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Kontalk messenger (Re: [X-POST] January Meetup)
by Praveen A 21 Jan '14

21 Jan '14

For those who were not present at the meetup, kontalk is a Free Software replacement for whatsapp - you can chat with anyone if you know their phone number using a data connection (cheaper sms for many people). See http://kontalk.org Currently it is available only on android. Their next version would support XMPP and it would make it easy to get it working on other platforms. Karan asked me how they would know if my contact has a kontalk account if they don't store everyone's number? I asked the upstream and he confirmed my guess. When you register your number, the server sends you an sms to confirm your number and the number is discarded. A one way hash of the number is used as username (like storing passwords, the server can never guess the number based on the hash). So when you want to talk to someone in your phone contact list, the client will make a hash and send it to the server to find the public. The public key of the user will be signed by the server and all communications will be end to end encrypted. Only way to spy would installing apps on the users' phones. This is simply brilliant, the encryption solution we have been waiting for, as easy as whatsapp! Cheers Praveen 2014/1/18, Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com>: > Hello, > > There might be connectivity issue at the venue. It is advisable to > have a backup Internet connection handy. > > Best Regards, > Rigved > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [X-POST] January Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 18 Jan '14

18 Jan '14

Hello, > I was thinking of keeping the January meetup on 12th Sunday. This is because 19th Sunday has the Mumbai Marathon. What does everyone think about this change? > > Also, for the Linux meetup, there'll be a presentation on Debian packaging. I meant January meetup and not December meetup in the subject line! Best Regards, Rigved @Sent from my smart-phone

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Fwd: Happy New Year...
by Dhruv Baldawa 12 Jan '14

12 Jan '14

Hi All, Would anyone like to help/volunteer with this? and any pointers would be helpful :-). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ambuja Salgaonkar <ambujas(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 9:01 PM Subject: Happy New Year... To: Dhruv Baldawa <dhruvbaldawa(a)gmail.com> Hello Though very belated, hope you will appreciate this as a gesture of restarting the interaction that had started during the last month. May I know the updates of your last meeting? My college colleagues are ready to host FOSS lectures. Do let me know what best could be done. Thanks and reply awaited Regards -Ambuja -- Dhruv Baldawa (http://www.dhruvb.com)

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CfP Open for RootConf 2014
by Mehul Ved 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Rootconf is a conference targeted at system administrators. As per their website: """Rootconf is a conference on web and cloud infrastructure. It is targeted at companies who are struggling to scale the effectiveness of their developer teams and performance of their web stacks.""" If you'd like to speak on a topic, you can submit your proposal on https://funnel.hasgeek.com/rootconf2014/ -- With Regards, Mehul Ved

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Study on the Culture of FOSS in India
by Indivar Jonnalagadda 05 Jan '14

05 Jan '14

Hey, My name is Indivar Jonnalagadda, I am a student at TISS, Mumbai. I'm contacting you with regards to my dissertation which is a study of FOSS culture in India. Basically I want to look at the ideas of FOSS developers/enthusiasts regarding themes like intellectual property rights, internet, innovation & collaboration and also look at how these ideas are linked to the practices of FOSS. As part of my study I wish to interview developers and advocates of FOSS. That is why I'm posting to this mailing list. If anybody is interested in sharing their experiences and views on FOSS in India, please get back to me at indivarj(a)gmail.com. Based on your convenience and preference we could either have an interview over telephone/skype or in person. Thanks. I'm looking forward to speaking to some of you. Regards Indivar Jonnalagadda (+919819172401)

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[X-Post] conf.kde.in details
by Pradeepto Bhattacharya 02 Jan '14

02 Jan '14

Hi, Happy new year to you all. Please forward this email to various Linux/FOSS user groups in your city, college any where you think it should reach. Thank you in advance. We are very excited to announce the second edition of conf.kde.in, the biggest KDE conference in India. This three day conference scheduled in February will bring together Qt developers, KDE contributors, open source enthusiasts and users from all across the nation. The event will give you the opportunity to learn, share, contribute, innovate and create while providing you endless possibilities with Qt/KDE technologies. conf.kde.in is an excellent platform for you to learn about FOSS and start contributing to it. The participants will be introduced to the KDE community, and shall also be given an overview of the latest developments in it. The talks, interactive sessions shall help strengthen your basis and shall familiarize you with what it’s like to be a part of the KDE community and help you to contribute to KDE SC and maybe for future participation in programs like Google Summer of Code and Season of KDE. Last year, KDE was the largest participating organizing in GSoC with a selection of 60 students.The sessions will range from the beginner to the advanced level, to facilitate all kinds of participants. *Talks* There shall be a vibrant gamut of talks at the event; ranging over a variety of technical as well as non technical talks covered by members of the KDE community from the extremes of India as well as the world. Be a witness to this cultural as well as intellectual infusion of ideas and experiences, of knowledge and guidance; by people from different walks of life, all with a common passion - open source, KDE; ready to ignite the same passion in you through their words and their minds. 1. How I got involved in KDE and How to attack a problem - Sujith H 2. Hacking on KStars: Progress and challenges - Rishab Arora 3. One app to rule all your media - Sinny Kumari 4. KDE unlike a coconut - Smit Shah 5. Plasma Workspace 2: Little introduction - Bhushan Shah 6. Baloo - Metadata and Search - Vishesh Handa 7. Cute (Qt) C++ idioms - Nikhil Marathe 8. Qt Project - Frederik Gladhorn 9. Language learning with KDE - Samikshan Bairagya 10.Effective Open-Source Speech Recognition in Your Application - Peter Grasch 11.Where KDE is and where it is going - Jos Poortvliet 12. C++11: A Language Renaissance - Kévin Ottens The above is the incomplete list of talks, we are adding more talks as we get confirmation from the speakers. The updated list of talks can be found at http://kde.in/conf/accepted-talks. Every speaker at conf.kde.in is a bonafide contributor to KDE, some of them contributing over a decade. Attending the conference will give you the opportunity to meet seasoned open source contributors, discuss with them, exchange ideas with them, learn from them and also teach them something new. Many of these contributors work for great companies (which themselves are involved in various open source projects) like Mozilla, openSUSE, Red Hat, Blue Systems, ThoughtWorks, KDAB, Digia etc. Also you will find that many of these contributors were students until recently. *Wondering what KDE/Qt is?* KDE is one of the largest international free software community. It has an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, and OS X systems. KDE is known for its Plasma Workspace, an environment provided as the default working environment on many Linux distributions, such as Kubuntu, Pardus, and openSUSE. To find more information about KDE, please visit http://www.kde.org/ Qt is a cross-platform application framework that is widely used for developing application software with a graphical user interface (GUI) and also used for developing non-GUI programs such as command- line tools and consoles for servers. Qt is most notably used in Adobe Photoshop Elements, Skype, VLC media player, VirtualBox, Dassault DraftSight and Mathematica, and by the European Space Agency, DreamWorks, Google, HP, KDE, Lucasfilm, Autodesk Maya, The Foundry's Nuke, Panasonic, Philips, Blackberry applications, Samsung, Siemens, Volvo, Walt Disney, Animation Studios and Research In Motion. Qt runs on multiple platforms which include Linux, Windows, Mac OSX, Embedded Linux, Blackberry 10, Android, Sailfish and Ubuntu Phone OS. To find more information about Qt, please visit http://qt-project.org/ *Details about conf.kde.in*: Venue: Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar Date: 21st - 23rd Feb, 2014 Time: 9 AM - 6:30 PM The registrations for the conference are now open. Please register yourself here (http://cki2014.doattend.com/) and avail the “Early Bird” discount till 15th Jan. There are limited seats so hurry up! You will find accommodation options at http://conf.kde.in/accommodation. We are working very hard to make conf.kde.in 2014 a huge success. And it will happen with the help of your participation. Looking forward to meet you all. Stay tuned for regular updates about this event on our Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/kdeindia) / Twitter (https://twitter.com/kdeindia) page. For any queries, feel free to reach us at conf(a)kde.in Cheers, Pradeepto -- Pradeepto Kumar Bhattacharya KDE e.V. Board of Director | Proud KDE Contributor The KDE Project : http://www.kde.org

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Diaspora meetup on Jan 11, 3 pm at HBCSE and my Mumbai trip
by Praveen A 30 Dec '13

30 Dec '13

With recent revelations of NSA spying on all communications they can get their hands on, it is all the more important for us to build technological solutions like federated social networks, encrypted email etc. Diaspora is an an important solution to this critical problem facing all of us. But as it is a social network, along with technical part, we need to take it to the masses. So if you are keen about protecting your privacy, join us in this campaign and lets together plan how far we can take it. RSVP: http://www.meetup.com/Diaspora/Mumbai-IN/1078062/ Also if any of you are interested in technical contributions like packaging diaspora for debian or developing features for diaspora (it is a ruby on rails application), let me know. Btw, I will be in Mumbai from 9th to 24th Jan and I would like to visit as many campuses as possible to promote free software, free culture, privacy, internet freedom etc. If you have contacts with any schools or colleges, connect with me. A little about me, I contribute to debian and maintains many ruby libraries needed for diaspora. You can see the current status of diaspora packaging at http://people.debian.org/~praveen/diasbar/ I used to be a Senior System Administrator with Red Hat in Pune. Now I'm just travelling around India promoting digital commons and meeting friends. 4 of my recent campaigns 1. Pirate Cycling https://poddery.com/tags/piratecycling 2. Kids on Computers free software lab setup at Assam https://poddery.com/tags/kocassam 3. Diaspora setup at Acharya Narendra Dev college in Delhi https://poddery.com/tags/andcdiasportal 4. Diaspora Yatra https://poddery.com/tags/diasporayatra http://yatra.diasporafoundation.org Looking forward to meeting you all. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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[X-POST] December Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 29 Dec '13

29 Dec '13

Hello, I was thinking of keeping the January meetup on 12th Sunday. This is because 19th Sunday has the Mumbai Marathon. What does everyone think about this change? Also, for the Linux meetup, there'll be a presentation on Debian packaging. Best Regards, Rigved @Sent from my smart-phone

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Mumbai Debian Users' Group Meetup
by Praveen A 29 Dec '13

29 Dec '13

2013/12/8 Rigved Rakshit <r.phate(a)gmail.com>: > Hello, > > So, I know that there are some Debian activities that take place in > Pune. But I have not come across anything happening in Mumbai. So, I > wanted to know if anyone in Mumbai is interested in starting some > Debian activities (or have these already started?). I will be in Mumbai from 9 to 24 Jan and I would like to meet the community and share what I have learned. I can take debian packaging workshops if anyone is interested to learn and start contributing to debian. -- പ്രവീണ്‍ അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില്‍ You have to keep reminding your government that you don't get your rights from them; you give them permission to rule, only so long as they follow the rules: laws and constitution.

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Linux Users Group Meetup
by Rigved Rakshit 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

Hello, This month's Linux Users' Group meetup can take place at Directiplex. Details: Date: 22nd December, 2013 (Sunday) Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Suggestions for sessions are welcome. We also need one session for the Spotlight session (showcasing a Linux distribution). Let me know if anyone has any suggestions for the event. Best Regards, Rigved

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Pact publishing bonanza... $5 any book /video!
by Royce Pereira 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

Hey guys, Just came across this year end sale from Packt publishing. Valid till 3rd Jan (only on ebook - epub and pdf versions) www.packtpub.com/ebookbonanza I myself am a customer, and have purchased a few books on Linux and Raspberry Pi. Best Regards, - Royce Pereira

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Open Street Workshop
by J T Dsouza 06 Dec '13

06 Dec '13

As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on "Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM)" on 06-12-2013 at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit. Topics covered: * Paper mapping using field papers * Geo referencing and digitizing map scans * OSM editing using iD * Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time: 10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013 Venue: Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop. Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar | damitr(a)gnowledge.org <mailto:damitr@gnowledge.org> | 9819350953 <tel:9819350953>

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CentOS 6.5 released
by Arun Khan 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

See the official announcement. <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-December/020032.html> and Release Notes <http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS6.5> The ISO images can be found here <http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/6.5/isos/> -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device

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Change of Profile to Information Security
by Amit Joshi 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hi Group, Currently I am working in the Surveillance industry and was looking for a profile change to the Information Security Industry. I tried to study the general trends people follow to get into this industry and most of them either had an in-depth knowledge of Linux / Unix / System Administration through courses like RHCE/ LPIC etc, or through direct experience. My level of knowledge in Linux is what some may call "intermediate" - but thats a self-proclamation. I am studying for the RHCSA+RHCE exams. Can someone please point me in the right direction. Thanks. -- Regards, Amit Joshi

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[OT] Cisco 887VA as Home Router?
by Binand Sethumadhavan 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps380/data_sheet_c78-613… http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps380/data_sheet_c78-613… Anyone knows anyone using this model? I am thinking of getting one for my home (it is a bit pricey but ideal for 2x broadband + a few IPSec tunnels). Binand

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[OT]34, 115 Indian PSU bank branches are at risk due to their reliance on Windows XP
by Yogesh योगि 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [fosscomm] 34,115 Indian PSU bank branches are at risk due to their reliance on Windows XP Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:58:52 +0530 From: Guru गुरु <Guru(a)ITforChange.net> Reply-To: Indian FOSS Community Network list <network(a)lists.fosscom.in> To: Fosscom Network <network(a)fosscom.in>, ict-education-india(a)googlegroups.com, indianteachereducators(a)googlegroups.com Source - http://www.varindia.com/Microsoft-to-end-support-for-Windows-XP-34K-bank-br… Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) <http://www.microsoft.com/en-in/default.aspx> has revealed the results of a startling study of the banking sector in India today.Â Conducted by Ascentius Consulting, the study has revealed that some 34,115 Indian PSU bank branches are at risk due to their reliance on Windows XP. Windows XP will no longer be supported by Microsoft beginning April 08, 2014 <http://www.microsoft.com/india/msindia/pressreleases/banks-in-india-could-b…>, but the study shows that the penetration of Windows XP is still high at 40â70% in the banking sector. Amongst the greatest risks facing banks that maintain their Windows XP installations, despite the end of support, are their ability to respond to customers and manage waiting times.Â Besides, there are several IT risks that will require extensive effort to manage. In the light of these, CERT-IN has also come out with an advisory recommending immediate migration. We have been advising our customers to move off Windows XP for a long time now. There are a significant number of PCs out there that still need to be moved as per a plan. The move to a modern OS like Windows 8.1 will not only alleviate the risks for users and businesses but will also open up opportunities posed by modern technology, like the cloud, for them, said Amrish Goyal, General Manager, Windows Business Group, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. <http://www.varindia.com/Krrish-3-Game-comes-exclusive-on-Windows-Platform.h…> According to the most recent Security Intelligence Report by Microsoft, Windows XP users are six times more likely to be infected than users of modern operating systems like Windows 8.1, despite encountering the same amount of threats. Windows XP users are also twenty-one times more vulnerable. regards, guru

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[Commercial] PHP Programmers, Designers & Sysadmins
by Joel A Divekar 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hi Everyone We are currently looking for  a) Sr & Jr Programmers having experience in PHP 5 with OOPs, Python, MySQL 5 & jQuery. Node.js, MongoDB will be added advantage b) Designers with experience in html with very strong exposure to CSS. HTML5, CSS3 will be added advantage. c) Sr & Jr Sysadmin for managing online Gnu/Linux based servers d) Sr & Jr Sysadmin for managing Desktops, Networking devices    e) Also we are looking for interns All opening are in Mumbai & Navi Mumbai and for detailed JD kindly contact me off the list. Regards Joel Divekar Mumbai, India

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Mumbai LUG Meetup for November
by Rigved Rakshit 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

Hello, I am looking at 17th November, 2013 (Sunday) as the day for the next LUG meetup. The timing will be 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. JFYI, there might be a workshop on iOS development from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., followed by our meetup. Then, the Python and Javascript meetups will take place from 2:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Last time, everyone went out for lunch. This time, I think we should order food from the restaurants nearby, so that we can sit in the cafeteria and have lunch there itself. The last LUG meetup was good but we found ourselves lacking in time. If the concerned people are up for it, we can schedule those missed sessions for this November meetup. We will get around 2 hours at the next meetup, so we need to limit the number of sessions to 3. My suggestion would be a session of 15-20 minutes followed by 10 minutes to discuss the topic(s) of the session. This way, we can cover 3 sessions in 90 minutes. If any company working on a FOSS stack would like to take a session spot, they are more than welcome to do so. In addition to those sessions, we will also have the Spotlight session, focusing on on a GNU/Linux distro. This can be covered in the remaining 30 minutes. So, what is everyone's take on the above? Any suggestions on how things can be handled in a better way? Best Regards, Rigved

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Scipy.in 2013 | IIT Bombay.
by isachin 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

*http://scipy.in/2013 <http://scipy.in/2013>* -- Sachin

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Getting started with GNU Emacs.
by isachin 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Hello Everybody, If any one has just started with GNU Emacs and don't know how to configure it, have a look at www.haqiba.org -- Sachin

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[Commercial] Open Source India Kicks Off On Monday At Bengaluru
by Priyanka Sarkar 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Dear All, The 10th edition of Open Source India 2013, Asia's largest convention on open source, is back and all set to kick off at the NIMHANS Center in Bengaluru from Monday i.e November 11. It will conclude on November 13, 2013. Open Source India (OSI) 2013 is a one-of-a-kind gathering of all things open source, where you will get an opportunity to enhance your knowledge through the information-packed sessions and workshops, understand how the current trends of open source can help you do business better, network with your peers, and more! The three-day conference-cum-expo will have tracks ranging from cloud computing and mobile app development to kernel development, Web development, open source databases and FOSS for everyone. In addition, there will be presentations by IT thought leaders, discussions and workshops, which will together provide a perfect platform for networking opportunities that could help you boost your knowledge in today's competitive world. Register today for attending Open Source India at http://osidays.com/osidays/osi_registration/osidays_register.php. We are looking forward to welcoming you on November 11 at NIMHANS Center, Bengaluru. For details on the varied tracks, schedule, workshops, speakers, etc, log on to www.osidays.com. Regards, Team Open Source India

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[HW] PCI Express x1 VGA card availability in India
by Arun Khan 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

I am encountering X11 issues with the embedded Matrox G200eW chipset on a server motherboard (Supermicro). The server board has only x8 PCI-e slots; no x16 slots (required for the VGA cards readily available). Debian Squeeze (amd64) stock 2.6.32 kernel installed by the distro. The Linux kernel fails to load the MGA (Xorg) driver and falls back to VESA Frame Buffer driver. The VESA driver does not support the hardware features that our application needs (xawtv/tvtime). I have searched but have not found any conclusive solution to the problem. A few have suggested installing a PCI Express x1 VGA card like this one [a]. Please share OEM/model + Indian vendor, in case you have come across anyone stocking PCI express x1 VGA cards. TIA -- Arun Khan Sent from my non-iphone/non-android device

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] well supported wireless broadband for linux!
by gnulinuxist＠gmail.com 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

-----Original Message----- From: Mayuresh Kathe Sent: 27/10/2013, 12:05 To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Subject: [ILUG-BOM] well supported wireless broadband for linux! Hi, are there any good wireless broadband Internet providers in Bombay who support Linux as well as they support Microsoft and Apple systems? I'm running Ubuntu Server 13.10 (AMD64) and currently am using MTNL Triband, need to have good backup Internet connectivity option. Thanks, ~Mayuresh -- http://kathe.in/ Hi. Nowadays most providers and devices connect to a wireless router. Then it is just a LAN. Regards, Rony. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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{Commercial} Looking for interns
by Siji Sunny 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Hello Students, We are looking for some project interns to work with us to complete small projects (most of them will be in open-source) on Android, Linux etc. Pls contact me off-list, to discuss further. -- Siji Sunny

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[Commercial] Open Source India Kicks Off This November At Bengaluru
by Priyanka Sarkar 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Dear All, The 10th edition of Open Source India 2013, Asia's largest convention on open source, is back and all set to kick off at the NIMHANS Center in Bengaluru from November 11. It will conclude on November 13, 2013. Open Source India (OSI) 2013 is a one-of-a-kind gathering of all things open source, where you will get an opportunity to enhance your knowledge through the information-packed sessions and workshops, understand how the current trends of open source can help you do business better, network with your peers, and more! The three-day conference-cum-expo will have tracks ranging from cloud computing and mobile app development to kernel development, Web development, open source databases and FOSS for everyone. In addition, there will be presentations by IT thought leaders, discussions and workshops, which will together provide a perfect platform for networking opportunities that could help you boost your knowledge in today's competitive world. Register today for attending Open Source India at http://osidays.com/osidays/osi_registration/osidays_register.php. We are looking forward to welcoming you on November 11 at Bengaluru. For details on the varied tracks, schedule, workshops, speakers, etc, log on to www.osidays.com. Regards, Team Open Source India

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