Fsf-friends April 2010

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Free Technology Academy publishes three new books
by Nagarjuna G 07 Apr '10

07 Apr '10

Below a new announcement from the Free Technology Academy on the publication of 3 new books, information on the upcoming courses and some first impressions. read the full announcement here: The permanent URL: http://ftacademy.eu/announce/6 -- GN

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Re: [Fsf-friends] fsmk-discuss Digest, Vol 13, Issue 3
by naveen mudunuru 04 Apr '10

04 Apr '10

Dear All, *Free Software Movement-Karnataka (FSMK)* a member organisation*REE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT INDIA * in association with* IBM Software Labs* is organizing the encore workshop on *'FOSS for budding developers'* at *CMR Institute of Technology*, Bangalore, on 10th and 11th April 2010, targeted at students becoming code contributors - foss developers. Please visit http://nc2010.fsmk.org/LDW/. You can also contact myself or Mr.Prabodh lecturer CMRIT college over email or phone for more details of the conference. Contact Persons: Naveen Mudunuru(+919986403928), Prabodh (9844205442). Session Details Inaugral Address: *Prof. Gopinath, IISc, Vice President, FSMI* Day1 - *Eclipse *(Software Development Environment related) - *Linux Kernel workshop* - *OpenPegasus* (System Management Development related) Day2 - *Linux Test Project* (Test development/testing for Linux OS related) - *Linux Kernel workshop* - *Apache Geronimo* (Web Server/Web Applications development related) *Guest Talk:* L Subramani, Chief Technical Editor, Deccan Herald *Note*:* Each Day consists of 3 parallel sessions as mentioned above. Students are free to choose any one of these sessions on either day* 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. 7. Booting a GNU/Linux system 8. Basic system administration (adding/removing users etc) 9. Basic commands (ls, ps, chmod, mkdir, vi, etc) *Event Details* *Date:* 10th and 11th April 2010. *Venue:* CMR Institute of Technology No. 132, AECS Layout, IT Park Road, Bengaluru - 560 037. -- regards naveen Be Free, Speak Free, Work Free. Advocate "FREE SOFTWARE", FREE as in FREE SPEECH, not as in FREE BEER

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Re: [Fsf-friends] GFDL book published by Calicut University
by Maxin John 04 Apr '10

04 Apr '10

Hi Vivek, >Is there a URL from where I can download the entire book ? Please try this link: http://radiantbytes.com/books/pdfs/pylatex.pdf Best Regards, Maxin B. John www.maxinbjohn.info

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hardware vendor interested in supporting FOSS
by Nagarjuna G 01 Apr '10

01 Apr '10

http://www.connoiseur.com/ This hardware vendor has netbooks with touchscreen, small firm factor desktops etc. they are willing to also support preinstalled and branded cenrtified foss desktops. If we can help him produce a 100% free distribution, they are willing to market laptops and desktops preinstalled. some of their hardware requires firmware, but they are willing to replace if we can suggest some alternatives do any of you any experience with them? - GN

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