Install Fest : BCREC
by Ratnadeep Debnath
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
15 years, 2 months
FEL Remote Workshops [was Re: [Fedora-India] Request for speaker]
by Aanjhan R
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
15 years, 2 months
Fwd: 2009-02-05 - Fedora Test Day - ext4 default fs
by sankarshan
---------- 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
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[Fwd: [Indlinux-group] FossConf'09]
by sankarshan
-------- 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
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Hi
by Gaurav Prabhu
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/
15 years, 2 months
Gnu/Linux Habba v3 @ Nitte
by omshivaprakash＠gmail.com
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
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15 years, 2 months
Re: [fedora-india] Organizing FAD in Varanasi (IT-BHU)
by Dhushyanth R
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.
15 years, 2 months
