FSUG-Bangalore January 2010

fsug-bangalore@mm.gnu.org.in

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Student Project in IIMB ... Multi media streaming ...
by Karthikeyan Shanmugam 25 Jul '10

25 Jul '10

Hi, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore is to develop a hi-fi education portal with audio and video presentations. This may look like http://videolectures.net/, meawhile completely on Free and Open Software. Technical Skills : Multi media streaming, domain and libraries. Please see http://osflash.org/red5 for more details. Final and 3rd years students will be given preference. This project will be guided by an IIM-B professor. Expert help will be provided from people in IISC and FSMK. Please reply to karthik(a)fsmk.org<http://in.mc942.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=karthik@fsmk.org>or iamsjkk(a)gmail.com<http://in.mc942.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=iamvsjk@yahoo.co.in> - regards Karthik

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Re: [FSUG-Bangalore] a prof from christ engg college needs help abt gnu /linux
by Arvind K 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

Hi, I can go and help him.Mail me the details. > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:53:47 +0530 > From: renuka prasad <renukaprasadb(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [FSUG-Bangalore] a prof from christ engg college needs help > abt gnu /linux > To: Free Software Users Group - Bangalore > <fsug-bangalore(a)mm.gnu.org.in> > Message-ID: > <2edece8c1001302123n510f2527h9cf6b29738a426e4(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all > > Recently in a Workshop I met a Proffessor from Christ Engineering College, > Bangalore who has installed Ubuntu on his laptop. He is need of some help. > > He wants to install texlive and other software. I tried to guide him over > phone but not yet succeeded completely. > > Is there some one near Jayanagar 3rd Block 3rd Stage who can help him? > > Till Tomorow evening he is not available . tomorrow evening if some one can > go to his place and help him please reply here.. I will give his contact > details. > > with regards > renuka prasad > -- My Fingerprint:1024D/67CF3C40 :7C43 BB90 1E92 2E8D 647A 5DB0 DC64 0799 67CF 3C40 Arvind: https://launchpad.net/~arvindkhadri The box said Windoze or better,so i installed Linux http://techietipsandtricks.blogspot.com http://xkcd.com/272/ Registered Linux User #46760 arvind_khadri (on irc.freenode.net)

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a prof from christ engg college needs help abt gnu /linux
by renuka prasad 31 Jan '10

31 Jan '10

Hi all Recently in a Workshop I met a Proffessor from Christ Engineering College, Bangalore who has installed Ubuntu on his laptop. He is need of some help. He wants to install texlive and other software. I tried to guide him over phone but not yet succeeded completely. Is there some one near Jayanagar 3rd Block 3rd Stage who can help him? Till Tomorow evening he is not available . tomorrow evening if some one can go to his place and help him please reply here.. I will give his contact details. with regards renuka prasad

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help req to configure TATA photon + USB modem on ubuntu
by renuka prasad 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hi all i was trying to configure tata photon + USB modem on ubuntu some times my device is getting detected , and some other times it is not .... i get message as Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 32: mount: block device /dev/sr1 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sr1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so Error mounting: mount exited with exit code 32: mount: /dev/sr1 is not a valid block device it has 8GB memory slot ( we need to add a card, i have not added ) when i did lsusb i got following output rvcemcabrp@rvcemcabrp-laptop:~$ lsusb Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 002 Device 012: ID 201e:2009 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 018: ID 0a5c:2110 Broadcom Corp. Bluetooth Controller Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub when i did wvdialconf rvcemcabrp@rvcemcabrp-laptop:~$ sudo wvdialconf Editing `/etc/wvdial.conf'. Scanning your serial ports for a modem. Modem Port Scan<*1>: S0 S1 S2 S3 Sorry, no modem was detected! Is it in use by another program? Did you configure it properly with setserial? Please read the FAQ at http://open.nit.ca/wiki/?WvDial If you still have problems, send mail to <wvdial-list(a)lists.nit.ca>. rvcemcabrp@rvcemcabrp-laptop:~$ if you have links of any success in configuring the device kindly forward thanks in advance renuka prasad

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Fwd: [CROSSPOST] FOSS FESTIVAL MUKTI' 10
by Debayan Banerjee 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

MUKTI' 10 The *GNU/Linux Users' Group, NIT Durgapur* brings to you one of the most looked for fests, Mukti' 10 <http://www.mkti.in/>, a *National-level Technical FOSS Festival*. Last year, Mukti' 09 saw some of the most exciting events and useful workshops, and this year again, it brings to you an equally zealous three-day entertainment combined with vigour and freedom. All you have to do is get yourself registered, and then you are ready to soar on the wings of Linux. The different events we have are: 1. Codecracker, When the coding gets tough, the tough get coding. 2. Brainmesh, Design … Create … Spin the web 3. Konfigure, Crash … Bang … and Voila ... It’s Fixed 4. InCanity, Ready … Get…Set … Code 5. Rush Hour, Game On 6. Open Projects, Ignite the fire of free knowledge 7. Online Treasure Hunt, Start exploring … the unexplored depths of your mind 8. Freemex, Share with shares ... 9. FreePL, Go Play... In addition to the above-mentioned exciting events, we also have different workshops on Qt Development, Game Programming, Cyber Security, Developing Applications using Android, etc. wherein the most well-known speakers and FOSS enthusiasts from different corners of India come to interact with FOSS lovers.* *This fest is not only for the students of NIT Durgapur, but for everyone. All are welcome to take part. We are available at:* * Group:* http://groups.google.co.in/group/nitdgplug *IRC:* http://lug.nitdgp.ac.in/irc/irc.cgi * P.S.: No registration fees. :) -- Varsha Jaikumar Computer Science & Engineering (3rd Year) National Institute of Technology Durgapur Blog: http://varshamyspace.blogspot.com/ -- Regards, Debayan Banerjee

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does anyone offer courses on animation (3D) using FOSS like blender
by renuka prasad 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

Hi all if you know some one who offer courses or conducts workshops on animation ( 3D) using FOSS like blender and etc please let me know. there are few people willing to learn animation. animation, means animation in genral , i am willing to propose that using FOSS also we could do .. if you know some one please let me know , initial plan is conduct a workshop and later may be extended as a long term course during week-ends with regards renuka prasad

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FSMK News Letter Edition 7
by Nidhin Sasi 24 Jan '10

24 Jan '10

Dear Friend, FSMK News Letter's 7th issue is here. FSMK News Letter Edition 7 <http://fsmk.org/NewsLetterEdition7> We are bringing up some hot issues in this edition. Through the editorial, we are discussing the issue of Digital Divide. Even though this subject is holding highest relevance in our society, no other groups were ready to discuss it. Read further articles and find out how we are trying to solve this issue from the very scratch. For the first time we have published a Kannada article as well. Expect more in the coming editions. This is as part of our commitment to bring localization of free Software to the Kannada space. Also we are covering lot of News happened in and around the software field. For FSMK, issues are not just to be discussed over mails or to be kept only in paper. We are trying to work among the people in need. So in this efforts we need you to carry the flag to newer heights. Regards, FSMK EB-Team.

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report about 3 day workshop at R.V.C.E on 18th, 19th and 20th Jan 2010 for lab admins using FOSS
by renuka prasad 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

Hi all here is a brief report about the 3 day workshop about "Managing and Securing Compute Labs using Free and Open source Softwares, which was Supported and Facilitated by Department of M.C.A of R.V.College of Engineering and FSUG-B'lore please see here to see the event announcement http://deeproot.in/training/lab-admins 15 participants from R.V.College of Engineering were present. The participants were one of those who would be managing the computer labs in the in their respective department. 3 participants from PES Institute of Technology Bangalore (College network admin + two lab administrators ) 1 participant from RNS Institute of Technology ( network administrator ) 1 participant from BMS Institute of technology ( network administrator ) 2 participants from industry attended the workshop. On Day 1 morning sessions text based installation and GUI based installation were done.in the afternoon session USB installation , and boot loader issues were addressed On day 2 Samba , LDAP , DHCP related topics were covered and in the after noon clonezilla was demonstrated and also participants practised by creating a separate LAN On day 3 few topics were redone and participants were asked to demonstrate whatever they had learnt there was a session about some of the network monitoring and securing tools like tcpdump, iftop, iptables later configuring the server for developing web applications using php / mysql tomcat and also configuring CGI according to the BE CSE /ISE were done there were small sessions which demonstrated DTP softwares , Office suit , educational suit etc.. Thanks to abhas and his team ( deeprootlinux ) for all their efforts in making the participants capable of managing ans securing computer labs in more efficient and effective way. All the participants have given a very good feedback about the resource person and the topics but also have suggested that to redo some of the topics in more detail. will be uploading the photos soon -- all the links are blocded in the network where i am rignt now with regards renuka prasad

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Why Open Source is the New Software Policy in San Francisco
by Purnateja D Ghat 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

Hi list, here is an interesting post written by the Mayor of San Fransisco. please check out the link. http://mashable.com/2010/01/22/open-source-san-francisco/ thank you -- Purnateja.D.Ghat ಸುವರ್ಣ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸಿರಿಗನ್ನಡಂ ಗೆಲ್ಗೆ ------------------------------- www.purnateja.devadutta.net purnateja.blogspot.com

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by arvind k 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

LinkedIn ------------ arvind k requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: ------------------------------------------ Jhinuk, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - arvind Accept invitation from arvind k http://www.linkedin.com/e/7GrZHsCw-w1RcecUYdeh-QvwmW5Rc9WTYP7pzbRLV_f/blk/I… View invitation from arvind k http://www.linkedin.com/e/7GrZHsCw-w1RcecUYdeh-QvwmW5Rc9WTYP7pzbRLV_f/blk/I… ------ (c) 2010, LinkedIn Corporation

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