FSUG-Bangalore August 2006

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Debian
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Yesterday, ie. 16th of August was the 13th birthday of the Debian Project. Here is wishing it a belated Happy Birthday! Cheers, Debarshi -- "I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?" -Jean Kerr

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Re: [FSUG-Bangalore] Re: [GPLv3-Conference] Travel and accomodation
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

> Where are you going to stay this time? Eh? In my room. Hehehe... Joking. I am not coming for the conference, due to college compulsions. It seems my only hope is the Air Jaldi conference in October, or when RMS comes to Bombay just before Air Jaldi. By the way there is a nice Youth hostel in Bangalore. We could not stay there since it was full, hence had to stay in Majestic. You might try it out? If you want I can get some more details from my class representative (we were there on a college trip) regarding it. Cheers, Debarshi -- "I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?" -Jean Kerr

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[OT]Free Software: A new perspective
by Vikram Vincent 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Moreno Garza <damog(a)debian.org> Date: 16-Aug-2006 03:37 Subject: Report of Cuba visit To: debian-devel-announce(a)lists.debian.org Cc: press(a)debian.org I was able to visit Cuba on late past June. Maykel Moya, my main contact with the Debian and free software community, had invited me several times to the island, trying to build a bigger effort on free software initiatives there. So I accepted telling I was going to ask for some financial support to the DPL himself. So, I came to the DPL asking for sponsorship and he briefly came with the 2IC, Steve McIntyre, to try to make it happen. The money couldn't get out from SPI because of the US embargo issues, so they sponsored my flight from Mexico City with Debian UK Society support. I paid for my lodging on a well-placed hotel, since, in any case, I couldn't get to be hosted by some local because it's illegal for Cuban citizens. Maykel and his very nice friend, Medardo Rodríguez, agreed happily to feed me during my staying. The first idea I conclude from my visit to Cuba is that most of the things are not as they are expected. Most of the things and life itself is widely different than what we have been told, mainly by the US government. I had a fake idea on how the people live, on how the people feel about the revolution and on how they think about it. I enaltecer the innocence of people, Cubans are some of the nicest people I have ever met on my whole life, without prejudges, well informed on what's going on with the outter world and artistically and scientifically sobresalientes. The first day I was in Cuba I had the chance to meet some of the active members in the free software community, precisely and as it was expected, at least as I know it, most of them are a bunch of good and big friends. We had the chance to drink some rum and to taste to nice black Cuban coffee, besides that Medardo cooked his worldwide famous spaghetti with a sauce which I still keep a wonderful memory because of its incomparable aroma. Because my visit would be short, the next day we already have some scheduled activities and in the afternoon I offered a workshop on package creation and maintenance, with the participacion of around twelve or fifteen persons. It was held on the Mathematics and Computing Faculty in the University of Havana. With examples such as Liferea, I tried to guide the assistants on how a Debian package is created and what are the important parts to have present. The people became interested and intervened several times, having the chance to clear all doubts present. I have to admit that I thought people in the room would have a very basic level on free software matter, but I was certainly with a malformed image on Cuban prejudges, which are sometimes present if you haven't visited the island: Lots of the people are really immersed on the free sofware world. We changed rooms the next day, because the heat was unbearable in the Maths Fac. rooms and we achieved a room in the Philosophy Faculty, where we had air conditioning facilities and which became a very nice place to work and chat in such a hot weather, for most of us. Because of the great interest that there is in Cuba on bringing Debian in some government dependencies, Maykel had planned some talk about Custom Debian Distributions, since that'd be where some work, which has been intended until now, would go on. I had the chance to talk about what I know in the matter and about SimpleCDD, on which the guys became greatly interested. In the afternoon, we had a talk on translation, internationalization and localization. Most of the current initiatives of the Debian community in Cuba is to bring more people collaborating in the project, and from some sort of point of view (which I share), translating is a nice way to begin to be involved on Debian, obviously, by non-native English speakers, like us in Latin America, and also when not having strong technical skills on packaging or on Unix in general. We showed how the website is organized from the CVS, so that it happily coexist with translation teams, and things like that. A dinner was organized the next day, where Medardo cooked his fabulous spaghetti again and a cake was baked with the Debian swirl in it. I really thank you all guys for such a nice detail, it is really beautiful to see how a project like Debian can get so inside in hearts' people, no matter if they are Chinese, blondes, black, Latin, Europeans, Africans or whatever, only a few times we realize of such a thing. Enjoying some nice black tobacco and some strong Cuban coffee we started a discussion around mathematics (since most of them were involved with them) and how they impact on our ordinary life. In the gatherings of free software folks in my country what we mostly do is to get drunk or something similar and we forget about real-life discussions, not only around free software but of life itself. It's wonderful for me to get into these kinds of social circles with a great knowledge level and where the analysis of life is an everyday thing. The very last day, I had an small health problem, which didn't allow me to assist to the last of our meetings: May this report be helpful for me to apologize for the people waiting for me on that day, these were issues a bit against my will which made me remain in bed. Cuban free software effort and community, just as most of the communities around Latin America, is going up. Everyday, more free software has been adopting on government instances and interest is rising on urban communities. Lots of Cubans are into computing careers and building even stronger social bows while using free software and adopting Debian. This has been being a reality on Latin America, which is expected to keep going up. In the afternoon I took a taxi saying goodbye to Havana by visiting Plaza de la Revolución (where you can see the image of Che Chevara in the Ministerio del Interior main wall). I said goodbye watching the revolution in the streets and smelling the beautiful perfume of the Cuban freedom. Thanks, really thanks to all the nice people I met in Cuba. You guys, rock, and are rocking from my heart. Thanks also to aj and Sledge for supporting this (and others) proposals (I owe them an apology since this report took several "manyanas" to be released). If you are curious on looking at some pics, have a look at my gallery (with Spanish captions, though): http://www.damog.net/gallery/v/cuba/ Cheers, -- David Moreno Garza < damog(a)damog.net> http://www.damog.net/ <damog(a)ciencias.unam.mx> Yo mastico algoritmos. -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 Bangalore

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Re: [GPLv3-Conference] Travel and accomodation
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

> Heh, I can't afford a hotel, I am just a poor student cum Free Software > enthusiast :) Aren't we booking some rooms in the IIM-B guest house? Although I do not know what kind of budget you are looking at, I think you might be able to find 'cheap' hotels in Majestic too. It would be better if you team up with someone else who is also attending the conference, since the cost would then be Rs120-Rs130 per day for a 'decent' hotel. I remember staying at one such place when I last visited the place in December 2005. Cheers, Debarshi -- "I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?" -Jean Kerr

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Burning CDs on GNU/Linux
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Found this nice link regarding usage of cdrecord to write CDs in GNU/Linux through the command line. Thought someone might find it useful. http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-cdburn.html#heading_e Cheers, Debarshi -- "I'm tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That's deep enough. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?" -Jean Kerr

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[OT] Films for Freedom, Bangalore - August screenings
by Anivar Aravind 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

This may be a good choice for the evenings before the GPLv3 event contact: Sushma Veerappa <sushma(a)adkoli.net> Films for Freedom, Bangalore will screen LOOSE CHANGE (2005) Director: Dylan Avery Duration: 81 minutes On Saturday, August 19 and SEVEN ISLANDS AND A METRO (2006) Director: Madhusree Dutta Duration: 100 minutes On Sunday, August 20 At 6.30pm At Centre for Film and Drama (CFD), Sona Towers, Millers Road (Ph- 22356563) Synopsis of 'Loose Change' 'Loose Change' is the most provocative documentary on 9/11 on the market today. The film shows the direct connection between the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the United States government. Evidence is derived from news footage, scientific fact, and testimony from survivors, including emergency first responders like New York City firefighters. This hard-hitting and compelling film argues that the US government not only had prior knowledge of the attacks but was complicit in carrying them out. Ruth Frankenberg, formerly Professor of American Studies at the University of California, and now an independent writer will introduce the film. She has written on race, racism and whiteness. She has also published in the area of colonial and postcolonial discourses. Synopsis of 'Seven Islands and a Metro' The multilingual Bombay, the Bombay of intolerance, the Bombay of closed mills, of popular culture, sprawling slums and real estate onslaughts, the metropolis of numerous ghettos, the El Dorado. This film is a tale of the cities of Bom Bahia / Bombay / Mumbai, through a tapestry of fiction, cinema vérité, art objects, found footage, sound installation and literary texts. The non-fiction feature film is structured around imaginary debates between Ismat Chugtai and Sadat Hasan Manto, the two legendary writers who lived in this metropolis, over the art of chronicling these multi-layered overlapping cities. Shot mainly during the monsoon the film portrays some extremely beautiful yet ruthlessly violent features of Bombay which, generally, are not part of the popular narratives. Madhusree Dutta, the director of the film will be present for the screening. Her works include I Live in Behrampada, on a Muslim ghetto in the context of the Bombay riots which went on to receive the Filmfare Award for best documentary and Memories of Fear, on the relation between socialising of young girls and domestic violence which won the National Award for best documentary on social issues. As always, screenings are open to all.

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summary of volunteers' meeting 14th Aug
by Vikram Vincent 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Hello All, "INDEPENDENCE DAY GREETINGS" The reason I haven't used the word "happy" is because this is a day we observe, recollect the sacrifices of our forefathers and renew our pledge to uphold the values enshrined in the Preamble of our Constitution. Free Software Movement is all about Community and its Freedom. This means that we have the responsibility to protect and strengthen our Freedoms from the attacks by various vested interests, expand and strengthen our Community, using every available opportunity, to further the Movement. Saying this, I will now give a brief summary of the volunteers' meeting on the 14th at St.Joseph's college, Shantinagar. Attendance list: Dr. Vijoo Krishnan(St. Joseph's College), Dr. S. Chaterjee(IIA), Srikrishna (IIM), Senthil S.(CISCO), Praveen A.(HP), Ramprasad(), Kushal Das(), Gyanendra(IISc), Krishan(St. Joseph's), Surendra(Engg. College Lecturer), Jayakumar( Dept.of Commerce and Industries), and Myself. Travel: a>Making travel arrangements and b>Manning all entry points. This can be finalised only when the list of participants is obtained, their Expected Time of Arrival(ETA), etc... Help desk and Registration: Ramprasad, Krishan + 2. Ramprasad has already posted a detailed mail on this. Assisting delegates: We require at least 20 people full time. IIM boys have classes and are available only part-time. We can expect the St. Joseph's Comp Science club boys to chip in. And major responsibility will be on the FSUG. Event Publicity: Press-Vijoo, Abhas, Arky, Vikram RMS open session: 25th St. Joseph's College Auditorium, Langford road, Forum for Science and Development (FSD). Time not yet finalised. Medical Aid, Security arrangements, catering: IIMB. Copies of the Schedule for distribution- Krishan Stage arrangements: FSF, IIMB. Materials: Banners, badges, T-shirts for Organisers and volunteers, etc...<not decided> Handling discussion sessions: FSF, Vikram + .... Accommodation: James, Thejesh, Shivanand, Vikram. Funds: This was a major point as there is a heavy shortage. We request those who can contribute to please contact<will be notified later>. Accommodation for RMS: Ramkrishna Reddy(Redhat). Don't forget the 21 points. Accommodation for foreign delegates: IIMB+... Number of foreign delegates required??? Picking up Ciaran-Kushal Update conference website- Vikram Next volunteers' meeting : Saturday, 19th August, St. Joseph's college, Langford road At 4pm. All potential volunteers from Bangalore must not miss this meeting. -- Regards Vikram Vincent +919448810822 Bangalore

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Re: [GPLv3-Conference] Travel and accomodation
by Arun M 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Dear all, If you need any support for travel and accommodation. Please contact james(a)gnu.org.in. regards, arun. > We need to get the following primitive information from delegates / > invitees / press, who are coming from outside bangalore and require > travel / accommodation support - > > * actual numbers. > * how they travel to bangalore, arrival time and place.

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GPLv3 conference poster
by प्रव ीण् ए (Praveen A) 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Hi, Just created a poster based on the Tshirt design. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pravi/213907913/ Original art work at http://people.ubuntu-in.org/~ghoseb/gplv3art.tar.gz<http://people.ubuntu-in.org/%7Eghoseb/gplv3art.tar.gz> Regards Praveen -- "Value your freedom, or you will lose it, teaches history. `Don't bother us with politics', respond those who don't want to learn." -- Richard Stallman Me scribbles at http://www.pravi.co.nr

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Re: [GPLv3-Conference] Travel and accomodation
by Abhas Abhinav 15 Aug '06

15 Aug '06

On Tuesday 15 August 2006 10:38 AM, Ramprasad B wrote: > We need to get the following primitive information from delegates / > invitees / press, who are coming from outside bangalore and require > travel / accommodation support - > > * actual numbers. > * how they travel to bangalore, arrival time and place. > > so that we can divide tasks and assign to volunteers appropriately. > Without these information we can't go ahead in travel and accommodation > support. I agree... James - have you got responses from everyone you emailed about this? > This also helps in reserving appropriate number of rooms, receiving and > directing them correctly. > > Also, we need to see the travel and accommodation status in bangalore > near IIMB. Any updates on this ? Well - there are not too many hotels near IIMB as we discovered. There are good ones on and near MG Road and Majestic. They might a bit far from the venue but as of now, look like the most affordable & available option. I believe James has already emailed participants regarding their stay preferences and budget. James - how soon can be compile the final list of rooms and call the hotels to do the booking. We will then be able to email participants about which hotel they have been booked at and how to reach there etc. 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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