Re: [ubuntu-in] Assistance in Organizing Ubuntu 13.04 Release party.

[VIGNESH PRABHU]

Hi friends,

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Yajnesh Talapady wrote:

> Hello, GLUG Mangalore is hosting “Ubuntu 13.04 Release Party” on 18th May
> 2013, In P.A Collge of Engineering.
> We have planned sessions on “free softwares” by FSMK members (Free
> software movement Karnataka ) . Which is followed by GLUG Mangalore meet.
> Followed by Ubuntu 13.04 Release party.
>

Please find the photos of the Ubuntu and Debian release party that was
conducted by GLUG Mangalore in PA College here,
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.552010478183942.1073741826.11249856032&type=1

Close to 100 students attended the event.

It started with an introduction session on Free Software philosophy in the
morning. Post lunch, we watched the documentary "Revolution OS" to
understand the evolution of free software.

This was followed by the release party where Yajnesh briefed students about
the new features in Ubuntu 13.04, followed by the cake cutting which had
beautiful raring ringtail logo over it.

Over all, it was a wonderful event. Students from Bearys Insitute of
Technology and also from Vivekanada Institute of Technology, Puttur had
also attended the event. GLUG Mangalore which is in its very nascent stage
is looking for regular support from Ubuntu and other free software
developers so that we can regularly have sessions in various college in
Mangalore. Do ping me or Yajnesh if you plan to travel to Mangalore and can
take some time to interact with the students there and share your
experiences.

P.S. Sorry for not sharing any open gallery links. Unfortunately the photos
are not yet uploaded in any such open gallery.

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[ubuntu-in] [OT] Debian Wheezy release Party on 12th May, 02:00 pm at FSMK Office in Wilson Garden, Bangalore

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Hi,

Free Software Movement Karnataka is going to celebrate the latest release
of Debian 7.0 codenamed "Wheezy" on 12th May at 02:00 pm at FSMK office,
Wilson Garden.
This will be another event as part of sunday school that FSMK is conducting
every sunday. I would request all of you to join us and celebrate the new
release of Debian, a universal operating system.

Date : 12th May 2013
Time : 02:00 pm
Venue: FSMK Office, No. 121/17, 1st Floor,  6th main, 14th Cross, Wilson
garden, Bengaluru - 560030


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Re: [ubuntu-in] Photos of people using Ubuntu in Bangalore ?

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On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Prakash Advani  wrote:

> I am looking to photograph some Ubuntu users in Bangalore. Are you aware
> of companies, institutes where we can take some photos ?
>

Kids at community centre run by Free Software Movement Karnataka use
EdUbuntu. If you are interested, you can come to our office anytime in the
evening and take pics. The office is at Wilson Garden,
http://www.fsmk.org/node/25




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[ubuntu-in] [Off-Topic] Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship

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Parliament - Say no to Internet Censorship



The Government notified on April 13, 2011 the Information Technology
(Intermediaries guidelines) Rules, 2011 prescribing guidelines to be
observed by the intermediaries. The rules were issued in exercise of the
powers conferred by clause (zg) of subsection (2) of section 87 read with
sub-section (2) of section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act
21 of 2000). The provisions of the new rules are unconstitutional as they
affect the right to freedom of speech and expression as well as right to
privacy of citizens, are arbitrary being violative of Art. 14 of the
Constitution of India and are ultra vires of the parent act. SFLC.in [1]
has come out with an ebook, Legal analysis of IT(Intermediaries
guidelines)Rules 2011 [2] explaining the impact of the guidelines which the
government has come up with.



FSMK[3] with support of other organizations is planning a national level
campaign against this law which will be discussed in parliament on the
second half of the budget session which starts from April 24th. Hence we
have chosen 21st April for the nation wide campaign against the law.
Content regarding the campaign and the issue is being updated, [4].

Please let me know if the organizations that you are associated with can
support us for this campaign. We are maintaining a list of all organization
who are supporting us [5].



Also please support this campaign by sharing the link of the website[4] and
also by signing the petition [6].



If you are in Bangalore, please join us on 5:00 pm on 21st April at Town
Hall.



We are also looking for any creative posters/ideas related to this topic
which will help us in spreading the word. Please feel free to share such
content with us so that we can update it in the website.



[1] - http://softwarefreedom.in/

[2] - [pdf]
http://softwarefreedom.in/attachments/article/125/LegalAnalysis_ItIntermediaryRules.pdf

[3] - http://fsmk.org

[4] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/

[5] - http://friendsofinternet.wikispaces.com/List+of+friends+of+internet

[6] -
http://www.change.org/petitions/mps-of-india-support-the-annulment-motion-to-protect-internet-freedom-stopitrules


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[ubuntu-in] Looking for experts to help migrate photography studios to GIMP

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Hi friends,

Many of you must have heard about the recent raids by software firms on
photography studios in Mandya and Mysore districts. Here is a news article
on the same,
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/190270/beware-using-softwares-licence.html.

FSMK, Free Software Movement Karnataka has recently released a press note
appealing to small scale vendors to try out FOSS alternatives,
http://www.fsmk.org/node/86

Photography studios associations have contacted us and requested us to train
them on FOSS alternatives. Hence we are looking for GIMP experts who have
worked extensively on photo editing to talk to few representatives of these
associations and understand their requirements. If their requirements are
fulfilled by GIMP, then we can plan for a large scale workshop and help them
migrate.
So please contact us if you can help us in understanding their requirements
and migrating them.

If this is not done immediately, then they will be forced to come to some
agreement with software firms and have to shell out chunk of their profit to
pay for the license fees.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] Need Help with Mail Server

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Hi,

2011/9/7 Guru™ 

> Hi All,
>
> I want to setup a mail server for my company. What I want is to setup a
> mail server for internal purpose but able to send emails out as well Like
> gmail or yahoo. Please help me with this. If possible send me some link with
> step by step method.
>
> If you are planning to set up a separate server for the mail server, then
you can probably try Deepofix which is a mail server distribution based on
Debian. Just its installation on a dedicated server will setup a mail server
for you and solve most of your purpose. You can download latest version of
deepofix from here, http://deeproot.in/deepofix/download

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Re: [ubuntu-in] Some College event related to ubuntu....

[VIGNESH PRABHU]

Hi Ankur,

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Ankur Goel  wrote:

>  Namaskar to all out there,
>   I am a student of engineering
> 3rd year n I want to know can I organize any event related to Ubuntu in my
> college can anyone please mail me the details.
>

Can you please tell in which city you want to organize this. Ubuntu local
teams in your city or nearby city might help you in organizing such an
event.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] Looking for Ubuntu support in Kolkata (un-commecial)

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Hi,

On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Kaustav Das Modak <
kaustav.dasmo...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:

> There is a Kolkata LUG as far as I remember. I'm from Kolkata myself, but
> I'm yet to get in touch with other users from the city :)
>
There is GNU/Linux user's group in Durgapur and another active in
NIT-Durgapur of which even I am a member. You can join it here,
https://groups.google.com/group/nitdgplug?hl=en
You might find people from Kolkata also in this group.

I know there is a group called ILug-Cal but I am not sure how active that
group is.

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[ubuntu-in] Fwd: Session on Localization @ FSMK office on Saturday 2pm

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-- Forwarded message --
From: Prabodh CP 
Date: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 5:41 PM
Subject: Session on Localization @ FSMK office on Saturday 2pm
To: fsmk-disc...@lists.fsmk.in


Hi all
To actively work towards localization and to enhance the reach of Free
Software to the masses FSMK has to actively pursue conversion of
available FOSS into local languages especially Kannada. That would
also strengthen our claim to represent the Karnataka in this movement
in the true sense, moreover their is lots of funding available for the
same from the government as well. Hence to start an interest group we
have planned an orientation session from VIkram Vincent on Saturday
2pm @ FSMK office. people interested can attend the session and be
part of the localization effort.



Venue:
Free Software Movement Karnataka
No. 121/17, 1st Floor, 6th main, 14th Cross, Wilson garden,
Bengaluru - 560030. Ph: 080-42817353



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Re: [ubuntu-in] Hi

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Hi,

Warm welcome to the group.

>
> I would like to contribute my service to the community by doing things
> like advocating Ubuntu, triaging bugs, writing code,etc
>  
>
It would be great if you could share the location where you are based so
that local GLUG members from that location who are members of this group can
contact you and use your experience in their day to day activities of
advocating Ubuntu.


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Re: [ubuntu-in] Events planned to celebrate Software Freedom Day in Bangalore from 15th to 17th Sept

[VIGNESH PRABHU]

Hi,

On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 11:29 PM, nitheesh kl  wrote:

> i went through the list and those are some nice topics that is being
> covered. however there is no timings info displayed for each of the
> sessions.
> it would be helpful if approximate time and date were also provided for
> each of those sessions
>
As of now this is pilot course that we are starting at St. Joseph College,
Bangalore and it is limited only for students from St. Joseph. However if
this pilot course is successful which we believe will be, then we are
planning to host such courses in other colleges and also open it for general
public whoever is interested.
Also we will be glad to accommodate any particular session which we have
missed out in syllabus and someone in this community wants to take it up to
students.


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Re: [ubuntu-in] Events planned to celebrate Software Freedom Day in Bangalore from 15th to 17th Sept

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Hi,

> *1. Inaugural Lecture of Free Software certificate course at St.Joseph's
> College,Bangalore on the 15th September 4 p.m.*
>
> St.Joseph's College, Bangalore has incorporated 120 hours of free software
> sessions to be handled by FSMK and other like-minded Free Software
> Enthusiasts. The course syllabus will be put up on website of FSMK very
> soon.
>
Please find the updated list of course syllabus at the link given below:
http://www.fsmk.org/node/56

Also please check the link given below to get latest news on Prof. Eben
Moglen's visit and the events organized for Software Freedom Day.
http://www.fsmk.org/node/55

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[ubuntu-in] Events planned to celebrate Software Freedom Day in Bangalore from 15th to 17th Sept

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Hi friends,

Software Freedom Law Centre, New Delhi(SFLC-ND) and Free Software
Movement-Karnataka (FSMK) are celebrating Software Freedom Day, by
organizing Talks and events by one of the mavericks of the Knowledge Freedom
campaigns and an affiliate of SFLC-ND - Prof.Eben Moglen,Founder,
Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center.

In this visit to Bangalore, Prof.Eben Moglen will be participating in three
separate events organized by FSMK.

*1. Inaugural Lecture of Free Software certificate course at St.Joseph's
College,Bangalore on the 15th September 4 p.m.*

St.Joseph's College, Bangalore has incorporated 120 hours of free software
sessions to be handled by FSMK and other like-minded Free Software
Enthusiasts. The course syllabus will be put up on website of FSMK very
soon. The idea is to to empower students to become productive
self-supporting citizens of the free software community. Its an honour to
have professor Eben deliver the first lecture of the course.

*2. Prof.Eben at Ambedkar Community Computing Center (AC3) on the 16th
September., evening*

Before two years, RMS and Prof.Eben visited AC3 with only a few students who
were being taught computers using Free Software. Today, these handful of
young free software activists from the community are running three other
Community Computing Centers completely on their own. Prof.Eben will visit
AC3 for a community discussion, where the members of these centers will
initiate a discussion on the activities so far, the ups and downs and the
way forward. There will also be a small cultural event organized by AC3
students.

*3. Interaction with Prof.Eben Moglen on the Freedom in the Cloud at Indian
Institute of Science, on 17th September , 3p.m – 5 p.m, faculty hall IISc.
*

Speaker: Prof. Eben Moglen
Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University Founder,
Director-Counsel & Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center

Time: Fri. Sep 17 2010 3pm-5pm

Venue: Faculty Hall, IISc

Title of Talk: "Freedom in the Cloud: Software Freedom, Privacy and Security
for Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing"

Abstract:
Everyone wants a piece of you these days: Google, Facebook, Flickr, Apple,
AT&T, Bing. They'll give you free e-mail, free photo storage, free web
hosting, even a free date. They just want to listen in. And you can't wait
to let them. They'll store your stuff, they'll organize your photos, they'll
keep track of your appointments, as long as they can watch. It all goes into
the "Cloud."

How we got here is quite a scary story. But nowhere near as scary as getting
out again. This talk will discuss how much worse things have become since
the pre-cloud era and explain what you can do to reclaim your freedom in the
era of Web 2.0.

I cordially invite you all to come and celebrate software freedom day along
with us during these events.


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Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Indian schools

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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 5:31 PM, fahad fazil wrote:

> But thats only for the govt schools.
> All the cbse icse igcse schools are still behind windows...
> They all think linux as an old shit working on a commad prompt
>

No that is because, Microsoft provides Windows as a complete package to
schools free of cost, and in many cases they also provide hardware for it.
If I am not wrong, there is tie up of Wipro-Microsoft to provide Hardware
and software to many schools. With such offers being made to schools, I dont
really see why schools will reject especially since they dont usually have
to deal with all the drawbacks of Windows. Occasionally, they will
re-install whenever their system gets effected by virus.

However, my niece studies in 5th std in Bangalore and she told me that they
use Fedora in their school with KDE as desktop environment. So I guess we
just need better packaging of Gnu/Linux based distribution for schools which
will work out of the box after installation and back it up with good local
support for schools. SchoolOS is a initiative to solve the first part of the
problem. Local GLUGs should take it up as a duty to spread SchoolOS in their
locality.


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Re: [ubuntu-in] Intro

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Hi Sachin,

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Sachin Parnami wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I am  Sachin Parnami, MCA from university of Bangalore-2008.
> used ubuntu for almost 2 years and i love it.
>
> Would like to know about the help i can get to spread Ubuntu knowledge to
> others at small towns or schools?
>

Assuming that you are still in Bangalore, I am glad that you want to
contribute in some or other way. I am a volunteer at a non-profit
organization called Free Software Movement Karnataka(FSMK) and we try to
spread the usage of Linux in different schools and colleges among many other
various activities. Please go through our website, fsmk.org . Also join our
mailing list so that you will come to know when our next meet is and we will
be glad to take help from you whenever we can.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu on Indian schools

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On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:10 PM, fahad fazil wrote:

> Hey Folks,
>
> I am Fahad Fazil doing my eleventh grade in kerala . I have been using
> ubuntu for almost a year and Now im a big time fan of ubuntu and open source
> .
> Almost all the school in india is running on pirated (except some) copies
> of windows. All theses is because that the textbooks are published in a way
> that they only support windows and they have not even heard of linux. Im
> study C++ now and when i got the text book , it was full of compilers for
> windows and i dont use windows. So  I had to ifind a compiler for ubuntu and
> did so. So we should do something to promote ubuntu(linux) in schools and
> publish textbboks based on ubuntu (linux)
>

Please go through this link, http://schoolos.org/

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Re: [ubuntu-in] Ubuntu Hour in Bangalore

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Hi,

> I would surely like to attend this, but the problem is that on 24th and
> 25th Yahoo's Open Hack event is also organized.
>  Around 1000 people are enrolled in it, so I think you might not get
> good response.
>
> Even I want to come. But I have registered for Yahoo Open Hack event and
hence I dont thing I will be able to come for the meetup. Also if you are
looking for a meeting place, i would suggest the FSMK (Free software
movement Karnataka) office.  It is in Madiwala and can accommodate around
10-15 people. It is a 1BHK house that we use to hold our meetings and
discussions.


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Re: [ubuntu-in] Linux Trojan Raises Malware Concerns

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On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Narendra Diwate
wrote:

> Not sure how that will help. If someone has been able to upload or put a
>> compromised package on a site, he can also put a md5sum for it. When you are
>> downloading from a untrusted place, everything there can be suspect.
>>
> Well Nigel actually was suggesting you to check the md5sum from the real
source or from the main repository. The idea is that though it is advisable
to download packages from nearest mirror, it is always good to confirm that
the package uploaded by the mirror is a genuine package.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] Introduction

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Hi Sir,

On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Arup Roy Chowdhury Ph.D <
arup.chowdh...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everybody,
>
> I thank you for letting me into your group. I would like to help out spread
> Ubuntu wider if possible. Currently I reside in Kalyani, West Bengal.
>
> If I am not wrong, Kalyani Engineering College has a GLUG which was formed
with the help of few members from NIT-DGP GLUG. I am sure, with the your
vast expirience, you would be a great help for them. Also, if you are
available to go to Durgapur, then we can see if you can take sessions
sharing your experience in NIT-DGP GLUG.

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