Free Software Movement Karnataka(FSMK)<http://fsmk.org/> in
coordination with IEEE Bangalore section, IBM Linux Technology Centre
and BMSCE announces a Linux kernel tutorial.
IEEE announcement follows.
IEEE Bangalore Section
in association with
BMS College of Engineering and Free Software Movement, Karnataka
(FSMK) announces TWO DAY TUTORIAL
ON GNU/LINUX Kernel Workshop
By Eminent & Experienced Faculty from FSMK and IBM
Date: May, 9th and 10th (Saturday, Sunday)
Venue: BMS College of Engineering,
Bull Temple Road, Basavanagudi
Bangalore - 560 019
Prerequisites:
Its expected that all participants will have:
1. Basic knowledge of Operating Systems 2. Good working knowledge of
C 3. Hands-on experience desirable 4. Kernel programming experience
is a bonus 5. Basic scripting knowledge (ex: shell scripts) 6.
Working knowledge of Gnu/ Linux. Ex:
7. Booting a Gnu/ Linux system
8. Basic system administration (adding/removing users etc) 9. Basic
commands (ls, ps, chmod, mkdir, vi, etc)
We have planned to provide computer system for as many participants as
possible, but would encourage, especially non-student participants ,to
bring their own laptops so we can accommodate more numbers.
Program:
May 9th, (DAY 1)
8:30AM onwards: Registration
9:30 -10:30 AM:
Inauguration: (Venue: Auditorium, BMS College of
Engineering)
Chair:
Mr. K.. Ramakrishna ,
POWERGRID, Bangalore,
Chairman, IEEE Bangalore Section
Chief Guest:
Dr. S. Bisalaiah, M.A , Ph.D,
Former Vice- Chancellor, UAS, Bangalore,
Member, Managing Body, BMSET,
Chairman, Board of Management, BMSCE
Guest of Honour:
Dr. K Mallikharjuna Babu Ph.D.,
Principal, BMS College of Engineering
10:30-11:00 AM: Tea
11:00AM to 1:00 PM: SESSION 1
Basics of Gnu/ Linux Programming & Tools
1. Simple C programs
2. Simple Makefiles
3. gcc, stace, ltrace, gdb, objdump, nm, LD_PRELOAD [EXERCISE] 4.
Quick overview of a typical hardware on which Gnu/ Linux runs (CPU,
Memory, Interrupt controller, IO Bus etc) 5. Overview of the Linux
Kernel 6. Kernel Layout 7. CodingStyle 8. Important subsystems 9.
Kernel configuration 10. Building and booting a new kernel [EXERCISE]
1:00PM to 2:00 PM: LUNCH
2:00PM to 5:00PM SESSION 2
Linux Kernel Internals: An Overview (3 hours) 1. Process and threads
[EXERCISE] 2. Memory Management [EXERCISE] 3. Filesystems [EXERCISE]
4. Interrupts and exceptions & System Calls [EXERCISE] 5. Kernel
synchronization 4. How is the operating system changing [DISCUSSION]
5. What are the key areas of focus [DISCUSSION] 6. Generic questions
and answers
May 10th, (DAY 2)
9:30-10:30 PM SESSION 3
Device Drivers (1 hour)
1. Kernel module programming
2. Char and block drivers
3. ioctls
4. Writing simple char device driver [EXERCISE]
10:30:10:45 Tea
10:45-1:00PM SESSION 4
Kernel Debugging (2 hours , 15 Minutes) 1. printk 2. Dynamic
instrumentation techniques 3. SystemTap and tracing (ftrace and
markers) [EXERCISE] 4. kexec/kdump/crash analysis [EXERCISE]
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM LUNCH
2:00PM to 5:00PM
How You can contribute
1. Introduction to the free software community 2. How to contribute
3. New exciting areas of work in the kernel 4. Generic questions and
answers Tutorial is organized in various sessions as above. Lunch and
Tea are provided. Please report at 9am at the venue. Course Fee per
participant: Non-member: Rs. 1500/-; Student Rs. 700/- IEEE member
Rs. 1200/- ; IEEE Student member Rs.550/- Organizing Committee:
Sethuraman Ganesan Chair,PAC, IEEE Bangalore Section Hitesh Mehta,
Secretary, IEEE Bangalore Section Dr. T.Srinivas, SAC,IEEE Bangalore
Section Ravi Kiran A.,MDC, IEEE Bangalore Setion V V
Srinivasan,Treasurer, IEEE Bangalore Section Please send your
registration to: Mr. Sethuraman Ganesan
Chair - Professional
Activities IEEE
Bangalore Section
ABB Ltd,
Khanija Bhavan, 5th
Floor, West Wing, 49, Race Course Road
Bangalore 560001
Phone: +91 99014 99033
e-mail: sganesans(a)yahoo.com
Visit IEEE Bangalore Section at http://www.ieee.org/bangalore.
Karl Goetz <karl(a)kgoetz.id.au> writes:
> Hi all,
>> systems, using GNOME as the default desktop environment (others such as
> XFCE or KDE are available post installation).
>
> Download links:
> Live CD:
> http://cdimage.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-livecd-deltah-i386-2.2.iso
> Source tarball:
> http://cdimage.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-cdsource-deltah-i386-2.2.tar
> Torrent:
> http://cdimage.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-livecd-deltah-i386-2.2.iso.torrent
>
>
> Short list of changes (full list available via SVN log):
> gNewSense:
> - Installer now supports two more filesystems
> - GLX re-introduced
> - changed description of -updates and -backports in "Software Sources"
> - use linux-image-generic instead of linux-image-386
> - lsb_release output corrected
> - GNU Icecat repo available via Software Sources
>
> Builder:
> - Substantial code restructuring
> - CD isos have had their naming format changed
> - Usplash packaging cleaned up, helping portability
> - Contents-$ARCH.gz files are generated
>
> - Website:
> To coincide with this release, a new skin has been applied; we hope you
> like it.
>
>
> As always, we're in #gnewsense on irc://chat.freenode.net.
> More details about gNewSense can be found at http://www.gnewsense.org
>
> Thanks,
>
> Karl Goetz, on behalf of the gNewSense dev, art and web teams.
>
> PS.
> On a personal note, I'd like to ask you not to find major regressions
> in my first release.
> :P
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Venkatesh Hariharan <venkyh(a)gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:38 PM
Subject: [fosscom] BJP accepts key sections of the FOSS Manifesto
To: network(a)lists.fosscom.in
Dear Friends,
Key sections of the FOSS manifesto (Point # 1 on FOSS in education, #
4 on open standards, #5 on encouraging freely shareable, FOSS based
knowledge repositories like Wikipedia in Indian languages), have been
strongly articulated in the BJP's IT vision document that was unveiled
today by BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Shri LK Advani. The 40
page vision document is at:
http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/images/stories/it-vision.pdf
The press release is at:
http://www.lkadvani.in/eng/content/view/799/281/
I am also enclosing my blog on this subject:
Venky
=====
http://osindia.blogspot.com/2009/03/bjps-it-vision-supports-open-source-and…
Saturday, March 14, 2009
BJP's IT Vision supports open source and open standards
The BJP, the largest opposition in India has released an IT Vision
document that endorses open source and open standards. Many of the
points mentioned in the FOSS Manifesto for India that we put up online
last week have been incorporated in this document.
This document was unveiled by none other than Shri. LK Advani, the
BJP's candidate for Prime Minister. I did a quick read of the 40 page
document and am impressed with how thorough and comprehensive it is.
As a long time supporter of free and open source software, I am
delighted to see a major Indian political party endorse it. However, I
am even more delighted to see that this endorsement is rooted in a
comprehensive vision for India's development. A big chunk of the
credit for this document should go to Shri. Sudheendra Kulkarni (an
alumnus of IIT Bombay) and Shri Prodyut Bora (an alumnus of IIM
Ahmedabad). Shri Kulkarni was advisor to Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee
when Vajpayee was prime Minister of India and Shri Bora is Head of the
IT Cell of the BJP.
I was happy to see that the Digital Colonization theme that my friend,
Jaijit Bhattacharya of Sun talks about has been incorporated in this
document. Apart from the FOSS Manifesto, some of my key passions on
open standards (that we don't pay for standards like weights and
measures in the physical world, so why should we pay for standards in
the digital world?) have been reflected. Also, as a co-founder of
IndLinux.org which we started in 2000 in an attempt to bridge the
digital divide, I am happy to see that the BJP has promised to create
a National Mission for Indian Language Computing.
The CPI(M), another national party in India has always been a strong
supporter of our stand on open source, open standards and our fight
against software patents. We are hopeful that other political parties
will also take cognizance of the FOSS Manifesto and incorporate the
same into their IT plans for India.
With the country scheduled to go to polls next month, we now have a
broad consensus emerging around the use of open source and open
standards. This is great news for all of us who believe in free and
open source software!
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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.
We, the Free Software Movement Team having been consistently working
to build the Free Software Movement in Karnataka, have decided to
consolidate our efforts by forming an organisation. Our work has been
built on the work of the pioneers of Free Software in the country.
After much deliberation, we have decided to name our organisation the
'Free Software Movement - Karnataka' to symbolise the all inclusiveness
of the Movement. What differentiates us from other groups, organisations
or networks is our approach to building the Movement. Our scientific
understanding is that only a 'mass movement' in the FOSS domain can
bring about the various changes that we envision. To build such a mass
movement, a democratic, transparent, representative and dynamic
organisation is essential.
We understand that to address the various challenges before the
Free Software Movement it is essential to have broad based coordination
among the various entities operating in the FOSS domain, in conformance
with our principles. It should be noted that we are not affiliated to FSF-I
or any other entity, at present. We represent the Free Software Movement.
Prof Eben Moglen and RMS have been our inspiration.
The Convener is Senthil S.(9900262828) <senthilsos(a)yahoo.com> and
Jt. Convener is Vikram Vincent (9448810822) <vincentvikram(a)gmail.com>
This core team is supported by a group of academicians, people from the
industry and students from around Karnataka.
We present the 'Free Software Movement - Karnataka (FSMK)'
http://fsmk.orghttp://fsmk.in
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What is a mass movement?
Mass movement : is a word with comes from geology. It is the
geomorphic process by which soil, regolith, and rock move down slope
under the force of gravity.
Mass movement can be over varying timescales from seconds to years.
Mass movement may occur at a very slow rate, particularly in areas that
are very dry or those areas that receive sufficient rainfall such that
vegetation has stabilised the surface.
It may also occur at very high speed, such as in rock slides or landslides.
--------
We aim to be a MASS MOVEMENT in FREE SOFTWARE
We would like be a group of hacktivists - who can be catalysts in reaching
the idea of free software to a large number of people - including the
people who don't have hardware - by giving them free hardware to start with.
Whether the mass movement in free software in India is going to be
rapid or slow - is going to depend on You Waking up to the philosophy
of free software.
The recommended syllabus for Course 2 (Academic Writing and
Presentation) among the Common Courses, as recommended by the Higer
Education Council, contains Power Point. I think we should register our
protest. The syllabus should not specify a particular company's
software. It has to be generic. They should change it to Multimedia
Presentation. Can we send a letter to the Higher Education Council and
to the Education Minister on this issue?
Best
--
V. Sasi Kumar
Free Software Foundation of India
Please visit http://swatantryam.blogspot.com
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org> wrote:
> Would the people on this list be able to pinpoint the various
> governmental organisations/departments that have a) taken upon
> themselves a mandate to use FOSS, and b) are successfully using FOSS?
> Links to press releases / newspaper articles about such use would also
> be useful. If such a list already exists, could someone point me
> towards that?
There is no such specific list. But It would be good if someone can
volunteering to collect it in FSUG-Bangalore wiki
Anivar
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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.
The solution to the problem of flexibility lies in free and open
source software. India has already adopted open source approaches in
administrative systems and education projects. This represents a good
policy foundation on which to build a national eHealth system. It
could, for a start, leverage the strengths of the large open source
software community. The outcome would be a common electronic health
platform covering clinical and administrative functions for government
as well as private institutions, with full interoperability. What is
more, the open source nature of the project is bound to attract
software companies and communities of programmers to come up with
innovative health applications.
http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/03/stories/2009040355500800.htm
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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.