FSUG-Bangalore April 2008

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Open Letter to Mammooty
by Praveen A 22 May '08

22 May '08

Microsoft will be signing up Malayalam movie star Mammootty as one of the brand ambassadors for the Computer Literacy programme that is to be organized soon in Kerala, a Southern Indian State well known for its pro-free software policies. Read, Sign and Share the letter at http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Open_Letter_To_Mammooty Also digg the story http://digg.com/microsoft/Mammooty_don_t_join_hands_with_Microsoft Vote the story http://www.fsdaily.com/Community/Open_Letter_To_Mammooty -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Fwd: [dev-educ] [ClassRooms] First classroom on 7th of May
by Vikram Vincent 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Those of you who are interested in hacking OpenOffice - this is something you should not miss. ----- Forwarded message from eric.bachard(a)free.fr ----- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:26:07 +0200 From: eric b <eric.bachard(a)free.fr> Reply-To: dev(a)education.openoffice.org Subject: [dev-educ] [ClassRooms] First classroom on 7th of May To: dev(a)education.openoffice.org Hi, After some regular discussions with Vincent Vikram and Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay on IRC,I think we can start the ClassRoom program we scheduled some times ago. Objective: help beginners willing to contribute, to discover the development side of OpenOffice.org project, and try to solve, or at least provide some light to : " What, Where, Who, How , Whom ask ..." questions any newcomer asks. The logs will be put on the wiki, thus all the community will be able to access the knowledge, and I expect to see the developers I contacted to confirm they will contribute. Because this is the first one, we'll start with the beginning, and I'll (exceptionaly) start myself the ClassRoom. Proposed Date: Wednesday 7th of May 2008, Hour : 11:00 ( Paris hour ) ~ 14:30 India hour ( i.e; Vincent hour ;-) ) Mode: as IRC meeting. Server : irc.freenode.net Channel : #education.openoffice.org Content : Part 1: 1) Discover the OpenOffice.org project Other points, suggested by Vincent Vikram : 2) where is the code 3) I got the code ... now where do I start in the code ? 4) What do I need to know in advance 5) How good is the documentation documentation Part 2: Questions from the attendees Part 3: Round table with students, and developers, + define the agenda for the next ClassRooms, including other questions to be prepared in advance Suggestions ? Opinions ? Last but not least, please note carefully: - we have choosen the IRC way, because unfortunaly, not everybody has a nice Internet connexion, with good bandwidth, and so on. - if you have a proposal for a better way of communication, please propose, and organize it !! - Everything about the content (the log), and _after_ the presentation (comments, additional links ..etc) will be on the wiki - ALL contributions are WELCOME : means such thing will work if and only if _several_ people join the effort and contribute, because we have to do everything from scratch. Action Item: can someone take over to announce the thing on the Education Project Blog ? Best regards, Eric Bachard -- qɔᴉɹə ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://www.swatantra.org/ http://translate.swatantra.org/

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[ILUG-GOA] Monthly LUG meet - Sat 26th Apr
by Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया] 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Edgar D' Souza <edgar.b.dsouza(a)gmail.com> Date: 2008/4/25 Subject: [ILUG-GOA] Monthly LUG meet - Sat 26th Apr To: ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com Hi all... According to my Gnome calendar, tomorrow is the 26th of April, and the fourth Saturday of the month... which means it's time for our monthly meet-up! I expect that it will be at Science Centre, Miramar, as usual, around 3.00 to 3.30 p.m. I believe Stan Thomas is demoing the eye-candy WBar application as part of his small talk on how he's using Linux on old hardware and not only getting performance, but good looks as well (I mean the Linux desktop, not Stan... ;-) If Stan isn't demoing it, I can put in a couple of minutes on wbarconf, a GUI configuration tool for wbar, which is incidentally written in Python and GTK... and, if anyone's, interested, explain how I used GIMP 2.4.2 to create some backgrounds for the wbar too. Unlike Stan, I use wbar on Gnome, because I'm kind of addicted to Gnome :) If anyone else has a small talk or demo to give, please do post in reply, mentioning what you'll be covering... Regards Ed. ------------------------------------ ************************************************************************* ILUG-Goa's other mailing lists: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-goa-announce LOW-VOLUME, ANNOUNCE LIST http://groups.yahoo.com/group/teach-yourself-linux FOR NEWBIES http://groups.yahoo.com/group/linuxgoahelp TECH HELP LIST http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-floss-developer/ DEVELOPERS' LIST http://feeds.goa-india.org (RSS-based news from across India) ================================================ -- ---------------------------------------------------------- Frederick 'FN' Noronha | Ym/Gmailtalk: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org | fred(a)bytesforall.org Independent Journalist | +91(832)2409490 Cell 9970157402 ----------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [FSUG-Bangalore] Need Linux awareness program at ITI - Kolar Gold Fields
by verman 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

I need volunteers who would take a awareness class in linux at ITI - Kolar Gold Fields. Topic to be covered : what is open source? what is linux? what is GNU? what is GPL? Difference between Proprietary software & Open sources softwares ? why we want to use open source software? Benefits of open source software? I welcome if someone takes awareness class in kanada. Classes to be conducted on 28.04.08 at ITI - Kolar Gold Fields. Maximum 2 Hrs. Thanks, Verman ________________________________ CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use , disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message(S). www.lucas-tvs.com

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Congratulations to Vattam and Madhu
by Praveen A 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Hi, This time around 2 Bengaluru hudugas got selected for Google Summer of Code. Congratulations to both Santhosh Vattam and Madhusudan, both from BMS. Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Interview with Debian Devleoper from IITM Varun Hiremath
by Praveen A 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

Which project do you currently contribute to? I am a Debian Developer and I am currently maintaining about 135 packages in Debian. This is my Debian QA page where you will find the list of packages I am currently maintaining in Debian: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=Varun+Hiremath Apart from Debian I have been contributing to many open source projects: 1) I am author of open source project python-gastables: python modules for compressible gas flow calculations: Homepage: code.google.com/p/python-gastables 2) I am also author of Krickscore - KDE applet for cricket scores. http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Environment/KDE/krickscore-25612.sht… Homepage: http://varun.travisbsd.org/krickscore.php 3) I have been contributing to Jajuk - Advanced Juke box project, where I am working as a Developer and Debian package maintainer. Homepage: http://jajuk.info/index.php/Main_Page 4) I am also currently maintaing pidgin-festival ( formerly knows as festival-gaim). I rewrote festival-gaim to make it work with the new pidgin API. Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin-festival/ How does it feels to have two DDs from neighbouring rooms? (Kumar Appaiah stays next to my room) It is a big advantage having him next door because we get to learn a lot from each other. Usually there is a lot of activity going on in Debian, and it becomes very difficult to keep track of things; having another DD next door really helps a lot to catch up with action. Read More about Varun at http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Varun_Hiremath Cheers Praveen -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Need Linux awareness program at ITI - Kolar Gold Fields
by verman 22 Apr '08

22 Apr '08

hi ! Last week I met the principal of ITI - Kolar Gold Fields, they are interested to learn more on linux. How to arrange classes in Kolar Gold fields . Location : Govt. ITI , Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka. regards, Verman CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use , disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message(S). www.lucas-tvs.com

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The Norway Vote - What really happened
by Vikram Vincent 21 Apr '08

21 Apr '08

The Norway Vote - What really happened "The process which led to Norway's Yes vote on OOXML was so surrealistic that it deserves to be recorded for posterity. Here's my version of the story. It is not impartial. I was the Chairman of the Norwegian mirror committee for SC34 (K185) for 13 years until resigning a couple of weeks ago in protest against Standard Norway's decision to vote Yes. On the other hand, I was present throughout the whole process and have more first-hand knowledge of what went on than anyone (excepting two employees of Standard Norway). Here I describe the fateful meeting on Friday March 28. More background will follow." Read more at... http://topicmaps.wordpress.com/2008/04/18/the-norway-vote-what-really-happe… -- Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://www.swatantra.org/ http://translate.swatantra.org/

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Kumar Appaiah: 5th Debian Developer from India
by Praveen A 18 Apr '08

18 Apr '08

Kumar Appaiah (ILUGC Member and Final year Dual degree student, EEE Dept, IIT-Madras) is the 5th Debian Developer from India. Other 4 from India are Ganesan Rajagopal, Ramakrishnan Muthukrishnan in Bangalore. Kapil Hari Paranjape in Institute of Mathematical Sciences Taramani. Varun Hiremath, student of Aerospace Engg. at IIT Madras. Congratulations Kumar. It is a great boost for the Debian community in India. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign

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Fw: [Fsf-friends] GNU/Linux Installation festival in Bangalore
by Anivar Aravind 17 Apr '08

17 Apr '08

Let us celebrate this next Anivar ----- Forwarded message from Omshivaprakash <omshivaprakash(a)gmail.com> ----- From: Omshivaprakash <omshivaprakash(a)gmail.com> To: Principal Support List of FSF-India <fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in> Subject: [Fsf-friends] GNU/Linux Installation festival in Bangalore "No more *Virus,* No more *crashes* and no more *Blue screen of Death!*" A* GNU/Linux Installation* *festival* dubbed *GNU/Linux Habba* has been planned on *Saturday,* *April 26th, 2008.* *We will: * 1. Help you install GNU/Linux on your Laptop/Desktop. 2. We will show you how to type in Kannada and configure, optimise your system for Kannada. 3. If you bring an empty CD, we'll copy your favourite distribution on it for you*. (And this won't be piracy! You're also free to distribute those.) 4. We will answer all your questions related to Kannada on GNU/Linux to the best of our knowledge. *Venue*: *SERC, Indian Institute of Science. * More info at: http://dev.sampada.net/GNU_Linux_Install_Fest http://kannada.sampada.net/event/gnu-linux-habba-bengaluru http://sampada.net/event/GNU-Linux-Habba and few more articles are here: http://sampada.net/Bengaluru-Linux-habba/2 http://sampada.net/article/8005 *Online Registration:* Kannada: http://sampada.net/event/GNU-Linux-Habba English: http://kannada.sampada.net/event/gnu-linux-habba-bengaluru *Off-line Registrations:* Call or SMS: 9945270698 Hari Prasad Nadig 9902026518 Om Shiv Prakash 9740322699 Srinidhi N Iyengar *Lastly, who is organising this?* A bunch of human GNU/Linux enthusiasts and volunteers from Sampada Community. - Sampada Team -- http://sampadafoundation.org "ಹೊಸ ಚಿಗುರು ಹಳೆ ಬೇರು" -- -- "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L WebPage : http://platonic.techfiz.info Phone: 91- 9902026518 / 9343726518

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