FSUG-Bangalore January 2006

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Fwd: [FOSS-EDU-IN] Re: FOSS Month meet
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

--- à¤ªà¥*à¤°à¤µà¥*à¤£à¥* à¤* (Praveen A) <pravi.a(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > Minutes for those who missed it. > > > Sorry I missed the link. Here is it > http://fci.wikicities.com/wiki/BoFs/Jan27-2006 > -- Praveen kindly provided us with the minutes of the brain-storming session on we had on 27th January at Cafe Coffee Day. Cheers --arky _______________________________________________ FCI-l mailing list FCI-l(a)wikicities.com http://lists.wikicities.com/mailman/listinfo/fci-l

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Meeting minutes of 27th Jan
by प्रव ीण् ए (Praveen A) 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Hi, The last meeting at Kunningahm Road on 27th about FOSS Month ( http://fci.wikicities.com/wiki/Bangalore/FOSS_Month-2006 ) was awesome. We came up with a lot of ideas. Checkout the details http://fci.wikicities.com/wiki/BoFs/Jan27-2006 Cheers Praveen -- "GNU is the system, and Linux is the kernel." A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Re: Need help for an initiative
by Abhas Abhinav 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Dear Mr Vincent! Greetings! On 16:00, Thu 26 Jan 06, Vikram Vincent wrote: > I am part of an organization called Forum for Science and Development(FSD). > We are into many projects including the propagation of alternate > technologies especially at the school, college and IT companies level. > We would be very grateful if you direct us to people/organizations who can > help us with technical assitance such as during seminars etc... > Thank you in Advance Thanks for writing in to FSUG-Bangalore. Please do mark your emails to fusg-bangalore(a)lists.deeproot.co.in instead of fsug-bangalore-owner(a)lists.deeproot.co.in! That way all group members will get your email and will be able to reply to it. I'm sure all of us would be glad to help you out. If you have any specific queries, please write in to the list. There are several individuals and organisations that deal with GNU/Linux and Free Software in Bangalore. Hope this helps, Cheers, Abhas. -- i-take-charge at DeepRoot Linux http://www.deeproot.co.in / +91 (80) 4112 4784 / 85 Getting gnu/Linux to work for you. Faster. Better. Today. Every way.

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FOSS Month meet
by प्रव ीण् ए (Praveen A) 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Hi, We are meeting at Coffee Day in Kunningham Road on Friday 27th Jan at 6pm to discuss the strategies for FOSS Month. http://fci.wikicities.com/wiki/Bangalore/FOSS_Month-2006 Meet you there. Cheers Praveen A -- "GNU is the system, and Linux is the kernel." A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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[art/film] "Human Rights in Frames" Tri Continental Film Festival 29-31 Jan
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Hi List, This is arky here once again bringing you the out-of-topic news on Art Scene in Bangalore this week. Cheers --arky Information courtesy Bangalore Film Society. BREAKTHROUGH PRESENTS:- In collaboration with Federation of Film Societies of India (FFSI), Habitat Film Club, New Delhi, Alliance Francaise Delhi, JACIC, Mumbai, Bangalore Film Society, Bangalore, Suchitra Film Society, Bangalore, Alliance Francaise Bangalore, Indo-Cine Appreciation Forum, Chennai, Cine Central,Kolkata, Swayam, Kolkata TRI CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL 2006: HUMAN RIGHTS IN FRAMES 29th to 31st Jan. 06 from 10.30 am Moving images speak to us as nothing else does. Films can enthrall and educate: the TRI Continental Film Festival demonstrates this. Successfully bringing to India the finest human rights cinema from the global south, for a second time, the festival has been organized by Breakthrough tv, a human rights organization that uses media, education and popular culture to promote values of dignity, equality and justice. National Award winning actress Tara will open the festival in Bangalore on January 29, where it will travel from Delhi and Mumbai. The 15-day long festival will then tour Chennai and Kolkata in the days following. The 16 documentaries selected this year have won accolades all over the world. A jury of five - Amar Kanwar, Arjun Chandramohan Bali, Ira Bhaskar, Rituparno Ghosh and Shohini Ghosh - will award one of these with the Jury Prize. Additionally, the non-competitive section showcases 4 outstanding features. Filmmakers will be present to discuss their films following certain screenings. Initiated in Latin America in 2002, South Africa in 2003 and India in 2004, the TRI Continental Film Festival (3CFF) has become an annual platform for narrative, documentary, feature and short length films in the 3 continents. In the last year, the first 3CFF in India has travelled to Bangalore, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Pune, reaching students and practitioners of human rights and film, IITs as well as cultural institutions, focused groups as well as general audiences. These films spark discussions, debates and conversations everywhere around human rights and social justice issues. In this year's festival, find out what it means to be young, talented and a 'born criminal' ("Acting like a Thief"). Meet musicians and activists from the 'other' Americas ("Rebel Music Americas"). Watch the global media fight the war in Iraq ("Weapons of Mass Deception"). Join the global resistance to water privatization ("Thirst"). SCREENING PROGRAMME BANGALORE In association with Uhuru Productions, FFSI, Suchitra Film Society, Bangalore Film Society & Alliance Francaise, Bangalore JANUARY 29: 10.30 am HOME AND BELONGING The Concrete Revolution Dir. Xialou Guo (China & UK/ 2004/ 61 min) Grand Prix, International Human Rights Film Festival, Paris, 2005) Traje: Women and Weaving in Guatemala Dir. Phoebe Hart (Guatemala/ 2004/ 10 min) The House on Gulmohar Avenue Dir. Samina Mishra (India/ 2005/ 30 min) 1.00 pm BODY/CONTROL Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan Dir. Petr Lom (Kyrgyzstan, Canada & Czech Republic/ 2004/ 52 min) Sancharram (The Journey) Dir. Ligy Pullapally (India/ 2004/ 107 min) (The Chicago Award for Best Film, 40th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, 2004; India's Best Debut Director, The Lankesh Award, Bangalore India, 2005; Special Jury Prize, John Abraham Award, Kerala, 2004; Jury Prize, Kerala State Film Awards, 2005; Frameline Film Completion Award, San Francisco, 2004) 4:30 pm EMERGING SONGS Angola saudades from the one who loves you Dir. Richard Pakleppa (Angola/ 2005/ 65 min) 6:00 pm INAUGURATION by Tara 6:30 pm SNAPSHOTS OF COURAGE No More Tears Sister: An Anatomy of Hope and Betrayal Dir. Helene Klodawsky (Canada/2004/ 80 min) (Columbus International Film and Video Festival, Worthington, USA, 2005) JANUARY 30 10:30 am EMERGING SONGS Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where the Twain Shall Meet) Dir. Ajay Bhardwaj (India/ 2005/ 72 min) Rebel Music Americas Dir. Malcolm Guy & Marie Botie (Canada/ 2004/ 79 min) (Best Documentary, Roma Independent Film Festival, Rome, 2005) 1:30 pm EVERY WAR HAS ITS IMAGE 14 Episodes Dir. Murad Muzaev (Ukraine, Netherlands & Chechen Republic of Ichkerya/ 2004/ 9 min) (Award for Short Film Promoting Human Rights (special citation), Melbourne Film International Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2005; Amnesty International Prize, International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam, 2004) Weapons of Mass Deception Dir. Danny Schechter (USA/ 2004/ 98 min) (Best Documentary, Denver International Film Festival, Denver, USA, 2004) 3:30 pm SNAPSHOTS OF COURAGE Beauty Will Save the World Dir. Pietra Brettkelly (UK & New Zealand/ 2004/ 62 min) 5:00 pm CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Justiça Dir. Maria Ramos (Netherlands/ 2004/ 102 min) 7:00 pm BIRTH OF A NEW SOUTH AFRICA Homecoming Dir. Norman Maake (South Africa/ 2005/ 90 min) FEATURE JANUARY 31 10:30 am CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Acting Like a Thief Dir. Kerim Friedman & Shashwati Talukdar (India & USA/ 2005/ 15 min) WORLD PREMIERE Sisters in Law Dir. Kim Longinotto & Florence Ayisi (UK/ 2005/ 106 min) (Prix Art Et Essai, Cannes, France, 2005) 1:15 pm IN A VEIN IRREVERENT West Bank Story Dir. Ari Sandel (USA/ 2005/ 21 min) 1:45 pm CIVIL STRUGGLES The Take Dir. Avi Lewis (Canada/ 2004/ 87 min) Thirst Dir. Deborah Kaufman & Alan Snitow (USA/ 2004/ 62 min) (The Chris Statuette, Columbus International Film Festival, Columbus, Ohio, 2004; 1st Prize (Environment & Social Justice), Earth Vision Film Festival, Santa Cruz, California, 2004; CINE Golden Eagle Award, Fall 2004) 4:30 pm BIRTH OF A NEW SOUTH AFRICA Zulu Love Letter Dir. Ramadan Suleman (South Africa & France/ 2004/ 100 min) FEATURE (Grand Prix Du Mellieur Scenariste - Special Jury Award, organised by Sopadin, France, 2001) 6:30 pm RESCREENING: Jury Prize Winner

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Any updates on 'Battle for Bangalore'?
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Hi List, Does anyone have any updates on 'Battle for Bangalore' events scheduled for next month (February 2006). Cheers --arky

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GNU/Hurd on Qemu
by प्रव ीण् ए (Praveen A) 26 Jan '06

26 Jan '06

Hi, This is the most easiest way to try GNU/Hurd. http://www.zabor.org/balrog/hurd/ A beautifully built qemu image of GNU/Hurd. Try it now !! Cheers Praveen -- "GNU is the system, and Linux is the kernel." A proud GNU user http://www.gnu.org Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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[Event]Mark shuttleworth from Ubuntu In Bangalore Yahoo
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

Thank you Basil for this information. > FYI > ============================================================== > > This month is a special month, for the BLUG has a > special visitor. Mark > Shuttleworth from Ubuntu will be visiting Bangalore > this week, and has > expressed an interest in meeting with the BLUG. > > You can read more about Mark here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth > > and about Ubuntu Linux here: > > http://www.ubuntu-linux.org/ > > * BLUG Meet > > The January Blug meet will be held today evening at > approximately 1800 hours > IST, at the Yahoo! office on M.G. Road, and we're > inviting Mark to attend > the meet. Make sure you're present. > > * Where is the Yahoo! office? > > The Yahoo! office is at Esquire Centre, #9 M.G. > Road, Bangalore. It's > opposite the ING Vysya bank building, above UTI > Bank, next to HSBC bank... > #9 means 9th plot from the Trinity circle end. > > The meet will be in the cafetaria on the 3rd floor. > > * Who can attend? > > Anyone interested in Linux and FOSS > -- >

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[code] cowwords!!!
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 18 Jan '06

18 Jan '06

In the dungeon a bored geek bent over his simmering workstation. "Now there I add bit of XML" he thought aloud. "And few left over chunks of useless commands". **PUFF** hmm, what's this. Enlighten me fellows. Cheers --arky #!/bin/sh # # SCRIPT: cow-words.sh # AUTHOR: Rakesh 'arky' Ambati (http://www.linuxgazette.com/blog/4864) # DATE: 17 January 2005 # VERSION: you_must_be_kidding # # CREDITS: I Thank Karma_Police for the 'cow file randomizer code' # # PURPOSE: Retrieves the Dictionary.com 'Word of the Day" RSS Feed and # a random character teaches them. # # DEPENDS: 'xmlstarlet' <http://xmlstr.sourceforge.net> # 'cowsay' <http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml> # Both are available packages in Debian (Sid) repository. # To install them just type 'apt-get install xmlstarlet cowsay' # # # set -x # Uncomment this for debugging. # # ############################################################################## # Use 'cowsay -l' to the full list of cow files in your system # # (Sorry fellas I removed possible offensive 'sodomized*, head-in,telebears, # # kiss' cow files # ############################################################################## cows=(apt beavis.zen bong bud-frogs bunny cheese cower daemon default dragon dragon-and-cow elephant elephant-in-snake eyes flaming-sheep ghostbusters hellokitty kitty koala kosh luke-koala mech-and-cow meow milk moofasa moose mutilated ren satanic sheep skeleton small stegosaurus stimpy supermilker surgery three-eyes turkey turtle tux udder vader vader-koala www) random=RANDOM%44 ############################################################# ## Get the XML feed and do the selection ## ############################################################# /usr/bin/xmlstarlet sel --net -t -m "/rss/channel/item/description" -v "." "http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/wotd.rss" | /usr/bin/cowsay -n -f ${cows[random]} # End of the script

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[OT] Linuxense Internship program
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

[X-posting apologies] Please pass on this information to the students who suit this internship requirements. FYI --arky --- Rajkumar S <s_raj(a)flashmail.com> wrote: > Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:13:17 +0530 > From: Rajkumar S <s_raj(a)flashmail.com> > To: Principal Support List of FSF-India > <fsf-friends(a)gnu.org.in> > Subject: [Fsf-friends] [OT] Linuxense Internship > program > > Linuxense currently has an opening for its > internship program. This is > open for those are doing final year B-Tech or MCA or > a fresh pass out > but hasn't yet taken a job. > > The work done during this program will be released > under GNU GPL. > > This is a paid internship program of 1-2 months > duration (depends on > candidate's skill and knowledge). > > See more details at: > http://www.linuxense.com/community/internship.xhtml > > > raj >

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