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SFD Coacalco Mexico (Adrian Hernandez)

by Adrian Hernandez Torres

The SFD was sucessfull!!! we made our SFD without any help or supplies from SFD, because we didn´t register our team before the deadline, but, even so we made a lot of CD´s of open software, and invite all of the classmates, teachers, and persons generally to assist the event, we take a few photos, please go to: http://softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2009/Unix_Coacalco_%28Mexico%29 and send a mail telling us what you think about that to: adrian31303358(a)hotmail.com your oppinion is very important for us thenk you to all, and specially thanks to SFD for make this true jeje :P Atte: Adrian Hernandez Torres _________________________________________________________________ Actualiza tu Perfil y gana! http://www.actualizatuperfil.com.mx/

Sept. 29, 2009

New chapter : LUG@RTUKota

by narendra sisodiya

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: rohit <rkbayal(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 12:54 PM Subject: [LUG@IITD:4945] New chapter for LUG To: "Linux User Group @ IIT Delhi" <iitdlug(a)googlegroups.com> Hello all, On the auspicious day of Navratra Sthapna ( i am not an atheist ) and Software Freedom Day ( but i am linux lover ), 19 Sep '09 , the event was scheduled for 10 a.m. & as you all know, the timely events generally begin with an hour-or-so delay (atleast in India,to be true ), this was an exception,we started it with mere 20 minutes delay ( surprised here for the first time ) . We didn't made much publicity about such happening in the college,only few notice & mouth publicity was done . The turnout was superb nearing to 60 ( & the hall was packed ), we certainly didn't expect this much on govt. holiday .We were overawed ( surprised for the 2nd time ) . Thanks to Electronics Deptt., we got the Resonance hall & thanks to the working A.C.s , we got no unwanted environmental problems . The LUG@RTUKota inaugural event began at 10:20 a.m. with the gracious presence of Dr. S.C.Jain Sir ,HOD,Computer Deptt.; R.K.Bayal Sir, Professor,Computer Deptt; Dinesh Jain Sir,Professor,Computer Deptt . I started the presentation with LUG@RTUKota formation objectives & the plans ahead . The HOD Sir then inaugurated the LUG@RTUKota group & explained the history of Open-Source software & Linus Torvalds and gave other historical & futuristic importance of Open-Source . Then Bayal Sir, who mentor us for LUG@RTUKota formation, presented the difference between the Open-Source & Closed-Source software & benefits of former above latter .He presented the beautiful & astonishing comparison of linux v/s windows,which explains how can we save 5 Lac rupees ( approx 11K $ ) straight by using Open-source softwares ( the uploading section contains all the presentations, the html file contains the comparison ). After that beautiful comparison, I made an interactive presentation ( i am not glorifying myself, here ) over why should we switch over from Windows to Linux . The misconceptions regarding Linux were removed . The benefits of using Linux over Windows ,( the presentation can be downloaded from uploading section ),the large range of distros available to choose & discussed the most downloaded distros Ubuntu & Fedora . After that,Jain Sir gave vote-of-thanks to the students & assured them of their support for LUG@RTUKota & encouraged us to do regular meetings . Then Gaurav Agarwal , gave beautiful presentation on how to install Fedora and covered the various options available such as 1.WUBi ( Ubuntu inside Windows ) 2. Installing using LiveCD, 3. Installing on VirtualBox 4. Hard-disk Installation He focussed on the most difficult part ( as we got to know by surverying the students ;for detailed report regarding the survey report ,you can contact us personally ) of installation i.e. partitioning. He explained every tiny part involved in installing Fedora . Install Fest ----> The students were already asked to come with laptops,who like to install linux. We presented them with wide range of distros available & their features in split-second way. We've volunteers who helped the students to install linux. Fedora, LinuxMint & Ubuntu suited the students requirements and installed subsequently with Gaurav showing them the installation procedure . Although, only 10 students came with laptops it was an encouraging sign that they showed such an interest in the very first meeting . The install fest continued for approx. 35 minutes. The Surprise Package ---> The multibootable dvd was made ( no software was used,only linux commands were used in the making ) by me which contains 10 linux and most importantly PuppyLinux. I ( & few other students too ) started the stopwatch & booted the puppylinux. In 1 min 20 seconds the puppylinux welcome screen was displayed with all the partitions shown. Then i gave them insight into puppy ,that you can play songs.watch videos,connect to network,text-processing,play games & do everything without installing onto hard disk. The students were overwhelmed & multibootable dvd was distributed to those who came with blank dvds. Media Distribution----> The acknowledgements are due to following guys who helped us in arranging medias for distribution --> 1. Sanjay Agarwal ( lug-jhalawar )--> He provided us with SFD kit consisting of Ubuntu LiveCDs,SFD t-shirt & few SFD balloons. 2. Anirudh Singh Shekhawat ( lug-jaipur ) --> He provided us with Fedora 11 dvds . Then medias were distributed to the students . The event got completed at 12:30 p.m. The vote-of-thanks was given to students for huge turnout. I believe,this report will give a quick account of the event for those who missed it.They can download the presentations from the uploading section . They need not to be depressed since it is the beginning which is never going to end . The LUG@RTUKota inaugural event crossed our expectations,we enjoyed it most . We assure them that we'll continue to organize lug meetings every fortnight/month. Great & encouraging feedbacks were given. We expect that the formation of LUG@RTUKota will help promote the linux and cater to the needs of linux lovers, in an otherwise educational city of Kota ( India-->Rajasthan ). We acknowledge the efforts of the following volunteers who help us in organizing the event --> Sulabh Vijayvergiya ( III year CSE ) Gaurav Gupta ( III year IT ) Ashvin Suthar ( III year CSE ) Regards, LUG@RTUKota P.S.--> Please pardon any grammatical erorrs , i tried my best to avoid them . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Do you have another question? Click here - http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug/post Read archive - http://www.mail-archive.com/iitdlug@googlegroups.com/ LUG@IITD community mailing list -- http://groups.google.com/group/iitdlug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘

Sept. 29, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD'09 in Oslo

by andre

On Saturday 26 September 2009 12:23:28 Asmelash Teka wrote: > Dear Andre, > > Thank you for your quick response. I've already created a gallery > page. http://softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2009/mekelle-Ethiopia. I > also uploaded some photos to the attachment. I'm not sure how to add > the pictures in the edit mode. > You click on "Attachments" on the top menu and then scroll all the way down, Iadded a few more to our gallery here: ttp://www.softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2009/gauteng-south-africa as well - waiting to see yours :) hth andre

Sept. 26, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD'09 in Oslo

by Asmelash Teka

Dear Andre, Thank you for your quick response. I've already created a gallery page. http://softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2009/mekelle-Ethiopia. I also uploaded some photos to the attachment. I'm not sure how to add the pictures in the edit mode. peace, asmelash On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 12:54 PM, andre <andre(a)andre.co.za> wrote: > On Saturday 26 September 2009 11:48:02 Asmelash Teka wrote: >> Dear SFDers, >> >> We celebrated SFD in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Now, I want to post some >> pictures from the event but I'm not sure how to create photo gallery, >> could you please tell me the steps or point me to sources that show >> the steps how to create a photo gallery in the SFD wiki. >> > Dear asmelash > > Log into the softwarefreedomday.org website and go here: > http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2009 > > Create your gallery and go to your gallery page, then just > add the pictures (checkout the dropdown) > > hth > > andre > > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Sept. 26, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD'09 in Oslo

by andre

On Saturday 26 September 2009 11:48:02 Asmelash Teka wrote: > Dear SFDers, > > We celebrated SFD in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Now, I want to post some > pictures from the event but I'm not sure how to create photo gallery, > could you please tell me the steps or point me to sources that show > the steps how to create a photo gallery in the SFD wiki. > Dear asmelash Log into the softwarefreedomday.org website and go here: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/gallery/2009 Create your gallery and go to your gallery page, then just add the pictures (checkout the dropdown) hth andre

Sept. 26, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SFD'09 in Oslo

by Asmelash Teka

Dear SFDers, We celebrated SFD in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Now, I want to post some pictures from the event but I'm not sure how to create photo gallery, could you please tell me the steps or point me to sources that show the steps how to create a photo gallery in the SFD wiki. thanks, asmelash

Sept. 26, 2009

SFD'09 in Oslo

by Rubén Romero y Cordero

Hi all! We had a great time in Oslo. A little blog post with pics and a "report" [Norwegian only] can be seen in my blog (which is by the way syndicated @ Planet SFD): http://huayra.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/ubuntu-and-other-floss-eventsconfere… Hope you had a great celebration wherever you are :-) Best regards, Rubén Romero https://launchpad.net/~huayra

Sept. 24, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SOFTWARE FREDOM DAY CEREBRATION - COPPERBELT ZAMBIA

by narendra sisodiya

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Frederic Muller <fred(a)beijinglug.org>wrote: > They are all FOSS since it's the OpenDisc software list. > > Thanks ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘

Sept. 23, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SOFTWARE FREDOM DAY CEREBRATION - COPPERBELT ZAMBIA

by Frederic Muller

They are all FOSS since it's the OpenDisc software list. Fred narendra sisodiya wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:45 PM, misheck mutuzana <mutuzana(a)yahoo.com > <mailto:mutuzana@yahoo.com>> wrote: > > Dear All, > > We had a nice time during Software Freedom Day. This took place at > Mpelembe Secondary School Kitwe -Copperbelt, Zambia. We > distributed the CD's to the schools/Teachers that attended this > important day. > > The programme was attended by the following schools and Teachers: > 1. ST Marcelline Secondary School (Kalulushi) - Bro. > Maxwell Hibajene > 2. Kabundi High School (Chingola)- Mr. Kampamba, Mr. Mfuta, > Mr. Zimba, > Mrs.Chileshe > 3. Mukuba High School (Kitwe) - Mr. N. Musukwa, Mr. Mweemba, > 4. Chamboli High School ( Kitwe) - Mr. Musanda, Miss. G. Nkumbwe > 5. Helen Kaunda High School ( Kitwe) - Mr. Kapila, Mr. Mukuka > 6. Mpelembe Secondary school (Kitwe) - Mr. Gonzalo, Mr. > Simpande, Mr. Walinkonde. > > The day was important to us because we unvailed the contents of > the Open CD. > > OFFICE AND DESIGN > • OPENOFFICE.ORG <http://OPENOFFICE.ORG> (FULLY COMPATIBLE > OFFICE SOFTWARE > • SCRIBUS (CREATE PROFESSIONAL LOOKING POSTERS AND > MAGAZINES > • DIA (MAKE TECHNICAL DIAGRAMS AND FLOWCHARTS) > • FREE MIND (COLLECT YOUR IDEAS WITH THIS MIND MAPPING SOFTWARE) > • GANTTPROJECT (PLAN YOUR PROJECTS WITH THIS PROJECT MANAGEMANT > SOFTWARE) > • PDF CREATOR (MAKE PDF DOCUMENTS FROM ANY PROGRAM) > • SUMATRA PDF (READ PDF FILES QUICKLY AND EASILY) > > INTERNET > • MOZILA FIREFOX (SAFE, SECURE AND FAST WEB BROWSER) > • MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD (MANAGE YOUE EMAILS BETTER THAN EVER > • PIDGIN (TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS WHATEVER INSTANT MESSAGE CLIENT > THEY USE) > • KOMPOZER (CREATE WEB PAGES WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF CODE) > • RSSOWL (KEEP UP WITH YOUR FAVOURITE INTERNET NEWS FEEDS ON > YOUR DESKTOP) > • PROJECT GUTENBERG (WEBLINK) DOWNLOADS BOOKS AND OTHER TEXTS > FOR FREE > • WIKIPEDIA (WEBLINK) THE FREE ON-LINE ENCYCLOPEDIA > > ART AND GRAPHICS > • GNU IMAGE MANIPULATION PROGRAM (EDIT DIGITAL PHOTOS AND > CREATE GRAPHICS) > • INKSCAPE (MAKE PROFESSIONAL LOOKING VECTOR GRAPHICS) > • PENCIL (MAKE YOUR OWN CARTOONS) > • BLENDER (3D GRAPHIC MODELLING, ANIMATION, RENDERING AND PLAYBACK) > • TUXPAINT (DRAWING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGES 3 TO 12) > • OPEN CLIPART LIBRARY (A GROWING COLLECTION OF FREE CLIP ART) > > MULTIMEDIA > • AUDACITY (RECORD, EDIT AND MIX MUSIC) > • TUXGUITAR (COMPOSE YOUR OWN MUSIC) > • INFRA RECORDER (BURN YOUR CDS AND DVDS) > • CAMSTUDIO (RECORD YOUR ACTIONS ON A COMPUTER) > • REALLY SLICK SCREENSAVERS (GREAT LOOKING SCREENSAVERS) > > SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS > • NASA WORLD WIND (DISCOVER THE EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS) > • GREENFOOT (MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES AND LEARN HOW TO PROGRAM) > • GRAPHCALC (A GRAPHICAL CALCULATOR) > • GUIDO VAN ROBOT (TEACH YOURSELF HOW TO PROGRAM) > • ALICE (USE PROGRAMMING TO MAKE YOUR OWN 3D ANIMATIONS) > • SCRATCH (MAKE ANIMATIONS AND SHARE THEM ONLINE) > • CARMETAL (COOL MATHEMATICAL MODELLING TOOL) > • MAXIMA (UNIVERSITY STANDARD COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEM) > • CELESTIA (EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE IN THREE DIMENSIONS) > • STELLARIUM (A PLANET ON YOUR PC) > • PHET ( FREE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND TOOLS) > > GAMES > • FREECIV ( CONTROL THE WORLD THROUGH DIPLOMACY AND CONQUEST) > • FREECOL (DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD AND BUILD AN EMPIRE) > • NUMPTY PHYSICS (USE PHYSICS TO SOLVE A VARIETY OF EXCITING > MISSIONS) > • TUX TYPING 2 (LEARN TO TYPE LIKE A PRO) > • TUX OF MATH COMMAND (TEST YOUR MATHEMATICAL SKILLS) > • WINBOARD CHESS (THE CLASSIC GAME OF CHESS) > > UTILITIES > • GIMP TOOL KIT (GTK +) MULTI-PLATFORM TOOLKIT FOR CREATING > GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES. > • 7-ZIP (COMPRESS AND UNCOMPRESS FILES IN A WIDE VARIETY OF > FORMATS) > • CLAIMWIN (ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE WITH AUTOMATIC UPDATING) > • HEALTHMONITOR (STATUS MONITORING TOOL FOR WINDOWS COMPUTERS) > • ABAKT (SCHEDULE AND RUN BACKUPS OF YOUR DATA) > • WORKRAVE (PREVENT AND RECOVER FROM REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY > (RSI) > > ADVANCED INTERNET > • NOTEPAD ++ ( A FAST TEXT EDITOR WITH SOME ADVANCED FEATURES > FOR CODING) > • FILEZILA (A FAST AND RELIABLE FTP CLIENT AND SERVER) > • HTTRACK (DOWNLOAD WEBSITES FOR OFFLINE VIEWING) > • WINSCP (SFTP AND SCP CLIENT) > • TIGHTVNC (SEE THE DESKTOP OF A REMOTE COMPUTER AND CONTROL IT) > > Thanks for long list - I have not checked details of each software but > please highlight non-foss tool if present in this list. > > > > > -- > ┌─────────────────────────┐ > │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) > │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org > │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a > └─────────────────────────┘ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________

Sept. 23, 2009

Re: [SFD-discuss] SOFTWARE FREDOM DAY CEREBRATION - COPPERBELT ZAMBIA

by narendra sisodiya

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:45 PM, misheck mutuzana <mutuzana(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > Dear All, > > We had a nice time during Software Freedom Day. This took place at Mpelembe > Secondary School Kitwe -Copperbelt, Zambia. We distributed the CD's to the > schools/Teachers that attended this important day. > > The programme was attended by the following schools and Teachers: > 1. ST Marcelline Secondary School (Kalulushi) - Bro. Maxwell > Hibajene > 2. Kabundi High School (Chingola)- Mr. Kampamba, Mr. Mfuta, Mr. Zimba, > Mrs.Chileshe > 3. Mukuba High School (Kitwe) - Mr. N. Musukwa, Mr. Mweemba, > 4. Chamboli High School ( Kitwe) - Mr. Musanda, Miss. G. Nkumbwe > 5. Helen Kaunda High School ( Kitwe) - Mr. Kapila, Mr. Mukuka > 6. Mpelembe Secondary school (Kitwe) - Mr. Gonzalo, Mr. Simpande, Mr. > Walinkonde. > > The day was important to us because we unvailed the contents of the Open > CD. > > OFFICE AND DESIGN > • OPENOFFICE.ORG (FULLY COMPATIBLE OFFICE SOFTWARE > • SCRIBUS (CREATE PROFESSIONAL LOOKING POSTERS AND > MAGAZINES > • DIA (MAKE TECHNICAL DIAGRAMS AND FLOWCHARTS) > • FREE MIND (COLLECT YOUR IDEAS WITH THIS MIND MAPPING SOFTWARE) > • GANTTPROJECT (PLAN YOUR PROJECTS WITH THIS PROJECT MANAGEMANT > SOFTWARE) > • PDF CREATOR (MAKE PDF DOCUMENTS FROM ANY PROGRAM) > • SUMATRA PDF (READ PDF FILES QUICKLY AND EASILY) > > INTERNET > • MOZILA FIREFOX (SAFE, SECURE AND FAST WEB BROWSER) > • MOZILLA THUNDERBIRD (MANAGE YOUE EMAILS BETTER THAN EVER > • PIDGIN (TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS WHATEVER INSTANT MESSAGE CLIENT THEY USE) > • KOMPOZER (CREATE WEB PAGES WITH NO KNOWLEDGE OF CODE) > • RSSOWL (KEEP UP WITH YOUR FAVOURITE INTERNET NEWS FEEDS ON YOUR > DESKTOP) > • PROJECT GUTENBERG (WEBLINK) DOWNLOADS BOOKS AND OTHER TEXTS FOR FREE > • WIKIPEDIA (WEBLINK) THE FREE ON-LINE ENCYCLOPEDIA > > ART AND GRAPHICS > • GNU IMAGE MANIPULATION PROGRAM (EDIT DIGITAL PHOTOS AND CREATE > GRAPHICS) > • INKSCAPE (MAKE PROFESSIONAL LOOKING VECTOR GRAPHICS) > • PENCIL (MAKE YOUR OWN CARTOONS) > • BLENDER (3D GRAPHIC MODELLING, ANIMATION, RENDERING AND PLAYBACK) > • TUXPAINT (DRAWING PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGES 3 TO 12) > • OPEN CLIPART LIBRARY (A GROWING COLLECTION OF FREE CLIP ART) > > MULTIMEDIA > • AUDACITY (RECORD, EDIT AND MIX MUSIC) > • TUXGUITAR (COMPOSE YOUR OWN MUSIC) > • INFRA RECORDER (BURN YOUR CDS AND DVDS) > • CAMSTUDIO (RECORD YOUR ACTIONS ON A COMPUTER) > • REALLY SLICK SCREENSAVERS (GREAT LOOKING SCREENSAVERS) > > SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS > • NASA WORLD WIND (DISCOVER THE EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS) > • GREENFOOT (MAKE YOUR OWN GAMES AND LEARN HOW TO PROGRAM) > • GRAPHCALC (A GRAPHICAL CALCULATOR) > • GUIDO VAN ROBOT (TEACH YOURSELF HOW TO PROGRAM) > • ALICE (USE PROGRAMMING TO MAKE YOUR OWN 3D ANIMATIONS) > • SCRATCH (MAKE ANIMATIONS AND SHARE THEM ONLINE) > • CARMETAL (COOL MATHEMATICAL MODELLING TOOL) > • MAXIMA (UNIVERSITY STANDARD COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEM) > • CELESTIA (EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE IN THREE DIMENSIONS) > • STELLARIUM (A PLANET ON YOUR PC) > • PHET ( FREE SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND TOOLS) > > GAMES > • FREECIV ( CONTROL THE WORLD THROUGH DIPLOMACY AND CONQUEST) > • FREECOL (DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD AND BUILD AN EMPIRE) > • NUMPTY PHYSICS (USE PHYSICS TO SOLVE A VARIETY OF EXCITING MISSIONS) > • TUX TYPING 2 (LEARN TO TYPE LIKE A PRO) > • TUX OF MATH COMMAND (TEST YOUR MATHEMATICAL SKILLS) > • WINBOARD CHESS (THE CLASSIC GAME OF CHESS) > > UTILITIES > • GIMP TOOL KIT (GTK +) MULTI-PLATFORM TOOLKIT FOR CREATING GRAPHICAL > USER INTERFACES. > • 7-ZIP (COMPRESS AND UNCOMPRESS FILES IN A WIDE VARIETY OF FORMATS) > • CLAIMWIN (ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE WITH AUTOMATIC UPDATING) > • HEALTHMONITOR (STATUS MONITORING TOOL FOR WINDOWS COMPUTERS) > • ABAKT (SCHEDULE AND RUN BACKUPS OF YOUR DATA) > • WORKRAVE (PREVENT AND RECOVER FROM REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY (RSI) > > ADVANCED INTERNET > • NOTEPAD ++ ( A FAST TEXT EDITOR WITH SOME ADVANCED FEATURES FOR > CODING) > • FILEZILA (A FAST AND RELIABLE FTP CLIENT AND SERVER) > • HTTRACK (DOWNLOAD WEBSITES FOR OFFLINE VIEWING) > • WINSCP (SFTP AND SCP CLIENT) > • TIGHTVNC (SEE THE DESKTOP OF A REMOTE COMPUTER AND CONTROL IT) > Thanks for long list - I have not checked details of each software but please highlight non-foss tool if present in this list. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya ( नरेन्द्र सिसोदिया ) │ Web : http://narendra.techfandu.org │ Twitter : http://tinyurl.com/dz7e4a └─────────────────────────┘

Sept. 23, 2009