Re: [Ilugc] Need to document the contributions of Free Software pioneers

2014-05-02 Thread Srinivasan Sundararajan
hi all, as some (or many) might be aware, I am part of the faculty for M.Sc (CS-FOSS) online course, offered by Anna University. For the subject DIF7102 (Philosophy and Practice of FOSS), I could give the info about 10-15 foss contributors as assignment to the students for documentation / collatio

Re: [Ilugc] Raspberry Pi clones offering significantly improved specifications compared to the original

2014-05-02 Thread Mohan Sundaram
Banana Pi was quoted at $60 in some article. Given that RPi is about 24 months old, newer SoC based boards are bound to come up soon. The price range of RPi like SoC based SBCs have been in the $60-$100 range with better speeds /RAM. Regards Mohan Sundaram Sent from my mobile, please pardon typos

Re: [Ilugc] Raspberry Pi clones offering significantly improved specifications compared to the original

2014-05-02 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Sundaram KR wrote: > What is the approximate pricing for Banana Pi and HummingBoard systems? Cn we > buy them in India? > Currently not available in India. Often I buy these kind of items through AliExpress. Pricing details: http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?

Re: [Ilugc] Raspberry Pi clones offering significantly improved specifications compared to the original

2014-05-02 Thread Sundaram KR
What is the approximate pricing for Banana Pi and HummingBoard systems? Cn we buy them in India? ...KRS ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines

Re: [Ilugc] Need to document the contributions of Free Software pioneers

2014-05-02 Thread రహ్మానుద్దీన్ షేక్
It may be difficult for me to come up with such questions or interview them directly, I being from Bangalore. So, lets start with documenting each person, how (s)he was introduced to FOSS, what motivates, whats the contribution, how the community is now, how it should be in future, etc. On Fri, M

Re: [Ilugc] Need to document the contributions of Free Software pioneers

2014-05-02 Thread Shrinivasan T
> > I have been looking for long to have a documentary on Free Software > pioneers of India. I believe its high time we document their life, > contributions to the Free Software movement of India. > People like Kenneth Gonzalves, Atul Chitnis have been my inspiration. > Attending Foss.in, fossconf

[Ilugc] Raspberry Pi clones offering significantly improved specifications compared to the original

2014-05-02 Thread Baskar Selvaraj
Banana Pi http://www.bananapi.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Pi HummingBoard http://imx.solid-run.com/wiki/index.php?title=HummingBoard_Hardware S. Baskar Twitter : http://twitter.com/linuxbaskar LinkedIN : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/baskar-selvaraj/21/881/b29 __

[Ilugc] Fwd: [KDE-India] Fwd: Call for help from KDE Team

2014-05-02 Thread Shrinivasan T
-- Forwarded message -- From: Kartik Mistry Date: Fri, May 2, 2014 at 5:06 PM Subject: [KDE-India] Fwd: Call for help from KDE Team To: _List_KDE_India One of the coolest project on universe is asking your help :) -- Forwarded message -- From: Maximiliano Curia