Fsf-friends November 2008

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FREE SOFTWARE : The Book!
by Anivar Aravind 11 Nov '08

11 Nov '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Patrice Riemens <patrice(a)xs4all.nl> Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:20 PM Hi All, The SELF project (*) and the Open University of Catalonia have jointly produced the book "Introduction to Free Software", a really wonderful compendium of all you want to know, and to share, about Free Software (formerly 'F/OSS' or 'FLOSS') (**). It's 200p + 80 p appendixes. Free to download at: http://tinyurl.com/6f8xuo You must then go to (down the page, 'attachments'): Introduction_to_FS--SELF.pdf 2.09 MB for the book, and to: Introduction_to_FS--SELF_errata.pdf 38.18 KB for the errors (a few) A print version is also available, but even at costprice, pricey: Euro 11 + postage (add the same amount...). So what you could do is to print it on locale and distribute it around. The whole thing is of course copyleft! ------------------------- (*) Now formally terminated, and is being continued thru the Free Knowledge Institute (http://www.freeknowledge.eu/) (**) After that book I decided to do away with the cumbersome, confusing, and ill-defined 'Open Source'. For me it's now Free Software all the way. Never mind people who still think it's about beer... ;-) Cheers to all, patrizio & Diiiinooos! -- Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.

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Update FSUG Bangalore wiki
by Anivar Aravind 08 Nov '08

08 Nov '08

Dear Friends, Please Update Following Sections in our Wiki Users Help Users: Find a person in your area to help you with Free Software http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/index.php/FSUG-Bangalore:Users_Help_Users CD/DVDs to Grab http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/index.php/FSUG-Bangalore:CD/DVDs_to_Grab GNU/Linux Hardware Compatibility Database http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/index.php/FSUG-Bangalore:GNU/Linux_Hardware_Com… Write Reviews on hardware, Free Software Applications or Distributions at http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/index.php/FSUG-Bangalore:Reviews Anivar -- Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds.

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Re: [Fsf-friends] [OT slightly] Rant .gvfs & gnome-clock issues (specifically libgweather)
by shirish 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hi all, A small mistake the suggestions for a new site/portal are asked on http://www.imd.gov.in/ And I know how ghastly it looks, really yucky. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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[OT slightly] Rant .gvfs & gnome-clock issues (specifically libgweather)
by shirish 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hi all, Sorry for the cross-post but this I felt is important enough to be sent to atleast the groups I need to. I made a rant at http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com/2008/10/30/rant-gvfs-gnome-clock-issu… Both of the issues outlined are upstream issues, i.e. both of them are GNOME issues. I also filed the bug at bugzilla http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558568 This is when Pune is set to become part of Metro club. http://www.sakaaltimes.com/2008/10/31004015/Pune-set-to-become-seventh-mem.… So, if anybody knows how this can be done better please put some info. on the bug therein please. I think it might be good to also use the bug to update if there are details of your city but is not in the database they have. such as the coordinates. Not so sure about weather stuff though. Another interesting point through that journey is my stoppage at http://www.imd.ernet.in/ where they are thinking of overhauling the website. I do hope some of the people here or anywhere else make sure that these guys use open standards and the portal doesn't just become another one-way traffic but truly a two-way sorta communication from where we the indian public can use the data being generated (more so in villages and not so connected places) Comments, suggestions all invited. -- Regards, Shirish Agarwal This email is licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com 065C 6D79 A68C E7EA 52B3 8D70 950D 53FB 729A 8B17

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Fsf-friends November 2008