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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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A possible breakthrough...
by CK Raju 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

"...Obama has also often spoken of taking e-governance to the next level, using technology to create a more open and direct relationship between the government and the people. This would mean both soliciting public opinion much more aggressively and also tapping into public expertise on selected subjects. Ideally, this would mean that the ordinary citizen would be able to lobby the president just as the big corporations do on a regular basis...." Story at http://in.news.yahoo.com/241/20080831/1260/twl-obamania-vows-techies_1.html -------- Ideally, it should be that "ordinary citizens should be able to lobby the government [president] more than as the big corporations do, inversely proportional to their access to power-structures ..." - powerless ones having the most significant say in politics. Then, we can see where the world order goes. CK Raju

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RMS visiting India
by Arun M 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

Dear Friends, RMS would be in India during this Dec. He will be coming for a conference on free software in Kerala. If there is any other event being planned in which you think his presence would be useful, send a mail to me with details. regards, arun.

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Re: [Fsf-friends] [FSUG-Bangalore] Gnu/Linux Habba V2 @ Mysore on 21st September
by renuka prasad 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

it would be better if it is conducted in association with SJCE mysore as already few professors and head of the departments are completely using GNU /Linux in their labs for example Prof Anand Murthy of Electrical department who is heading the department is using only free softwares in their labs ---- Also there are many other professors who are very much into this already -- please take their help -- contact prof anand murth of Sjce , electrical department -- it will be a big success..... On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind(a)gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Omshivaprakash H L > <omshivaprakash(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi All, > > > > There were around 300+ people registered for the first Gnu/Linux Habba > > event conducted at SERC, IISc, Bangalore in April, 08. More than 200 > > people were benefited. Around 100 people installed Linux @ the venue. > > 200+ Ubuntu CD's mailed to people who wanted to try out Linux. Now its > > time to help others who didn't get to attend the last event. > > We request you to include other distros like Debian lenny , Fedora 9 , > gNewSense etc in addition to ubuntu > > > Yes, Sampada technical team is now heading towards Mysore to conduct > > its second Linux install Fest "Gnu/Linux Habba". > > > > More information regarding this even can be found @ Event URL > > http://habba.in > > > > Wiki : http://dev.sampada.net/GNU_Linux_Install_Fest > > > > Team Mailing list : tech-volunteers(a)sampada.net > > > > Venue: Department Of Physics, University Of Mysore, Mysore > > > > Event Postings (Kannada Version): http://sampada.net/article/11243 > > > > IRC : #kannada on IRC.Net > > > > Join Us! You can register as a Volunteer @ our wiki page. Registration > > for attendees will be open soon! > > > > - -- > > - -- > > "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" > > - -- > > With Best Regards, > > Omshivaprakash.H.L | ಓಂ ಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್. ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल् > > > > Website : http://www.techfiz.info > > Blog : http://platonic.techfiz.info > > Phone: 91- 9902026518 > > AIM : fizworks > > ICQ : 265216744 > > IRC : #techfiz server: irc.freenode.net channel: #linux-india > > #ubuntu-in #gnu-india #kannada > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFIt4qq7OA72yfkJqMRAsLCAKCPPMXrLhVd2pKDur4CxicEpeGpBwCgjyz8 > > bRQXXvKWU9+PKDbC6qWtWQo= > > =RGOJ > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > FSUG-Bangalore mailing list > > FSUG-Bangalore(a)mm.gnu.org.in > > http://mm.gnu.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsug-bangalore > > > _______________________________________________ > FSUG-Bangalore mailing list > FSUG-Bangalore(a)mm.gnu.org.in > http://mm.gnu.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fsug-bangalore >

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Gnu/Linux Habba V2 @ Mysore on 21st September
by Omshivaprakash H L 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, There were around 300+ people registered for the first Gnu/Linux Habba event conducted at SERC, IISc, Bangalore in April, 08. More than 200 people were benefited. Around 100 people installed Linux @ the venue. 200+ Ubuntu CD's mailed to people who wanted to try out Linux. Now its time to help others who didn't get to attend the last event. Yes, Sampada technical team is now heading towards Mysore to conduct its second Linux install Fest "Gnu/Linux Habba". More information regarding this even can be found @ Event URL http://habba.in Wiki : http://dev.sampada.net/GNU_Linux_Install_Fest Team Mailing list : tech-volunteers(a)sampada.net Venue: Department Of Physics, University Of Mysore, Mysore Event Postings (Kannada Version): http://sampada.net/article/11243 IRC : #kannada on IRC.Net Join Us! You can register as a Volunteer @ our wiki page. Registration for attendees will be open soon! - -- - -- "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" - -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L | ಓಂ ಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್. ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल् Website : http://www.techfiz.info Blog : http://platonic.techfiz.info Phone: 91- 9902026518 AIM : fizworks ICQ : 265216744 IRC : #techfiz server: irc.freenode.net channel: #linux-india #ubuntu-in #gnu-india #kannada -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIt4qq7OA72yfkJqMRAsLCAKCPPMXrLhVd2pKDur4CxicEpeGpBwCgjyz8 bRQXXvKWU9+PKDbC6qWtWQo= =RGOJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Fwd: Hackerdom curtain raiser on thursday 10 am
by ശ്യാ ം കാ രനാട ്ട് | shyam karanattu 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anil Franklin <anilnf(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 1:03 AM Subject: Hackerdom curtain raiser on thursday 10 am To: "Abhilash VM (FOSS)" <abhilashvmenon(a)gmail.com>, Ismail < ismailcherkala(a)yahoo.co.in>, aeshyamae(a)gmail.com Hackerdom is simply a venue for free software activists and common people to unite .This is an event to take place in Thrissur. This event is going to be announced officially in a curtain raiser event happening on this thursday (*28th of August* ) at *Govt. Engineering college , Thrissur* . Free software activists from different parts of Kerala are expected to be there and we'll have a discussion about hackerdom to make it a new theme to project free and open source .You are welcome . * * [About hackerdom : Hackerdom is simply a venue for the hackers of the world to unite and interact and invite the public to participate. The booming Free and Open Source awareness in India is something we are proud of. The Free and Open Source usage and the public participation is highly encouraging in Kerala. A hands-on approach from the hackers to spreading public awareness is what we aim at. We focus not on the shallow goal of popularity but of the more path of leading people to freedom. We do not aim at just showing off all our cool software, we aim at showing people how using those software and the freedom it ensures has empowered us and how it can empower them too. Event is a joint effort from computer science students in Govt. engineering college, trichur with free software groups in kerala.] *Theme : Users + Developers = Community Come a User; return a hacker . * *For more details visit: * *Site : http://hackerdom.in* *Wiki : http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/hackerdom* *Group : http://groups.google.com/group/hackerdom/* * * - Admin admin(a)hackerdom.in -- regards -Anil

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[OT]M.Phil. in Computer Science
by Vikram Vincent 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

Christ University is starting M.Phil. programme in Computer Science. For those of you interested in pursuing M.Phil. in CS please check out http://www.christuniversity.in/progdetails.php?prid=172 Eligibility<http://www.christuniversity.in/progpages.php?progid=172&sid=746> There is also a possibility that BE/BTech candidates may be eligible for the program (with extra course work). For more details please contact Mr. "Balachandran K" < balachandran.k(a)christuniversity.in>, -- Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://swatantra.org/

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Bengalureans to come out with candles against monopolising knowledge
by Praveen A 20 Aug '08

20 Aug '08

Free Software User Group Bangalore is organising candle light vigil to say no to software patents on 23rd Saturday. More details here http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Say_No_To_Software_Patents#Candle_Light_Vigil Invite your facebook friends at http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=27662916862 Regards Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Free Software is protected..
by CK Raju, Thrissur 16 Aug '08

16 Aug '08

"In a major victory for the open source software movement, the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has ruled that simply because a software programmer may give his work away for free does not mean that the software cannot be protected. The decision legitimizes the use of commercial contracts for the distribution of computer software and digital artistic works for the public good. The ruling also boosts the open source movement by easing the concerns of large organizations about relying on free software from developers who contributed to the effort without pay. The ruling will also have implications for the Creative Common license, which is used by organizations such as Wikipedia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for distributing courseware and other materials. Creative Commons CEO Joichi Ito says the ambiguity facing open source licensing has been one of the obstacles hindering the movement. The appeals court decision reversed a San Francisco federal court ruling over the misappropriation of a software program by Kam Industries, a company that publishes model train hobbyist software. Kam Industries owner Matthew A. Katzer had sued free software developers for patent infringement while the free software community argued that Katzer failed to disclose earlier technology, or prior art, in his patent filings. In March 2006, University of California, Berkeley professor Robert G. Jacobsen filed a lawsuit against Katzer claiming that his company was distributing a commercial software program that used code from the Java Model Railroad Interface project, and was redistributing the program without the credits required as part of the open source license it was originally distributed under. The lower court ruled that the terms of the open source contract were overly broad..." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/technology/14commons.html CK Raju

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Say No To Software Patents Campaign
by Praveen A 14 Aug '08

14 Aug '08

Hi, We are meeting this saturday 10am at BMS College of Engineering in Bengaluru to discuss our plans for the stakeholders meeting in Bengaluru. Everyone is invited. http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Say_No_To_Software_Patents Regards Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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