Hi,
See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/fs-user-groups.html. We're there!
Sajith.
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Subject: Re: [gnu.org #200198] Free Software Users Group, Bangalore
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 05:47:20 -0400
From: Lorenzo Hernandez Garcia-Hierro via RT <webmasters(a)gnu.org>
Reply-To: webmasters(a)gnu.org
To: sajith(a)symonds.net
Hi!
>
> That was quite fast. Thanks :)
>
> But at the time of writing this, I can't find the change in
> http://www.gnu.org/gnu/fs-user-groups.html. Its still pointing to the
> old site. New one is http://bangalore.gnu.org.in/. Could you check?
I forget to tell you that the site is maintained by CVS and updated by a
cron job every hour,so, we must wait to the next cron job for see the
changes.
Wai a few time and then check it again!
( You must see "lorenzo" in the footer , if you see it the page is
updated ).
> In case you could not verify the new site, it could be that the new
> site is a bit slow. But the hardware will be upgraded soon, and should
> be faster by then.
OK , thanks.
Cheers,
Lorenzo.
--
Your friends will know you better in the first moment you meet than
your acquaintances will know you in a lifetime.
-- Richard Bach, "Illusions"
Hello Everyone!
http://bangalore.gnu.org.in is finally pointing and hosted. I've shifted
the wiki content here. Henceforth, let this be the authoritative web
site for FSUG Bangalore.
Will try to see if we can get the mx also pointed so that we can have a
mailing list @bangalore.gnu.org.in
Also - what is our plan for Sunday? If we are meeting up for sure, we
should also invite Anand Babu who is in Bangalore these days.
Cheers,
Abhas.
--
Abhas Abhinav <abhas(a)deeproot.co.in>
CEO, DeepRoot Linux
http://www.deeproot.co.in / +91 (80) 2856 5624
Getting GNU/Linux to work for you. Faster. Better. Today. Every way.
Abhas Abhinav wrote:
> We have two new members of our group: Anand Babu & Mridul Jain. And this
> brings our total group count to 19. :)
>
>
The arrival Anand Babu & Mridul Jain, the GNU/Hurd hackers, makes this
list heavier and happier. Through the hymn project
<www.hymn-project.org>, AB made it possible for music lovers all over
the world, to listen to their favourite songs purchased from iTunes
stores on their Gnu/Linux system, making international news
<http://www.engadget.com/entry/2127813034623335/> AB is behind Hurd,
Hymn and Thunder. I guess more good news is to come and so please stay
tuned :)
Regards,
Ramanraj.
Hi Everyone!
Good morning!
We have two new members of our group: Anand Babu & Mridul Jain. And this
brings our total group count to 19. :)
I'm enclosing a fresh list of group members for our reference:
aadis at aadis.de
ab at gnu.org.in
abhas at deeproot.co.in
abhilash_gpillai at hotmail.com
arun at gnu.org.in
avinashss at tatanova.com
dwija at phreaker.net
gnuindian at yahoo.com
krishnakg at gmail.com
listmail at pixelconsulting.net
nishant at deeproot.co.in
prasun at softhome.net
rakesh_ambati at yahoo.com
ramanraj at md4.vsnl.net.in
sajith at symonds.net
sajithts at softhome.net
senthil_or at dell.com
suraj at symonds.net
vimalekm at vsnl.net
Just for record:
Our next meeting is on Sunday (20th June ie Tomorrow)
Venue: Barista, Barton Centre, M G Road
Time: 3:00 PM
Agenda: To follow-up on our past discussions and come up with action
points; to plan out the details of the event we have been planning for
FSF annual day on July 21st.
I've put this up on the wiki as well (http://bangalore.gnu.org.in).
Regards,
Abhas.
--
Abhas Abhinav <abhas(a)deeproot.co.in>
CEO, DeepRoot Linux
http://www.deeproot.co.in / +91 (80) 2856 5624
Getting GNU/Linux to work for you. Faster. Better. Today. Every way.
>Time-wise, anything is fine with me. However, since the general feeling
was that Sunday mornings are too early, we can
>meet sometime in the afternoon after lunch - around 3:00 PM.
Sunday at 3:00 PM, I will definitely try to make it out.
Sajith, your CSS design is very good. Kudos dude.
And I really enjoyed Ramanraj's comment yesterday. ( Chicago 7
Conspiracy Trial )
Cheers!
Senthil
[resending since the mail did not make it to the list, there are problems
with my postfix config..]
abhas> It would be nice if all of us could post a small introduction about
abhas> ourselves here - that will ensure that we can have more meaningful
abhas> discussion! And can depend on each others' respective strengths and
abhas> resources to grow Free Software usage around here.
I am Ramakrishnan. I write non-free software for a living, specifically I
do digital signal processing software which goes into VoIP gateways and IP
Phones. I had been Free Software user and advocate since 1996. I am also a
volunteer for the FSF (I help maintain the gnu.org webpages) and for the
Debian Project. I am single till June 24th (I am getting married on 25th
June). I am also interested in Amateur Radio (waiting and waiting for the
license to come from Govt of India).
Apart from technical activities, I am also interested in carnatic music. I
studied carnatic music for about 14 years and was a B-grade artist at All
India Radio, Trichur (kerala) back when I was a student. I don't have time
for music now a days, but hope to spend more time on music than on free
software
in the coming days.
Though this was meant to be an intro, I am going to talk about something
not fully unrelated...
I am not very active in any mailing lists related to Free Software now,
partly because of lack of time and partly because I am sad at the state of
affairs with the way things are done, particularly the way FSF-India
conducts itself. The webpage is sloppy and so is its conduct. Everything
seem to be done in secrecy and afew individuals think, Free Software is a
god given gift only to them. I have pointed out many issues with FSF in the
past, and all have fallen on deaf ears, as is the case with anything done in
India. The attempts to fix webpages (try browsing the archives of
fsf-friends) have been met with counter questions instead, asking me to fix
it. Isn't it not fair to file bug reports without patches? Anyway, it is
clear that the gang in trivandrum and elsewhere are trying to add one more
line in their resume rather than work for the good of free software. Many
people whom I know are "officially" part of FSF-India talk "open source" and
"linux" elsewhere. I do not want to point fingures at anyone though...
FSF-India do not even publish a list of office bearers
on their website (FSF boston has published it at member.fsf.org, you will
see even more info there in the coming days), even after being pestered
many times.
I am an associate member (membership #255) since Dec 2002 and have also
helped atleast 5 people become associate members and am proud of it, because
FSF got some money to defend the freedom of the users. FSF is going to be
very relevant in the coming days, there is no doubt. If any of you can
afford to shell out $10 a month (~ Rs.500), please become an associate
member. One of the directors of the FSF-India promised us last year (or in
2003?) that an indian version of associate membership will be launched, but
as usual, we didn't hear from him again.
I am going to be busy for the next 4-5 weeks, but I will try my best to
attend the meeting, if it is going to be held this weekend.
best regards
--
Ramakrishnan http://www.hackGNU.org/
Use Free Software -- Help stamp out Software Hoarding!
Morning Friends,
How about meeting up for another Gnu(s) Grazings on
Sunday June 20.
All those who can't make it (to meeting) are
requested to come and let us know there.
Cheers
--arky
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