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Re: Re: [Fsf-friends] Participation by FSF-India in LB-05
by Kanti Jadia 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

>I am planning a visit to bangalore for attending LB. I'm also willing to >help setup and run an FSF stall there. This would be really gr8.thanks Anurag . >Anand Sharma has some 600 FSF >handouts with him. We can get more printed if we know rough estimate of >how much we'll need. The number of visiters in LB maybe a couple of times higher( near to 3000+ in 2004 ). Looking for details from all the friends here regarding the stall setup. What do you think is relevent putting at the FSF-India booth. Any "been there, done that" details would be really an eye opener. The IndLinux group has been setting up a stall there, maybe they can share some of their insight too. Regards Kanti ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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TuxMobil GNU/Linux Award 2005
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

http://tuxmobil.org/linux_award.html TuxMobil GNU/Linux Award 2005 The TuxMobil GNU/Linux Award honors Free Software projects, which improve Linux for mobile computers. The Winners and the Prizes * OpenEmbedded : SHARP SL-6000L Linux PDA * OpenZaurus : SHARP SL-C750 Linux PDA * KDE-Pim/PI (PI-Sync) : AnyCom GS-320 TriBand GSM/GPRS CF-Card * KWlanInfo : Conceptronic 54Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter, D-Link DWL-122 Wireless USB Adapter * BlueZ : Serialio LaserChamp cordless Bluetooth scanner Jury * Georg C. F. Greve: Free Software Foundation Europe * Joerg Luther: Editor in Chief LinuxUser - Das Magazin fuer die Praxis * Werner W. Heuser: TuxMobil Sponsors The TuxMobil GNU/Linux Award 2005 is sponsored by: * Serialio - Your Serial Solution Provider ... on more than 30 platforms. * TriSoft - Linux PDAs. * Xtops.DE - Linux, Laptops, PDAs. Special thanks to Patrick Goetz ( Cuxhafen - A holiday flat in Cuxhafen).

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Participation by FSF-India in LB-05
by Kanti Jadia 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

Hi Friends, Just sent an email to lb mailing list to get the status on participation by FSF-India this year. The name of the event is not yet known ( maybe in a couple of days ). This is the right time to align the movements in India Let me know your thoughts Regards Kanti ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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delete from the list
by satish reddy 09 Aug '05

09 Aug '05

pl delete from the list. tks satish reddy --------------------------------- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page

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Desktop supercomputers
by Ramanraj K 08 Aug '05

08 Aug '05

Man: clock rate of 2KHz; million million processors, can solve sophisticated problems in less than 400 cycles (under ideal conditions ;), can do complex imaging, audio processing etc with available sensory intelligence Machine: clock rate in the range of Teraflops (super computers); few processors; can have very wide sensory intelligence but cannot do complex processing; and "problem solving" capabilities are not really worth mentioning Suppose I want my application to run 40 to 200 queries on a db, all concurrently, to take a simple decision, brain like parallel processing schemes/devices seems useful. The recent 64 bit processors seem to come with capacities for very large RAM, etc, and I am just curious if brain emulators are possible now. "Supercomputers" seem to be more focused on increasing clock speeds, but it may be worthwhile to also focus on increasing the number of threads/processors we could use to the range of million millions trading off with clock rate. I am not sure about technical feasibility etc., but this is one of the "unsolved" areas of cs, that may be of interest to researchers :) Ref: http://www.electricminds.org/ussclueless/essays/futurecs.htm

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Hi All
by Thejesh GN 08 Aug '05

08 Aug '05

Hi All, My name is Thejesh. I am working as a Software Engineer at Bangalore. Passed from VTU ( Visweswraiah Technological University) Belagum as E&C engineer. We were the first batch of the university. Early this year I got an idea about asking VTU to include more FOSS related courses in its syllabus. Hence I started a petition at my home site ( www.techmag.biz <http://www.techmag.biz> ). Then we moved it to GNU bangalore site (http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/?VTU-FLOSS_Campaign). The petition has been editied by lot of people and it has reached a good state now. We have got the signatures of around 140 people including that of RMS. Initially I just had the plan of mailing the petition; but later I got an idea of visiting VC personally so that it will have more effect. VC of VTU Dr. K Balaveera Reddy has agreed to meet me on Aug 6 (Saturday) evening at VTU campus, belagum. I will be travelling on Aug 5 night ( from Bangalore). Plan as of now is to present him the hard copy of signatures/opinions/discussion that happened on GNU Bangalore site. I am also planning to give him a presentation. If anybody is interested to join me along; please mail me back. Or if you think something which I should be doing please do send it to me. -- Thanks, Thej http://www.techmag.biz gnthej at gmail dot com thej at techmag dot biz

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FOSS Projects from India
by Ramanraj K 07 Aug '05

07 Aug '05

Frederick Noronha has compiled a list of on going FOSS Projects from India at: http://www.iosn.net/country-reports/india <quote> INDIA: THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING, BUT CAN IT BE CHANNELISED? Compiled by Frederick Noronha India, with its population of one-billion plus, has a rich tech talent, considerable interest in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and a network of some 80-plus user groups across its landmass (some active, some less). This offers wide potential.... </quote> About UNDP, APDIP, IOSN: The International Open Source Network is an initiative of the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) and supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. The International Open Source Network (IOSN) is a Center of Excellence for FOSS in the Asia-Pacific Region. It shapes its activities around Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) technologies and applications. Via a small secretariat, the IOSN is tasked specifically to facilitate and network FOSS advocates and human resources in the region. The vision is that developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region can achieve rapid and sustained economic and social development by using affordable yet effective FOSS ICT solutions to bridge the digital divide. More details at: http://www.iosn.net/

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Re: Re: [Fsf-friends] FOSS Projects from India
by Kanti Jadia 07 Aug '05

07 Aug '05

Hi Pramode, On Sun, 07 Aug 2005 Pramode C.E. wrote : >Hello, > >--- Ramanraj K <ramanraj.k(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Frederick Noronha has compiled a list of on going > > FOSS Projects from India at: > > http://www.iosn.net/country-reports/india > >I would like Fred to add > >http://www.nsc.res.in/~elab/phoenix/ > I could find the source code under the file pheonix.tgz Can you pls. highlight the license as well. >to the list of Free Software projects from India >(if it is not already there on the list ...) > >`Phoenix' (Physics with homemade equipment and >innovative experiments) is perhaps the only product of >its kind >working on GNU/Linux - the project is fast reaching >maturity (a bootable CD is ready, some manufacturers >have started taking orders for the hardware box, >a mailing list is in place ...). > >Please let me know if you would like to have a demo >at your local LUG/FSUG. > >Regards, >Pramode >-------------- > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________________ >How much free photo storage do you get? Store your friends 'n family snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://in.photos.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >Fsf-friends mailing list >Fsf-friends(a)mm.gnu.org.in >http://mm.gnu.org.in/mailman/listinfo/fsf-friends ----------------------------------------- Enjoy your Freedom,use GNU/Linux. http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html -----------------------------------------

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Smart cards in GNU/Linux
by Manilal K M 07 Aug '05

07 Aug '05

Hello all, I am in search of device driver/software/API in Linux that supports Smart Card printers/readers.. While searching in the web I came across "GNU SmartCard Project" (http://www.fh-augsburg.de/~bossekr/news.html). But unfortunately I didn't got anything useful there since the language used is German. Can anyone give me the status of this project or any other GPL'd Smart Card Software. TIA. regards Manilal

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Free Software User Groups in Colleges
by Ramanraj K 07 Aug '05

07 Aug '05

Yesterday, there was a FOSS Awareness Program at Shri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai, for 3rd year students, and I gave a short talk on Free Software User Groups as member of ILUGC and FSF-India. The Principal of the College was very enthusiastic about the NRC plans and highlighted the self-employment possibilities and other opportunities available with free software. Less than 10 students knew about Gnu/Linux OS, and much less had even heard of RMS or Linus Torvalds. At the end, about half of them raised their hands when asked if they would opt for the FOSS Elective the next semester :) I wish NRC could organise these awareness programs on the style of LDD's organised by ilugc as one day events more like an open house for one and all, including the public also. Notes about one such LDD is at: http://www.chennailug.org/meeting/minutes/yr2004/momlf2004.html and the archives have more such stories. If there is atleast one Free Software User Group, in each Engineering College, it could benefit many. Rick Moen has written an excellent and useful user group HOWTO at: http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/User-Group-HOWTO.html <quote> "[The] movement has no central structure, bureaucracy, or other entity to direct its affairs. While this situation has advantages, it poses challenges for allocation of human resources, effective advocacy, public relations, user education, and training." </quote> Again, <quote> Linux works precisely because people are free to come and go as they please: Free programmers are happy programmers are effective programmers. </quote> Academic freedom and coding freedom make good companions. User Groups when organised in Colleges maintaining the core essence of the movement, it could solve many other problems too: -Education would become directly relevant to needs in society -Enables life-long continuity for students to update themselves -Better interaction with Public is possible -Knowledge based societies would become a reality That apart, many colleges are using proprietary packages and there is a need to replace existing proprietary software with free software. Let us please have a wiki page at ILUGC to list "equivalents". HTH. Thanks, Ramanraj.

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