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freecontenting
by evh7rk5n＠gongjua.com 12 Sep '24

12 Sep '24

https://www.freecontenting.com One crisp autumn afternoon, while playing near the house, Emma noticed something shiny half-buried in the dirt. She dug it up and found an old, ornate key with intricate designs. Excited, she wondered what it might open. With the key clutched tightly in her hand, she approached the old house. The door creaked open with surprising ease, and Emma stepped inside. The interior was just as dusty as the outside, but it had an air of mystery. She wandered through the rooms, discovering old furniture and forgotten toys. Each room told a story of a family that had once lived there long ago. As she explored, Emma came upon a small, locked chest in the corner of one room. Her heart raced as she inserted the key into the lock. With a satisfying click, the chest opened to reveal a collection of old photographs, letters, and a beautiful, hand-carved wooden box.

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Internet, tech skills growing quietly in Goa...
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 02 Sep '24

02 Sep '24

INTERNET, TECH SKILLS GROWING QUIETLY IN GOA PANJIM, April 30: Goa's BSNL internet service provider is already providing some 3000 broadband connections in the state, and roughly another 24,000 people dial-up to get access the Net using this central government-run service. These figures emerged during an informal discussion at the monthly meeting of the India Linux Users Group (Goa), a network promoting Free Software and Open Source in the state. ILUG-Goa, which holds its meetings usually on the fourth Saturday of each month at the Goa Science Centre at Miramar, sees a range of tech issues -- usually directly related to Free Software and Open Source in Goa. During it's meet on April 29, a range of issues came up for discussion, from how to partition your hard-disk (to install GNU/Linux side-by-side with Windows), to software tools to ehance productivity, and various internet and broadband options available to users in diverse parts of Goa. For instance, there are some useful Free Software tools to monitor your bandwidth usage on BSNL's broadband. One such tool is available for free download at http://tinyurl.com/qgu9p Called the Data One Broadband Statistics, this is a screen-scraper written using Perl to download usage statistics of BSNL's Data One (www.bsnl.co.in/service/dataone.htm) broadband service and total it. Generally, BSNL (www.bsnl.co.in) allows only the Microsoft-based IE and has no monthly total. But trust Indian software talent to find a work-around. This solution comes from the Free Software/Open Source network in Chennai. Meanwhile, the Goa free software network stays connected and announces its event via http://iluggoaannounce.notlong.com There are no fees for joining, all are welcome, and encouraged to form parallel user-groups in diverse parts of the state. Meanwhile, the Fedora Core 5 Free Software distribution has just become available on DVD in Goa. Number of foreign magazines are also available. Members of ILUG-Goa such as engineer Bijon Shaha and software pro Arvind Yadav gave diverse views on techies-only distros like 'Gentoo'. Debopriyo 'DP' Sarkar pointed to a 'mindmap' of various Free Software distributions or 'distros' available, which was illustrated at linuxhelp.blogspot.com Earlier, there was a brief presentation on FreeMind. FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping software written in Java. It has the potential of playing the role of a high productivity tool. Operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster because of one-click "fold/unfold" and "follow link" operations. Other members raised a range of issues -- from how to get started in GNU/Linux, to playing around with tools like StumbleUpon, and how to encourage Free Software usage in schools and educational institutions. Remy Furtado of Rosary College, Navelim expressed an interest in working on the Free Software tool Moodle, ideal for distance education, as the Goa University moves to a pattern of semisterisation. Goa Engineering College's Prof George Easaw has done work on this platform, as have others. Reacting unofficially, BSNL officials said Goa now had six STMS 155 MBps connectivity, which was resulting in a speedy expansion of broadband to many parts of the state. But for broadband facilities to become available in village areas, at least 60 subscribers were needed to make operations viable. So far, broadband from BSNL is available in a growing number of areas in Goa: Panjim, Vasco (except Cortalim, but including Sada, Mangor, Bogmalo, Sancoale and other areas), Ponda, Bambolim, Merces, Dona Paula, Porvorim, Mapusa town, Calangute-Candolim, and Saligao, among others. Equipment has already been installed in Aldona exchange, and broadband facilities are expected to go functional -- ------------------------------------------------------------- | India Linux Users' Group, Goa | | Join the friendly user group | | Mail list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa/join | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux | | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce | | http://www.iosn.net/country/india/organizations/ilug-goa/ | ------------------------------------------------------------- , , / \ .-. * SOFTWARE ((__-^^-,-^^-__)) (. .) * FREEDOM `-_---' `---_-' / V \ * SHARING `--|o` 'o|--' // \\ \ ` / /( )\ KNOWLEDGE IS POWER ): :( '.^^_^^.' SHARE IT EQUITABLY :o_o: \_/ \_/ "-"

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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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22 Oct '21

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Online education and Free Software
by Pirate Praveen 25 Jul '20

25 Jul '20

Hi, If you see any education institutions forcing usage of proprietary software for online education, you can share these letters and also let us know so we can support you in challenging it. FSF India: Open letter to KITE: On the use of proprietary apps and services for online classes in schools https://fsf.org.in/news/proprietary-apps-in-schools/ FSCI: https://fsci.in/statements/open-letter-to-kerala-kite-ceo-on-forcing-teache… Also recently University of Calicut made Adobe Premier mandatory for setting up recording studios in all colleges, we challenged it and they promised to remove the requirement for proprietary software. Thanks Praveen

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None
by None 25 Jul '20

25 Jul '20

for invitees. If you're interested, get in touch with Shruti and check the possibility of participating. FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear all, We are pleased to inform you that after the successful First Working Group Consultation on the Use of ICTs for Development in Bangalore, we are now organizing the SECOND WORKING GROUP CONSULTATION in NEW DELHI on the 27-28 MAY, 2003. The Delhi meeting will carry forward the agenda set in Bangalore, and focus on the theme of FREE & OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; AND THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA IN WIDENING THE DEBATE ON DEVELOPMENT. Our lead project partner is the Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. The Delhi meeting is being organised in co-operation with the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi. We hope that you will participate in the Delhi meeting and make it as fruitful and productive as the Bangalore Consultation. This is just an advance intimation for you to block your dates for the Consultation. We will soon be sending you the detailed agenda. We look forward to seeing you all in Delhi. Warm regards, Shruti Gupta Junior co-ordinator Project on ICTs for Development

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by None 25 Jul '20

25 Jul '20

files, using pdfTeX, also free software. "So powerful is TeX that it was able to process nearly 1,200 pages in just four minutes", says Radhakrishnan. "Not only that, since it is also a programming language, it is able to do several things automatically, like the generation of header markers, for example", he adds. To incorporate corrections and editorial changes to the proof sheets, RVT designed a graphical spreadsheet interface for SJP. This also helped to save time in updating the almost 10,000 entries that had changed since the last directory was printed four years ago. Recent reports in India's enterprise-based Network Magazine also noted the small but growing number of other industrial ventures starting to try out GNU/Linux in their "mission critical space". Asian Paints, India's largest paint company, has implemented SAP modules on GNU/Linux. IDBI Bank, with over 91 branches, runs its core banking applications on it. Rolta India runs its database containing thousands of users, while ICICI Infotech runs its knowledge management applications, and C-DAC runs e-governance solutions on GNU/Linux. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) | http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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None
by None 25 Jul '20

25 Jul '20

the debate elsewhere. FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Dear Isa, > Thanks Sunil, > > Systems should be up within a week or so... Thanks for that. And sorry for my rudeness in my original post. Let me offer you a deal to try and make up. Please consider changing the name 'International Open Source Network' to 'International Free Software Network'. Here 'Free' as in 'Freedom'. The term 'Open source' only pays homage to the first freedom in the GPL. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs The term 'Free software' encompasses all 4 freedoms * The freedom to run the program, for any purpose * The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs * The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor * The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public ...notice how these freedoms affect ownership and control of technologies. This paradigm shift is critical in overcoming the Digital Divide. If the name of your organization is changed. We [MAHITI] will build a high quality portal cum collaboration platform for you just like Plone.org for 'Free'. Here 'Free' as in 'Free Lunch'. Details of Zope/Plone below. Hope you will forgive my audacity :-) Thanks, Sunil Notable users of Plone include Government of Hawaii, Lufthansa, NATO, AARP, CBS New York, Austrian Government, Activestate.com and University College London We will be using Plone / Zope content management system. 1. Short Profile: http://www.zope.org/Members/limi/plone-1.0-release 2. Movie: http://www2.state.hi.us/dags/icsd/content/video/higovdemo.avi 3. Book: http://plone.org/documentation/book 4. Other Zope Clients: http://www.zope.com/ZopeClientList -- Sunil Abraham, CEO MAHITI Infotech Pvt. Ltd. 'Reducing the cost and complexity of ICTs' 314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA Ph/Fax: +91 80 4150580. Mobile: 98441 01150 sunil(a)mahiti.org http://www.mahiti.org ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get 128 Bit SSL Encryption! http://us.click.yahoo.com/FpY02D/vN2EAA/xGHJAA/C7EolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: bytesforall_readers-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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by None 25 Jul '20

25 Jul '20

<sachdeva_sameer(a)yahoo.co.in> for sending it thru. FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Free Software rated high source: The Hindu , 9 Feb'2003 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM FEB. 9. Companies at the Technopark, near here, rate Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) highly, a survey conducted by the Trivandrum Chapter of Computer Society of India in association with the Group of Technopark Companies shows. Many companies use both Windows and Linux operating systems. The most commonly used operating system was Windows NT family (90 per cent), followed by Windows 95 family (85 per cent) and the GNU/Linux family (80 per cent). read full story at : http://www.hinduonnet.com/stories/2003021003620400.htm

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by None 25 Jul '20

25 Jul '20

Message: 2 Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 08:31:02 -0000 From: "H.R. Mohan" <hrmohan123(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Chennai meet: Open Access of Information TOPIC : Open Access of information using Open Source Systems SPEAKER : Prof. John Willinsky Pacific Press Professor of Literacy and Technology University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada. DATE : Saturday, 8th February 2003 TIME : 4.30 p.m. Hi-Tea : After the talk VENUE : HOTEL TAJ CONNEMARA, Chennai About the Speaker & Talk: ------------------------- Prof. John Willinsky is currently the Pacific Press Professor of Literacy and Technology in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He holds prestigious Mac Arthur Fellowship. He directs the Public Knowledge Project, which is dedicated to developing online conferences, journals, and indexing systems that improve the scholarly and public quality of academic research. He is also an expert in using technology in literacy efforts. Prof. John Willinsky will address on the current situation around electronic access to research and its potential for the future under different models. He will also demonstrate the potential of new open source systems, some of which have been developed by him, in assisting the existing and new Indian journals in moving into an online environment in ways that improve both the scholarly and public quality of the research. It may be noted that the open access project is making the information available to researchers using open systems which are free. It is more towards information handling and sharing and bridge the digital divide. It will also deal with knowledge creation, PR issues, copyright, self archiving and digital libraries. K.Jayaramakrishnan Dr. R. Samyuktha Hon. Secretary Secretary Computer Society of India Madras Library Association ________________________________________________________________________

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