Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Sahil ModGill
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Baskar Selvaraj bas...@linuxpert.inwrote: Not necessary. I wish to stay away from all these noices because of my regular posts in this list. Si, no disturbance due to any of your post. As I was really worried about our education system going behind

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Sundaram KR sundaram.ramachand...@kggroup.com wrote: | 2. The Linux kernel is jointly developed by entities such as RedHat, IBM etc. all of which are | commercial public companies, that exist to provide gains to shareholders. The employees from | the

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Sundaram KR
The objectives are different for a user group mailing list and a project list. They are not the same. --- Is it the objective of ilugc mailing list to prevent members from talking about Commercial activities on the list? Nobody is answering this simple question; Free Software

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Sundaram KR
Iff the company has given permission to the employee to use his/her official e-mail address, can he/she use the same. Otherwise, a different account needs to be used. Whether the individual is authorized to speak for the organization or not doesn't matter. Any e-mail sent through the official

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Sundaram KR sundaram.ramachand...@kggroup.com wrote: | Likewise on this list, many members are working on | FOSS products and services; sometimes gratis, sometimes charging money. \-- This is a volunteer-driven list, and people try to help each other out

[Ilugc] Fwd: Planning to conduct a two day FDP

2013-09-17 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
Dear all, If anyone interested in joining me, kindly reply offlist. The requested person(s) have already participated in the FDP conducted by me in VIT University (Chennai Campus) a week before. Regards S. Baskar Twitter : http://twitter.com/linuxbaskar LinkedIN :

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Sundaram KR
There have been cases where groups, and conferences (in India) have been hijacked for personal or commercial interests. I have not seen anybody hijacking this list for personal interests which are not based around Free Software. If anybody tries to do that on this list, we can simply ban

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Sundaram KR sundaram.ramachand...@kggroup.com wrote: | I have not seen anybody hijacking this list for personal interests | which are not based around Free Software. \-- True. I am only trying to make people aware of what has happened in other

[Ilugc] Fwd: [FSFTN] Fwd: Software Freedom Day celebrations

2013-09-17 Thread Shrinivasan T
-- Forwarded message -- From: sibi kanagaraj s...@fsftn.org Date: Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:26 PM Subject: [FSFTN] Fwd: Software Freedom Day celebrations To: mailingl...@fsftn.org Dear All, Free Software Foundation Tamil Nadu, along with College of Engineering Guindy GNU/LINUX

[Ilugc] xflock4 does not work on Arch+XFCE

2013-09-17 Thread Ganesh Ranganathan
The xflock4 command for locking the screen doesnt work for me on Arch Linux + XFCE. There is no error, the command just exits without locking the screen. I tried multiple solutions after googling but none of them worked. Is there any other command for locking the screen on XFCE Thanks and

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] The goals and objectives behind FOSS FDP / Workshop conducted in Colleges

2013-09-17 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Baskar Selvaraj bas...@linuxpert.in wrote: | Myself and the academic community are working together towards achieving a | common goal for bringing out a change in our education system, \-- Please do continue the good work you have been doing. You could

[Ilugc] Fwd: [chennaipy 1541] New Mailing List

2013-09-17 Thread Shrinivasan T
-- Forwarded message -- From: Vijay Kumar vijayku...@bravegnu.org Date: 17-Sep-2013 10:33 PM Subject: [chennaipy 1541] New Mailing List To: chenna...@googlegroups.com Cc: Hi Everyone, The folks at python.org were kind enough to host our mailing list. We now have a new mailing list

[Ilugc] Fwd: [chennaipy 1540] September Monthly Meet

2013-09-17 Thread Shrinivasan T
-- Forwarded message -- From: Vijay Kumar vijayku...@bravegnu.org Date: 17-Sep-2013 10:25 PM Subject: [chennaipy 1540] September Monthly Meet To: chenna...@googlegroups.com Cc: = September Monthly Meet == Date Time 21 September 3:00pm to 5:00pm == Venue Zilogic Systems,

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread A. Mani
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Raman Pandarinathan raam...@gmail.com wrote: 1.Let us use 'on behalf of ILUGC' only if any ONE of the following is satisfied a.If the offer for the event came to ILUGC either on the list or to the co-ordinator/members and someone attends the event. Further

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Ganesh Ranganathan
I am new to the list but personally I feel that there using the On behalf of ILUGC name for conducting free events and workshops should be allowed or rather encouraged. Imparting knowledge for free resonates with the core principles of the FOSS community. The contentious part seems to be when the

[Ilugc] [OT] The goals and objectives behind FOSS FDP / Workshop conducted in Colleges

2013-09-17 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
Dear all, I mark this mail as [OT], as I do not wish to see another long thread on this topic. Continue reading I personally felt that, most of the list members were not able to understand about these FOSS FDP / Workshops conducted by us in colleges. This mail would shed some lights to them

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Noorul Islam K M
Raman Pandarinathan raam...@gmail.com writes: Dear all Probably I would have posted maximum 'on behalf of ILUGC' in the list for the last 10 years. My humble opinion 1.Let us use 'on behalf of ILUGC' only if any ONE of the following is satisfied a.If the offer for the event came to

Re: [Ilugc] xflock4 does not work on Arch+XFCE

2013-09-17 Thread Noorul Islam K M
Ganesh Ranganathan ganesh.ranganathan...@gmail.com writes: The xflock4 command for locking the screen doesnt work for me on Arch Linux + XFCE. There is no error, the command just exits without locking the screen. I tried multiple solutions after googling but none of them worked. Is there

Re: [Ilugc] xflock4 does not work on Arch+XFCE

2013-09-17 Thread Ganesh Ranganathan
yup, but xflock4 still didnt work. :( After that I asked on the IRC channel of #xfce and they suggested to install xlockmore. That worked!! Thanks, GR On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Noorul Islam K M noo...@noorul.com wrote: Ganesh Ranganathan ganesh.ranganathan...@gmail.com writes: The

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Balachandran Sivakumar
Hi On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:55 PM, A. Mani a.mani@gmail.com wrote: Further the member(s) in question should inform the list well in advance and obtain an implicit no objection certificate on the mailing list. Why do you think this is needed ? What does an implicit no objection

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread satyaakam goswami
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:55 PM, A. Mani a.mani@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Raman Pandarinathan raam...@gmail.com wrote: 1.Let us use 'on behalf of ILUGC' only if any ONE of the following is satisfied a.If the offer for the event came to ILUGC either on the

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Mohan Sundaram
On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:55 PM, A. Mani a.mani@gmail.com wrote: Further the member(s) in question should inform the list well in advance and obtain an implicit no objection certificate on the mailing list. Such thoughts in the context of what Baskar is doing boil down to being regimental

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Noorul Islam K M
Mohan Sundaram mohan@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:55 PM, A. Mani a.mani@gmail.com wrote: Further the member(s) in question should inform the list well in advance and obtain an implicit no objection certificate on the mailing list. Such thoughts in the context of

[Ilugc] To MOOC or Not To MOOC

2013-09-17 Thread A. Mani
This article is about what is involved in making a MOOC and related aspects: http://mtosmt.org/issues/mto.13.19.3/mto.13.19.3.covach.php I had checked most of the MOOCs out there, but strangely could not see many courses in free software related subjects. I am working on a MOOC in my fields.

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi I think we have lost complete sight of the spirit and the symbiotic relationship ILUGC can have with companies like Baskar's in furthering the cause of FOSS. The following information was told to me by Railway Baskar (The railway Baskar, not the linuxpert baskar) Railway Baskar and Linux

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Sundaram KR
Do we need a clearance to conduct an event, I think the co-ordinator should take a call, My opinion is , it is better to have one. My opinion is; On Behalf Of is a meaningless term. There is no need for any clearance since this meaningless term On Behalf Of can be removed.

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
The following information was told to me by Railway Baskar (The railway Baskar, not the linuxpert baskar) Railway Baskar and Linux expert company did a workshop at Eswari Engg College. Sorry for your misunderstanding. But that was not a workshop, but a complete three months commercial

Re: [Ilugc] Apologies for posting FDP/Workshop event mails in ILUG-C

2013-09-17 Thread Thyagarajan தியாகராஜன்
Hi, Baskar, not the linuxpert baskar) Railway Baskar and Linux expert company did a workshop at Eswari Engg College. Sorry for your misunderstanding. But that was not a workshop, but a complete three months commercial training program conducted for the students of MCA requested by the