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Call for speakers, November 2017 meeting
by Joe Steeve 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

Hello All, The next monthly meeting is on 11th November 2017, 15:00 to 17:00, at Don Bosco Institute of Technology. Would anyone like to give a talk? -- Joe Steeve HiPro IT Solutions Private Limited http://www.hipro.co.in/

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Updated October 2017 meeting agenda
by Joe Steeve 16 Oct '17

16 Oct '17

Hello All, There has been a small confusion in the planning and here is the updated agenda. The October 2017 meeting of "Indian Linux User Group, Mumbai (ILUG- BOM)", will be held on 14th October 2017, 15:00 to 17:00 IST. Venue: IT Lab 4, 3rd Floor, A - Wing, Department of Information Technology, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Kurla (W). 10 min from Vidyavihar Station (W). Map: https://goo.gl/maps/fRQoetu97Vp Agenda: 1. 30 minutes: Introductions 2. 1.5 hour: Introducing FOSS to teachers 1. Installing GNU/Linux 2. Basic usage 3. Common day to day tools (Web browsing, documents, spreadsheets, presentations) Everyone is welcome :) -- Joe Steeve HiPro IT Solutions Private Limited http://www.hipro.co.in/

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Meeting / Workshop on Linux on 14/10/2017
by Prahlad C 15 Oct '17

15 Oct '17

------------ *Excellent meeting.* ------------ After transforming Auxilium School wadala to Linux, ILUG BOM had an excellent meeting with teachers and students on 14th Oct 2017 at DBIT-Kurla. Though good number of teachers have registered for the meet but due to heavy rains many haven't dared to take risk and some due to personal reasons. No problem, there is always a second time. The meet started with the introduction of everyone including the new comers. few were completely new to Linux. They showed lot of interest in learning Linux. Mr. Joe Steve convincingly explained the concept and the philosophy of community Operating systems and softwares, in short, why and what of Linux. He highlighted the need for FOSS and how it should be, in the reach of common man as it is community driven. Replying to Shashwat's (a student of 12th standard) question, the difference between hackers and crackers Joe narrated an interesting story on hackers and also mentioned why that word was coined. Mr. Rajeev unpacked his bundle of knowledge and explained the Linux Fedora starting from installation of the OS which is customized for schools and school teachers. He dealt with most of the applications which are useful to teachers such as tuxpaint, tuxmath, Unicode for devanagari script etc. Most interestingly he made an impeccable explanation of Libre office giving importance to Libre Writer, Libre calc and Libre impress which are far better than their counterpart softwares like Office word, Excel sheet and Power Point Presentation of MS Office. Mr. Rajeev cleared the doubts of teachers in a lucid language. At the end of his session Mr. Rajeev gifted everyone with a bootable DVD of Fedora. Next, Mr. Raghavendra Kamat a professional artist, perspicuously ( with clarity and lucidity ) explained GIMP ( GNU Image Manipulation Program ) to everyone's understanding. He emphasized on the tools that are available in GIMP starting from types of brushes of different thickness, different colors, different pallets etc. He demonstrated multilingual text usage in GIMP especially combination of two letters in Marathi or Hindi, to be precise Devanagari script. He beautifully showed with ease that how one can touch, cut, crop and change the complexion of an image and also warned public, of it's misuse. :D Mrs. Sarita Mulay a representative of Shishuvan School of Matunga offered us a pleasant chance to meet the teachers of her School and demonstrate Linux starting from installation, to use of all applications which are beneficial to teachers but only when school reopens after Diwali Vacation. She also assured us of place in her School for our future meet ups. At the end all dispersed with a sense of gratitude and achieving some thing new. All of them ( new entrants ) showed interest in continuing with us in the journey of Linux and also to help us in our mission.

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October 2017 meeting
by Joe Steeve 13 Oct '17

13 Oct '17

Hello All, The October 2017 meeting of "Indian Linux User Group, Mumbai (ILUG- BOM)", will be held on 14th October 2017, 15:00 to 17:00 IST. Venue: IT Lab 4, 3rd Floor, A - Wing, Department of Information Technology, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Kurla (W). 10 min from Vidyavihar Station (W). Map: https://goo.gl/maps/fRQoetu97Vp Agenda: 1. 15 minutes: Introductions 2. 45 minutes: Introduce teachers to FOSS 3. 60 minutes: "Introduction to Docker" by Mr.Joel Divekar Everyone is welcome :) -- Joe Steeve HiPro IT Solutions Private Limited http://www.hipro.co.in/

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Call for speakers, October 2017 meeting
by Joe Steeve 04 Oct '17

04 Oct '17

Hello All, The next monthly meeting is on 14th October 2017, 15:00 to 17:00, at Don Bosco Institute of Technology. In this meeting, we are expecting a lot of participants from the teaching community (schools in particular). They are new to "Free and Open Source Software", and to computers in general. So, for this month's meeting, we need to pick a topic that will give them a good introduction to the community and be a starting point for their adoption of Free Software. Please pour in your suggestions for the same. -- Joe Steeve HiPro IT Solutions Private Limited http://www.hipro.co.in/

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[X-POST] Annual Python Developer Survey
by Kushal Das 28 Sep '17

28 Sep '17

Hi everyone, The annual Python developer survey is here. Fill it even if you are just starting with Python. The survey is organized in partnership between the Python Software Foundation and JetBrains. Blog post: https://pyfound.blogspot.in/2017/09/join-python-developers-survey-2017.html Link to survey: https://surveys.jetbrains.com/s3/c11-python-developers-survey-2017 Kushal -- CPython Core Developer Director, Python Software Foundation https://kushaldas.in

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Fw: [Positions] Positions for free software developers in gnowledge lab
by Anurag Patel 22 Sep '17

22 Sep '17

Forwarding on Nagarjuna's behalf. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Positions] positions for free software developers in gnowledge lab Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 17:41:34 +0530 From: GN <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> To: glug <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Good for freshers with interest to become a free software developer. CIET-NCERT and gnowledge lab (http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/research-development/gnowledge-lab) of HBCSE-TIFR are collaborating in the development of a National Repository of Open Education Resources (NROER http://nroer.gov.in). The repository is a collaborative platform working towards a collection of various media ICT resources in different subjects. To support the design and development of the web platform for NROER, CIET-NCERT invite applications for filling up the following technical posts on purely contractual basis initially for a period of one year and likely to be extended for a maximum period of 3 years. The Walk-in interview will be held at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of fundamental Research (TIFR), (Next to Anushaktinagar Bus Terminus), V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai- 400088, on 6th October 2017. More details here: https://hasjob.co/gnowledge.org/4x65u -- GN

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Linux Localization Video
by Navin Dhanuka 18 Sep '17

18 Sep '17

Hello All, I was in hibernation for a long time. Gearing up now to be a active lugger again. Please have a look to the video I made like 10 years back. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vljou-mE6gM I missed Karunakar. :-( Regards, Navin Dhanuka 9987752076

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Open Source Summit LA Sep/2017 -- A conversation with Linus Torvalds
by Arun Khan 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

Recording of Linus Torvald's interview at the just concluded Open Source Summit in LA Sep/2017 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlRXFpUVPK4> It's 26 mins but do take the time to watch the full video and witness the introduction of Zach, representing the next gen open sourcers. Njoy. -- Arun Khan

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Software Freedom Day 16th September 2017 - Free Software & Education
by Raghavendra Kamath 16 Sep '17

16 Sep '17

Hello Everyone, Some of the members of ILUG BOM have come together with Free Software Movement Maharashtra, Digital Freedom Foundation & Don Bosco Institute Of Technology to celebrate Software Freedom Day 2017. This years Focus is Free & Libre Software in Education. We have planned to Invite Teachers and students for a seminar , which will highlight the role of free software in education. Agenda: 1. Digital classroom and Lab work — We shall discuss how teachers can make use of digitized textbooks and computerized exercises for any subject. 2. Teaching Aids — The most complex concepts can now be demonstrated in classroom to stimulate pupil’s imagination. 3. Programming at an early age — We discuss how children can start coding at an early age and make their own software. 4. Why Free & Libre Software — What is free and open source software? Why is it important in Education? Steps to encourage free software in education. We are also trying to give (if possible) DVD live installation medias, after the event. Venue & Time: Date : 16 Spetember 2017 Day : Saturday Time : 3 PM TO 5PM Address: IT Lab 4, 3rd floor, A wing Department Of Information Technology Don Bosco Institute Of Technology, Kurla (W) 12 Minutes walk from Vidyavihar Station(W) Map: https://goo.gl/maps/fRQoetu97Vp We request the support from all of you to make this event a success -- Raghavendra Kamath Illustrator raghukamath.com

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