Linuxers August 2010

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by Naveen Dhanuka

Hi, I am writing an article for FOSS Guru on the FOSS events that are going on in India. I know of the following events: 1. FOSS.IN http://www.foss.in 2. Open Source India http://www.osidays.com 3. Freed.in http://www.freed.in 4. FOSSKriti http://www.techkriti.org/fosskriti/ 5. GNUnify http://www.gnunify.in 6. FOSSMeet http://www.fossmeet.in/ If u know of more events please write back. Regards, Naveen Dhanuka

12 years, 2 months

RMS in IIT Mumbai on 6th Sept. 2010

by Nagarjuna G

http://www.techfest.org/lectures/richard_stallman/ -- GN

12 years, 9 months

Openings [Jobs][Commercial]

by Siji Sunny

Hi, We currently have an urgent opening for the post of ** *I) C-Programmer:* ------ *Job Responsibilities :* - Application development in C/C++ on an embedded linux distribution. *Candidate Profile:* - Atleast 1 yrs of good programming experience in C/C++ or Python preferably in Linux. - Proven hands-on in Shell Scripting with Unix / Linux background - Knowledge of Embedded system development/hardware driver development for Linux will be an added advantage - Experience in GTK/Clutter, Android based application development be an added advantage - Excellent logic, analytical and reasoning skills - Ready to learn new technologies & concepts - *Note*: freshers with exceptional logic and analytical skills will be considered. *II) Linux /Open Source Developer: * ------ Skill sets: - - At least 1 year of experience - Embedded software development experience using “C” - Experience in the development Linux based embedded systems - Experience in Kernel Programming, Configuration - Boot Loader,Root File System - Experience in developing device drivers under Linux environment - Software development process experience with multiple tool chains We are conducting interviews from the 6th of Sept to the 11th of Sept 2010. from 11:00 am and 6 pm. Pls. confirm the interview by sending an email to us at jayashree.ramakrishna(a)net4uonline.com -- Siji Sunny

12 years, 9 months

Vedic calendar algorithm

by Pratik Anand

I am making a simple symbian app in Python which will take Gregorian calendar date from user and convert it to Vikram Sanvat /Shak samvat of Vedic calendar. unfortunately, the hindu calendar varies much from the our de-facto system in no. of days in months. So, I am looking for an algorithm which does it effectively , otherwise, I will have to write it from scratch which may have some bugs(in dates). the app first calculates the time in seconds(unix epoch way) then converts it to gregorian. This info be of help,if any. More reference here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikram_Samwat -- Pratik Anand B.Tech - CSE (3rd year) Blog: pratik3d.blogspot.com Twitter: twitter.com/pratikone

12 years, 9 months

Live Streaming of tomorrow's workshop on "Software Patents and the commons" -

by Narendra Sisodiya

Live streaming will be available from 10 am onward (1 sept 2010) http://seminar.knowledgecommons.in/SPtC.html Please spread the word. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘

12 years, 9 months

[X-Post][Jobs] Project positions open at IIT Bombay

by Puneeth Chaganti

1 Announcement ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Project positions are open at IIT Bombay for an MHRD funded project, Free and Open source Software for Science and Engineering Education (FOSSEE). You may obtain further info about the project from the project site: [http://fossee.in] 2 Keywords ~~~~~~~~~~~ Python, Science, Engineering, Education, Scientific computing, IIT-B, FOSS Awareness, Instruction Design, Documentation, Teaching, Graphic Design, Editing, Copy writing, SciPy, NumPy, Sage. 3 Project Description ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The current major activities of the team are - - Course design and content generation for courses on Python (specifically Python for Scientific Computing), LaTeX, Version Control Systems and other FOSS tools. This involves applying the concepts of Instruction Design to design courses and generation of a significant amount of documentation in the form of written material, presentations, spoken tutorials and video lectures. - Generation of supplementary material in the form of code and documentation for Engineering and Science courses being taught at IIT-Bombay. - Delivery of workshops and courses at various levels and locations across the country on the topics mentioned in content generation. - Co-ordination and Organization of conferences like SciPy.in and Sage Days. - Creating a customized distribution that has all the relevant packages to use Python for scientific computing. - We also intend to work and improve upon a tiny implementation of Python to make it suitable to be used on a Low Cost Access Device, being developed by another team from IIT-Bombay. 4 Open Positions & Description ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Content Generators + Writers/Editors + Event Manager + Project Manager + Instructional Designer + Graphic Designer + tiny Python champion 4.1 Content Generators ======================= + Qualifications Educational Qualifications: - Preferably a Bachelors degree in Engineering OR - Post Graduate degree in Science Applicants are expected to possess the following qualities/skills: - Willingness to learn - Good programming skills - Knowledge of Python programming language - Passion for FOSS - Experience with using FOSS - Good math and science skills One or more of the following skills would be a plus: - Knowledge of or experience in Instructional Design and/or content generation. - Experience of working on a FOSS project. - Experience with customizing Linux distributions. + Remuneration The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper limit is flexible. 4.2 Writers/Editors ==================== + Qualifications Educational Qualifications: - A Bachelors degree, preferably in English Applicants are expected to possess the following qualities/skills: - Demonstrated skill and Experience of writing technical documents. - Should be able to write/produce an error free, high quality document (with instruction design principles applied) of about 1200-1500 words in a day. - Good communication skills One or more of the following skills would be a plus: - Knowledge of LaTeX or ReST. - Use of version control systems. - Knowledge of Instruction Design - Experience with using FOSS and a passion for FOSS. + Remuneration The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper limit is flexible. 4.3 Event Manager ================== + Qualifications Educational Qualifications: - At least a 3 year diploma or a Bachelors degree Applicants are expected to possess the following qualities/skills: - Experience in organizing, co-ordinating and conducting events involving anything between 50 to 300 participants. - Good communication skills One or more of the following skills would be a plus: - Experience of organizing a FOSS event. - Experience with using FOSS. - Passion for FOSS. + Remuneration The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper limit is flexible. 4.4 Project Manager ==================== + Qualifications Educational Qualifications: - At least a Bachelors/Masters degree and relevant experience. Applicants are expected to possess the following qualities/skills: - Experience in managing a team of 10-12 people - Good programming skills - Good communication skills - Passion for FOSS - Familiarity with FOSS culture and development One or more of the following skills would be a plus: - Knowledge of Python programming language - Experience in managing a team contributing to FOSS + Remuneration The pay will be in the range Rs. 30000 to 60000 depending on the qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper limit is flexible. 4.5 Instructional Designer =========================== + Qualifications Educational Qualifications: - A bachelors/masters degree Applicants are expected to possess the following qualities/skills: - A good amount of experience in Instruction Design - Good communication skills One or more of the following skills would be a plus: - Knowledge of and Passion for FOSS. - Experience with designing content for FOSS courses. + Remuneration The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper limit is flexible. 4.6 Graphic Designer ===================== + Qualifications Educational Qualifications: - At least a 3 year diploma or a bachelors degree in any field Applicants are expected to possess the following qualities/skills: - Good sense of aesthetics, color and design - Excellent design skills - Good communication skills - Experience in designing web-sites, posters, logos, t-shirts, and other promotional material. One or more of the following skills would be a plus: - Experience with using FOSS. - Passion for FOSS. + Remuneration The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper limit is flexible. 4.7 tiny Python champion ========================= + Qualifications Educational Qualifications: - Preferably a Bachelors degree or higher Applicants are expected to possess the following qualities/skills: - Good programming skills - Willingness to learn - Knowledge of Python programming language - Experience with micro-controller/processor programming - Passion for FOSS - Experience with using FOSS One or more of the following skills would be a plus: - Knowledge of Python internals - Experience of working on a FOSS project. + Remuneration The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper limit is flexible. 5 Why you should apply ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - You get paid to improve and write FOSS. - You get to do really meaningful work -- your work will influence generations of future students all over India and potentially elsewhere. - You get to work on some of the most important projects that will influence the future of science and engineering. - You get to meet and work with the authors of various important packages like Numpy, Scipy, matplotlib, Mayavi and Sage. - You will be at IIT Bombay and will have best of both worlds -- good pay and an academic environment. 6 How to Apply ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The positions are for a maximum duration of 2 years. The initial appointment will be for a period of 3 months which will be extended based on performance. Applicants may email their resumes along with a one page writeup on why they think they are well suited for the project to: jobs[at]fossee.in -- Puneeth Chaganti FOSSEE, IIT-Bombay

12 years, 9 months

Fwd: [LUG@IITD:9376] SchoolOS is announcing 41

by Brian D'Souza

Hi, Have a simple question. How is this any diff than (ed)buntu. Saw the small flash intro and it uses the same stock ubuntu screens even ubu sw centre. Esp when it is available as a 690 mb live cd which this is for abt 2 gb. Will dw and give it a spin. Again, the question is just abt understanding this and not to belittle any of the efforts. On Aug 27, 2010 8:08 AM, "pavithran s" <pavi.eu(a)gmail.com> wrote: On 26 August 2010 10:57, Arun Khan <knura9(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> India. *http://schoolos.org/get_is... Very Funny ! You were able to paste the version number of your browser and DNS server addresses but didn't notice a 'star' after HTML file ! Anyways nice to see distribution centres . It kind of sounds like BOSS support centres ( which also more or less distribution centres) . Another strange part is the list at http://schoolos.org/get_iso.html is on a very poor resolution scanned image ! Why can't the data be put up in a machine readable format ? Afraid of spam bots ? Please consider people with screen readers . Regards, Pavithran -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

12 years, 9 months

Stylus stopped working

by H.S.Rai

Ubuntu 10.04 used to work fine on HP Compaq tc4400. On installing "Interwrite Workspace" from http://www.einstruction.com/support_downloads/downloads.html stylus works uotp login screen. After entering login detail, stylus stops working. How I can resolve this issue, where I should focus? -- H.S.Rai

12 years, 9 months

Fwd: [Lugb_ml] Fwd: [LUG@IITD:9376] SchoolOS is announcing 41 iso distribution centers across the whole India.

by nmudgal

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: kunal gupta <dirtydevil2789(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 9:27 AM Subject: [Lugb_ml] Fwd: [LUG@IITD:9376] SchoolOS is announcing 41 iso distribution centers across the whole India. To: Linux User Group <lugb_ml(a)lugb.in>, lug-jaipur <lugj(a)googlegroups.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Narendra Sisodiya <narendra(a)narendrasisodiya.com> Date: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:28 AM Subject: [LUG@IITD:9376] SchoolOS is announcing 41 iso distribution centers across the whole India. To: schoolos(a)googlegroups.com, IITDLUG <iitdlug(a)googlegroups.com> Today, we are now announcing 41 SchoolOS iso distribution centers across the India. *http://schoolos.org/get_iso.html* This is first of its own kind of network of volunteers across whole India who are ready to provide ISO image of SchoolOS. If you want to become SchoolOS Distributor in your area then you can contact at - feedback(a)schoolos.org we are expecting to grow to the 100 schoolos iso distribution centers by next one month. Thanks for love and support. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ -- LUG@IITD - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm -- ------------/* #OOSM*/---------- :ONLY Open Source Matters:----------------------) "dirtydevil" www.twitter.com/dirtydevil_ www.dirtydebiandevil.wordpress.com Kunal Gupta, Linux User Group Bikaner - lugb <http://www.lugb.in> 4th year, ECE, Engineering college Bikaner. _______________________________________________ Lugb_ml mailing list Lugb_ml(a)lugb.in http://lugb.in/mailman/listinfo/lugb_ml_lugb.in -- Nitin Mudgal http://nitiniamme.wordpress.com -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/E/MU d+(-) s:- a-- C+++ UL+++ P+ L+++>++++ E W++>+++ N>+ o>+ K- w-- O-- !M !V PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t+ 5++ !X R tv- b+ DI-- !D G+ e++ h+>+ r>+++ y ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------

12 years, 9 months

Knowledge Dependecy Tree

by Naveen Dhanuka

Hi, I was doing some research on elearning capsules and found that a knowledge dependency tree can be made without wasting any resources on analyzing which tech to use or which platform to use (FOSS / NON FOSS). I am an Information Architect and I hate the interface of Gnowledge Labs. I also hate the out put diagram. Now I was speaking about the leading edge technology to be used to make such dependency chart. It is the damm windows explorer of windows xp. Make individual folders, put content related to it be it a PDF or a DOC. Make Shortcut files. Place them inside each other as per the dependency understood and followed. If the nodes have different type then different naming conventions can be used for it while naming the folders. Benefits ^^^^^^^^ 1. A layman can use it 2. No cost of buying this software 3. A LMS might not be needed to create an electronic learning system Any points which u think I have missed please shoot, I on behalf of Creanology will love to answer. Regards, Navin Dhanuka

12 years, 9 months

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Linuxers August 2010