FSUG-Bangalore January 2007

fsug-bangalore@mm.gnu.org.in

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11 discussions

Controlling spam.
by Debarshi Ray 25 Jan '07

25 Jan '07

http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/ListHelperAntiSpam The above link documents a nice way to control spam on GNU Mailman run mailing lists. I am using it on 2 lists.gnu.org lists and 1 non lists.gnu.org list. Things seem to be ok till now. Cheers, Debarshi -- After the game the king and the pawn go into the same box. -- Italian proverb

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TDD, Contact Management, 22nd at 4:30
by dinesh 21 Jan '07

21 Jan '07

Sjoerd Hemminga is developing Contact2, a Web 2.0 Contact Management software, using Python. Tomorrow, 22nd at 4:30PM he will talk about how he is using a test driven development approach. Come by if you are interested in TDD or in possibly in Contact2 development. Sjoerd says: Next Monday I will give a talk on Test-Driven Development and how I use it in my project. Test-Driven Development (TDD) is a relatively new technique where a developer writes automated test cases before implementing a feature. These automated tests will verify correct system behaviour throughout the lifetime of the system. In this talk I will explain what TDD is and what the advantages are. We will also look at a well-known testing framework and discuss some testing strategies. I will also show how I have adopted TDD in my project. In summary: Talk: Contact2 and Test-Driven Development Date: Monday January 22nd, 2007 Time: 1630h Location: Servelots, Bangalore (see directions on http://servelots.com)

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BangPycon 2007 - Call for Participation
by Anush Shetty 20 Jan '07

20 Jan '07

Hi, The BangPypers invite you to submit a proposal to present a technical paper or tutorial, or to host a meeting or BOF session at the conference. There are no fixed guidelines except for the below. 1) The talk has to be on a Pythonic Topic 2) It will be restricted to 45 mts with buffer for Q& A -10 mts 3) Though not mandatory, preference will be given to relevance of the topic with the agenda of the conference being "to promote Python" Though currently the plans of having a separate tutorial section is not on, we still want to hear from you, and we can see whether something can be fitted in... There might be just 10 talks split into 2 tracks. So please hurry up and send in your proposals. Your Proposal should be mailed conference AT bangpypers.org. -- Cheers. Anush Shetty BangPycon First Indian Python Conference, March 3rd 2007, St Josephs PG College, Bangalore, India. Email: conference(a)bangpypers.org http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bangpypers http://bangpypers.org

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Kerala gives the thumbs up to Free Software
by Deepak 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

http://itforum.kerala.gov.in/discussion/index.htm

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BangPycon (First Indian Python Conference) : Call for Participation
by Anush Shetty 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

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Sun to License OpenSolaris Under GPLv3
by harsha reddy 18 Jan '07

18 Jan '07

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[Film Screening][OT] Coding Culture Series at FFF
by Rakesh 'arky' Ambati 16 Jan '07

16 Jan '07

Disclaimer:: These films have nothing to do with Free Software per se, but related the coding culture of bangalore. Cheers --arky Films for Freedom / Vikalp Bangalore presents a weekend of contrasts. POWAQQATSI By Godfrey Reggio with music by Philip Glass 6.30 p.m. Saturday, January 20, 2007 Centre for Film and Drama (address below) Powaqqatsi is part of the Qatsi trilogy. It's overall focus is on natives of the Third World - the emerging, land-based cultures of Asia, India, Africa, the Middle East and South America - and how they express themselves through work and traditions. It is a celebration of the human-scale endeavor the craftsmanship, spiritual worship, labour and creativity that defines a particular culture. It is also about contrasting ways of life, and in part how the lure of mechanization and technology and the growth of mega-cities are having a negative effect on small-scale cultures. FUN @ SUN (29 min) and JULY BOYS (26 min) >From the series CODING CULTURE By Gautam Sonti in collaboration with Carol Upadhya 6.30 p.m. Sunday, January 21, 2007 Centre for Film and Drama (address below) Coding Culture is a series of three films, each set in one software company of Bangalore. The films explore the cultures of outsourced work and the moulding of a new workforce. Fun@Sun highlights the contradictory ways in which 'culture' is invoked in the global corporate workplace. While cultural sensitivity training programmes validate cultural difference, Indian software engineers are expected to conform to the dominant model of global corporate culture, by learning appropriate communication and behaviourial styles. July Boys explores the creation of a Silicon Valley-style work culture within a 'cross-border' company, that has one leg in Bangalore and the other in Santa Clara, California. It highlights the emergence of new kinds of identities (global, transnational, cosmopolitan), that incorporate and transcend pre-existing identities such as the national and the regional. The filmmakers of Coding Culture will be present at the screening. Centre for Film and Drama 5th Floor, Sona Towers 71 Millers Road, Bangalore 560052 Phones: 080-22356263 Note: Starting this month, FfF,Bangalore's monthly screenings will be open to members only. Please do come in a little early and register yourselves at the screening venue.

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Ubuntu Edgy CDs are now available
by Aanjhan R 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

Hello Friends, The Ubuntu-India team is delighted to announce that we have got a shipment of the Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy Eft CDs. We are willing to share this with the LUGs around us and have created a Wiki page with respect to this. You can include your requirements there. What we have in hand are Ubuntu Edgy Desktop CDs (and its variants Kubuntu and Edubuntu for both 32 bit and 64 bit architectures), which are Live CDs with a GUI installer along with it. If you need to install on computers with less than 192 MB of RAM or need to upgrade from an earlier version of Ubuntu, 6.06 LTS ``Dapper Drake'', then we suggest you to download the `Alternate CD' from the Ubuntu Mirror sites. The Wiki link is below http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/EdgyCdRequests We will try our best to meet your requirements depending upon the overall requests from other LUGs as well. Thanking You, Ubuntu-India Team

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Join the DRM Elimination Crew now !
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 12 Jan '07

12 Jan '07

Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) is a technology that affects all users of computers, media players, mobile phones and other devices. "'Your devices don't trust you!' is the basic message of DRM. In fact they trust you so little that they will not even tell you that they put you under surveillance," says Joachim Jakobs, FSFE's media coordinator. [1]<http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2006q4/000157.html> "If consumers even know there's a DRM, what it is, and how it works, we've already failed," says Peter Lee, an executive at Disney. [2]<http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4342418> "DRM technologies are based on the principle that a third party has more influence over your devices than you, and that their interests will override yours when they come in conflict. That is even true where your interest is perfectly legitimate and legal, and possibly also for your own data," explains Georg Greve, FSFE's president. [3]<http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2006q4/000157.html> Join the campaign to eliminate DRM http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign Also act against the amendmend to Indian Copyright law for DRM http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Anti-DRM-Campaign/Proposed-Amenments Cheers 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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if you are Bill Gates ...
by പ്രവീണ്‍‌|Praveen 11 Jan '07

11 Jan '07

Hi, We have started collection of tips to promote Free Knowledge and Free Software for a Free Society here. http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/IfYouAre Please pass on this to your friends which ever field of life they are in also contribute to make it better. Cheers 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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