students from BCA, MCA, Science, > Commerce and Engg. > > Lessons learnt from the event: > ======Light================ > 1.Half baked Techies from MSN's Ovens must be kept in separate box from > the general public. > 2.Seminars Still cause headache. > 3.Free chai is not always a good idea. Instead, Everyone has the Freedom > to buy their own cut-ting. > =======Sober=============== > 4.Good orators, or even good techies can help promote GNU/Linux better. > If few mentors, experts can visit smaller lugs once a while, it will help. > 5.Mentors needed for small lugs. > 6.Distro CDs and demos help a lot in creating awareness and are > essential for LUG. > Somehow, we should ensure that we get the latest distros here in time. > [Presently, Karunakar has been of great help to us in contributing for > the same]. > 7.Large numbers may or may not necessarily be good and fruitful. It is > essential that the message of FLOSS and Linux is effectively communicated. > 8.A LUG works best as a Linux Fans' Club. It accomodates everyone and > everyones' views and concerns in an open and sincere manner. > 9.Events facilitate new ideas and new friends. > 10.Localisation efforts are an important factor for growth of Linux. > > Based on post event response, and the laudable efforts of members, > despite the few glitches, the event objective was achieved but lot > remains to be done. >From girish(a)apnajabalpur.com Wed May 14 09:46:14 2003 I must add,names of members[in no particular order]who made it possible: Mr.Neependra Khare BE Comp. GRKIST Mr.Arnab Ganguly BE IT JEC Mr.Shubham Mishra BE Comp. JEC Mr.Sarvesh Rathore BE Comp. JEC Mr.Anurag Gautam & Mohit BCA JCC Also,Mr.Piyush Shukla BE JEC, Mr.Himanshu Ahirwar B.Com.GKC and many other people who contributed directly or indirectly. Thanks also due to Mr.Pradeep Dubey for providing us space and facility. -Girish

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HP's people notebook running GNU/Linux
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 13 May '03

13 May '03

URL : http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2134514,00.html The HP 'people's notebook' runs Linux 09:40 Monday 12th May 2003 [21]Winston Chai, CNETAsia HP has launched a low cost 'people's notebook' in Asia that is preloaded with Linux Hewlett-Packard is selling a low-cost "people's notebook" running Linux, believed to be the first time that the US IT giant has sold a consumer computer with the open-source operating system installed. HP custom-made the Linux notebook to support a Thai government drive to increase computer ownership, reported the English-language Thai dailies The Bangkok Post and The Nation. The authorities have subsidised the cost of the portable, along with a desktop PC made by a Thai firm. Crowds thronged a Bangkok convention centre on Friday to view and buy the machines. HP's budget laptop will retail for 19,500 Baht (�285). It features an 800 MHz Intel Celeron processor, 128MB of RAM and a 20GB harddisk. There is no CD-ROM or floppy drive. The desktop, made by local computer makers Belta, SVOA and Computec, costs 10,900 Baht (�159). It sports an Intel Celeron 1GHz processor, 128MB of RAM, a 52x CD-ROM drive, 20GB of hard disk space and comes with a 15-inch monitor, speakers and a keyboard. Both machines were introduced by Thailand's Information, Communications and Technology (ICT) ministry and are loaded with Linux TLE, the Thai-language version of the Linux operating system. The ministry will offer 100,000 computers at first but they plan to ramp up to a million in subsequent phases, said the reports. The Ministry has also worked out an easy-pay instalment plan with local banks for buyers. About 30,000 people showed up Queen Sirikit Convention Centre in Bangkok on Friday to view the machines, with some waiting in line from 3am. While the machines appealed to those who could never have afforded a computer before, more sophisticated shoppers were put off by the basic configurations, reported The Nation. HP in Singapore could not offer more details about the Linux notebook at press time. Until now, the use of Linux has largely been confined to servers and not in consumer desktops, a space which is still dominated by Microsoft's Windows OS and to a smaller extent, Apple's Macintosh. None of the large US-based PC makers -- HP, IBM and Dell -- are known to sell consumer desktops or notebook with the Linux OS pre-installed. Smaller makers such as ECS from Taiwan offer Linux as an option in their low-cost, batteryless notebooks, also known as desknotes. US-based manufacturer Lindows also offers Linux-based desktops and a $799 (�496) notebook. _________________________________________________________________ Is Linux really a viable alternative to Windows on the desktop? Read the latest headlines at ZDNet UK's [22]Operating Systems News Section. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,,t285,00.html

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Fwd: [lahar23@hotmail.com: [LIG] GNU- Lesser General Public License- Help Needed]
by Nagarjuna G. 12 May '03

12 May '03

Could some one help him? Nagarjuna

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Akruti fonts
by Kanti Jadia 12 May '03

12 May '03

http://www.gnu.org.in/ Cyberscape ,the company which released the first set of Indic fonts under GPL has withdrawn some of the fonts due to possible copyright issues. Cyberscape ,which released the Akruti fonts under GPL has withdrawn the following fonts due to possible copyright issues. Devnagari - dev1-n.ttf and dev1-b.ttf Gujarati - guj2-n.ttf and guj2-b.ttf Bengali - bng1-n.ttf and bng1-b.ttf Kannada - knd2-n.ttf and knd2-b.ttf Tamil - tml2-n.ttf and tml2-b.ttf Telugu - tlg1-n.ttf and tlg1-b.ttf Punjabi - pnj1-n.ttf and pnj1-b.ttf Oriya - ori2-n.ttf and ori2-b.ttf Malayalam - mal1-n.ttf and mal1-b.ttf FSF-India discourages the use of the above mentioned fonts for your work, particularly GPL based work. We regret for the inconvenience caused ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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Re: Re: [Fsf-friends] Prof Nagarjuna G
by Kanti Jadia 12 May '03

12 May '03

i don't know which cat per se. Lets get the syllabus for the various universities first. (in soft copy preferably) regards Kanti On Sun, 11 May 2003 Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote : >Okay, but who will bell the cat? This could be an important 'cat' >to >spread Free Software in our colleges. FN > >On Fri, 9 May 2003, Kanti Jadia wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > It would be better to customize knoppix for this. > > > > regards > > > > Kanti > > > > On Fri, 09 May 2003 Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote : > > >Prof Nag, I'm going to mention this at a college talk in >Goa. > > >We're > > >waiting anxiously for it ;-) And I'm going to bug you till >you > > >get > > >there... FN > > > > > >--- > > >I am presently planning a single CD distribution containing >the > > >applications > > >and goodies requiered for a regular engineering college >student. > > >I would > > >like to keep in mind the syllabus and projects students do. >Can > > >some of you > > >tell us what kind of applications are used/needed by >students? > > >We can build > > >the list and sit on one sunday and make the distro. Debian > > >GNU/Linux has > > >special scripts to make custom CDs from their original >master > > >distribution. > > >I am planning to use this. --Prof Nagarjuna G > > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/search/college-distro/ > > > > > >-- > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >Frederick Noronha (FN) | >http://www.fredericknoronha.net > > >Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org > > >http://goalinks.pitas.com | >http://joingoanet.shorturl.com > > >http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | > > >http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Fsf-friends mailing list > > >Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in > > >http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. > > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html > > ----------------------------------------- > > > >-- >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Frederick Noronha (FN) | http://www.fredericknoronha.net >Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org >http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com >http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | >http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >Fsf-friends mailing list >Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Prof Nagarjuna G
by Suresh Titus John 12 May '03

12 May '03

Syllabi for some of the courses at IITs are available online. IIT Madras: http://www.iitm.ac.in/academics/curriculum.html IIT Bombay: http://www.iitb.ac.in/courses/index.html IIT Kharagpur: http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/acadsnew/curric.php Hope these are useful. /Suresh Titus On Mon, 12 May 2003 Kanti Jadia wrote : >i don't know which cat per se. > >Lets get the syllabus for the various universities first. >(in soft copy preferably) > >regards > >Kanti > >On Sun, 11 May 2003 Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote : >>Okay, but who will bell the cat? This could be an important >>'cat' to >>spread Free Software in our colleges. FN >> >>On Fri, 9 May 2003, Kanti Jadia wrote: >> >> >> > Hi, >> > >> > It would be better to customize knoppix for this. >> > >> > regards >> > >> > Kanti >> > >> > On Fri, 09 May 2003 Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote : >> > >Prof Nag, I'm going to mention this at a college talk in >>Goa. >> > >We're >> > >waiting anxiously for it ;-) And I'm going to bug you till >>you >> > >get >> > >there... FN >> > > >> > >--- >> > >I am presently planning a single CD distribution containing >>the >> > >applications >> > >and goodies requiered for a regular engineering college >>student. >> > >I would >> > >like to keep in mind the syllabus and projects students do. >>Can >> > >some of you >> > >tell us what kind of applications are used/needed by >>students? >> > >We can build >> > >the list and sit on one sunday and make the distro. >>Debian >> > >GNU/Linux has >> > >special scripts to make custom CDs from their original >>master >> > >distribution. >> > >I am planning to use this. --Prof Nagarjuna G >> > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/search/college-distro/ >> > > >> > >-- >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >Frederick Noronha (FN) | >>http://www.fredericknoronha.net >> > >Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org >> > >http://goalinks.pitas.com | >>http://joingoanet.shorturl.com >> > >http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | >> > >http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > >> > >_______________________________________________ >> > >Fsf-friends mailing list >> > >Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >> > >http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends >> > >> > >> > ----------------------------------------- >> > Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. >> > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html >> > ----------------------------------------- >> > >> >>-- >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>Frederick Noronha (FN) | >>http://www.fredericknoronha.net >>Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org >>http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com >>http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | >>http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Fsf-friends mailing list >>Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >>http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends > > >----------------------------------------- >Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. >http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html >----------------------------------------- > >_______________________________________________ >Fsf-friends mailing list >Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends

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Re: [Fsf-friends] Prof Nagarjuna G
by Suresh Titus John 12 May '03

12 May '03

Syllabi for courses at IITs are available online. IIT Madras: http://www.iitm.ac.in/academics/curriculum.html IIT Bombay: http://www.iitb.ac.in/courses/index.html IIT Kharagpur: http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/acadsnew/curric.php Hope these are useful. /Suresh Titus On Mon, 12 May 2003 Kanti Jadia wrote : >i don't know which cat per se. > >Lets get the syllabus for the various universities first. >(in soft copy preferably) > >regards > >Kanti > >http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends

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[Fsf-friends] Fwd: Issue #49 of Georg's Brave GNU World, the monthly GNU forum has been relea
by Kanti Jadia 12 May '03

12 May '03

Note: Forwarded message attached -- Orignal Message -- From: "Georg C. F. Greve" <greve(a)gnu.org> To: Brave GNU World Announcement Mailinglist <brave-gnu-world(a)gnu.org> Cc: "comp.os.linux.announce Moderator" <linux-announce(a)sws1.ctd.ornl.gov> Subject: Issue #49 of Georg's Brave GNU World, the monthly GNU forum has been released. ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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The social enterprise
by Amol Hatwar 12 May '03

12 May '03

Hi all, Perhaps budding Entrepreneurs might want to read this article at C|Net. Here's a link: http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-999961.html The article talks about making technology deliver maximum good the people first, and then worrying about finances later. Jim Frutecherman (the author) describes the social enterprise as a technology venture run like a business but structured as a nonprofit with two bottom lines: social and financial. The goal is not to make lots of money, but instead, to deliver the maximum good while operating in a sustainable manner (generally at breakeven). The technology user is treated as a customer--not the recipient of charity--and the enterprise must meet his or her needs or lose revenue. ___________________ It's most certainly GNU/Linux, and not Linux. Read more here: http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html

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Second Consultation in Delhi (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 10 May '03

10 May '03

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