On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 gnunify(a)symbiosiscomputers.com wrote:
> Dear Sir,
>
> We would like to thank you for the support you had given for the last GNUnify
> organised at Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR),
> Pune. This year we are organising GNUnify on 14th and 15th February 2004.
>
> We would be obliged to you if you kindly avail to arrange your presence on the
> event on the above mentioned dates. Continuing to that, we would request you
> to kindly refer us some eminent personalities as the speakers or guests either
> in India or are coming to India during the mundane.
>
> Looking ahead for your kind favour for the same.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sincerely
> GNUnify Team
> (for SICSR)
>
>
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2004, Richard Stallman wrote:
> > > hi rico,
> > > just discovering the joys of linux at the World Social Forum. the entire
> > > media center has been equipped with the debian version of linux.
>
> Actually, it is the Debian version of GNU/Linux (and it says so when
> it starts up). It started out as the GNU operating system, with Linux,
> Torvalds' kernel, filling the last gap.
>
> I started developing the GNU operating system 20 years ago plus two
> weeks. I'm here in Mumbai now, and will give a speech about free
> software and GNU tomorrow afternoon at 1pm in room A5.
> I will be in the WSF media center this afternoon starting around
> 5pm.
>
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Hi
I got to know that there are non-free applications bundled along with
Knoppix CD. Does anyone know if there is a variant of Knoppix? I figured it
would be easier to just download and use / distribute that instead of
removing the non-free packages from the Knoppix CD and creating one myself.
Apparently RMS told me a few days back that the 'vrms' tool does not
guarantee the results to be 100% true since it purely depends on the deb
package maintainer.
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/vrms.html
Regards
Rishi
This is from a journalist friend in Mumbai, India. Great job guys! Sorry
I couldn't be there myself... FN
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Shiv Kumaar,91-22-28906693, 9820320927 (mobile) wrote:
> hi rico,
> just discovering the joys of linux at the World Social Forum. the entire
> media center has been equipped with the debian version of linux. nice to see
> some technophobes among Indian journos freeze when not finding the Internet
> Explorer logo on the desktop. they pick up fast though. the (foreigners)of
> course have taken to it like fish to water. many of them use linux only at
> wsf meets. first at port allegro and now in mumbai!!!! the FSF guys have a
> stall and are happily indoctrinating ppl against MS and the other biggies.
> sk
>
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Thanks a lot Sivasankar for your feedback! FN
On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Sivasankar Chander wrote:
> Hi Fred,
> I read with interest the use of GNU/Linux for all IT
> related matters at the WSF 2004 event under way in Bombay.
> I'd like to draw your attention to my open-source project,
> Qryptix (http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/qryptix).
> It simplifies the use of encrypted filesystems as home directories.
> This could conceivably be a great boon to activists and other
> individuals who are under threat of surveilance and/or
> confiscation of their PCs, along with all their data. Qryptix
> makes their home directories cryptographically secure.
>
> If you have any connection to or know anybody who is
> a delegate/organizer on the IT side of things at WSF, could you
> please pass the word along about the availability of this
> GPLed software? It could save lives in some of the more
> repressed parts of this world.
>
> Thanks,
> Sivasankar Chander
> (Volunteer, ILUG Chennai)
>
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First the bad news: LFY in Jan 2004 is priced at Rs 70 (against Rs 50
earlier).
On the other hand, they've come out with a couple of CDs
which seem interesting:
* FreEduc 1.4 www.ofset.org -- the very interesting educational
tools running off a Knoppix-like interface. Check it if you
haven't seen it yet. It worked fine on my PC (after grumbling
and mentioning a few errors). But it took time to run off my
CDrom, using my PC. Waiting for someone (Banduji or Derek) to
help me install it to my harddisk. My daughter loved the
earlier version of FreEduc, which also taught her the rudiments
of playing chess.
* GNOME 2.4 (the latest release of the GNOME desktop),
Allegro, Alsa, CheckInstall, Glib, glibc, GTK,
gtkmin, RAWRITE, SmartBootManager, messengers (Yahoo, MSN),
Blender (3D modelling tool), downloader4X (downloading utility),
VisualWorks (IDE for small talk), Lazarus (IDE for free Pascal),
GIMP (latest release), Apollon, Briquolo, Flwriter, Epiphany,
Gnumeric, Yawk, BomberClone, LSH, Peacock... and a whole lot
of News Clients (MyNewsGroups, Gnus, Tin, KNode, Mahagany,
Knews, Slrn, Sylpheed, Thunderbird, Pan, tr6pro_vikmans.zip
I've not checked any of these s/w though...
Disclosure: I write a column for LFY, but highlighting what's interesting
in its issues is not part of my work, but rather intended to help build
interest in GNU/Linux. FN
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Hello everybody,
The media in Kerala is always keen in attacking Free Sostware
especially GNU/Linux. Today one of the (mis)leading newspaper, viz
Malayala Manorama came up with a "striking discovery" about the reason
why IT at School failed. The author P.Kishore has some very interesting
findings. The deterioration that caused IT is due to "Swathanthra
Software". Yesterday also there was a report on Linux but it was not
directly dealt with "Swathanthra software". He(reporter) has also
concern about the "Project Shiksha" of Microsoft. Today a half page
editorial is against Free Software. The motivation behind such reports
is not clear but I believe that it's part of the politics.I think these
matters have an adverse effect on the public about Swathanthra Software
especially in the occassion of Stallman's visit and WSF.
regards
Manilal
Rajkumar S said:
>> This is not the reason for the failure of IT at School.
>
> So it failed?
No, It was a typing error by me. It was a success. I didn't intend to say
so. But in the report it was mentioned that IT@School is a failure. The
training for the teachers started only last week of this month. it was
published in almost all newspaper.
Hi all,
Price for the Tshirt is 175 Rs. It is available in Medium, Large,
eXtra Large, and "free" size.
Payment can be made in the form of DD or Cheque to Free Software
Foundation of India. Bank Transfer is also possible.
Account information is
Free Software Foundation of India.
Acc No : 632000002698
Bank : HDFC Bank LTD.
Branch : Trivandrum.
VPP is another option available.
Note 1: Postage is extra.
Note 2: T Shirts will be available in FSF India stall at WSF.
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The design concept from the designer will be posted soon.
It was provided to FSF India by one of our friend some time
back in April 2003.
