[PLUG] [Event Report] Fedora OpenStack, P.E.S. College of Engineering, Aurangabad, India, March 2, 2013
Hi, I had organized a Fedora and OpenStack [1] workshop at P.E.S. College of Engineering [2], Nagsen Vana, Aurangabad, Maharashtra on Saturday, March 2, 2013. After a formal inauguration at 1000 IST, I introduced the students to communication guidelines, mailing list etiquette, and project guidelines using the "i-want-2-do-project. tell-me-wat-2-do" presentation [3]. The different Fedora sub-projects [4] to which they can contribute to were mentioned. I showed the various free/open source software tools available for them to learn and use. The career options with free/open source software were also discussed. I had asked them to write down any questions they had on the forenoon session, so I could answer them in the afternoon session. Few of their questions: * If I do a project in Java, what are my career options? * What is the difference between open source and Microsoft? * Is Linux popular only because of security, or are there other reasons too? * I am interested in mainframes. How should I learn? * I am interested in a career in animation. What free/open source software can I use? * What are the steps to become a good software engineer? * Can I patent a software product? Post-lunch, I answered their queries in the Q&A session, to the best of my knowledge. I also gave them an introduction on copyright, trademark and patents, and mentioned that IANAL [5]. I then introduced them to the architecture of OpenStack, explaining the individual components, and their functionality. The OpenStack Lab Guide [6] was provided to them to setup their own OpenStack cloud. Some of them had brought their laptops to try it hands-on. I demonstrated the Horizon web interface after starting the required services. All their computer labs have been migrated to Fedora 17. Thanks to Prof. Nitin Ujgare for working with me in organizing this workshop, and for maintaining the Fedora labs at the Institute. Aurangabad is around 230 km from Pune, and takes around 4 1/2 hours by road. There are frequent bus services between Pune and Aurangabad. You can book bus tickets at Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) [7] web site. There are a number of historic places to visit in and around Aurangabad. Few photos taken during the trip are available in my /gallery [8]. Regards, SK [1] Fedora OpenStack. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack [2] P. E. S. College of Engineering, Nagsen Vana, Aurangabad. http://www.pescoe.ac.in/ [3] i-want-2-do-project. tell-me-wat-2-do. http://shakthimaan.com/downloads.html#i-want-2-do-project-tell-me-wat-2-do [4] Fedora sub-projects. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects [5] IANAL. I Am Not A Lawyer. [6] OpenStack Lab Guide. http://fedorapeople.org/~russellb/openstack-lab-rhsummit-2012/index.html [7] Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation. http://www.msrtc.gov.in/msrtc_live/index.html [8] Photos. http://www.shakthimaan.com/Mambo/gallery/album88 -- Shakthi Kannan http://www.shakthimaan.com ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
[PLUG] [OT] You broadband in Pune
Saw a big advertisements in newspapers today for 50MBPS/50GB connection for around 2000/- pm by above ISP. Their website doesn't seem to have this plan though. I am actually looking for an ISP with reliable connection with no downtime. Not so much interested in such a high speed. Looking for feedback if someone has used this ISP. Mayuresh ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Re: [PLUG] [OT] You broadband in Pune
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Mayuresh wrote: > Saw a big advertisements in newspapers today for 50MBPS/50GB connection > for around 2000/- pm by above ISP. > > Their website doesn't seem to have this plan though. > > I am actually looking for an ISP with reliable connection with no > downtime. Not so much interested in such a high speed. > > Looking for feedback if someone has used this ISP. This is one of the worst ISPs. Don't even think of going for it.(even if they give you free of cost service) They are technically useless. Do not understand very basics of connectivity, ping responses, traceroutes etc. I had a major issue with them about the connectivity on their committed speeds and actual throughput. In daytime, ping to my website was normal but in night time (my regular package), it was 4 times slower. I had mail exchange with their support people that is easily some 10-15 pages without any positive outcome from their side. This is apart from many visits to their office. Additionally, even after disconnection, they are not even bothered to remove their cable and clean up the mess. And you get bonus harassment of flooding your mobile with various SMS. Regards -Sudhanwa ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! web: www.sudhanwa.com blog: www.sudhanwa.in Twitter: sudhanwa Check on FB, Linkedin for more. ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Re: [PLUG] [OT] You broadband in Pune
On Monday 04 Mar 2013 10:01:57 PM Mayuresh wrote: > Saw a big advertisements in newspapers today for 50MBPS/50GB connection > for around 2000/- pm by above ISP. > > Their website doesn't seem to have this plan though. > > I am actually looking for an ISP with reliable connection with no > downtime. Not so much interested in such a high speed. > > Looking for feedback if someone has used this ISP. I had poor experience. I tried this for three months period (So called hurricane pack) about 6 months back. My experiences: 1. There was supposed to be a free gift - usb drive/headphone set - for online booking. It never came and my mails and calls remained unanswered. 2. The speed was supposed to be 12 MBPS. It never went beyond 5 MBPS. Usually hovered around 3-3.5 MBPS. Measured on bandwidthplace.com and speedtest.net. Complaint mails remained unanswered and calls did not provide any help. 3. The connection stopped working two days before expiry date. I'm flooded with reconnection mails and phones. However, There is no response to mails and complaint calls do not yield any answers. These are too trivial for Consumer forum :-( The only thing in support, the connection did not fail any time during the three month period. But, I've BSNL dataone connection for last 6/7 years and it failed only two times during this period and the call centre directed me to technical team and the connection was restored fairly quickly (about a day). My experience with BSNL is good - though the speeds are limited. (My connection is for 512 KBPS and I routinely get this speed.) HTH Vikas Garud ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Re: [PLUG] [OT] You broadband in Pune
On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Mayuresh wrote: > Saw a big advertisements in newspapers today for 50MBPS/50GB connection > for around 2000/- pm by above ISP. Is sure is a very tempting offer isn't it? They advertise in Mumbai Mirror regularly. I wish they would spend the money in delighting the customer. Back in early 2005, the dawn of the 'broadband' era in India, YOU was the only vendor in my neighborhood offering BB. I seldom got the advertised speed of 256Kbps and on Sundays it was worse than dial up speed. I switched to MTNL @ 256Kbps when they were ready with ADSL infra for my neighborhood. > > I am actually looking for an ISP with reliable connection with no > downtime. Not so much interested in such a high speed. 'no downtime' (i.e. SLA with 100% up time) is a very high expectation. You will not get that with a leased line and *definitely* *not* with consumer grade ADSL service. Plan for redundancy if you want 100% up time. I have MTNL and Tata Indicom ADSL service for this reason. So far I have been lucky that both of them have not been out of service @ same time. -- Arun Khan ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Re: [PLUG] [OT] You broadband in Pune
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 11:15:17AM +0530, Arun Khan wrote: > 'no downtime' (i.e. SLA with 100% up time) is a very high expectation. > You will not get that with a leased line and *definitely* *not* with > consumer grade ADSL service. > > Plan for redundancy if you want 100% up time. > > I have MTNL and Tata Indicom ADSL service for this reason. So far I > have been lucky that both of them have not been out of service @ same > time. I have Tata Indicom and BSNL 3G as a backup for outage duration. I am not sure about 100%, but Tata Indicom has been pretty smooth for me for over a decade (from being erstwhile dishnet and then vsnl and so on). (Some would say I was just lucky. So be it...) Recently there have been issues of intermittent downtimes, sometimes wiring level, sometimes at the backend level. So was thinking of alternatives. Probably captioned one is not even worth a try. Mayuresh ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Re: [PLUG] Raspberry Pi broad
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Re: [PLUG] Raspberry Pi broad (Gaurav Joshi)
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[PLUG] [COMMERCIAL] looking for Kernel Development expert
we are a start-up based in bangalore and looking for kernel development experts -- .1 two positions. 5-15 years of pure kernel programming experience .2 any Unix/Linux kernel expertise .3 any RISC architecture (MIPS, SPARC64, PowerPC, ARM64) processor knowledge .4 experience on high performance platforms (SMP/Multicore, NUMA) .5 programming device drivers, filesystems or networking stacks background is definite plus please email your resume to: gir...@sanctumnetworks.com thanks. girish. ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Re: [PLUG] [OT] You broadband in Pune
Mayuresh wrote: Saw a big advertisements in newspapers today for 50MBPS/50GB connection for around 2000/- pm by above ISP. Their website doesn't seem to have this plan though. I am actually looking for an ISP with reliable connection with no downtime. Not so much interested in such a high speed. Looking for feedback if someone has used this ISP. Mayuresh ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List Have been using Airtel broadband for more than 2 years now in Aundh, I found their services reliable and speedtest.net matched advertised speed. It's rare that their connection goes down (BSNL 3G is my backup but it's hardly used) - they seem to be responsive and responsible people in this business. Ravi ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Re: [PLUG] help
On Thursday 28 February 2013 01:51 PM, Prasad Mhatre wrote: Respected sir, hello sir,I am Prasad mhatre second year engg. student studying in Raisoni college,pune.I want to participate in FOSS community.sir , I want to know whether can i attend the FOSS meeting on 4th march 2013. Thanking you, yours faithfully, prasad mhatre ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List Hi Prasad, This is Raju a PLUG member. You are always welcome in any FOSS Community activities. I am not aware of any meeting scheduled on 4th March. If you do know about the event then do attend it, the people there will welcome you. FOSS community always welcomes newbies to the group. Talking about me I live near Raisoni College of Engineering, If you want any kind of help you can always come to my place near Raisoni College. "Welcome to the community" Regards, Raju D. Vindane +919096331084 ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
Re: [PLUG] [OT] You broadband in Pune
> Saw a big advertisements in newspapers today for 50MBPS/50GB connection > for around 2000/- pm by above ISP. > > Their website doesn't seem to have this plan though. > > I am actually looking for an ISP with reliable connection with no > downtime. Not so much interested in such a high speed. > > Looking for feedback if someone has used this ISP. > > Mayuresh > > I live in Model Colony, Shivajinagar. In my area the given ISP has got excellent reliability and service too. I am also planning for same. I am told 675/- pm for 1mbps connection -- *Manoj Aswani MBA IT 2012-14 Baroda --> Pune.* ___ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List
