FSUG-Bangalore September 2005

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[FSUG-Bangalore]Wiki
by Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

Hi, Well, I have been away for so long that I feel the need to reintroduce myself.Am arky, and I have a very kind request to all our FSUG-blr wiki users/maintainers/everyone else. Its great that we have more addition to the wiki in last month, much more than what we had in last one year.That's a good.But do keep in mind that .. [A] Every page you build gives the google link spammers one nice new target.So, you need to take the responsibility of watching it. [B] I request all the new users to post relevant content on the wiki.Please kindly understand the scope of our group before you post. (After reading some of the new posts, I know have a big confusion whether our group is LUG / GLUG / Free software User. If an old hand like me faces such problem, wonder whats the fate of new members) [C] Unlike in the past, the ever despotic arky or others should refrain from adding up new sections without a public poll on the Mailing-list. [D] Please links all the new pages in new hierarchical manner, so that it would be easy when we move out of using emacswiki software to other better wiki solution. (Yes, this wiki porting is much delayed. But I believe if have fellow who are up for job. It would be just fine) Cheers -- arky GPG Key ID: 0x92BCF7D4 Blog [ http://arky.in ] Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Bangalore meeting on F[L]OSS training
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 09 Sep '05

09 Sep '05

-------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Frederick Noronha (FN) <fred(a)bytesforall.org> Reply-To: fred(a)bytesforall.org To: f Subject: Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:55:26 +0530 From: dinesh <dinesh(a)servelots.com> To: it-society(a)servelots.com Subject: Sept 10th 3PM IT/Society meeting on FOSS training Date: Saturday, 10th September, 2005 Time: 3 PM Place: 3354 K R Road (near Tata Silk Farm) Directions: http://pantoto.com/servlet/ViewPosting?urlid=webs&di_p=935&printable=true It been an ongoing open pondering process on how developers around Bangalore can be introduced to the free and open source software work. Last week, a few of us started wondering what could come out of a meeting to start discussing this process. As many of you are deep into FOSS work either as individuals or as organizations, we can start the discussion process by coming together to put down issues and ideas towards this. This Saturday (10th September 2005), at 3 PM, the agenda is to consider a collective effort towards FOSS training. These are some of points we have on mind: -- sharing people's experiences engaging with FLOSS work (development and adoption) -- What is common and what is different in FLOSS development compared to Propreity software development? (Is the difference only in making source open or are there any other differences) -- maybe some of the answers are obvious to some people. -- does floss training offer better training than proprietary training? -- are people in floss interested in training? -- what are the capacities? -- what are the "real projects"? -- who are the targets? -- can a collective effort work in training work? -- can we offer support to engineering colleges? -- and professionals? -- who would be interested in offering? -- what is the curriculum? -- why do we want to do this? -- IT impact on society? -- resource/strengthen our/floss work? -- what are the alternative/progressive ideas? -- fool proof certification? -- "real projects" and representation on web? -- practicality and quality (why this certificate is better?) We hope to follow up with a well-formed and task-based meetings. All who are interested in this space are welcome.

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Gartner Evaluates the Progress of Linux in latest Hype Cycle
by Jhinuk Cchowdhury 08 Sep '05

08 Sep '05

*Gartner Evaluates the Progress of Linux in latest Hype Cycle* *Open-source operating system making progress, but still two to five years short of mainstream use* ** *Bangalore, September 8, 2005-* Gartner's Hype Cycle for Linux 2005 illustrates how, over the past two years, Linux has matured as an established operating system environment, primarily on one- to four-processors. However, Gartner found that for eight processors and beyond, Linux must demonstrate performance, security and application proof points based on the 2.6 version of the kernel and that the biggest test continues to be whether it can function as a data centre server for mission-critical applications. The Gartner Hype Cycle for Linux 2005 is a graphical representation of the maturity, adoption and business application of Linux. The Hype Cycle shows that Linux is, as a mission-critical system, almost half way along the technology trigger - the first phase of a Hype Cycle in which the product has generated significant press interest. This represents some progress from 2004, even though leading-edge organisations are at an early phase in deploying it. By the end of 2005, Gartner expects increased commercialisation of Linux, such as improved storage and systems management. At this time, Linux is used primarily for WebSphere and infrastructure applications on mainframes, Web services on blades and racks, computer clusters and some Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) systems. On the desktop, the positions are based on Linux's functional use, and on its degree of complexity and cost for mainstream businesses, mainstream consumers and data entry. Data entry is the most promising, having passed the Trough of Disillusionment, a period when a technology does not live up to its over-inflated expectations and rapidly becomes unfashionable. Mainstream business use of Linux is nearing the Peak of Inflated Expectations, where the costs of migration may exceed the cost benefits. This phase is characterised by over-enthusiasm and unrealistic projections when flurries of well publicised activity by technology leaders results in some successes, but more failures, as the technology is pushed to its limits. The positions on the Gartner Hype Cycle for Linux 2005 take into account factors such as the open-source development community, the conversion of open-source software into products by system and storage vendors, support and marketing strategies of Linux distributors and hardware vendors, and the costs required to move from legacy platforms. Some markets, such as blade and compute-intensive clustered servers, will be quite advanced; others will fall behind because of lack of richness in manageability and availability. -- "You see things and ask why, I dream of things as never before and ask why not" :) GB Shaw

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Debian Quiz
by Rakesh 'Arky' Ambati 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

Morning Fellows, If you are not a Debian Addict ... Stopping reading here.. If you a Debian Addict, wonder how you missed this post on debian lists. The long-hair funny guy from Germany(guess who) created this is quiz, take it http://www.df7cb.de/debian/quiz/ its good. Cheers -- arky GPG Key ID: 0x92BCF7D4 Blog [ http://arky.in ] Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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BoF session on Sunday @ 3pm
by Praveen A 06 Sep '05

06 Sep '05

We are planning to have BOF session on Sunday @ 3pm. Place: woodies. Jayanagar. Agenda: Planning programs for the Software Freedom Day/Related discussions. -- "GNU is the system, and Linux is the kernel." A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org My Weblog at http://www.pravi.co.nr Rediscover the web ! Get firefox at http://www.getfirefox.com Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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Linux Users Group (Read as GLUG -- rest is OK)
by Praveen A 02 Sep '05

02 Sep '05

Are you a businessperson or non-techie who wants to learn more about Linux and computers, but don't know where to start? One excellent place to start is a Linux user group (LUG). http://community.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/08/15/1541237 -- "GNU is the system, and Linux is the kernel." A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org My Weblog at http://www.pravi.co.nr Rediscover the web ! Get firefox at http://www.getfirefox.com Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html

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