Linuxers April 2010

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This article of mine recently appeared in www.opensource.com
by Venkatesh Hariharan 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

This article of mine recently appeared in www.opensource.com Open Source: Modernizing India's education system Over the last few years, open source adoption has been growing within India's education system. Five years ago, the South Indian state of Kerala, pioneered open source in schools with its famous IT@Schools project, that now covers three million students from the 5th-10 standards, involves 200,000 teachers across 4071 schools. Since then, other Indian states like Karnataka, Gujarat, Assam, West Bengal and others have made open source a key part of their school education initiatives. Many schools in India do not have proper premises, blackboards or toilets. In these circumstances, equipping schools with computers seems like a challenge, despite the fact that the Indian Government has decided to spend 6 percent of GDP on education. Proprietary software vendors offer deep discounts for schools and spend close to $20 million on “Train-The-Trainer” programs that enable school teachers to impart computer education to their students. Despite these blandishments, many governments find proprietary software an expensive way of computerizing their schools. For example, a study by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, found that the Kerala government's usage of OSS saved it Rs 49 crore ($10.2 million). More at: http://opensource.com/government/10/4/oss-one-best-tools-modernizing-india-…

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ILUG-BOM -- somebody is unhappy
by narendra sisodiya 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

Somebody wrote to me, I thought better to share - http://twitter.com/sahil_dave/status/12413364243 -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘

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Incubating new LUGs/FSUGs/SIGs at your Schools/Colleges/University/Institutes/Area #india #foss
by narendra sisodiya 18 Apr '10

18 Apr '10

If you do not have Linux/FOSS presence at your college, Then we can help you with starting and running with following things - - E-books - Presentations - Linux Repos like Ubuntu, Fedora etc - FOSS-Videos, - Guidance , - Financial Aids for workshops, - Infrastructure like (Domain name, Web hosting ) - Any other help you can want Please feel free to contact me at - *narendra(a)narendrasisodiya.com OR *** narendra.sisodiya(a)gmail.com -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Society for Knowledge Commons │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org └─────────────────────────┘

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by Surya Sharma 17 Apr '10

17 Apr '10

> While all this looks excellent, you still need to convince me why I > > should use this paid service instead of established, robust, free > > services like Savannah, SourceForge or Berlios. > > In our service people can make their projects as *private* and I think > almost all > free project hosting providers require the project details and info to > be made public. There are quite a few _free_ project hosts that allow private projects, though with limitations. Some have much more features than you do, while limiting others. You might want to compare with them and get equivalent features. I've been using http://www.xp-dev.com/ for many years now. Since I signed up (for free) when they had just gone public, I get an amazing free plan with unlimited users, private projects, and 1.5GB of space. Needless to say, I'm not shifting anywhere :D Surya Sharma

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [COMMERCIAL] CodersCombat project hosting service for all
by Surya Sharma 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

> > I've been using http://www.xp-dev.com/ for many years now. Since > > I signed up (for free) when they had just gone public, I get an amazing > > free plan with unlimited users, private projects, and 1.5GB of space. > > Needless to say, I'm not shifting anywhere :D > > wow - free is 200 mb with 2 private projects and unlimited public projects > and > unlimited users!!! > Just saw http://www.assembla.com/catalog/49-free-private-subversion-repository--pack… <http://www.assembla.com/catalog/49-free-private-subversion-repository--pack…>Quote : Unlimited Users. Unlimited Projects. 2gb Storage. I think I'm moving :D Surya

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by Azhagu selvan,SP 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

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[COMMERCIAL][JOBS] CG Production Pipeline Programmer - Rhythm & Hues Studios India
by Samuel Nair 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

*Company Profile* Rhythm & Hues is an Academy Award® winning film production studio specializing in visual effects and computer animation for feature films, television commercials, theme park rides, and music videos. Founded in 1987, Rhythm and Hues, continues to push the boundaries of the digital frontier and has been singled out as a leader by virtually all the major competitions that recognize excellence in computer graphics. Rhythm and Hues is currently based in Los Angeles, California. Our Indian subsidiary, with offices in Mumbai and Hyderabad, comprises some of the brightest minds and artists in India. At Rhythm & Hues we believe that the highest quality work is created in an environment where people enjoy working and where people are treated fairly, honestly, and respectfully. Our goal is to keep our employees happy and have them take pride in their work for Rhythm & Hues. www.rhythm.com/india *CG Production Pipeline Programmer* Position Summary As part of the Pipeline Department, you will be responsible for the development and support of some of the core pipeline subsystems that are being used in production. These systems range from the cross location data and file transfer systems to lower layer DB driven systems that are used to constitute a fully functional CG production pipeline. These systems are primarily developed in Perl and with some C/C++ components. This position reports to the Pipeline Programming Lead and the Department Manager. Required Skills/Experience · BS or MS is Computer Science or equivalent · Strong understanding of software design, development and support methodologies · Strong Perl experience · In depth knowledge of Linux Systems programming in perl (IPC – Sockets,Pipes,FIFO etc). · In depth knowledge of Linux Network programming (network servers & clients) · In depth Database knowledge (particularly Mysql) · Familiarity with Linux servers administration · Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills Desired Skills/Experience · 5+ years experience in software development · C, C++ or Java programming experience http://www.rhythm.com/india/ca_programmer.html

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[OT] Looking for intern-ship related to FOSS
by deepika bohra 16 Apr '10

16 Apr '10

Hello everyone, I am Deepika Bohra, I am a 3rd year engineering student at Jodhpur Engineering College and Research Centre, Rajasthan,with computer science as major. I am looking for a 45 days intern-ship as a requirement for fulfilling my degree course. I am inclined towards foss and I would like to do this training, working on open source projects. I am good in web designing with basic knowledge of Joomla and Drupal. If anyone can point me to some good place for this? Thanks -- Spread the free and open software Let come and join to be part of it http://lugjodhpur.wordpress.com/

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[OT][Humour] 500 mile email
by Easwar Hariharan 15 Apr '10

15 Apr '10

http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~ranga/humor/500_mile_email.txt -- Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065

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Free 1GB Linux Web Hosting
by Naveen Dhanuka 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Hi, I have some 200GB of free space lying waste. If some one wants to host his/her site or a weblog and have a domain, mail me. I will be more than happy to give you hosting. I won’t give you shell access. I will give you php, mysql and google apps. You can reach me at neevaan(a)gmail.com Naveen Dhanuka http://neevaan.wordpress.com

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Linuxers April 2010