Fsf-friends January 2005

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Fund Raiser
by Sriharsha 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Hello Mr.Arun, in continuation to the discussion at fsf-india mail list, I want to know if you currently have stock of any items that can be sold. If so, I would like to have the details (Description and Price). Thanks, Sriharsha. ps: I sent this to your personal mail, but did not get any response, so I am posting it here, so that anyone with appropriate knowledge can mail me back -- ***************************** * Sriharsha Vedurmudi * Software Engineer * * Redpine Signals Inc. * Gate #395, Plot 87,88 * Sagar Society, Road #2, * Banjara Hills, * Hyderabad - 500 034 * www.redpinesignals.com * * +91-40-23559911 (Office) * +91-98851-37338 (Mobile) *****************************

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[Fsf-friends] FREE multimedia software * dyne:bolic 1.4 codename LUMUMBA
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 07 Jan '05

07 Jan '05

Jaromil will be visiting Bangalore in end-January 2005 for the Asia Source camp see http://www.tacticaltech.org -- FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 re all, i forward you the release announcement for the new version of dynebolic, the GNU/Linux multimedia oriented distribution i'm doing. I'll be carrying with me some copies and will be available to have workshops employing it for audio/video manipulation, network radio streaming veejaying and anything else we can come up with together ;) annunciazio'! annunciazio'! pepperepe'! pepperepe'! dyne.org productions proudly present: 8 8 8 o 8 8 8 .oPYo8 o o odYo. .oPYo. 88 8oPYo. .oPYo. 8 o8 .oPYo. 8 8 8 8 8' `8 8oooo8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 ' 8 8 8 8 8 8 8. 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 . `YooP' `YooP8 8 8 `Yooo' 88 `YooP' `YooP' 8 8 `YooP' :.....::....8 ..::..:.....:..::.....::.....:..:..:.....: :::::::::ooP'.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::...:::::: version 1.4 :: codename LUMUMBA ::::: 100% FREE MULTIMEDIA GNU/LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM RASTA SOFTWARE FOR THE FREEDOM OF CREATION the complete system is free to download and copy, go on ____ _ http://dynebolic.org _ _____ ___ __ http://dynebolic.org __ ____ __ ___ http://dynebolic.org ___ ___ _ ____ http://dynebolic.org ____ __ and redempt yourself from closed source software ISO CD image of 610Mbytes :: WHAT IS DYNE:BOLIC ? Dyne:bolic GNU/Linux is a live bootable cd, containing a whole operating system that works straight from boot, without the need to install or change anything on the hard disk. If you like and want to have it on harddisk you can simply copy the /dyne directory on your computer: the simpliest installation ever! Dyne:bolic is user-friendly: recognizes your hardware devices (sound, video, firewire, and USB), and offers a VAST range of free software applications for multimedia production, audio and video manipulation, sound composition and synthesis, 3D modeling, photography, peer2peer filesharing, web browsing, desktop publishing, word processing, cd burning, email, encryption, remote conferencing, funky games, a world atlas navigator and even more. Advanced features include: a complete environment with the most advanced multimedia applications available on GNU/Linux, automatic clustering joining the CPU power between any other dyne:bolic on the local network, capability to work well on old PC (Pentium1 64Mb) and even XBOX game consoles, support to save and encrypt personal data and settings on a usb key. Dyne:bolic is shaped on the needs of media activists and artists to promote free speech as a tool for the production and not only the fruition of digital and analog informations. It takes birth as a grassroot effort to spread free software and the spirit of sharing information and knowledge. for more information see: http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=features with screenshots http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=press past reviews http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=docs the manual and wiki :: WHAT'S NEW IN THIS RELEASE? This release provides a major upgrade to software included and adds new useful applications, plus fixes some important outstanding bugs. Since the enormous success of the previous release, the suggestions of a growing number of users and the dedication of currently active developers Jaromil and Smilzo lead to this very stable release. Everyone is encouraged to upgrade! here the complete ChangeLog: = 1.4 major update "LUMUMBA" - Pure Data equipped with all major extensions: PDP, PiDiP, RRadical, grid, pique, bonk, choice, fiddle, freeverb, zexy, GEM-0.90, OSC and more (10x to Aymeric, Derek, Frank, Yves, Tom and PD!) - Blender-2.33a + Yafray-0.0.7 + Python game engine - LiVES 0.9.1 with Ogg/Theora and _many_ other codecs! - FreeJ-0.7.1 "BIKO" - RASTASOFTWARE! console remote controller (VJ over Ethernet) and Procedural Video Scripting: evolution from NLE systems - updated Linux 2.4.26, Alsa, OpenMosix and SquashFS-2.1 with improved efficience and wider device support including Zoran devices and most video boards - Xbox support up to recent versions and cromwell bios - Python is included with GUI extensions - Fix to modem connection, now fully functional - new software: Jamin-0.8, InkScape-0.39, poedit-1.2.5, KPhone-4.0.2, TimeMachine-0.2.4, tftp-hpa-0.38, Bomb-1.26, Pure-Ftpd-1.0.20, mlDonkey-2.5.22, Circle-0.41c, Aqualung-0.9b2, FLAC-1.1, iftop-0.17p1, Emacs-21.3, Seq24-0.5.2, Thunderbird-1.0, Chestnut-dialer-0.1, libtheora-1.0a4 - Mobilemesh wireless adaptive routing daemon see /usr/mobilemesh (10x to Elektra) - updated software: FreeJ-0.7.1, MuSE-0.9.1, ImageMagick-6, LADSPA, Jack-0.98.1, Blender-2.33a, Cinelerra-1.2.1, Gaim-1.0, GQview-1.4.3, isolinux 2.10, GEM-0.90, pd-0.37-4, Audacity-1.2.2, LiVES-0.9.1, BlueFish-0.13, EffecTV-0.3.9, MPlayer-1.0pre5, QJackCtl-0.2.10, Hydrogen-0.9, SDL-1.2.7, png-1.2.7, Xfe-0.72, libFOX-1.2.9, Firefox-1.0, Rezound-0.11.1beta, ogg-1.1.1, vorbis-1.0.1, Hydrogen-0.9.1, mjpegtools-1.6.2 - new games: Eboard, Racer and Eat The Whistle! tk-solitaire and Starfighter-1.1.1 plus the juicy updates for Wesnoth-0.8.6 - more documentation in the dynebolic user's manual - lectrobrain :: thk03 In case you have a DOCK (/dyne directory copied in your harddisk) you should upgrade it by using the one in this release - or when you boot the CD just answer YES when you'll be prompted to upgrade. : THIS IS RASTA SOFTWARE ! This software is about Resistance ina babylon world which tries to control and limit the way we communicate and we share informations and knowledge. This software is for all those who don't want to afford the latest expensive hardware to speak out their words of consciousness and good will, still offering a complete operating system with more features than some other proprietary system affected by viruses and full of spyware. This software is free, Jah Rastafari Livity bless your freedom! You should share this software for the good of yourself and your people, respect others and let them express, be free and let others be free. You are welcome to redistribute dyne:bolic in any way you like, to your friends and neighbours, to anybody who needs or is just curious to try, as you wish. The roots of Rasta culture can be found in Resistance to slavery. This software is not a business. This software is free as of speech and is one step in the struggle for Redemption and Freedom. This software is dedicated to the memory of Patrice Lumumba, Marcus Garvey, Marthin Luther King, Steve Biko, Walter Rodney, Malcom X, Mumia Abu Jamal and all those who still resist to slavery, racism and oppression, who still fight imperialism and seek an alternative to the egemony of capitalism in our World. :: CONTRIBUTE TO DYNE:BOLIC ! IF dyne:bolic can be useful for you, you can also be useful to dyne:bolic! consider the possibility to get involved with development, contribute artwork and ideas, help with debugging and documenting and anything else can come to you in mind. ->>>> BUG REPORT ONLINE INTERFACE: http://bugs.dyne.org ->>>> JOIN OUR MAILINGLIST: mailto:dynebolic-subscribe@dyne.org ->>>> CONTRIBUTE DOCUMENTATION: http://lab.dyne.org/DyneBolic (wiki) Furthermore, please consider that the dyne:bolic project is an indypendent effort relying on support from non-profit, grant-making and business organizations willing to sustain development of free and opensource software like this. Dyne:bolic relies on support from individuals like you to preserve, protect and promote the freedom it gives to its users. This new release opens a donation round which is much needed at the moment so please show your appreciation with a small act of generosity! thanks! :: GET SUPPORT AND CUSTOMIZED VERSIONS The dyne:bolic team is also offering commercial support: we can provide workshops, consulting services, customisations, setup and warranty for fitness to a particular purpose. If you need commercial support on dyne:bolic this is the way you can be 100% sure it will work for you. In fact, this is the sustainable model we are building around dyne:bolic to support our development and further research: we are following the best knowledge here principle and offer customisation and special support packages. For more informations see http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=cust and our workshop offer http://dynebolic.dyne.org/index.php?show=workshop :: DEVELOPERS TEAM Denis "Jaromil" Rojo - mantainer of dyne:bolic, HasciiCam MuSE and FreeJ Alex "Smilzo" Gnoli - mantainer of the Xbox dynebolic kernel Silvano "Kysucix" Galliani - developer of FreeJ Antonino "Nightolo" Radici, Luca "Rubik" Profico and Angelo "Pallotron" Failla - developers of MuSE Federico "Bomboclat" Prando and Francesco "C1cc10" Rana for the bolic1 :: THANKS, WAVES AND CHEERS Thanks to the many people developing day by day the whole GNU/Linux system, they are thousands all around the world and it is impossible to include all of them here. ONE LOVE! Special Thanks to the OpenMosix project, Tom and the Blender crew, Salsaman for his valuable developments on LiVES, Dmp for the suggestions about Xbox, the amazing PD crews, Phillip Lougher for his great results in SquashFS 2, Albi for his suggestions and friendship, the linux-audio-dev programmers, the Twibright labs for Links2, the Xiph.org foundation, the squatters in A'dam and all others mentioned thru past present and future documentation of dyne:bolic! Great respsct to all dyne.org hackers, the FreakNet medialab and the autistici/inventati collective, ECN.org and italy.indymedia, the ASCII, the #mdp slum and the irc.freenode.net #dyne IRC channel, Metro Olografix, the Hackmeeting community, radio Ondarossa, New Global Vision and the great dynebolic mailinglist community. Thanks and greetings also to the individuals helping developers with their genuine solidarity, ospitality and humanity: Andrea Mayr, Armin Medosh, Jo van der Spek, Reni & Jogi, Matteo "blended" Scassa, Robert De Geuss, Gaby Wijers and many others understanting how much this is important to have keep such a project going. Thanks, A thousand flowers will blossom! :: DISCLAIMER This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Several redistributed binaries are copyrighted by the respective authors, it is documented in the accompanying manual of the distribution. dyne.org is available to provide the source of the included binaries upon request, all the included software can be redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL license and, in some cases, the X/BSD license. For more informations refer to the web pages on http://dynebolic.org - -- jaromil, dyne.org rasta coder, http://rastasoft.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Cryptographically signed mail, see http://gnupg.org iD8DBQFB3jDDWLCC1ltubZcRAs+YAJwO+U601hpG79W2X21T84ZZgOviBwCglckQ b3W5dOqdgZmkJhyteCixS9c= =SuyN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Firefox Tips
by Praveen A 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Hi friends, Here are some tips and hacks to make your browsing more enjoyable experience. 1. How to use Firefox as a news reader or how to add a live bookmark If you see an orange button on bottom right corner of the page [For example in my blog go to http://www.livejournal.com/users/pravi] Click on it and you will get a menu to choose. [In this case choose RSS. Other cases you may get a list of feeds to choose] then the dialogue box will come to chose the folder to save. Select the position you want. Now from the bookmarks menu when you go to the link it will open as if a folder and the links are loaded live ! Even though most sites are configured properly you may come across sites which offer RSS feeds but now orange button on the bottom right corner. Go to manage bookmarks from bookmarks menu and choose add live bookmark and change the properties. The link can be obtained by right clicking on the feed link and selecting copy link address and pasting it to the bookmarks dialogue. [Note: In GNU/Linux you never need to ctrl+c and ctrl+v ! but select and paste using center click (the scrolling button or press both right and left button at the same time] To be continued ....... References 1.http://www.webreference.com/authoring/languages/xml/rss/intro/ -- A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org http://www.edathanattukara.com My Weblog at http://www.livejournal.com/users/pravi Visit me at http://www.pravi.tk Rediscover the web ! Get firefox at http://www.getfirefox.com Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Fund raiser
by Sriharsha 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Hello Friends, I was browsing our site (fsf.org.in) and saw the "how you can help us" section. I have a little suggession, but am not sure if it is feasible at all. Anyway, here it is: 1. Is it not feasible to allocate some web space to users for hosting their home pages. There are two advantages of this: a) The domain extention will be something like.... "user.fsf.org.in" or "fsf.org.in/user" Whenever someone is visiting such a page, (s)he is automatically aware of fsf. (Also a little banner on the homepage will do no harm. b) This hosting can be done for a fee (the cost of actual maintenance + a significant amount for contribution towards fsf-i) I am ignorant about the procedures for such a thing, but Im sure it can be worked out. 2. Why dont fsf-i sell all those that fsf sells in USA (T-shirts emphasising free software, CD-ROMs etc.)? Cheers, Sriharsha. -- ***************************** * Sriharsha Vedurmudi * Software Engineer * * Redpine Signals Inc. * Gate #395, Plot 87,88 * Sagar Society, Road #2, * Banjara Hills, * Hyderabad - 500 034 * www.redpinesignals.com * * +91-40-23559911 (Office) * +91-98851-37338 (Mobile) *****************************

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RMS travel plan
by Arun M 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

Here is the tentative plan for RMS's trip to India during Feb. 31st Jan -3 in Delhi. 3rd evening to Calcutta. 4th Calcutta 5th in IIT Kharagpur. 6-9th In Vellor and Thanjavoor. 9-10 Hydrabad 11th leaving for Ahmedabad. 11-13th in Ahmedabad. 12th meeting in Darapana Academy of Performing Art. 13th Meeting in IIM Ahmedabad 14-16 Delhi

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Re: Re: [Fsf-friends] Happy New Year
by Vijairaj R 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

>Still Redhat is the leader, Isn't it ? And it is redaht who made Linux >reach this far. There was a time in India when Linux meant readhat for >most. It still is, I was shocked when i saw that a CD contained modem drivers for "Linux 9.0". That really disturbed me. -- Regards, R. Vijairaj

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[Fsf-friends] [Fwd: [Ilugc] Swatantra- Symposium on FOSS- RMS in Vellore!!]
by Ramanraj K 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ilugc] Swatantra- Symposium on FOSS- RMS in Vellore!! Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:05:45 -0500 From: contact(a)swatantra.info <contact(a)swatantra.info> Reply-To: contact(a)swatantra.info To: ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in Played around with gzip, gcc. Wana meet the person who created these software gizmos? This is event is for you then. Vellore Institute of Technology is organsing a symposium on Free and Open SOurce software technologies titled Swatantra(6th - 7th Feb, 05). Founder of GNu and the man responsible for coining the term Free SOftware, Richard M Stallman will be there to deliver the keynote address of the symposium and to answer all the questions that you have always wanted to ask about these amazingly simply yet inherently complex programs. The event will also feature various competitions to kindle your nack for Linux tweaking and tuning such as:- LINSTALL-- The Linux installation challenge. Anaconda !! YaSt !! familiar with all these name? Have been installing on your system for a long time and you find it fun?? making the X server run?? configuring the boot loader?? ..YES??..One event where apply all your skills which you developed over the years by trying to install GNU/Linux on your system. WEBMINISTER-- The Apache web server Challenge Love Apache because of the customizability it offers while deploying your website? Love fiddling with httpd.conf and think you are best at it? This is one event to prove yourself! Come and demonstrate that your are the best at the best webserver that there is and ever was..... CORE WARS-- Challenge the memory This event will feature an old game called core wars which involves destroying your opponents programs by overwriting the memory in which this program is stored. It will kindle the nerves of memory geeks with pointers and direct memory references expertise being the norm. Watch out for cool demonstartions on MONO, Linux Cluster, Linux from scratch and much more.... For further details log on to: http://www.swatantra.info or mail us at: contact(a)swatantra.info -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request(a)ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

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[Fsf-friends] [Fwd: [Ilugc] [OT] RMS to Speak in Vellore Institute of Technology]
by Ramanraj K 05 Jan '05

05 Jan '05

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ilugc] [OT] RMS to Speak in Vellore Institute of Technology Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:50:20 +0530 (IST) From: Muthu <ilugc(a)muthu.cotse.net> To: ilugc(a)ae.iitm.ac.in Hello All: Richard M Stallman is speaking via video conference on the 11th of January in Vellore Institute of Technology from 09:30 AM to 12:00 PM. More details are given in the following URL. http://agia.fsf.org/associate/folder.2004-06-25.5757092436/event.2004-12-22… RMS may also come to Vellore Institute of Technology during the month of February, 2005. This is yet to be confirmed. FYI. Muthu Join FSF as an Associate Member at: _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-request(a)ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

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Happy New Year
by Praveen A 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2005 * May the year 2005 give you - * Independence of GNU * Power of Hurd * Popularity of Apache * Extensibility of Firefox * Luxury of .GNU * Efficiency of Python * Ease of Gambas * Robustness of SQL * Vision of OpenOffice * Simplicity of HTML * Style of Linspire * Dexterity of Gimp * Enormity of Blender * Vastness of Internet * Compactness of JPG * Richness of PNG * Coverage as Novell * Reach of Redhat * Choice of Gentoo -- A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org http://www.edathanattukara.com Visit me at http://www.pravi.tk Rediscover the web ! Get firefox at http://www.getfirefox.com Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Sharing code, thoughts ...
by Ramanraj K 04 Jan '05

04 Jan '05

Sharing code is a fundamental fact of life: <quote> Bacteria have developed a second avenue of evolutionary creativity that is vastly more effective than random mutation. They freely pass hereditary traits from one to another in a global exchange network of incredible power and efficiency. The discovery of this global trading of genes, technically known as DNA recombination, must rank as one of the most astonishing discoveries of modern biology. Margulis describes it vividly: `Horizontal genetic transfer among bacteria is as if you jumped into a pool with brown eyes and came out with blue eyes.' This gene transfer takes place continually, with many bacteria changing up to 15 per cent of their genetic material on a daily basis. As Margulis explains, `When you threaten a bacterium, it will spill its DNA into the environment, and everyone around picks it up; and in a few months it will go all the way around the world.' Since all bacterial strains can potentially share hereditary traits this way, some microbiologists argue that bacteria, strictly speaking, should not be classified into species. In other words, all bacteria are part of a single microscopic web of life. In evolution, then, bacteria are able rapidly to accumulate random mutations, as well as big chunks of DNA, through gene trading. Consequently, they have an astonishing ability to adapt to environmental changes. The speed with which drug resistance spreads among bacterial communities is dramatic proof of the efficiency of their communication networks. Microbiology teaches us the sobering lesson that technologies like genetic engineering and global communications network, which are often considered to be advanced achievements of our modern civilization, have been used by the planetary web of bacteria for billions of years. ... ... Bacteria, again, have played a major role in this evolution through symbiosis. When certain small bacteria merged symbiotically with larger cells and continued to live inside them as organelles, the result was a giant step in evolution - the creating of plant and animal cells . ... ... Evidence has been accumulating that the microtubules, which are essential to the architecture of the brain, were originally contributed by the `corkscrew' bacteria known as spirochetes. ... ... </quote from "the hidden connections" by fritjof capra> Even bacteria seem to "understand" the value of free sharing of code. Mud, dust, rocks and other lifeless things alone don't seem to do any useful code sharing. Free code sharing seems to be a very important fact of life, at the very core of our evolutionary progress, and modern science may reveal more and more of the code sharing that occurs naturally all the time, as narrated by Fritjof Capra. Sharing code is such a fundamental element of our very being, and its importance is most visible again from the spectacular success of the free software movement. Rapid progress in science and arts, is easier by adopting and sharing innovations. The very definition of life revolves around the ability to copy, share and improve the stock of code. We ourselves are the ultimate products of code sharing and symbiosis. Any restrictions on free sharing of code would only result in sterile still born products that soon degenerate into lifeless mud. Through free code sharing alone, rapid progress, growth and better utilisation of resources is possible. Happy Hacking :)

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