*Minutes of FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya College of IT*
Date: 13th August 2004 Venue: KJSCIT, Sion
Pictures from FSF Seminar @ K.J. Somaiya are available here
Overview: The Free Software Foundation of India held a seminar cum workshop on GNU/Linux and the Free Software Paradigm (read SSP: Swatantra Software Paradigm) at KJ Somaiya College of IT, Sion, Mumbai. Dr. Nagarjun G., on behalf of the FSF introduced audience to the GNU Project and how to be a part of the Free Software Movement.
* The Principal of KJSCIT introduced audience to speaker for this meet/workshop Dr. Nagarjun G. from Free Software Foundation. After Saraswati vandana, and a brief tea/coffee session, Nagarjun introduced audience to the GNU Project and Free Software Foundation India. He took us to the days of MIT hackers and explained the concept of Free Software at that time and brought us to this day where GNU Project is making a steady progress towards its HURD Kernel. A general question/answer session followed with Nagarjun answering questions pertaining to Free/Open Source and comparing various Unix flavors and windows systems. [after which everyone left for lunch :-) ]
* After lunch, it was time for a demonstration of various Free Softwares that are giving a tough challenge to their proprietary counterparts. A hands-on demonstration of working around with GIMP 2.0 and Blender were presented. A sample movie created using Blender made everyone bite their nails. After which it was time to learn how to type/program at the speed of thought, using GNU Emacs. He demonstrated us how to create new macros in emacs so as to improve our speed and efficiency while typing/programming. (any vi fans there yet?)
* Before starting a formal question/answer session, we went through the K Menu and saw what all applications are packed onto that single Knoppix 3.4 live CD. That brought us to a formal question/answer session followed by a demonstration of how to install Knoppix 3.4 on harddisk, hook on to internet, mount partitions and mess around with lilo.
And another fun filled FSF Seminar came to an end with another round of tea/coffee and distribution of Knoppix 3.4 CDs and participation certificates. By 5pm, all new comers became *GNU Enthusiasts* and all GNU enthusiasts became *GNU Advocates/Extremists*
-anurag
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