Tech Day: GNU/Linux, OpenSource & Fedora
by Andrea Modesto Rossi
The Fedora Project Group, in association with the Ticinum Linux User Group
(TiLUG, Pavia, Italy) and with the partecipation of the City of Garlasco
(Pavia), are proud to announce the GNU/Linux "Tech Day", wich will be held
at Garlasco's "Sala Polivalente" the 15th of June 2008 (starting at 2PM).
The conference aims to make the public, IT experts and not, aware of the
opportunities offered not only by the GNU/Linux OS, but also by many
OpenSource applications.
Thanks to the workshops and the participation of many experts, users will
have the opportunity to know best several topics such as network security,
software licenses, OS interoperability and others.
During the afternoon, it will be also presented the latest Fedora release,
the GNU/Linux distribution by the Fedora Project: an OpenSource project
sponsored by Red Hat and supported by the community. A team of volunteers
will be ready to install this OS on the computers of the participants.
Fedora is indicated for any uses since it contains all the most common
tools a user will ever need in a server environment, as well as a bundle
of graphical tools for the system configurations, useful to those users
who are in search of a user-friendly desktop distribution
http://pavia.linux.it/events/view/25
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Andrea Modesto Rossi
Fedora Ambassador
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AndreaModestoRossi
15 years, 9 months
Ambassadors Meeting APAC - IRC Log 2008-06-08
by susmit shannigrahi
<susmit> APAC ambassadors meeting is now on.
<susmit> Your wiki names please
<born2linux> hi everyone, sorry I'm late
<susmit> SusmitShannigrahi
<magie> MagieAntonio
<aacosta_MX> AlejandroAcosta
<jbenedict> JasonBenedict
<born2linux> EngelsAntonio
<susmit> No one else?
<jaswinder> I am new, my name is Jaswinder
<susmit> Your wiki name please?
<jaswinder> don't have yet
<susmit> ok..
<susmit> no one else from India?
<susmit> ok..lets start
<susmit> the agenda is here
<susmit> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-06-08
<susmit> jaswinder, where you are from?
<jaswinder> Delhi, India
<susmit> Can you please list yourself as a local point of contact?
<susmit> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/India/LocalContacts
<jaswinder> curreently I do not have wiki ID
<susmit> ok..you will soon have one anyway. Please consider listing
yourself if you can.
<susmit> We don't have anyone in that region
<jaswinder> Ok but what I have to do :)
<susmit> please refer to the page..you need to burn the DVD/CDs
provided by the requester
<susmit> you need not spend any money
<jaswinder> but currently I do not have F9
<susmit> hmm...I shall arrange that...mail me offlist. Ok?
<jaswinder> ok
<susmit> jbenedict, can you please update about singapore?
<jbenedict> Fedora in Singapore?
<susmit> yes :)
<susmit> and availability of CD/DVD
<jbenedict> Most people on is using it in Data-center beside RHEL/CentOS...
<jbenedict> Most will download via Fedora Mirror ie:- NUS
<jbenedict> Singapore had very good Broadband eof
<susmit> agreed..so you mean starting freemedia program may not be required
<jbenedict> yes, only a few of my peer asked from me. But will be good
to have Fedora as Desktop, like what i had been using for yrs now
<susmit> How about Philippines?
<susmit> magie?
<magie> Fedora is roughly #2 on desktops and servers
<susmit> availability and events?
<magie> as in Singapore, most download it via Fedora mirrors
* techbugs (n=siddhart(a)122.167.151.163) has joined #fedora-meeting
<magie> Fedora 9 was showcased last May 2 during the 1st Geek Camp
<techbugs> hi all siddharth here... my net broke down.. :)
<susmit> hi, welcome
<jbenedict> !
<techbugs> so what did i missed
<magie> We are planning another big push this September during
Software Freedom Day
<susmit> during september, there is no event
<magie> I invited all Philippines Ambassadors to a meeting tomorrow EOF
<susmit> so you may ask for fund from Fasco
<magie> that would be a big help, thanks
<magie> will bring it up in tomorrow's meeting
<susmit> refer to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents
<susmit> and list yours here
<magie> got it, thanks
<susmit> jbenedict
<jbenedict> currently have no idea, but was thinking to do freemedia
in form of usb-thumb
<susmit> techbugs, sent pm what you missed.
* hanthana (n=danishka(a)124.43.53.173) has joined #fedora-meeting
<susmit> jbenedict, what idea are you talking about?
<techbugs> yap got it thanks
<susmit> freemedia in usb-thumb is highly possible
<jbenedict> freemedia program for Singapore. Instead of DVD/CD, i am
think of doing it in usb-thumb drive as fedora live bootable.
Currently most Singaporean going for Mac away from Vista...
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<jbenedict> and linux is one of their choice as Desktop too.
<susmit> please google with "fedora 9 on usb how to"
<susmit> a lot of articles are there
<susmit> :)
<jbenedict> maybe in this way can attract them to fedora. I know how
to do flash FC into usbthumb. thanks.
<susmit> ah, nice..thanks
<susmit> anyone from countries other that India, singapore, phillipines?
<susmit> if yes, please update us.
<jbenedict> so how i can start in promoting freemedia program for
Singapore? list it in
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Distribution/FreeMedia/Singapore
<jbenedict> eof
<susmit> jbenedict, please contact ThomasChung in this regard. he will help you.
<jbenedict> okay eof
<susmit> techbugs, want to talk about donations?
<techbugs> yap..
<susmit> go on please
<techbugs> i was in contact with Buzzworks http://www.buzzworks.co.in/
... they have agreed to support FreeMedia ..
<techbugs> 10 dvds a month
<susmit> but how do we accept that?
<techbugs> for now...we ll be providing them with addresses and media
tipe and they will ship.. this is the weasist i could come up
<techbugs> type*
<techbugs> *easist
<techbugs> **
<techbugs> and then there was a cash help offer 1K from the other person
<techbugs> I think we can use that to coverup the backlog...
<susmit> Yes, me too got a few offers, but...
<susmit> let us take this to the mailing list
<techbugs> k sure
<techbugs> as you can see the FreeMedia India page
<techbugs> we are doing quiet good with local contacts
<techbugs> initiative
<techbugs> eof for now
<susmit> redhat india talked about this, but no representative from them
<susmit> anyone have anything more to say?
<techbugs> -1
<jbenedict> -1
<magie> -1
<born2linux> -1
<susmit> ok...then we close
<susmit> but only to say this on record
<susmit> In APAC there is a lack of people seriously trying to contribute.
<susmit> A lot of people join but a few continues.
<susmit> anyway
<susmit> thank you all for attending the meeting
<techbugs> we can continue our efforts and try to make some
awareness.. it is still early times.. lets hope for some good things
coming up
<Ekushey> susmit, i'm an ex fedora ambassador from bangladesh, can i
say something?
<susmit> sure
<techbugs> .. yap.. thanks for organizing....
<Ekushey> off the record, of coarse
<Ekushey> susmit, i think the inactive ambassadors should be removed
<born2linux> welcome, maybe next time there will be more attendees
<techbugs> :)
<susmit> Ekushey, there was a hot discussion on this..but no progress.
<Ekushey> if someone is not contributing, and still taking the credit
of being an "ambassador", then the active ones get discouraged
<techbugs> yes the result was inactive ambassadors are an issue but
removing them is not a solution
<Ekushey> well, i removed myself beacuse of this
<Ekushey> it's been over 2 years since then and i still don't see any difference
<born2linux> !
<susmit> born2linux
<born2linux> +1
<born2linux> if I'm not mistaken, magie has invited ph ambassadors 3
times already
<born2linux> only 2-3 come to meet
<born2linux> :(
<susmit> it is the case in India too...
<techbugs> lets continue on the mailing list then...
<susmit> sure..the meeting ends here.
<magie> +1
<Ekushey> susmit, then you can do a review on the ambassadors. if they
haven't done anything in the last 3 month or so, they get removed
<jbenedict> +1
<born2linux> +1
<Ekushey> or, there should be an approval system when someday wants to
join the ambassadors program
<susmit> Ekushey, how is that going to help? removing does not
increase productivity. does it?
<hanthana> !
<susmit> hanthana, you are so late !!! :)
<susmit> go on please
<hanthana> yes, sorry mate ! (as I'm not feeling well)
<hanthana> why do we need to remove them
<hanthana> the things is, any body can contribute at any point
<hanthana> this might be badly affecting to the Fedora brand
<hanthana> we can't force
<susmit> yes, agreed. people need not be removed. But they need to be pushed.
<hanthana> just self motivation, satisfaction
<techbugs> agree... a recognition system is better then removal of incative
<magie> +1
<jbenedict> +1
<hanthana> we should thing about how to motivate
<hanthana> not to demotivate
<born2linux> +1
<susmit> +1
<jbenedict> +1 passion
<hanthana> these ppl comes not because of money
<hanthana> jbenedict, I like it ;)
<hanthana> few days ago Angel from Bangaladesh and me had a small chat
regarding Free Media
<susmit> but there should be a system where we (or the project) may
ask for explanation
<susmit> we lack that.
<hanthana> and I just ask about having a T-shirt for FreeMedia contributors
<susmit> anybody else?
<hanthana> what do you guys think about gifit for all (something small)
<hanthana> for those who really work
<susmit> define "really work"...work is itself a gift :)
<susmit> anyway our time is up. See you all next time. May be next week?
<hanthana> two way A person to fedora, and fedora to person A
<hanthana> as Open Suse runs ;)
<jbenedict> maybe a small nice badge as a appreciation of success.
<born2linux> +1
<hanthana> +1
<born2linux> even a "web badge" should go a long way
<susmit> +1
<born2linux> so no need to spend
<jbenedict> +1
<techbugs> we can hit the mailing list for the pending points... as we
are overshooting the alloted time
* Bangladesh (n=russell@unaffiliated/ekushey) has joined #fedora-meeting
<hanthana> ++1
<jbenedict> ++1
<magie> +1 people love to show off web badges ;)
<techbugs> +1
<techbugs> that s cool please dragt a mail regarding this jbenedict?
<hanthana> once we reach to community (physically)
<hanthana> physical things are more attractive than web
<susmit> are we meeting next week or next to next week?
<susmit> what do you say?
<born2linux> next next week?
<hanthana> +1 for next week
<jbenedict> <techbugs> this my 1st meeting so i trust susmit will do better
<techbugs> some work for u sushmit :) ??
<susmit> sure...will do it
<jbenedict> +1 next week
<techbugs> thanks
<hanthana> OT: my wiki is DanishkaNavin if any body required
<techbugs> lets try next week.. and ask ambassadors to vote so that we
are sure whos gonna be there
<susmit> we meet next week again then.
<born2linux> ack
<magie> ok
<magie> salamat (thanks)
<susmit> thank you all.
<hanthana> magie, salam :)
<techbugs> cya guys.. and thanks sushmit for running the meeting
<techbugs> bye
<jbenedict> cheers!
<susmit> see you again.
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15 years, 9 months
Introduction
by ankur sinha
Hey all,
Just here to introduce myself. Im Ankur Sinha and Ive just signed up for the Fedora-Ambassador Project & Free Media Distribution Project a few days back.I also signed up for bug triaging.
Something about myself :: Im still a college going student and have just entered 3rd Semester. May not have much to contribute at this stage but Im learning quickly and will be of more use in the near future.I have used fedora for a year now.I am the kind that experiments a lot, and fedoraforum.org's the one that gets me out of holes all the time.
Is really great to be a part of the Fedora Communities..
Regards,
Ankur
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15 years, 9 months
REMINDER French Meeting today 1830 #fedora-meeting
by Thomas Canniot
This mail is a reminder for today´s meeting for French ambassadors and
_every_ interested people.
2008-06-08 / 18:30 UTC
IRC: freenode
#fedora-meeting
Ce mail est un rappel pour la réunion des ambassadeurs francophones,
qui aura lieu ce dimanche (08 juin) à 20h30 heure de Paris sur IRC
(freenode) #fedora-meeting .
L'ordre du jour est disponible depuis cette page :
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/FrenchTeam/Reunions
N'hésitez pas à la modifier pour rajouter des sujets qui vous semblent
intéressants.
Thomas Canniot
15 years, 9 months
Self-Introduction : Jaydeep Rathava
by Jaydeep JD
Hello Friends
I would like to introduce myself, my name is Jaydeep Rathava and I have just
joined the Fedora-Ambassador Project & Free Media Distribution Project. This
is my first email to this community.
Now something about me…
well, I am graduate in mechanical engineering from M.S.University,
Gujarat(India),
& i am working as a design engineer for one of the reputed MNC situated
in Kolkata,India. Now a days I am using & promoting open source utilities to
the society..!
I am very grateful & lucky to be part of this revolutionary fedora-project,
and I will proove my self as one of the inmortant asset for this project..!
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Regards,
Jaydeep
Email : thejaydeep(a)gmail.com
Webpage : https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Thejaydeep
15 years, 9 months
Ambassador Meeting EMEA 2008-06-11
by Fabian Affolter
Hi all,
Next week I will not be able to lead the monthly Ambassadors meeting for
EMEA. I have to fulfill a annual Swiss civic duty.
Because of this I'm looking for a person who is willing to lead the
meeting. If you want to be the chair for this meeting add your name to
the meeting page [1]. Your job will basically only be to lead the
ambassadors through the meeting. But also remind them to follow the
protocol [2], work through the agenda, save the log, and wish everybody
a nice morning/evening or a good night when the meeting is over ;-) .
About the summary we can discuss after the meeting but keep the log and
post it on the Ambassadors Mailing list.
If nobody steps up we have to cancel this meeting.
Thanks in advance
Kind regards,
Fabian
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Meetings/2008-06-11
[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/IRCHowTo#Protocol
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15 years, 9 months
Greeting from Indonesia
by Johan Hasan
Hi All,
My name is Johan Hasan, lives in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. I work
as head of technology and cooperation development in Universitas Ciputra
<http://www.ciputra.ac.id>. My task is creating and dealing some
cooperation with Cisco, SAP, Oracle, and also other institution.
Meanwhile, I am also a lecturer in /Introduction to IT/ and also ethics
(moral philosophy).
What will I do? My simple plan is to deliver a material "Introduction
to IT through Fedora" to a lot people in Indonesia freely. Hopefully the
material can be simple but effectively to learn and to grasp the
advantages of IT. I will deliver it in Indonesia language.
Second, we have a plan that our campus toward to green and digital
campus. There are a lot task in there, for examples: how to handle the
building, to choose equipment including computer, server (green
computer), lamp, etc; to change staff habit and operation such as
paperless, reducing water etc; energi saving and alternative and a lot
things. But, somehow I wonder what fedora can do toward to this ecology
issues, if you have any idea, please...
That's my brief introduction. Thank you for a chance to learn and work
together with you in Fedora.
Best regards,
Johan Hasan
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Johanhsn
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15 years, 9 months
[Fwd: Annahme Projektstand]
by Fabian Affolter
FYI...your booth at the OpenExpo 2008 at Winterthur has been confirmed.
Details:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/OpenExpo/OpenExpo2008_Zurich
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Annahme Projektstand
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 13:57:03 +0200
From: Matthias Günter <matthias.guenter(a)mentor.ch>
To: fabian.affolter(a)fedoraproject.org
CC: OpenExpo <contact(a)openexpo.ch>
Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen
Wir freuen uns, die die folgenden Projektstände definitiv für die
OpenExpo im Herbst bestätigen zu können:
Eigenständige Stände:
- OpenOffice.org
- LPI e.V.
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Ubuntu/Kubuntu
- Debian
- PHP
- Funambo und ScalableOGo (an einem Stand)
- Openmoko
- Cyclos
- CAcert.org
- Typo3
- vtiger CRM und SugarCRM (an einem Stand)
- Plone (!2x gemeldet: Bernhard Bühlmann und Katja Süss)
- coreGroup
- Squeak
- Wuala Webstart und Persistant Map
- Joomla
- Apache Lenya
- OLAT
- KDE
- Drupal CMS
- Swisslinux.org
- blender 3d
- Helma Javascript Server
- Fedora Project
- FreeBSD
- Gentoo
Projekte, die an Firmenständen vorgestellt werden:
- Zimbra (bei Leanux)
- SQL-Ledger (bei Leanux)
- Univention Corporate Server (bei SyGroup)
- Sepiola - Open Source Online Backup Server (bei Stepping Stone)
- Magento - Open Source eCommerce Evolved (bei snowflake)
Ein paar Projekte sind noch auf der Warteliste und wir schauen, ob wir
noch etwas Platz finden.
Basierend auf den Anmeldungen wird jetzt das Programm auf der Webseite
zusammengestellt und der Prospekt erstellt. Mit diesem eMail ist die
Anmeldung verbindlich. Beachtet bitte, dass das OK Spesen aufgrund des
knappen Budgets nur übernimmt, wenn es diese explizit zugesichert hat.
Das OK hat in einem Hotel nahe des Veranstaltungsortes einige Zimmer
reserviert. Falls Bedarf besteht, wendet Euch bitte an contact(a)openexpo.ch.
Das weitere Vorgehen:
10. 6. 2008: Allfällige Ergänzungen zu den angemeldeten Texten:
Ende Juni Das Gut zum Druck kommt relativ rasch. Wir sind auch froh,
wenn allfällige Rückfragen von uns rasch beantwortet werden, so dass
im Juli die Prospekte hergestellt werden können. Wenn es im Prospekt zu
Platzproblemen kommt, kann es sein, dass auf 1-2 Projekte leider nicht
hingewiesen werden kann. Wir bitten hier bereits jetzt um Verständnis.
23. 9. 2008: Ab 15:00 ist der Aufbau möglich
24. 9. 2008: Ab 08:30 sollten die Stände fertig aufgebaut sein.
25. 9. 2088: Ab 17:00 kann mit dem Abbau begonnen werden.
Auch dieses Jahr bieten wir wieder die Möglichkeit A2-Poster mit unserem
Plotter herzustellen (Qualität wie bisher). Eine druckfertige
PDF-Vorlage sollte bis spätestens 10. 9. 2008 an contact(a)openexpo.ch
geschickt sein. Da diese OpenExpo nicht in Bern stattfindet, können
spätere Sendungen u.U. nicht mehr berücksichtigt werden.
Es kommt dasselbe Muster Tische/Stühle und Anordnung zum Tragen wie
bereits an der letzten OpenExpo. Das ist nicht völlig optimal, aber es
ist die beste Lösung, die wir finden konnten.
Das Netzwerk wird verbessert. Neu wird jeder Projektstand einen
Ethernet-Anschluss haben. Wenn mehr angeschlossen werden soll, so muss
das Projekt das Equipment selber mitbringen. Netzwerkkabel, eine
Stromleiste, Stromkabel sind unseres Erachtens für ein Projekt immer
nützlich.
Wir werden dieses Mal auch einen kleinen Drucker mitbringen.
Für Eurer Engagement nochmals besten Dank und bis spätestens im Herbst.
Mit freundlichem Gruss
Für das OK
Matthias Günter
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15 years, 9 months
Introduction
by Harry
Dear Friends and my future assets
I would like to Introduce myself, My name is Harry Sukumar, I have just
joined the fedora-ambassador team,
I am very honored and privileged to be part of fedora-ambassador team
Currently I am working as Application Support Manager for Bond
University Gold Coast Australia, I have several years of Experience as
Windows and Unix System Administrator, but mainly Windows, My first
exposure to fedora was in 2005 and i have loved fedora ever since.
I have deployed lot of Redhat Server in the past currently we are
running 23 CentOS and 6 Fedora Server at the university, Although most
of our Unix Infrastructure is based on Solaris my plans are to slowly
migrate them all the Redhat.
Any way coming back to the point; the whole purpose of joining the
ambassador team is because i work for University and there is a lot of
potential in spreading fedora at the university level
I have been promoting the fedora at the University I thought i might as
well become the official part fedora-ambassador team
Once Again Thank you all for having me as part of the team :)
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Harry Sukumar
15 years, 9 months