Linuxers May 2017

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Writeup on Meetup on 13th May
by Rushabh Mehta 15 May '17

15 May '17

Hello all, Wrote a post on open source that also covers our meeting on 13th May. It is a summary of two discussions I had regarding open source last week. https://medium.com/@rushabh_mehta/thoughts-on-open-source-communities-eed6f… -- https://erpnext.com Twitter: @rushabh_mehta

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May 2017 meeting (Updated agenda)
by Joe Steeve 13 May '17

13 May '17

Hello All, The May 2017 meeting of "Indian Linux User Group, Mumbai (ILUG-BOM)", will be held on 13th May 2017, 15:00 to 16:00 IST. Venue: IT Lab 5, First Floor, D - Wing, Department of Information Technology, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Kurla (W). 10 min from Vidyavihar Station (W). Map: https://goo.gl/maps/fRQoetu97Vp Agenda: 1. 30 minutes - "Using F/LOSS software for Graphics Illustration" by Raghavendra Kamath. 2. 20 minutes - "Frappe framework" by Frappe Technologies private limited team. 3. Floor open for relevant discussions. Everyone is welcome :) -- Joe Steeve HiPro IT Solutions Private Limited http://www.hipro.co.in/

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May month meeting, Call for speakers
by Joe Steeve 12 May '17

12 May '17

The next meeting is on April 13th, 15:00 to 17:00 at Don Bosco Institute of Technology. Would anyone like to give a talk? -- Joe Steeve HiPro IT Solutions Private Limited http://www.hipro.co.in/

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May 2017 meeting
by Joe Steeve 10 May '17

10 May '17

Hello All, The May 2017 meeting of "Indian Linux User Group, Mumbai (ILUG-BOM)", will be held on 13th May 2017, 15:00 to 16:00 IST. Venue: IT Lab 5, First Floor, D - Wing, Department of Information Technology, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Kurla (W). 10 min from Vidyavihar Station (W). Map: https://goo.gl/maps/fRQoetu97Vp Agenda: 30 minutes - "Using F/LOSS software for Graphics Illustration" by Raghavendra Kamath. Floor open for relevant discussions. Everyone is welcome :) -- Joe Steeve HiPro IT Solutions Private Limited http://www.hipro.co.in/

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Sad news -- one of our old members Dinesh Shah is no more
by Arun Khan 08 May '17

08 May '17

I just came to know that Dinesh Shah, one of ILUG-Mumbai's early members, is no more amongst us. He was on his bike and met with an accident (bus) -- that's all I know. Please share details if you have more info. Deepest condolences to his family from the ILUG Mumbai community. May his soul RIP. -- Arun Khan

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Proposal - Dedicate this Month's Meet-up "In memory of Dinesh Shah"
by Siji Sunny 06 May '17

06 May '17

Dear All, I would like to suggest, this month's ILUG-BOM meet-up to be dedicated in memory of Dinesh Shah. Organizers, pls consider this request and looking forward to see everyone in this meet-up. -- Siji Sunny

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Firefox getting old?
by Rushit Rakhasiya 04 May '17

04 May '17

Hello, We can argue or debate for months over it being old or outdated, but neither of those are actually true. We need to understand a simple fact that when we say “old” or “outdated” these days, its actually too early to claim that. The actual word that you should use is “ostracised” from the consumers. Please, let me elaborate my point here. Firefox is great browser that is used by many of “developers” because we understand the mechanics of the system inside that software. Plus, we all admire that fact thats its an important part of the open source community. But, a large number of user/consumers do not want a browser thats great. The follow that paradigm of popularity where Chrome stands on top. Lets say that browsers are cars. So people might know that HONDA is way better of a car than MARUTI, but service centres and after buy experience and popularity is way better for the MARUTI so people prefer MARUTI. Now, since people are using so many MARUTI cars there fore the accessories and spare parts for MARUTI are way more. Similarly, Chrome has become popular among customers, therefore, web developers ignore the other browser specifications in order to capture MAXIMUM market (not complete market). Just tried to explain the way I understand it. Thank you -Rushit Rakhasiya

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Firefox getting old?
by Rony Bill 04 May '17

04 May '17

Hello Friends, Firefox has been my favorite browser in Ubuntu but nowadays it does not provide functions that have a JavaScript () type buttons in forms. For example in the Vodafone site, after entering the mobile no, email and amount for payment, there is a submit button to go to the next page but it does not do anything. I have to use chrome to do this transaction. Is Firefox getting old and outdated? Regards, Rony.

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Exit Of Microsoft from School Education ?
by Milind Oka 03 May '17

03 May '17

Hi, On 27 may 2016, Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education has given a reply to my notice. Maharashtra State Board was neglecting Open Source directives given by MHRD. Though the Circular in this regard was issued, it was published in the education booklet "Shikshan Sankraman" !. The circular as Important as this, which could have saved huge amounts for Schools, must have been given to Schools directly and it must have been given wide publicity in major news papers. The Board's claim that by putting a note - "Schools and Colleges can use Open Source Software" on index page, they have followed directions given by MHRD is ridiculous. In the remaining pages of the reply, Board has given photocopies copies of the changes they have made in 2016-17 text books to be printed soon, and they have clarified further that Open Source can be used in "Theory as well as in Practicals" which is very important. Note that MHRD has used the word "PREFER" while Board is cleverly using "CAN" ! Anyway, I assume that this is only a symbolic exit of Microsoft from State's Schools Education. This covers State Schools and Junior Colleges in Maharashtra. But University Education too is compelling degree colleges to use proprietary software. Situation is somewhat better in Engineering courses but in the courses such as Computer Applications (TYBcom), there are softwares like MS Excel and Visual Basic. Also there are direct questions in the examination on the commands used in Excel and VB. I am going to send similar letter to Mumbai University too. Also the course MS-ACIT has been made mandatory for teachers. This course is exclusively an advertisement of Microsoft and other other proprietary software. Since after removing proprietary software from school. This course, which itself is a violation of MHRD notification, becomes meaningless for teachers. Hence appropriate changes are necessary in this course curriculum. We have to follow this matter in Education Department. I request all to help Schools in Maharashtra aware of the purpose and significance of this change and make open source movement stronger. Otherwise it will remain only on paper. http://www.mediafire.com/view/seufdy593ocbaiu/Notice_To_SSC-HSC_Board.jpg http://www.mediafire.com/view/uccych8u0hnqt6g/Notice_To_SSC-HSC_Board_%28Re… http://www.mediafire.com/download/nouxfd9a1hxnwd4/MHRD_-_Remove_Microsoft.p… -- Milind

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