Warm Greetings To The Free Software Community, The meeting of the "Indian Libre User Group" was held on December 26 2010 successfully.(4th Sunday of Every Month)
Following is a brief snapshot of the meeting. Date: 26-12-2010 Time: 2:00pm - 5.30pm Venue: Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building, Broadway Enclave, Broadway, Ernakulam Attendance : 13 2.15pm - Customary Introduction - People shared their experience with Free Software. 2.15pm - 3.15pm - Brief Introduction to ILUG Cochin and its activities. Discussion on Concept of Free Software and other topics - Introduction to Free Software - History of the GNU Movement - History of GNU/Linux - Concept of an Operating System, Kernel - 32bit vs 16bit machines - What is Source Code, Binary Program - Licenses - GNU GPL - Concept of Copyleft - Open Source Software and its Difference with Free Software - Drawbacks of proprietary software - Funding - Commercial Model - Discussion on how freedom to study and freedom to modify can be used - Concept of Community - Development of Software through Free Software community - Funding - Commercial Model - Creative Commons 3.15pm- 4.00pm Agenda : Discussions on things that happened in the Free Software Community in 2010. - Android and other Free / Open Source Operating Systems on the Mobile Platforms - Explosion of Mobile and Hand Held devices like Netbooks, Tablets. Need for Free Software on these Platforms. - LibreOffice and the Document Foundation http://www.documentfoundation.org/ - Diaspora Social Networking https://joindiaspora.com/ - Free Software social Networking platforms - gnewbook.com elgg.org - UNESCO study of Free Software in Kerala - Issues concerning privacy, freedoms. 4.00 pm Tea Break 4.15pm Technical Discussions: 1. Tiny core linux tinycorelinux.org Tinycore linux is a small 10MB distro. The presentation talked about how to use tinycore linux and its possibilities. 2. Tiddly Wiki tiddlywiki.com Tiddlywiki is a web based notebook application, that uses client side scripting to store information in the same file. The presentation talked about using tiddlywiki to store notes. audio/ video encoding and Manipulation tool. 3. Using Fdisk Fdisk is a console utility for managing partitions. 6. Diaspora joindiaspora.com Discussion on using diaspora. 5. Troubleshooting Discussions. 5.30pm Conclusion - People were requested to handle small technical discussions for the next meeting. (suggestions from attendees: Diaspora, kernel programming, network simulators) - All people who came for the Meeting were thanked. Thanks to all the attendees for coming and they are requested to put their feedback on the mailing list so we can improve future meetings. Next meeting : 23/01/2011 Details of the meeting available on the web site at http://www.ilug-cochin.org/uncategorized/december-2010-meeting-details/ Send your feedback about this report to contact at ilug-cochin dot org Thank You Regards Coordinator Indian Libre User Group, Cochin =============== About ILUG Cochin =============== >From August 1997 ILUG Cochin has been working for the cause of Freedom by promoting Free Software. ILUG Cochin has the vision to create a self sustaining Free Society, where individuals have Freedom to work and live in unison and harmony. ILUG Cochin hopes to do this by spreading the principles of Freedom and Truth which are embodied in the concept of Free Software. ========================== Website : www.ilug-cochin.org IRC : #ilugkochi on irc.freenode.net ML : mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org contact [at] ilug-cochin [dot] org _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
