Friends,
We have been making various attempts to create opportunities for Linux
deployments and have met with mixed successes.
Recently, thinking that RTI can be used as a tool for entering the
Government sector, we used this tool and have stopped/postponed one
implementation, where we feel Linux can be the option, whereas the user
has opted for win$ only.
We feel that a small group, what is also called a "special interest
group" could be created that can take up this activity strongly.
After the RTI is filed and the response received, there is need of a
follow-up that would involve technical expertise, which the members of
this group can provide and this activity can then move forward.
If there is interest in it, please get in touch with me. I am at Delhi
and the first case we have got is in delhi itself. Due to legal reasons,
its good not to take the name here at this stage, but, this can be a
very good beginning for Linux entering into areas that are kept away
from it by the "smart fellows" (actually, we may better called them
bribed fellows).
This activity, can not only give a good name to the LUGs but also make a
real difference in the environment. There may be soon the need of filing
cases and taking the matter to a level where the decible level of sound
about Linux can grow real big, for the environment to notice it in a
very interesting manner.
Once we do some tests at one location, then they can replicated all
across the country. RTI can be very interesting for this.
With best wishes for Unity in thinking, feeling and action.
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jtd wrote:
> The CDMA usb modem from tata is about tolerable
I am using it, the speed is much better at Ahemdabad than Mumbai! I am
wondering if it is location specific..
> Basically Schuyler Erle one of the freemap faculty would like to
> obtain a connection when he is India.
Tata modem will suck for them, specially who had experience with
broadband/or other good connection.
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Hi all,
what is the state of gprs /edge performance. a few months ago i tried
out airtel gprs and it was pathetic to say the least. The CDMA usb
modem from tata is about tolerable
Basically Schuyler Erle one of the freemap faculty would like to
obtain a connection when he is India.
Rgds
JTD
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Linuxers,
We are pleased to inform you that National Institute of Technology,
Calicut will be hosting its annual free and open source software
conference, namely FOSS Meet @ NITC 2008, on 28th, 29th and 30th of
March 2008. This time the focus of the event is to get more students
actively involved in FOSS. As usual, there will be talks, BOFs,
workshops etc. - details of which will soon be put up on our website –
http://www.fossmeet.in/nitc .
In addition to that, this year, we are starting a contest called
FOSSDev, to promote student participation in and contribution to FOSS.
Basically, a team wishing to participate has to find a mentor who will
help them contribute to a project of the participant's choice. FOSSDev
is a year long event. There will be three "checkpoints" at which
progress will be evaluated and prizes will be given accordingly. Total
prize money is Rs. 23,500. You can read more about FOSSDev at
http://fossmeet.in/nitc/fossdev .
This meet is organized by the GNU/Linux Users Group Calicut(GLUGC) in
association with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Student Branch NIT Calicut [IEEE], Computer Society of India, Calicut
Chapter [CSI], Computer Science and Engineering Association [CSEA] and
all the volunteers from various walks of life.
Listen to people who already experienced the FOSS Meet spirit.
* [...] NITC's FOSS event has grown in stature, and is quickly
becoming one of the recognized FOSS events in India, along with
Gnunify, Freedel and of course FOSS.IN. [...] - Atul Chitnis
http://atulchitnis.net/diary/showentry/420
* [...]The organization of FOSS @ NITC surprised me, compared to
what I'd seen at other similar conferences. Compared to what went on
at GNUnify, these guys are a lot more decentralized in organization
and had quite a feel of a student run tech fest. I hardly saw any
faculty running around, except for Amarjeet. The faculty was more of
facilitiating the event rather than running the event and their pulls
on the event was not quite obvious, if any. Quite heartening indeed
from my point of view.[...] - Gopal V
http://t3.dotgnu.info/blog/conferences/foss-nitc-06.html
* [...] Right. All around good experience, the event, the place,
the hosts and not to mention the food. College set near a nice
jungle/hill kinda place. Appams rocked! Beach was fun as well, just in
time for the sunset. Lots of good talks from Philip, Gopal, Shyam,
Shreyas and so many many more people. [...] - Pradeepto in this same
mailing list
http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20070212/058037.ht…
* [...] I was at the meet up last year along with Pradeepto and
many other people. It's quite a nice experience. You should go if you
can. [...] - Philip Tellis again in this same mailing list
http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20070212/058031.ht…
Looking forward to meeting you at FOSSMeet@NITC 2008.
Note: Please register yourself on the website as soon as possible.
Regards,
The Core Team
FOSSMeet@NITC2008
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Hi,
---------
The Linux Standard Base version 3.2 has been released. Release notes
are available here:
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/ReleaseNotes32
The specification itself is available here:
http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/
The test suites and SDK can be downloaded from our FTP site. More
information is available at:
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Downloads
This release of the LSB has many fixes and features, including:
* New "trial use" modules, replacing the former "optional" modules.
* Initial support for printing.
* Initial support (as trial use) for ALSA.
* Support for Perl and Python as first-class languages for Linux apps.
* Several freedesktop.org standards, including menus and icon themes.
* Support for the Portland project's xdg-utils as trial use.
* Promotion of Qt 4 to a required part of the standard, and
deprecation of Qt 3.
* FreeType support, through both FreeType and the Xft X extension.
* XRender support.
More details are available in the release notes.
In addition, a new certification process has been introduced in time for
LSB 3.2.
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Section 16 [1] should be of interest :)
[1]http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Desktop-generic/LSB-De…
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