[ilugd] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
dear all, am googling since two days, can't find a complete and/or comprehensive list of foss or foss-related events scheduled for 2008. i know the number of events are growing. we have: 1.mashups, 2.OSSCamps, and similar 3.CII-partnered events, 4.leading national events 5.LUG-created regional events 6.academia/college events 7.commercial events but where's the list. or of tentative schedules. for example, some random excess: a) openitis.com mentions foss.in in december, and an event in florida. wow! but no mention of their own event in delhi in feb 2k8. http://www.openitis.com/openitis/events.php b) neither does the other site mention this: linuxasia.net c) gnunify does not mention its tentative or finalized schedules on its site or wiki: http://gnunify.pbwiki.com/ d) the freed.in banner or site does not mention the tentative schedule for feb-end 2008. e) NRCFOSS website's forthcoming events sections mentions events past, dead, and gone: http://nrcfoss.org.in/index.php?option=com_contenttask=categorysectionid=1id=22Itemid=2 would expect more constructive effort from nrcfoss f) ilug-d website, after it re-directs, mentions events held in sep07. g) fsf website has no link on their homepage to events at all: http://fsf.org.in/ h) CII ICT section has no list http://cii.in/menu_content.php?menu_id=477 i) PLUG site mentions no list of events in india http://plug.org.in/ j) redhat's events page spouts forth an error 404 http://www.redhat.com/about/presscenter/events/ k) all the colleges and academia across india which love to sport foss events, can't find 'em either. why list our schedules? 1. we can better coordinate our events with no overlap. for example, pune's mashup overlapped with mumbai's IIT weekend event. freed.in just skirted overlapping with linuxasia2008 thanks to a random phone call. 2. we can better use resources, since freed.in and pune's event, show how different regional communities can come together to collaborate on events. speakers, especially international speakers, could get to see our sub-continent on a discount while event-hopping :-) 3. our community has become too big and diverse to be addressed by just one event, or two. ;-) 4. placeholder for more so resolution: as a community, where do you figure we create a wiki, twiki, or similar site, where we encourage everyone to publish their final or tentative event schedules? over to you guys. :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
niyam/all: my 2-cents are in-line with ... dear all, am googling since two days, can't find a complete and/or comprehensive list of foss or foss-related events scheduled for 2008. niyam: great suggestions. while the LFY team will start updating FOSS events more aggressively on its event section, allow me to share the fact that anyone can register their FOSS event on openITis.com, and there are no costs involved. i know the number of events are growing. we have: 1.mashups, 2.OSSCamps, and similar 3.CII-partnered events, 4.leading national events 5.LUG-created regional events 6.academia/college events 7.commercial events but where's the list. or of tentative schedules. for example, some random excess: a) openitis.com mentions foss.in in december, and an event in florida. wow! but no mention of their own event in delhi in feb 2k8. http://www.openitis.com/openitis/events.php explained below b) neither does the other site mention this: linuxasia.net since linuxasia is being renamed to open source india week, the new website is under construction right now. will be up and running within a fortnight why list our schedules? 1. we can better coordinate our events with no overlap. for example, pune's mashup overlapped with mumbai's IIT weekend event. freed.in just skirted overlapping with linuxasia2008 thanks to a random phone call. 2. we can better use resources, since freed.in and pune's event, show how different regional communities can come together to collaborate on events. speakers, especially international speakers, could get to see our sub-continent on a discount while event-hopping :-) 3. our community has become too big and diverse to be addressed by just one event, or two. ;-) 4. placeholder for more so resolution: as a community, where do you figure we create a wiki, twiki, or similar site, where we encourage everyone to publish their final or tentative event schedules? well you could look at openITis.com's events section, or else a wiki on creativedot or any of the LUG websites. over to you guys. :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Linux Lingam wrote: am googling since two days, can't find a complete and/or comprehensive list of foss or foss-related events scheduled for 2008. http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/community/events is one road to take, upcoming and/or facebook is another. Point of course is that most of the FOSS events in India don't have the time or energy to chalk out a media/public face plan that would ensure greater and organised participation from delegates and speakers LFY had its moments to emerge as the consolidated calendar site, but I'd daresay that they have lost it -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHJdMuXQZpNTcrCzMRAkJRAKC3uaARonK1yZUgbAjnCrt9KZAfuwCdFFz/ 8oQebHh+/nZ++JaC2xcCCxo= =Mbp5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/community/events is one road to take, nah! too generic. would be great to have an india or india-centric list to which ilnuxjournal could link. upcoming and/or facebook is another. facebook? i think they got bought over by microsoft. also wonder how easy is it for people to view, add, edit, or comment *without* registering to their service. nah! personally, i would not recommend facebook to anyone serious about foss, but you can tar me for that later. so far my opinion on this, for myself, still stands. sorry. so no flames or whatever on this, let's stick to the topic at hand. Point of course is that most of the FOSS events in India don't have the time or energy to chalk out a media/public face plan that would ensure greater and organised participation from delegates and speakers well let's try to actively solve this problem. here's what we could do: a) figure out one central place where anyone anywhere can log in and list an event. should this be a wiki/twiki site? please respond, and let's try to finalize this within 2 or 3 days. this way, we don't have to go through this awkward x-posted mailing thread. b) every fortnight or month, we could send out an email reminder on mailing lists to register events at this public repository. i volunteer to do this to the few mailing lists am subscribed to, but others interested could help and spread the word. c) similarly, those who list out events, such as openitis or nrcfoss or others, could be requested, nudged, prodded, or as a last resort pushed :-) to list or link to this list, so everyone knows what's happening where and when. d) events that i attend, have decided to photo-document using a cc-by or liberal license. this am doing at flickr. am doing this in the hope of giving faces to names to so many many people quietly working and doing valuable little things in the foss community of india. this according to me, is the one solid way of correcting the 'reality-distortion' of having a handful of demonic-gods and ego-maniacs tending to usurp the indian foss community. let the community lead. let the community be known. let everyone in the community be given their recognition. of course, everyone else is also encouraged to give as many pixelled faces to the indian foss community as possible. i'd like to call this the 'fossbook' :-) and we could use flickr, picasa, or whatever else you've got. LFY had its moments to emerge as the consolidated calendar site, but I'd daresay that they have lost it LFY has lost *to some extent* on their initial credibility, goodwill, and momentum, but so far, hope springs eternal. :-) currently, they're great for spiking up responses on mailing lists ;-) they also need a new direction beyond the 'linux' pond into the bigger ocean of foss and beyond. rahul is trying that with LFY's new avatar. unfortunately, it is still a long, slow, work-in-progress, which it shouldn't be. they seemed to have honed in on their positioning for their event, but i wish they'd sharpen and focus more on the core essence of all things foss and linux, the valuesystem. if they get that part right, they'll rock in all dimensions, and also figure out how to squarely and responsibly handle microsoft and other proprietary players without allowing them to ride on LFY's shoulders to damage the foss community. (drink-and-drive policy). okay enough said! back to the list. if we decide where to host this list, we could get off this mail-thread immediately. the list must encourage and allow tentative schedules and 'to be decided' entries, just so we have an early heads up. some suggested fields: event name. dates/schedules venue contact people website mailing list/forum/wiki past events links target audience expected numbers objective event-type: sponsored, or community-driven entry: registration, paid, mixed, rent-a-crowd... :-) :-) niyam ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Ubuntu experience on Acer Aspire 4520
Has anyone used the Acer Aspire 4520 with Ubuntu Fiesty/Gusty? If so please let me know and share your experience as I plan to go for it and don't want to get stuck with issues of drivers etc. I did search the archive and it came up with one thread (Jun 2007) discussing it. Anupam Jain had been positive about his experience with his Acer notebook, but others had a different story. Any experience with this particular model?? At a price of 34K it seems to be the best value for money. The basic config is Athlon 64 X2 (1.7GHz, 512kB L2 Cache combined), Nvidia nForce 610M chipset, Nvidia GeForce 7000M, Monitor 14.1-inch WideScreen, 10/100/1000 Network Card, 56k Modem, 802.11 b/g Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 2.0+. Though google came up with some good reviews, I could not find much on Linux experience on it (it comes with some Basic Linux - Linpus Linux or something). The site at : http://priceguru.in/archives/features/895 mentions: In other things, we tried to run select live distros (no need of installation) of Linux including the popular Ubuntu 7.04. Unfortunately, Ubuntu too didn't have the needed drivers built-in for graphics, WiFi, LAN, etc. Without managing internet connectivity through LAN/WiFi, finding a solution for Ubuntu was very remote. Would be grateful for advise/feedback. TIA - Subash ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
whats wrong with linux-india.org thats how the whole thing started off anyways? Cheers...Kishore -- The chicken that clucks the loudest is the one most likely to show up at the steam fitters' picnic. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [LIG] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
we've got two shortlisted sites: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/calendar/ It might be best to keep add to it, than re-invent the wheel. [snip] Kingsly and linux-india.org recommended by kishore bhargava. the nrcfosshelpline site is more populated but alas, no way for anyone to log in and submit an event, or so it seems. the linux-india events module seems to have a rather clunky interface, and so far the only event it lists is foss.in. however, anyone can log in to submit an event. so which one, or which other, do you guys recommend? :-) n ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [LIG] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
we've got two shortlisted sites: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/calendar/ It might be best to keep add to it, than re-invent the wheel. [snip] Kingsly and linux-india.org recommended by kishore bhargava. the nrcfosshelpline site is more populated but alas, no way for anyone to log in and submit an event, or so it seems. the linux-india events module seems to have a rather clunky interface, and so far the only event it lists is foss.in. however, anyone can log in to submit an event. so which one, or which other, do you guys recommend? :-) n ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
On 29-Oct-07, at 4:54 PM, Linux Lingam wrote: e) NRCFOSS website's forthcoming events sections mentions events past, dead, and gone: http://nrcfoss.org.in/index.php? option=com_contenttask=categorysectionid=1id=22Itemid=2 would expect more constructive effort from nrcfoss we need a volunteer -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Online activity declining in linux-delhi/linux-india
On 29-Oct-07, at 12:29 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: One might argue that 2007 was distorted by that huge spike (probably the Microsoft at Linux-Asia thread), so, the 'Kenneth Gonsalves Award for Flamebait 2007' goes to EFY ! i hope you have made your will - you are toast (or rather karuvaad) -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [LIG] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
On 30-Oct-07, at 12:47 AM, Linux Lingam wrote: the nrcfosshelpline site is more populated but alas, no way for anyone to log in and submit an event, or so it seems. try today evening -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate, NRC-FOSS [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Online activity declining in linux-delhi/linux-india
On 29/10/2007, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so, the 'Kenneth Gonsalves Award for Flamebait 2007' goes to EFY ! i hope you have made your will - you are toast (or rather karuvaad) This does not make sense to me in any sense as a input or retort or funny or flame. -- Regards, Sudev Barar ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] Ubuntu experience on Acer Aspire 4520
On 10/29/07, Subu_G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Would be grateful for advise/feedback. TIA - Subash You can also try at Ubuntu-In mailing list , maybe someone there might be using the same laptop. https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in -- Jasbir ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Fwd: The KDE-SIG needs (your) help
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sebastian Vahl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 30 Oct 2007 03:45 Subject: The KDE-SIG needs (your) help To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a request for participation: The KDE-SIG [1] is atm lacking active contributors. And we really need some help in doing our job to provide a good KDE version in Fedora - especially with the upcoming KDE 4.0 and the inclusion in Fedora 9. If you don't know how you could help us here is a list (which is also in the wiki): * Packagers: There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged for Fedora. Package it to improve the user experience. * Reviewers: Only a few persons are doing the kde-related reviews. Help us reviewing so that more packages could be included. * Testers: If you love KDE use the development version or the updates-testing repository and report bugs, bugs, bugs, request enhancements or features. We need your feedback to improve KDE. * Bugs: Become a BugZapper and help us with kde-related bugs. * Documentation writers: The documentation (esp. the DesktopUserGuide) is GNOME-centered. Help us to provide an equivalent for KDE. * Release Notes: The few people that are working on the new KDE-Spin are quite busy with development issues. If you want to help us in writing the release notes for the next version of Fedora we would give you all the info you need. * Wiki: Maintain http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE and keep it updated with end user information. * Artists: To provide a matching theme for nodoka-metacity-theme and provide an unified desktop experience. But this is not a complete list. If you're interested in making KDE in Fedora better, you're more than welcome. The list of participants in the wiki is atm not a list of active contributors. When setting up the wiki the only demand was an interest in KDE to be listed on this page. This list would be changed in the future to be culled down to the list of active (or reactivated) participants. This has become necessarely because there are only (less or more) 3 active contributors atm (plus Than Ngo). But the list indicates that there are enough people helping with KDE. If you are interested in joining the KDE-SIG please add your name to this list, answer to this mail, join us in #fedora-kde at freenode or attend the weekly KDE-SIG-Meetings (every tuesday 17:00 UTC). I will also add a topic to the agenda of the meeting next week to introduce new contributors. [2] The attendance at the SIG-Meetings is of course not required. But this way we would know of each other. And they are also the main place of discussing the next steps in the development (besides fedora-devel-list). If you have any further questions please answer to this mail or write me directly. And be sure: If your are willing to help you're welcome (regardless of your skills). :) Sebastian [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/KDE/Meetings/2007-11-06 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHJlt6fl3yM0Fq2EMRAjZgAKCbL8LAK8XgPSOz4duZWUdx2W5BUQCdFESR ez2gNXPGgzksmwcX82Hw9lY= =ElRz -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
Re: [ilugd] [LIG] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?
we've got two shortlisted sites: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/calendar/ It might be best to keep add to it, than re-invent the wheel. [snip] Kingsly and linux-india.org recommended by kishore bhargava. the nrcfosshelpline site is more populated but alas, no way for anyone to log in and submit an event, or so it seems. the linux-india events module seems to have a rather clunky interface, and so far the only event it lists is foss.in. however, anyone can log in to submit an event. so which one, or which other, do you guys recommend? err...my another 5 paise...let's go for the mother-ship for now...and other websites can use it as a central resource to update their events sections (if they want to) :-) n ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
