india February 2009

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Install Fest : BCREC
by Ratnadeep Debnath 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

What : Install Fest cum Talk on Linux/FOSS. When : Friday, the 30th of January '09. Where : Dr. B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur. By : The Linux Users' Group of Durgapur, DGPLUG. Head Count : 100-120. Systems Installed : 10. [most of the first year students have not bought a system yet...expecting another few installations when they do so.] Media Distributed : 60 (appx.) [Fedora 10 DVDs and Fedora 10 Live-CD KDE were distributed] Feedback : A huge success, demands of conducting another one. [working on it already...sometime in the middle of Feb. probably ...thinking of introducing GCC this time.] The event went out as planned. Since the audience had no prior knowledge about Linux or FOSS, we began with talking on FOSS and Linux. The '4F' of FOSS was explained and other advantages were discussed. Also, we emphasized on the difference between the EULA and GPL license agreements, also emphasized that Linux is not affected by viruses, and is highly secured. We then spoke about the Linux filesystem and explained that it does not require any defragmention. The audience were really amazed at and impressed by the advantages of Linux over Windows. Then, we informed them about the different distributions of Linux available and made them realise their "Freedom of Choice" and that there can be a day without "Microsoft Windows". Gradually, we moved forward and began installation. The distro to be installed was Fedora 10. Step-by-Step installation procedure was being shown via a projector(we used Virtual Box to virtually install on a system and connected t to the projector). Simultaneously, 10 DGPLUG volunteers who were guiding the students with the installation of Fedora 10 in their computer systems. We again resumed our discussion when the package installation had started. Then we emphasized on The Linux Users' Group of Durgapur, DGPLUG and its activities in increasing Linux awareness in the area. We discussed about the ongoing Bijra Project (bijra.dgplug.org) showed the audience some videos on OLPC, Truth Happens, History of Fedora. After the installation was done, we did a session on vim and then on gcc. Then we showed the Kdeedu tools, the Gnome and KDE Desktop environments, the Compiz effects ( it really captivated the audience who had by then become the spectators), the Sound and Video applications, Pidgin, XChat and others. We finally wrapped everything up with the "I'm Fedora" video. Finally, at around 4:30 p.m. everyone went back satisfied. Regards, The Linux Users' Group of Durgapur, DGPLUG

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FEL Remote Workshops [was Re: [Fedora-India] Request for speaker]
by Aanjhan R 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <foss.mailinglists(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Debayan Banerjee <debayanin(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> Its actually fairly easy to set-up. > > That makes it 'portable' > >> btw our professors in ECE dept are asking us to the same workshop again! > > Cajole Aanjhan is what can be said :) Hehe. You dont need to cajole me :-P Just give me a schedule well before hand as my drilling and grilling will start again in a week or so and I will be pulling hairs for many things :) I am so happy to hear that the Profs want the workshop again. All cheers to Debayan and his team for getting this up. Also sooish, in a week or so there will be some more wiki articles on the fedorahosted. So it could get more interesting. I am also trying to set up a wiki HowTo for programming microcontrollers etc. Lets see how it goes. we can give a live demo of coding, flashing and testing the microcontroller live using Fedora Electronic Laboratory. Check this call for contribution to FEL Documention http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2009/02/fel-documentation.html . Welcome to contribute to the wiki. (I am not sure about the wiki write permissions as of now. But if you have some article to be put up, I can get the access for you) Thanks again. With Best Regards, Aanjhan

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About Events,Event Reporting and Reimbursements
by sankarshan 05 Feb '09

05 Feb '09

Just a quick recap for all: * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Report_Your_Event * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/ReportingGuidelines are important URLs if you are organizing or, participating in an event. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Reimbursements is important to take note of if you are asking for some/all of the costs to be reimbursed. -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work

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Fwd: 2009-02-05 - Fedora Test Day - ext4 default fs
by sankarshan 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Laska <jlaska(a)redhat.com> Date: Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:49 PM Subject: 2009-02-05 - Fedora Test Day - ext4 default fs To: fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com Cc: fedora-devel-announce(a)redhat.com Greetings testers!, Unless we uncover devastating issues with the transition from ext3 to ext4 as the default file system, Fedora 11 installed systems will be using ext4. I'd like to invite testers and users to join #fedora-qa this Thursday, February 5, 2009. Test efforts will focus on: * Ext4 as default partition Come with questions and/or suggests to he posted test cases. More details (including test cases) available at ... https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days/2009-02-05. Many thanks to Jóhann Guðmundsson for the greatly simplified (and clearer) the test day wiki and to Robert Williams for his work in designing test cases for the event. See you there, James -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list(a)redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work

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[Fwd: [Indlinux-group] FossConf'09]
by sankarshan 04 Feb '09

04 Feb '09

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Indlinux-group] FossConf'09 Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 10:25:42 +0530 (IST) From: aswin jayaraman <jayaswin(a)tce.edu> Reply-To: Indian Linux group , <indlinux-group(a)lists.sourceforge.net> To: fci-l(a)wikia.com, gnu(a)gnu.org.in, linux-india-general(a)lists.sourceforge.net CC: bsd-india(a)bsd-india.org, ecartis(a)freelists.org, indlinux-group(a)lists.sourceforge.net Hi, In association with Indian Linux User Group of Chennai and National Resource Centre for Free/Open Source software, Thiagarajar College of Engineering,Madurai is hosting a 3 day National level conference on Free/Open Source software on feb 27, feb-28, and March-1.The objective of the conference is to create an awareness among students and common people about the importance of using Free/Open source Software. The conference will host talks by eminent foss speakers,demo stalls emphasizing the importance of free software technologies, projects and research presentations on foss and foss based contests. The registrations for the conference either as speakers or as student delagates presenting projects and demo stalls is open.You can register at http://fossconf.in The entry is free and all are invited for the conference. Regards, FossConf Team ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using TCEMail Service. Thiagarajar College of Engineering Madurai - 625015 (India) -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work

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Hi
by Gaurav Prabhu 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

Hi, This is Gaurav Prabhu from Mumbai. Recently joined the Fedora Community & am glad to be a part of the same. Hope I have a pleasant stay here. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/

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List of sessions at GNUnify 2009
by sankarshan 02 Feb '09

02 Feb '09

<http://gnunify.in/09/content/sessions> More details at: <http://www.plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/2009-February/005604.html> -- http://www.gutenberg.net - Fine literature digitally re-published http://www.plos.org - Public Library of Science http://www.creativecommons.org - Flexible copyright for creative work

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Gnu/Linux Habba v3 @ Nitte
by omshivaprakash＠gmail.com 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

Hi All, Sampada Community is happy to announce Gnu/Linux Habba v3. This time we are @ NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte (60km's from Mangalore) on 7th February. The event aims to: * Create awareness and share information about Free and Open Source Software. * Clarify doubts regarding availability, philosophy, usage related issues, to the extent possible. * Explore GNU/Linux and its tools with education as an aspect. * Distribute GNU/Linux distributions for people to try it out. (Free CDs, no cost involved) * Help people install GNU/Linux on their machines (laptops @ venue). * Help people configure and optimize GNU/Linux installations for using Kannada. * Answer queries pertaining to usage of Kannada on the GNU/Linux platform, to the best of our knowledge. * Help people to avoid proprietary lock-ins. GNU/Linux Habba was started in Bangalore with its first edition in April 2008 by volunteers of Sampada Community (http://sampada.net) to not only spread the word about free software, but also to introduce GNU/Linux to the non-technical computer users. The first edition organized at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore received tremendous response with more than 377 registrations running up to the event. Many participants installed GNU/Linux on their Desktops/Laptops and learnt how to use Kannada on it. From NGOs to Public sector officials keen to learn more about GNU/Linux - many people participated in the event. Following the success of the first edition, the group of volunteers behind the event decided to extend the festival to other cities in Karnataka, starting with Mysore. The second edition of GNU/Linux Habba (http://habba.in) was held on 21st September, 2008 at Physics Department, University of Mysore. Following the overwhelming response to the event, we have decided to enable users to work with Gnu/Linux at Mangalore. Date :- 7, February 2009 Venue :-Sambhram, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte Event Portal :– http://habba.in Sampada Community :– http://sampada.net Twitter :- http://twitter.com/techsampada IRC :- #kannada on irc.freenode.net E-mail :- mangalore(a)habba.in, tech-volunteers(a)sampada.net Wiki :- http://dev.sampada.net/GNU_Linux_Install_Fest -- -- "A well-directed imagination is the source of great deeds" -- With Best Regards, Omshivaprakash.H.L | ಓಂ ಶಿವಪ್ರಕಾಶ್ ಎಚ್. ಎಲ್ | ॐ शिवप्रकाश् एच्. एल् Website : http://www.techfiz.info Blog : http://platonic.techfiz.info Phone: 91- 9902026518 AIM : fizworks ICQ : 265216744 IRC : #techfiz server: irc.freenode.net channel: #linux-india #ubuntu-in #gnu-india #kannada

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Re: [fedora-india] Organizing FAD in Varanasi (IT-BHU)
by Dhushyanth R 01 Feb '09

01 Feb '09

Hi all, Firstly, thanks for the ideas. > Right up, I'd suggest that a few sessions helping the audience get up > to speed with installation, configuration and basics about using > networking, version control, mailing lists, IRC etc should suffice. > Given that you say this is a set of 'novice skills' forming an User > Group and interacting intensely with projects would lead to a quicker > round of knowledge sharing. We already have had an installation workshop, networking,advantages of OSS, workshop. Will need to take up version control, IRC related stuff then. (will need to learn version control myself - isn't it that CVS thing? ;) -any pointers in this regard? ) > The FAD page on the wiki is organic - any set of activities that > should help a group of people develop into better contributors evolves > into an Activity Day. So, it is up to us to choose what should such > activities be :) Nice isn't it ? > noh :( Its always easier if one is spoon-fed. But I do understand a cub has to fend for itself sooner or later. Thanks for the enthusiasm in this low-key event. regards R Dhushyanth p.s.-suggestions, personal experiences, ideas will be welcome.

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