FSUG-Bangalore June 2004

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by Abhas Abhinav 24 Jun '04

24 Jun '04

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RE: [fsug-bangalore] [Fwd: Re: [gnu.org #200198] Free Software Users Group, Bangalore]
by Senthil_OR＠Dell.com 23 Jun '04

23 Jun '04

-----Original Message----- From: Sajith T S Hi, See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/fs-user-groups.html. We're there! --- I don't know if it just me. But http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/ has led me to "The Web site cannot be found" page twice! :( Senthil

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[Fwd: Re: [gnu.org #200198] Free Software Users Group, Bangalore]
by Sajith T S 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Hi, See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/fs-user-groups.html. We're there! Sajith. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [gnu.org #200198] Free Software Users Group, Bangalore Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 05:47:20 -0400 From: Lorenzo Hernandez Garcia-Hierro via RT <webmasters(a)gnu.org> Reply-To: webmasters(a)gnu.org To: sajith(a)symonds.net Hi! > > That was quite fast. Thanks :) > > But at the time of writing this, I can't find the change in > http://www.gnu.org/gnu/fs-user-groups.html. Its still pointing to the > old site. New one is http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/. Could you check? I forget to tell you that the site is maintained by CVS and updated by a cron job every hour,so, we must wait to the next cron job for see the changes. Wai a few time and then check it again! ( You must see "lorenzo" in the footer , if you see it the page is updated ). > In case you could not verify the new site, it could be that the new > site is a bit slow. But the hardware will be upgraded soon, and should > be faster by then. OK , thanks. Cheers, Lorenzo. -- Your friends will know you better in the first moment you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a lifetime. -- Richard Bach, "Illusions"

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New web site up & plan for Sunday!
by Abhas Abhinav 21 Jun '04

21 Jun '04

Hello Everyone! http://bangalore.gnu.org.in is finally pointing and hosted. I've shifted the wiki content here. Henceforth, let this be the authoritative web site for FSUG Bangalore. Will try to see if we can get the mx also pointed so that we can have a mailing list @bangalore.gnu.org.in Also - what is our plan for Sunday? If we are meeting up for sure, we should also invite Anand Babu who is in Bangalore these days. Cheers, Abhas. -- Abhas Abhinav <abhas(a)deeproot.co.in> CEO, DeepRoot Linux http://www.deeproot.co.in / +91 (80) 2856 5624 Getting GNU/Linux to work for you. Faster. Better. Today. Every way.

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Welcoming new members ...
by Ramanraj K 19 Jun '04

19 Jun '04

Abhas Abhinav wrote: > We have two new members of our group: Anand Babu & Mridul Jain. And this > brings our total group count to 19. :) > > The arrival Anand Babu & Mridul Jain, the GNU/Hurd hackers, makes this list heavier and happier. Through the hymn project <www.hymn-project.org>, AB made it possible for music lovers all over the world, to listen to their favourite songs purchased from iTunes stores on their Gnu/Linux system, making international news <http://www.engadget.com/entry/2127813034623335/> AB is behind Hurd, Hymn and Thunder. I guess more good news is to come and so please stay tuned :) Regards, Ramanraj.

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Welcoming new members: Anand Babu & Mridul Jain...
by Abhas Abhinav 19 Jun '04

19 Jun '04

Hi Everyone! Good morning! We have two new members of our group: Anand Babu & Mridul Jain. And this brings our total group count to 19. :) I'm enclosing a fresh list of group members for our reference: aadis at aadis.de ab at gnu.org.in abhas at deeproot.co.in abhilash_gpillai at hotmail.com arun at gnu.org.in avinashss at tatanova.com dwija at phreaker.net gnuindian at yahoo.com krishnakg at gmail.com listmail at pixelconsulting.net nishant at deeproot.co.in prasun at softhome.net rakesh_ambati at yahoo.com ramanraj at md4.vsnl.net.in sajith at symonds.net sajithts at softhome.net senthil_or at dell.com suraj at symonds.net vimalekm at vsnl.net Just for record: Our next meeting is on Sunday (20th June ie Tomorrow) Venue: Barista, Barton Centre, M G Road Time: 3:00 PM Agenda: To follow-up on our past discussions and come up with action points; to plan out the details of the event we have been planning for FSF annual day on July 21st. I've put this up on the wiki as well (http://bangalore.gnu.org.in). Regards, Abhas. -- Abhas Abhinav <abhas(a)deeproot.co.in> CEO, DeepRoot Linux http://www.deeproot.co.in / +91 (80) 2856 5624 Getting GNU/Linux to work for you. Faster. Better. Today. Every way.

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RE: [fsug-bangalore] New web site up & plan for Sunday!
by Senthil_OR＠Dell.com 18 Jun '04

18 Jun '04

>Time-wise, anything is fine with me. However, since the general feeling was that Sunday mornings are too early, we can >meet sometime in the afternoon after lunch - around 3:00 PM. Sunday at 3:00 PM, I will definitely try to make it out. Sajith, your CSS design is very good. Kudos dude. And I really enjoyed Ramanraj's comment yesterday. ( Chicago 7 Conspiracy Trial ) Cheers! Senthil

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Re: [fsug-bangalore] Knock knock.
by rkrishnan＠symonds.net 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

[resending since the mail did not make it to the list, there are problems with my postfix config..] abhas> It would be nice if all of us could post a small introduction about abhas> ourselves here - that will ensure that we can have more meaningful abhas> discussion! And can depend on each others' respective strengths and abhas> resources to grow Free Software usage around here. I am Ramakrishnan. I write non-free software for a living, specifically I do digital signal processing software which goes into VoIP gateways and IP Phones. I had been Free Software user and advocate since 1996. I am also a volunteer for the FSF (I help maintain the gnu.org webpages) and for the Debian Project. I am single till June 24th (I am getting married on 25th June). I am also interested in Amateur Radio (waiting and waiting for the license to come from Govt of India). Apart from technical activities, I am also interested in carnatic music. I studied carnatic music for about 14 years and was a B-grade artist at All India Radio, Trichur (kerala) back when I was a student. I don't have time for music now a days, but hope to spend more time on music than on free software in the coming days. Though this was meant to be an intro, I am going to talk about something not fully unrelated... I am not very active in any mailing lists related to Free Software now, partly because of lack of time and partly because I am sad at the state of affairs with the way things are done, particularly the way FSF-India conducts itself. The webpage is sloppy and so is its conduct. Everything seem to be done in secrecy and afew individuals think, Free Software is a god given gift only to them. I have pointed out many issues with FSF in the past, and all have fallen on deaf ears, as is the case with anything done in India. The attempts to fix webpages (try browsing the archives of fsf-friends) have been met with counter questions instead, asking me to fix it. Isn't it not fair to file bug reports without patches? Anyway, it is clear that the gang in trivandrum and elsewhere are trying to add one more line in their resume rather than work for the good of free software. Many people whom I know are "officially" part of FSF-India talk "open source" and "linux" elsewhere. I do not want to point fingures at anyone though... FSF-India do not even publish a list of office bearers on their website (FSF boston has published it at member.fsf.org, you will see even more info there in the coming days), even after being pestered many times. I am an associate member (membership #255) since Dec 2002 and have also helped atleast 5 people become associate members and am proud of it, because FSF got some money to defend the freedom of the users. FSF is going to be very relevant in the coming days, there is no doubt. If any of you can afford to shell out $10 a month (~ Rs.500), please become an associate member. One of the directors of the FSF-India promised us last year (or in 2003?) that an indian version of associate membership will be launched, but as usual, we didn't hear from him again. I am going to be busy for the next 4-5 weeks, but I will try my best to attend the meeting, if it is going to be held this weekend. best regards -- Ramakrishnan http://www.hackGNU.org/ Use Free Software -- Help stamp out Software Hoarding!

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Next Gnu(s) Grazings on June 20
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Morning Friends, How about meeting up for another Gnu(s) Grazings on Sunday June 20. All those who can't make it (to meeting) are requested to come and let us know there. Cheers --arky __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/

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E-Gov the difficult path ahead
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

Hi Friends, Read about a man exploits taming the world superpower to understand the good of GPL. http://www.linuxjournal.com/print.php?sid=7622 Flame bait attached (Read OSS as Free Software) cheers --arky ===== Rakesh 'arky' Ambati Email: rakesh_ambati(a)yahoo.com Bangalore,India Homepage: http://arky.port5.com/ ! ! ! ! ! ( o o ) ----oOO----(_)----OOo---- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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