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Careers in FLOSS... (Dec 2003 issue of LFY)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 06 Jun '24

06 Jun '24

=========================================== LINUXForYou * Dec 2003 (Vol 1 No 10) In India Rs 50 (with CD) http://www.linuxforu.com Pages 102 * US$7.95 0 74470584957 =========================================== THIS ISSUE has probably reached your city. Saw it in Bangalore, and also got a complimentary copy from the LFY team at LinuxBangalore2003. But when I reached back to Goa on Dec 4, it wasn't in as yet. So it might take time to reach 'small town' India... FN REVIEWED: Mandrake 9.2 * PhProjekt * StarOffice 7.0 COMPUTERS AT TIS HAZARI, the session courts for the city of New Delhi, are being shifted over to Linux, courtesy the National Informatics Centre. - Rahul Chopra in this month's editorial. LINUX LEARNING CENTRE at Bangalore is offering courses in administration, security, development (internals and programming essentials, programming with Qt, device driver programming, MySQL & PHP), RHCE and Red Hat rapid track certification. www.linuxlearningcentre.com DotGNU RELEASES CD: It can now be used to implement application programs and Web services in C# and C applications under multiple operating systems, including GNU/Linux, FreeBSC, MacOS, MS Windows. The 219 MB release 0.1 CD is available as a free download at http://download.freedom.biz/dotgnu/dotgnu-0.1-cdrom.iso.gz.torrent e-Bridge calls itself "the new state-of-art training facility from eSpark Infotech is now open in the heart of Bangalore". It's offering embedded Linux courses (Linux fundamentals, programming Linux, embedded C & Linux, realtime C & Linux, Linux internals, device drivers, networking) and DSP courses (DSP fundamentals, TI/analog dev programming, audio/video, image processing, bio-medical systems). www.ebridgesolutions.net Linux.net provides a free e-mail service to those who want an e-mail address that ends in '@linux.net' MAJOR UPDATES and releases: OpenNA Linux 1.0, Gibraltar Firewall 1.0, Xandros Desktop 2.0, Onebase Linux 2.0, CUPS 1.120rc6. CAN YOU MAKE money with open source? Registration entails a "nominal fee" of Rs 5000 for a three-day conference. http://www.linuxasia2004.com/attendees/ February 11-13, 2004, New Delhi. SEND IN YOUR favourite slogans for a tee-shirt, and win five free copies of the shirt... LFYedit at efyindia.com MONEY CAN't buy respect, says Robert Adkins. Some of us might have met this guy at LB2003 in Bangalore. He's the CTO of Technetra Corp, and an advocate and implementer of FLOSS solutions for government. He can be contacted at radkins at technetra.com CAREERS WITH FLOSS: The number of students opting for courses in Open Source is growing steadily, even as industry experts predict a growing need for trained professionals in this expanding field. EXIT RED HAT, ENTER FEDORA: It's official now; the free (of cost) version of Red Hat Linux will not be available anymore. This has created a lot of FUD in an already unstable environment, thanks to the SCO episode. But is Red Hat closed for good? WEB-BASED COLLABORATION SOFTWARE: PHProjekt is an easy-to-install collaboration suite, which runs on the open source platform and databases. As the design of the system is developer-friendly, adding new features and components is a piece of cake. STAROFFICE: The latest version of Sun's office suite, StarOffice 7, may just be the right solution for the cost-conscious user. It loads faster than the earlier version, and sports some noticeable improvements. IN THE LFY CD THIS MONTH: Slackware (the "oldest Linux distro") and a range of GNU software for Windows users. FALLING BACK on backup systems. MAKING ADOPTION OF Linux in the enterprise easy. www.linux4e.com Business partners required: http://wwww.linux4e.com/partners ooWRITER HELPS YOU create your own templates and styles so that you can work with documents easily. Open Source is key to IBM's vision of computing. User empowerment is key to Microsoft's, writes Alolita Sharma USING DATABASE functions in Calc, a tutorial. (Wish there were more how-tos for the user in this mag! --FN) HALDIA DOCKS: it has a uniquely designed Linux installation with an active-active cluster set up, which is considered the best of its kind. This has ensured efficiency and cost-effectiveness. BASIC UNIX commands and concepts: an extract from *Running Linux* (Shroff Publishers, Pp 674 only Rs 425 in India). VxWorks and LynxOS are definitely the biggest embedded operating systems in use today. But slowly they are acknowledging the power of GNU/Linux and how it can help them maximise deployments. HELP LINUX GO INDIAN: By using various translation tools, you can join Language translation groups working across India to help translate GNU/Linux into your language. EXPERT INTRODUCTION: Multi-threaded programming under Linux. KICKSTART YOUR Linux installation (Part I): Installing Red Hat Linux on multiple machines one after another can be quite tedious. To avoid answering the same question over and over again, try the KickStart method, as it does not need any user intervention. WRITE CHEQUES. NOT JUST BOOKS: Niyam Bhushan on how anybody can turn thoughts into words, and words into wealth. NFS CLIENTS for Windows. OpenSSL PACKAGE offers a vast crypto library of algorithms WAIT QUEUES in Linux device drivers UNDERSTANDING recursive sub-routines INDIA-RELATED NEWS: HP launches GNU/Linux laptop Mandrake's latest distribution Oracle announces 10g for GNU/Linux Delixus offers India Linux CxProtect anti-virus mailing solution for mail-servers Trade management system from Network Programs Netweb Technologies unveils Tyrone MRO-Tek rolls out Network Management Systems Review of FLOSS at BangaloreIT.com =========================================== DISCLOSURE: This journalist (FN) writes a monthly column for LFY and gets paid for it. Promoting awareness about the content of LFY however is not part of the job, and is carried on with the intention spreading awareness about FLOSS among different GNU/Linux user groups in India. -- Frederick Noronha : http://www.fredericknoronha.net : When we speak of free Freelance Journalist : http://www.bytesforall.org : software we refer to Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.

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To open software within three years
by Manjush G.Menon 26 Sep '05

26 Sep '05

Original Message ----- From: "IT@School" <itschool(a)asianetindia.com> To: <manjushmenon(a)hotmail.com> Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:08 PM Subject: Reply > Mr.Manjush G. Menon > We are not giving to depend totally on Ms. Products. Rather MS > Office is taught along with open office and Windows along with Linux > from this year. Arranging the resource persons for training an open > software, making available the software, the maintenance of a help desk > etc. are logistical issues which could not be immediately undertaken. > We plan switch out to open software within three years. > Executive Director > ---- Original Message ----- From: Manjush G. Menon To: itschool(a)asianetindia.com Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: Respected sir, From Manjush G. Menon, Sr.Programmer, Sofker Solutions Pvt Ltd, Kochi-18. To The Executive Director, 'IT @ SCHOOL' Project, SCERT Buildings, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram-12. Respected sir, SUB: In protest against the inclusion of products from multinational companies in the syllabus of 'IT @ SCHOOL' It's a very dissappointing fact that when the whole world is moving towards Free software, we at kerala are going behind a major MNC - Microsoft. I hereby register my protest in such an act from 'IT @ SCHOOL' Project team. Breaking of prototypes will definetly help us in finding economical and high quality products for our future generation. For students and programmers, the GNU Linux contains 'GNU Compiler Collections' which includes C, C++, FORTRAN, PERL, TCL etc. Also, for DTP and other publishing purposes, it includes GNU Office utilities like Abi-Word, gedit, and other worksheet utilities, all these with a nominal cost of Rs 700-800/-. The software as it is, is free and the cost is accounted towards the media (CD + Documentation) included. By this letter, I urge you to take this matter seriously and suggest necessary modifications in the action plan of 'IT @ SCHOOL' project. Wishing you all the best and wishing all 'Students @ SCHOOL' a bright future, Thanking you, Yours faithfully Manjush G. Menon. ______________________________________________________ Check out all the latest outrageous email attachments on the Outrageous Email Chart! - http://viral.lycos.co.uk

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PERUVIAN EFFORT COULD BAN MICROSOFT ON GOV. COMPUTERS (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha 16 Sep '04

16 Sep '04

Thanks to George Lessard for posting this across. FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- PERUVIAN EFFORT COULD BAN MICROSOFT ON GOV. COMPUTERS Peruvian Congressman Edgar Villanueva is pushing legislation to obligate all public institutions to convert exclusively to open-source software. Open-source programs, embodied by the Linux operating system, have underlying code available to anyone who wants to modify or customize it. Such software, in unadorned form, can be downloaded from the Internet for free. Villanueva hopes his measure triggers activity in Peru's software industry by freeing programmers from the constraints of working with coding controlled by a few large companies. Open-source could take the expense out of software upgrades; which is important for a country like Peru that owes about $30 million in overdue software license fees. [SOURCE: San Jose Mercury, AUTHOR: Associated Press] (http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/3531007.htm)

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[Fsf-friends] Re: Re: [India-egov] Microsoft to conduct five e-Gov seminars in India,10 March 2004(fwd)
by Atul Asthana ＠ home 18 Apr '04

18 Apr '04

Dear Frederick, I guess, we need to draft a letter which brings out the comparitive advantages of using open source in the government. We also need to ensure that OSS becomes part of school and college syllabi. We can then publish the letter on various lists and let people choose as to what their concerns are. Regards. Atul Asthana atulasthana(a)gmx.net 2004-03-15 20:40:05 First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Mahatma Gandhi ======= At 2004-03-15, 13:32:00 Frederick Noronha (FN) fred(a)bytesforall.org wrote: ======= >Hi Atul, I certainly think this should be done. You have my full support. >Copying this to FSF-FRIENDS. We can locate the MPs' names (even if the Lok >Sabha has been dissolved) from the parliament.nic.in site. At least in the >Rajya Sabha for now. In addition, we could also get friendly MPs to raise >parliamentary questions. I know a couple, and FLOSS issues have already >been raised in the Indian parliament, thanks to them. FN > >On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Atul Asthana @ home wrote: > >> Dear Frederick, >> >> Was planning to start a campaign to write to MLAs/MPs, Ministers, >> Bureaucrats stating advantages of OSS over Microsoft. >> Do you think that this campaign can be initiated thru any of the >> mailing lists (you and I are on, or otherwise)? That is we encourage >> people on the mailing lists to write to their representatives, >> bueaucrats known to them etc? >> Its not a difficult task to find names and addresses of >> MLAs/MPs/Bureaucrats. >> >> >> Regards. >> Atul Asthana >> atulasthana(a)gmx.net >> 2004-03-15 09:51:53 >> >> First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. >> --Mahatma Gandhi >> >> ======= At 2004-03-10, 13:54:00 Frederick Noronha (FN) fred(a)sancharnet.in wrote: ======= >> >> >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > >> > >> >10 March, 2004 [ www.i4donline.net ] >> > >> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> >Microsoft to conduct five e-Gov seminars in India >> >Microsoft Corporation India today announced a series of five >> >e-Governance seminars targeted at bureaucrats and Government >> >officials. The first seminar in the series will be held at Bhopal. >> >Targeted at bureaucrats and government officials, the seminars >> >will be conduced across of Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, >> >Orissa and West Bengal. >> >http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/03/10/stories/2004031002281700.htm > >> > >> ><*> To visit your group on the web, go to: >> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/India-egov/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > March 2004 | Frederick Noronha, Freelance Journalist >Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Goa India 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 > 1 2 3 4 5 6 | ---------------------------------------- > 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | Email fred at bytesforall.org >14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | Writing with a difference >21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | ... on what makes *the* difference >28 29 30 31 | http://www.bytesforall.org >------------------------------------------------------------------- >CHECK OUT USENET http://www.algebra.com/~scig/approved/threads.html >------------------------------------------------------------------- = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

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Gnus configuration
by Ramanraj K 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

Could any member using gnus to read mail share his .gnus.el file with me?

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Queries about FLOSS...
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 31 Mar '04

31 Mar '04

Could anyone offer some inputs to these queries below, from Mayur of E&TC, Pune? On Thu, 4 Dec 2003, mayur m wrote: > Hello Mr. Fredrick Noronha > I am an engineering > student of e&tc branch from pune writing u this > letter.... > I am greatly interested > in opensource and free software. > i would like to make a career in open source but i > have some doubts which i think u can clear: > > 1) There are so many versions of linux so how do the > common people come to know what is best for them. > 2)in linux community is there someone controls the > development and expansion of the open source free > software(someone who is the pathfinder).if there isn�t > anyone don�t u think ultimately there will be > fragmentation of linux like it happened in the past > with Unix. > Secondly why is there no democratic body at the core > which oversees development of software in open source > arena I am talking especially about linux > development.A democratic body if formed would not only > help development of software and oversee it but at the > same time convenience people that linux is not going > to get fragmented like Unix did and rise confidence in > minds of the common user about linux and open source > which could further be strengthened by the > participation of linux user groups. > > 3)The companies supporting free software&open source > are supporting with what motives is quite > questionable. .Is it to bring down a monopoly or make > their own (this refers to the current battle between > big blue & Redmond giant.and the takeover of SUSE > Linux by IBM and NOVELL) > > 4)After the SCO case I think developers who develop > open source software and especially linux must come > together ,sit and decide that further such an event > does not happen.(it may not affect linux and open > source community but it does drive out companies who > are ready to embrace linux by bringing suspicion in > their minds.) > > 5) Why is everyone trying to make a new package > (distribution) of linux by adding or deleting some > applications and some core requirements .Do people > need more distributions of linux or applications. The > same goes with applications. How many music players is > a person supposed to install on his pc.then why > develop so many players instead come togethar and > develop a music player which is absolutely mind > boggling in terms of features. Wouldn�t this be more > preffered? > What do you think please do tell me ur remarks and do > correct me if my line of thinking was wrong somewhere. > I would like to have a word from u please do send me a > mail. > > > Yours faithfully; > Mayur > (Opensourcelover(a)yahoo.com) > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- March 2004 | Frederick Noronha, Freelance Journalist Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | Goa India 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 1 2 3 4 5 6 | ---------------------------------------- 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | Email fred at bytesforall.org 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | Writing with a difference 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 | ... on what makes *the* difference 28 29 30 31 | http://www.bytesforall.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- CHECK OUT USENET http://www.algebra.com/~scig/approved/threads.html -------------------------------------------------------------------

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[FLOSSToday] First Software Freedom Day (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

Can we do something to mark this date in Goa and other parts of India? FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- First Software Freedom Day August 28, Online The Software Freedom Day initiative intends to make the world aware of the existence, availability, and high quality of free and open source software (FOSS), and to encourage its use by as many people as possible. It's a global grassroots campaign and anyone can participate. It is up to the individual teams to choose how to organize their efforts locally, but the organisers are offering to assist with bulk production of posters, T-shirts, CDs, etc. FOSS advocacy groups around the world are invited to become partners in this event. http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ ---------------- Knowledge should be shared www.plos.org I Support PLoS Public Library of Science ----------------- _______________________________________________ Flosstoday mailing list Flosstoday(a)sarai.net https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/flosstoday

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China to hoist Red Flag in Indian GNU/Linux market
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

CHINA To Hoist Red Flag In Indian Linux Market CXOtoday.com - India Red Hats monopolistic hold on the Indian market, which has made the brand almost a synonym of sorts to the word Linux, is all set to change with the ... <http://www.cxotoday.com/cxo/jsp/index.jsp?section=News&subsection=Business&…> See all stories on this topic: <http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&client=google&num=3…>

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* Simputer for poor goes on sale *
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 30 Mar '04

30 Mar '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- * Simputer for poor goes on sale * A cheap handheld computer created by Indian scientists is launched after a delay of nearly three years. Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/technology/3578309.stm

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RE: A must read
by N S Srikanth 28 Mar '04

28 Mar '04

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 14:45:20 +0530 "Mahesh T. Pai" <paivakil(a)vsnl.net> wrote: > Just published. > > `Free Culture' - a book by Larry Lessig. > > Available for free under a free of cost license from > http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/ or for a price from Penguin. > > He admits that his ideas were propounded by RMS a few decades back. > > Fours hours after publications, I am at page 30 of the pdf. Dear Mr Pai, Though not exactly talking only about techonology, The book "Third Wave" by Alvin Toffler is also about the same subject of change, how it threatens the existing institutions etc., I am yet to finish that book also , only gone through about 270 pages of the 470 page book. But I am only at page 20 of this book (free culture), but eerie feeling of sameness of the discussion about the dangers, which do not have the immediacy of hunger, poverty, terrorism etc and hence do not get the attention they deserve, but will cause the greatest long range disaster. Would request you to go through "Third wave" too, time and interest permitting. Will finish "Free Culture" and again come back. N S Srikanth -- Learn From others' mistakes! Your lifetime is not enough to commit all of them yourself and learn from them! -- -- Learn From others' mistakes! Your lifetime is not enough to commit all of them yourself and learn from them!

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