FWN/Issue164 - FedoraProject
by sankarshan
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue164
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 164 for the week ending February
22nd, 2009.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue164
This week Announcements showcases Fedora Unity respins of Fedora 10,
PlanetFedora selects some great blog entries on how to tag audio streams
in PulseAudio and use func, QualityAssurance explains how to participate
in test days, Developments covers the "Fedora 11 Mass Rebuild",
Translations describes the new "L10n Infrastructure Team", Artwork
covers some pretty "Evolving Fedora 11 Artwork" and Virtualization
examines attempts to bridge the gap between libvirt and host network
interface configuration.
If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see
our 'join' page[1]. We welcome reader feedback: fedora-news-list(a)redhat.com
FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Oisin Feeley, Huzaifa Sidhpurwala
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Custom SPIN for DF-Day+
by A. Mani
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Document Freedom Day is on the 25thof March.
Plenty of teams will be taking part in the event
(I am coordinating the Kolkata team IlugCalinfo )
Is it possible for somebody to make a custom spin including:
1. Mainly destop oriented packages (updated to stable Fedora10)
2. All Open Office stuff with good collection of templates, Dictonaries
3. Scribus, GIMP, Koffice, Gnumeric, Docbook, Lua, Quanta etc (latest stable)
4. TexLive and IDEs
5. Lots of Advocacy related documentation + Whitepapers, Technical
reports, Tutorials etc (for DF-Day): (I can help)
6. Documentation
More (please suggest)
(a non official spin can be considered for some locales ... for
rpmfusion things)
I think many teams would be able to make copies and do lot more.
Best
A. Mani
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A. Mani
Member, Cal. Math. Soc
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14 years, 9 months
Finally prepared the offline repo for the Install Fest at Kalyani Govt. College
by Ratnadeep Debnath
Hello,
Finally I have prepared an offline Fedora 10 repo ( though not
complete), which is ready to install all the basic audio, video, image
softwares, audio-video codecs, KDE 4.2 update, KdeEdu, VirtualBox,
Kernel 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686, nvidia drivers, etc. I
successfully installed updates in my system and another system of my
friend offline via an FTP server. I have also prepared a kickstart
file to automate Fedora 10 installation.
Hope this all works fine and smoothly during the day of the Install
Fest in Kalyani Govt. College.
Regards,
Ratnadeep Debnath,
DGPLUG
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rtnpro
ratnadeepdebnath.wordpress.com
14 years, 9 months
Final Details for Kalyani Govt. Engineering Collg. Install Fest and FAD
by Rangeen Basu
This is regarding the install fest and FAD at KGEC. The organizers have
arranged everything that we wanted. They have changed the venue to their LAB
where we will get
2 MBps internet connectivity. They have also managed to get funds in just 2
days and are arranging for food packets for everybody including the
participants. There is no participation fee for the event. Participation
well over 100 is expected. The FAD starts at 11:00 a.m and continues till
the evening with a break in between. The agenda is upon us to decide.
Its an install fest cum FAD. So will definitely need all the help we can
get to man the booth in the morning and help out in the workshops as well.
Bring whatever slides you can. Will decide what exactly to do. The agenda I
was thinking is
1> Introduction to Linux and Fedora (Arindam's slides)
2> Installation(using DVD) and configuration( probably using a local
mirror)
3> Talk on Myths about Linux busted with Fedora (Subodip's slideshow)
4> A demo and workshop on the various softwares and utilities.
5> Talk on how to contribute to FOSS and how to join Fedora ( Possibly
using Satya's slides)
The speakers are yet to be decided. All I know is that Debayan,
Ratnadeep, Kishan Goyal and me along with Indranil da are attending the
event. Don't know about Dipanjan or Sarbartha. hey haven't confirmed yet. I
want Indranil da to say something. Will talk to him tomorrow. Suggest
anything, any change or any addition, you want. Remember, the agenda for the
event isn't final yet. Anyone who wants to speak on anything else please let
me know. I will be needing 100 DVDs. Anyone who has it please supply.
Debayan is bringing some, maybe 50. I'll need atleast 50 more and some FEL
DVDs as well. Please reply ASAP.
The journey details are as follows:
How to Reach KGEC:
1. Durgapur:
a) Intercity Express (7:20 AM in Durgapur, arrives Naihati at
10:00 AM. You will have to catch "Kalyani Simanta Local" - 10:22 AM from
platform 3 and Reach
"Kalyani Ghosh Para" (20 min). There will be Richshaw (Rs.
10-15) and VAN (Rs. 5) availiable from station to KGEC Campus).
b) Train Route: Durgapur - Bardhaman - Bandel - Naihati -
Kalyani main - Kalyani Ghosh Para.
c) Bus Route: Catch a BUS from "Citi Centre" (time - 5:15 AM) to
Kalyani. Bus Stop: Kalyani Ghosh Para - ITI More.
2. Kolkata:
a) Catch "Kalyani Simanta Local" from Sealdah and Reach "Kalyani
Ghosh Para" Station (Rs. 12). Duration: 1:30 to 2 hrs. There will be
Richshaw (Rs. 10-15) and VAN
(Rs. 5) availiable from station to KGEC Campus.
b) There are bus service availiable from Esplanade (Kalyani
Express). Bus Stop: Kalyani Ghosh Para - ITI More.
c) There are many locals availiable from Sealdah to "Kalyani
main" like Ranaghat local, Khrishnanagar local, Gede local, Shantipur local.
You will have to reach
"Kalyani main" and catch an auto (Rs. 5) "ITI More - Kalyani
ghosh para". Then you can catch a Richshaw (Rs. 10-15) and VAN (Rs. 5)
availiable from ITI-More to
KGEC Campus).
Kalyani Simanta Time table from Sealdah:
4:12 AM, 5:35 AM, 6:30 AM, 7:25 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:20 AM, 11:20 AM, 12:25 PM,
2:40 PM, 3:25 PM, 4:50 PM, 6:12 PM, 7:10 PM, 8:10, PM, 10:05 PM.
for trains to "Kalyani main" there are many.
3)Back from Kalyani Ghosh Para to Sealdah
"Kalyani Simanta Local" Time table from Simanta to Sealdah (5 min to Kalyani
Ghosh Para)
6:04 AM, 7:15 AM, 8:12 AM, 9:16 AM, 10:10 AM, 1:18 PM, 2:14 PM, 4:30 PM,
5:30 PM, 7:03 PM, 8:00 PM 9:15 PM, 10:10 PM
You can catch this train from "Kalyani Ghosh Para", the nearest station
here. Add 5 mins to the time as it is from "Kalyani Simanta".
Thank You
--
Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury
sherry151(a)gmail.com
!!!Windows is "micro"-soft[ware]..I like bigger things!!!
14 years, 9 months
Fwd: Details of installfest and how to reach KGEC...
by Rangeen Basu
We have made all necessary arrangements for the installfest and FAD. We will
even get required funds from TEQUIP (college has approved).
Date: 21st Feb '09
Time of Registration: 10:30 am
Time of Commencement: 11:00 Noon
Venue : Seminar Room. (all facility available).
We are also trying to get Labs for that will give a good us good Networking
and Internet. Bandwidth: upto 2MBPS. (Not confirmed)
We are doing intensive publicity. 100 participants are well expected.
The event will be well conducted.
How to Reach KGEC:
1. Durgapur:
a) Intercity Express (7:20 AM in Durgapur, arrives Naihati at
10:00 AM. You will have to catch "Kalyani Simanta Local" - 10:22 AM from
platform 3 and Reach "Kalyani Ghosh Para" (20 min). There will be Richshaw
(Rs. 10-15) and VAN (Rs. 5) availiable from station to KGEC Campus).
b) Train Route: Durgapur - Bardhaman - Bandel - Naihati -
Kalyani main - Kalyani Ghosh Para.
c) Bus Route: Catch a BUS from "Citi Centre" (time - 5:15 AM) to
Kalyani. Bus Stop: Kalyani Ghosh Para - ITI More.
2. Kolkata:
a) Catch "Kalyani Simanta Local" from Sealdah and Reach "Kalyani
Ghosh Para" Station (Rs. 12). Duration: 1:30 to 2 hrs. There will be
Richshaw (Rs. 10-15) and VAN (Rs. 5) availiable from station to KGEC Campus.
b) There are bus service availiable from Esplanade (Kalyani
Express). Bus Stop: Kalyani Ghosh Para - ITI More.
c) There are many locals availiable from Sealdah to "Kalyani
main" like Ranaghat local, Khrishnanagar local, Gede local, Shantipur local.
You will have to reach "Kalyani main" and catch an auto (Rs. 5) "ITI More -
Kalyani ghosh para". Then you can catch a Richshaw (Rs. 10-15) and VAN (Rs.
5) availiable from ITI-More to KGEC Campus).
Kalyani Simanta Time table from Sealdah:
4:12 AM, 5:35 AM, 6:30 AM, 7:25 AM, 8:30 AM, 9:20 AM, 11:20 AM, 12:25 PM,
2:40 PM, 3:25 PM, 4:50 PM, 6:12 PM, 7:10 PM, 8:10, PM, 10:05 PM.
for trains to "Kalyani main" there are many.
Request: If possibe, arrange for few "Fedora Electronics Lab" DVD's.
Electronics students are very interested.
Many Many thanks for your initiative and approval.
--
Rohit Gupta.
Event Co-ordinator
KGEC
--
Rangeen Basu Roy Chowdhury
sherry151(a)gmail.com
!!!Windows is "micro"-soft[ware]..I like bigger things!!!
14 years, 9 months
Request for speaker
by Ankur Sinha
hi,
We intend to start the OpenWeek with a talk on Open Source, with special
emphasis on Fedora. Although any one of us here can speak, its purpose
and status would be highlighted if someone closer to the project would
speak (a contributor).
The talk can also be used to make people aware of the fedora project and
introduce/make them aware of the opportunities they hold to contribute.
I request someone to please take this up?
regards,
Ankur
PS : Manipal is just a night's journey from Bangalore.
14 years, 9 months
