Fsf-friends April 2007

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Broken pgms
by Mahesh M 03 May '07

03 May '07

Why is it that the required files and libraries are not distributed with the package? Can any arrangement be made for the same? Like... When s/w s are d/l ed one may not be able to install it (errors like ncurses are missing and all) User end people find it very very difficult... They hate searching net for every single thing jus to install one single package. I have been hearing this for a thousand times.. Is it just about the size consumption or is there any other concern?? -- Mahesh Its sure to be dark if you close your eyes. http://maheshmukundan.blogspot.com/

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Hindi Educational Games launched!!!
by Anand Kulkarni 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Hi, We are very glad to announce that SVS has successfully launched Gcompris Educational Games into Hindi language. The whole INDIA will be benefited by this software since Hindi is our national language. Kindly download the software from http://svs.org.in/Downloads.html Gcompris is a suite of educational software useful for the age group between 2 to 10. I request open source people to distribute this software in various schools. I may also add here that we are localizing Gcompris software into Urdu language as well. You will get Urdu Gcompris within next few weeks. For any problems, kindly revert me back. Thanks. regards, Anand Pune, INDIA http://svs.org.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: On Etv coverage on Free Software Movement in
by Anand Kulkarni 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Hi Vikram, We represent a social organization. We develop free softwares in Marathi, Hindi and Urdu languages for the educational purpose. Kindly visit us at http://svs.org.in Can somebody register our Name under this eTv free software article? Actually we want more people to know about our activity and hence we want to register our information wherever possible. Thanks. regards, Anand Pune, India > From: "Vikram Vincent" <vincentvikram(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Fsf-friends] On Etv coverage on Free > Software Movement in > Bangalore > > Hello All, > For those of you who missed out the News story on > the Free(Swatantra) > Software Movement in Karnataka/Bangalore here is a > small writeup. > http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_Karnataka/Et… > -- > Regards > Vikram Vincent > +919448810822 > http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore_alive/ > http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_karnataka > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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On Etv coverage on Free Software Movement in Bangalore
by Vikram Vincent 29 Apr '07

29 Apr '07

Hello All, For those of you who missed out the News story on the Free(Swatantra) Software Movement in Karnataka/Bangalore here is a small writeup. http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_Karnataka/Et… -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore_alive/ http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_karnataka

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TODAY News story on Free Software Movement in Bangalore.Etv Kannada
by Vikram Vincent 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

Hello, News story on Free Software Movement in Bangalore. Today 8:30PM. E-TV Kannada Promos from the morning. -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore_alive/ http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_karnataka

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Fwd: [ssug-malappuram] Re: Broken pgms
by Mahesh M 28 Apr '07

28 Apr '07

On 4/28/07, Praveen A <pravi.a(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > 2007/4/27, Antony FM <antonyfm(a)gmail.com>: > > But cant we solve this problem by using apt-get or yum. > We have already solved the problem, but what we are missing is the > awareness. > Once people start realising that doing things differently necessarily that > bad. Apt-get and yum uses internet,rt... It all started when we argue on need to use Linux. This is one of the areas where i get stuck.. What will general public do if they do not have an access to internet. M$ has succeeded wonderfully in this part. Almost all installations come with all the required files. I am not talking about the installations from within the CD provided. But an outside package. Mahesh, can you tell us the exact issue you came across? like which > package you were installing and which all dependencies you had to > resolve manually ... I always use the net.. So didnt have much tough time yet... :) >shouldnt > > something like that rather be a step we should introduce people to > > instead of downloading whatever dependencies etc by themselves, which > > we think necessary. > > There is two issues here > 1) internet access > we could solve that by providing the whole dvds > 2) yum doesn't have a CD mode (I keep hearing that they are working on > it). Any Fedora users here? Can you verify if the latest version > support installing packages from a cdrom? If not we need to make it > work like the way apt works. Any volunteers? Mahesh? Sure.. i will check about this.. But, as mentioned above, that is not the exact problem. Why cant a separate installation like that of a modem driver, come with all the libraries and other dependency packages ready. If its already installed, ok,fine, forget it; but else, its a great asset. Atleast we wont have to go to net.. But i do see a big stupidity in my suggetion. At times the dependency tree may also point to the base packages.. well, we dont need to provide an entire Linux installation set, just tyo install a single package either!!!! :) Perhaps some work has to be done. And a standard be developed so that anyone developing a separate package, pack the installation in a particular style that the general public is not affected much... > > > Anyways thats my opinion. But then im a noob, so cant say much. > every one is a noob in something or the other, so don't mind. Thanks!!! :) Cheers > Praveen > > -- > പ്രവീണ് അരിമ്പ്രത്തൊടിയില് > Join The DRM Elimination Crew Now! > http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign > -- Mahesh Its sure to be dark if you close your eyes. http://maheshmukundan.blogspot.com/ -- Mahesh Its sure to be dark if you close your eyes. http://maheshmukundan.blogspot.com/

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28-04-2007:News story on Free Software Movement in Bangalore.E-TV Kannada
by Vikram Vincent 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Hello, 90% chance... News story on Free Software Movement in Bangalore. 28-April-2007, 8:30PM. E-TV Kannada Promos from the morning. -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 http://groups.google.com/group/bangalore_alive/ http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Campaign_to_promote_free_software_in_karnataka

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FSF meet
by Mahesh M 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Hi all Yeaterday about 30 students met in the Computer Science block of the MES College of Engg. It was an introduction to FSF to the S4 students of the college. Surprisingly about 7 girls also turned up! Jinesh and Shyam did the keyroles. Jinesh gave the speech. They were given the basic idea of Free Software. We are planning to conduct a Debian Release party as soon as possible (suggetions are welcome!) -- Mahesh Its sure to be dark if you close your eyes. http://maheshmukundan.blogspot.com/

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Need Funds for Open Source Software development!!
by Anand Kulkarni 27 Apr '07

27 Apr '07

Hi, SVS (Sarvangin Vikas Sanstha) is India based non-profit social trust. We have been developing open source softwares for the rural area school children from the last 2 years. You can download our softwares from http://svs.org.in/Downloads.html. In this financial year i.e. April 2007 to March 2008, we have decided to undertake total 13 open source projects. And naturally we require funds for such projects. You can see our project calendar at http://svs.org.in/donations.html. We request open minded people to provide us financial help. I am not aware about the various mailing lists in operating in different parts of the cities. So, I request you to please forward this email to many other mailing lists and the concerned people. The matter is bit urgent. SVS comes under 80G certificate, so that the donations get Tax benefits. For further details, feel free to revert back. Thanks. regards, Anand Kulkarni 9422515760(M) http://svs.org.in __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Shocking Stuff..
by Mahesh M 26 Apr '07

26 Apr '07

Two days back it came to my notice that a program called Teminal Server Client uses an icon that contains the M$ Windows Logo.. I was running my EDUBUNTU. Well it could not have been done by mistake.. Hope the future releases will not show the same again. Its a shame.. -- Mahesh Its sure to be dark if you close your eyes.

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