Friends,
The sudden discovery of an ambassador in Minister Dayanidhi Maran by Microsoft Inc is not surprising in the wake of the much touted training of teachers in Tamil Nadu (a project whose sibling met with an untimely death in Kerala, thanks to efforts of a few volunteer activists). But what is surprising is to see the Minister shamelessly sitting atop foolish advertisements of the corporate telling us *what ought to be the right way to address digital divide*. Perhaps it would do a world of good if someone from Tamilnadu retold the story of Don Quixote to the Minister (in its 400th year of celebrations).
CK Raju
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Hi All,
Just now going through the web I reached a site ( http://www.linux-mag.com)
which is supposed to promote GNU/Linux (or at least it seems to be ).I found
M$ ads there which were telling people to believe that Windoze is more
powerful. This has really disturbed me. What these so called Open Source
guys trying to achieve? They are doing more harm to the community. The point
I'm trying to prove here is that untill and unless you believe in the
philosophy behind the free software movement you will achieve no good.It's
like going one step forward and two step backwards.
Expecting comments and suggestions.
Regards
Nikhil Prabhakar
"Live Life Ethically"
www.gnu.org/philosophy <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy>
Kapil Karekar <kk(a)libretech.com> on the FSF-India mailing list was
enquiring about the availability of any list of Indian Free Software
projects which would like any kind of support -- in terms of coding,
servers etc.
He later found it at:
http://fsf.org.in/free-software-directory/dir.html
Check out the list and offer any support you can. FN
PS: This is an invite to Free Software enthusiasts to build links with
the ITforDevelopment network, one of which is out at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bytesforall_readers
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Greetings!
ILUGC (www.chennailug.org/wiki) in collaboration with
CIOSA (http://www.ciosa.org.in/) organized a GNU/Linux
workshop for NGOs on Sunday, October 16, 2005 at Ma
Foi Academy, Chennai.
It was an introductory session on free software,
openoffice, desktop applications, Internet
applications, multimedia on GNU/Linux. Thanks to
Prasanna (CIOSA) for taking the initiative, Asokan
Pichai (Ma Foi) for providing us with the facilites at
Ma Foi, Vamsee Kanakala (Ma Foi) for coordinating the
events.
Thanks also goes to ilugc volunteers Bharathi, Raman,
Hariram, Sudharshan, Ramanathan et. al. You can check
out the photos (twenty-seven) taken during the
workshop from:
http://www.shakthimaan.com/Mambo/gallery/album19
Regards,
SK
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Greetings!
Thanks to Ramkumar, CSD, IIT-M who gave a talk on
"RSS, Atom with GNU/Linux" on Saturday, October 15,
2005 at Ma Foi Academy, Chennai.
You can check out the photos taken during the
presentation from here:
http://www.shakthimaan.com/Mambo/gallery/album18
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is there any place in trivandrum where i can get debian dvds of woody &
sarge?
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Subject: [LinuxPakistan] South Asia Quake Help - Asterisk Server needed
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:12:53 -0500
From: Tariq <tariq(a)linuxpakistan.net>
To: general(a)linuxpakistan.net
Request for help from quakehelp_AT_gmail_DOT_com. Please Help!!!
Hello,
As part of the South Asia Quake Help Blog
(http://quakehelp.blogspot.com) & Wiki efforts, we are trying to setup
a SMS2Web/Web2SMS system in Pakistan/India (affected areas). As has
been in other recent disasters, SMS seems to be the only available
communication means in the affected areas.
This system if setup could be used by relief workers, affected people
and other volunteers to exchange important information about their
relief needs, situation reports etc. Major Relief Agencies have shown
interest in such a system. We have been trying for the last 72 hours or
so with little success.
We are looking Asterisk (Open Source IP PBX) Linux Servers, some
Asterisk Hardware and a few phone lines in Pakistan or India.
More detailed information on what's needed is available here:
http://quakehelp.blogspot.com/2005/10/urgently-needed-asterisk-linux-server…
As an Asterisk/Lunx tech user in Pakistan, we thought you might be able
to help us with this relief effort. We found your contact information
here:
http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/archive/cu-wireless-dev/2005-May/000488.h…
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Thanks in advance,
Bala Pitchandi & Angelo Embuldeniya
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BACKGROUND: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk_PBX
Asterisk PBX
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Asterisk is an open source software implementation of a telephone
private branch exchange (PBX). Like any PBX, it allows a number of
attached telephones to make calls to one another, and to connect to
other telephone services including the PSTN. "Its name comes from the
asterisk symbol, *, which in UNIX (including Linux) and DOS environments
represents a wildcard, matching any filename." [1]
Asterisk is free software, released under the GNU General Public License
(GPL). Mark Spencer of Digium originally created Asterisk and remains
its primary maintainer; dozens of other programmers have contributed
features and functionality. Originally designed for the Linux operating
system, Asterisk now also runs on OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Sun
Solaris, and Microsoft Windows, although as the "native" platform, Linux
is the best-supported of these.
The basic Asterisk software includes many features previously only
available in expensive proprietary PBX systems -- voice mail, conference
calling, interactive voice response (phone menus), and automatic call
distribution. Users can create new functionality by writing dial plan
scripts in Asterisk's own language, by adding custom modules written in
C, or by writing Asterisk Gateway Interface scripts in Perl or other
languages.
To attach ordinary telephones to a Linux server running Asterisk, or to
connect to PSTN trunk lines, the server must be fitted with special
hardware. (An ordinary modem will not suffice.) Digium and a number of
other firms sell PCI cards to attach telephones, telephone lines, T1 and
E1 lines, and other analog and digital phone services to a server.
Perhaps of more interest to many deployers today, Asterisk also supports
a wide range of Voice over IP protocols, including SIP and H.323.
Asterisk can interoperate with most SIP telephones, acting both as
registrar and as a gateway between IP phones and the PSTN. Asterisk
developers have also designed a new protocol, IAX, for efficient
trunking of calls among Asterisk PBXes.
By supporting a mix of traditional and VoIP telephony services, Asterisk
allows deployers to build new telephone systems efficiently, or
gradually migrate existing systems to new technologies. Some sites are
using Asterisk servers to replace aging proprietary PBXes; others to
provide additional features (such as voice mail or phone menus) or to
cut costs by carrying long-distance calls over the Internet (toll
bypass).
VoIP Telephone Companies have begun to support Asterisk PBX's. A recent
article in the Geek Gazette, explains how to configure an Asterisk
system to work with BroadVoice. VoicePulse also offers support for
Asterisk.
[edit]
External links
* Asterisk home page
* Asterisk Handbook, Version 2
* Asterisk Enterprise Edition
* Hardware-Oasis.com VoIP Distributor (4-Port card Sirrix.PCI4S0
with Asterisk support)
* Asterisk Wiki
* Russian Asterisk Community
* Norwegian Asterisk Community
* Asterisk @ Home -- simplified Asterisk installation and
administration for the home user
* Hardware components for Asterisk PBX building
* High Level white paper on the Asterisk PBX
* Book: Building Telephony Systems with Asterisk, by Packt
Publishing ISBN: 1-904811-15-9.
Assuming:
1) Software Patents are harmful to the society, and hence not to be supported,
2) Ideals behind FS is more important than the future of a particular product,
Why are people against Mono? It is FS, so its licence is definitely not a threat. The most popular reason seems to be the fear of *possible* violation of software patents. Again, let us assume that the community is incapable of replacing infringing code with non-infringing code. If I support free speech, and I ask someone not to speak their mind because that person might be violating some law in his country, I am being a hypocrite. Similarly, if I am against software patents, I should not be castigating some project due to possible software patent violation. (How many software patents do you think linux is *possibly* violating? What is your opinion about using linux?).
At best, this is a non-existent issue, and at worst it is civil disobedience, in *some* countries. Don't you think we should be consistent in our views? What do you think about the subject?
Offtopic:
Even after taking into account the Novell marketing, those Mono guys are doing some wonderful work. Take a look at the number of new apps based on it (f-spot, beagle, tomboy etc). I don't think anyone should be apologizing for mentioning beagle, a FS, on FSF mailing list.
Cheers,
Bala.
I attended wsfii in London, and met several hackers who are getting
together to make alternative free netowrks and free information
infrastructures. New developments that are taking place in wireless,
and radio communications are very opromising and becoming very
economical. I was meaning to write about the event for so long, but
nnot getting time. so I thought I will at least send you the links so
that you will browse them.
http://81.168.51.180/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page: hivenetworks this
group playes with asus boxes and did wonderful things, like wireless
radio stations, webcasting, servers etc. I carried one of their
boxes, and a flash also, all running linux kernel.
http://www.freifunk.net/ the german hackers who developed mesh
netowrks in berlin, and I have seen thisin action. very impressive.
I have their firmware in the linksys wireless routers which run linux
kernel.
the most commendable is the freenetworks.org, djursland in denmark.
they have built a world largest wireless network connecting several
villages. their free information infrastructure is a good example
for India to follow.
also met people who are leading in free map projects of london and
mumbai.
and also the gnoweldge.org
those of you who are interested in developing free netowrks with radio
and wireless, please contact me. I will keep in mind your names for
the January workshop at Mumbai, where the will be coming to train, and
also conduct road shows. India will be hosting thte international
WSFII event in Bangalore and in five other places during november 2005.
I will be out again for another ten days, and will give you more
details, meanwhile send me names if you are interested in the FII.
Nagarjuna
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advantage of these freedoms, tends to make software that is
technically better. They may be right, and it would be nice if freedom
brings such a practical bonus. However, the freedom itself is more
important than the bonus, so the Free Software Movement focuses on the
freedom."
Read the full interview between Federico Biancuzzi and Richard
Stallman at ONLamp.com.
http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/6222
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