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Python/LaTeX book mailing list
by Pramode C.E. 14 Dec '09

14 Dec '09

Hello, The Python/LaTeX book: http://radiantbytes.com/books/python-latex/ now has a mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/pymath Please join the discussion! The book urgently needs a good set of exercises for each chapter; please contribute your ideas - together, we can make this a useful resource for our teachers and students! Note that all the source files required to build the book are available on GitHub: http://github.com/pramode/Python-and-LaTeX-Book Regards, Pramode ------------- The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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Training programme on effective teaching/learning of programming
by V. Sasi Kumar 13 Dec '09

13 Dec '09

Prof. Phatak's 1000 teacher training programme on the topic, "Effective teaching/learning of computer programming" is scheduled to start tomorrow at about 9:30 am. The details of this course are available at http://ekalavya.it.iitb.ac.in/EffectiveTeaching_Course.do This training will take place through the student interactive terminals located at 22 remote centres of EDUSAT, with two way audio, video interaction. As of now about 900 college teachers who teach computer programming in hundreds of colleges will go through this training over a period of ten working days during 14-24 Dec. 2009. Prof. Phatak plans to use the open source learning management system Moodle for this course. All teachers will be able to participate in discussions, etc. through this forum. All of these, including the video recording of the course lectures, will be released as open source. A webcast of the entire course will be available free of cost at http://www.cdeep.iitb.ac.in/webcast/ Thanks to Prof. Kannan Moudgalya and Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam for the information. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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School students in action...
by ck raju 13 Dec '09

13 Dec '09

"Kozhikode: An information technology project prepared by the students of KPES High School, Kayakkodi, near Kutyadi in Kozhikode, aims at popularising the use of the free software, Linux, in the panchayat with the help of trained student volunteers of the IT Club at the school. The school authorities said the project was already in the implementation stage at the Kayakkodi panchayat. IT coordinator of the school K.T. Kunhammad said 70 students had been trained by experts to install the GNU/Linux operating system in the households in the panchayath. Initially, a survey was conducted in the panchayat with the assistance of IT experts from different institutes, including the National Institute of Technology (NIT-C), to study the current nature of system usage. It was found that at least one member in 90 per cent of the families in the panchayat was computer literate. According to Mr. Kunhammad, the study found that 15 per cent of the households owned PCs with 67 per cent of them using Microsoft’s Windows as the operating system. As many as 27 per cent of the households have Windows and Linux on their computers. “Only 7 per cent had only Linux on their computers,” he said. Mr. Kunhammad said the people were not aware of the “moral” and “legal” angles of using a “pirated” copy of Windows operating system on their computers. The project will create awareness among the students and the households. The school have already conducted study classes and seminars to sensitise people about the legal and moral dimensions of using a pirated version of the Windows. ...." Complete story at http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/13/stories/2009121352630300.htm -- CK Raju

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scipy.in
by Vimal Joseph 13 Dec '09

13 Dec '09

watch scipy.in online at http://giss.tv:8000/scipy.ogg -- Free Software, Free Society സ്വതന്ത്ര സോഫ്റ്റ്വെയര്‍, സ്വതന്ത്ര സമൂഹം <http://fsfs.in>

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Python textbook for BSc Informatics paper
by Pramode C.E. 10 Dec '09

10 Dec '09

Hello, I am writing a small Python and LaTeX book to be used as a text for the BSc Informatics paper of Calicut University (for math students): http://radiantbytes.com/books/python-latex/ A mailing list will be up and running soon .... please let me know your suggestions. Regards, Pramode ------------ The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/

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Government of Karnataka releases Kanaja.in - a wikipedia type Kannada website and a Copyright
by jaykumar hs 06 Dec '09

06 Dec '09

Karnataka Knowledge Commission released a wikipedia type Kannada website. http://www.kanaja.in/ We already have good kannada wikipedia, but I don't know whether Karnataka Knowledge Commission had any clue about this before venturing into another one. GOK is spending about Rs. 2.0 crore for this, says Deccan herald report. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/39746/kanaja-launched.html Curiously, this site has copyrights!! Regards Jaykumar

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Fsmk Newsletter Volume-6
by naveen mudunuru 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Dear Friends, FSMK is releasing another edition of its Newsletter. http://fsmk.org/NewletterVol6-2009 We have already discussed lot of policies and politics of free-software. It has enhanced the importance of FSMK day by day. Today we are interacting with many people like you. It is ultimately propagating the necessity of free-software and the message of freedom! Come and join the hands of FSMK and be part of a freedom movement. Regards, FSMK EB Team

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Why internet data cards are not available for laptops which work on GNU/Linux?
by jaykumar hs 23 Nov '09

23 Nov '09

Hi , My friend Dr. Chatterjee is using Debian on his HP laptop and is in search of intenet data card which supports GNU/Linux. But service providers Reliance, and Tata Indicom intimated that their datacards donot support GNU/Linux. BSNL's customer care has informed that its datacards which support GNU/Linux are out of stock. Can some one help us on this issue? Regards Jaykumar

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Fwd: On UID and FOSS
by jaykumar hs 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ravi Shanker <raviscn(a)gmail.com> http://pragoti.org/node/3686 *The Free Software movement had raised an issue relating the possible threat to sovereignty due to the UID project. This fear was raised in the context of Microsoft's declaration of desire to be a partner on the UID project. Microsoft as a corporation is tied to the laws of the United States of America. Microsoft being a proponent of proprietorial software would never let out the source code of the programs it would use on any project. If Microsoft or any other provider partners on the UID project there could be three possible situations: 1) In case of an adverse international political situation a foreign government could order the software vendor to lock or cripple the UID database in India – a case of cyber-warfare; 2) it could lead to a situation of a vendor lock-in, whereby each time the UIDAI wishes to make changes to the database it would require the services of the software vendor, thus enabling the vendor continue to earn rent income; 3) the use of proprietorial software could have the unintended consequence of being incompatible with e-governance platforms which already use Open Source programing. The UIDAI team responded to these concerns: 1) The Open Source model will be used for the UID project and the Source Code will be under public ownership; 2) all APIs will be standard and published APIs and can be accessed using a variety of software; 3) Proprietorial software may have to be used for specialized tasks like biometrics for that may be the cheaper and more efficient choice at hand, but in such cases the contract with the software firms will have sufficient safeguards to prevent any vendor lock-in.* * *

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Looking for Free Software developers
by V. Sasi Kumar 18 Nov '09

18 Nov '09

SPACE (http://space-kerala.org) is looking for programmers who have knowledge in php, python, C, etc. and interest in Free Software. Familiarity with GNU/Linux is desirable. They may have to work primarily in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum). SPACE is looking to start activities in other places (inside Kerala and, later, outside too) soon, and hence there is a possibility of moving out of Thiruvananthapuram too. Salaries may not be comparable to industry levels but are negotiable. Interested persons can write to me personally with biodata. Best -- V. Sasi Kumar http://swatantryam.blogspot.com

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