First thing first. I, Mohamed Kondela, an open source geek currently runs couple of IT companies in ME and US. We work in Open source, mainly in Contact ...
Heya, Here are some nice videos [1] for KDE 4.1. Have a look, they look really awesome. [1] http://www.czessi.de/en/weblog/2008/05/movies-about-kde-4-1-alpha ...
FYI. If you like the combination of opensolaris kernel and a ubuntu userland and are a open source developer, this might be of interest to you. NexentaOS is a...
Heya, I have a suggestion for the upcoming foss.in/2008. Last year, we experienced a complete new format for foss.in/2007 - namely the "Project Days" which was...
... This is really a wonderful idea. Gone should be days where we try just preach/teach FOSS and GNU/Linux topics to student, trying to convince them who great...
... Indeed. My +1 to Pradeepto's ideas. ... In reality, there is no FOSS job exists in this universe. And there should not be shame for working on non-FOSS...
... Hash: SHA1 ... And why aren't you blogging about this nice idea of yours ? ;) ... Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora -...
Hi, ... I think, yes they are. ... I never said it should be held during the main conference. It needs to be done in parallel with the project days or such. I...
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Pradeepto Bhattacharya <pradeeptob@...> wrote: [...] ... This I can agree with. If we're talking about using F/OSS tools...
Hi, ... That invariably will be a side effect whether we want it or not. And any talk, IMO, whether it was from the Main Conf or the Project Days, led to...
Hi I feel that such sessions will be useful to many. As Pradeepto said, these could mostly be hands-on sessions where you bring your laptop and go through it...
... What do you think FOSS is ? Students are worried about job and employability , every body is worried about it no wonder but FOSS is for those who are more...
... +1. I am worried about those who wonders what is FOSS. -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | GPG: 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Blogs: {ftbfs,kartikm}.wordpress.com Fortune...
From all this I feel foss.in, should (oh my good Lord!) change its name again. Why did Linux-Bangalore become foss.in ? Because the target audience changed....
Hi, OK, please don't try to hijack this thread. This thread was *not* meant for discussing whether foss creates jobs or does it increase employability and any...
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Pradeepto Bhattacharya ... Ok, Couple of things i would like to point out: 1) Main Conference are sessions aimed at...
... Actually, FOSS.IN/2007 produced more *new* contributors from India than all preceding Linux Bangalore and FOSS.IN events put together. :) FOSS.IN doesn't...
... I'd say that spoonfeeding is the only difference. FOSS.IN caters to people who are self-motivated even if they have no skills, because they'll drive...
... than all preceding Linux Bangalore and FOSS.IN events put together. :) thats really good news! ... considering the fan following of FOSS.IN and number of...
Hi Pradeepto/All, I should first thanx to Pradeepto for doing such an initiative in mail. During last few days i was just following up this mail chain (Skill...
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Sashank Dara <sashankdvk@...> wrote: [...] ... I say again that this would be a regressive move. We've gotten to this ...
Hello, It has been pointed out recently and in the past that it would be a good idea to have "preparatory" events for people new to the F/OSS world *before*...
... Pradeepto's initial mail does raise an interesting and very relevant point. And it is somewhat implicitly accepted by everybody that it is time something...
... Atul: thanks for recalling our old discussions. I was wondering whether I have to reconstruct the whole stuff. Let me (re)summarise my thoughts" Scenario: ...
List, Now this might sound like a new OT campaign concerning some foo. But it isn't. It is in interest of FOSS projects. The idea is straightforward, and could...