Software Freedom Day 2011 @ ITBHU
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Rohit Yadav
Jul 23, 2011, 8:36:37 PM7/23/11
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Hello hackers!
On Saturday, Sep 17, we'll be celebrating Software Freedom Day 2011 @
ITBHU. For that we'll need a room, possibly G-14 and a projector. We
need volunteers and perhaps our various group leaders from ACM-ITBHU,
IEEE etc. may want to help. So, please feel free to volunteer for this
event and contact me soon. I've got our team registered at SFD's
website: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/India/Varanasi/ITBHU
So, go ahead, submit your ideas on wiki page or contact me. The plan
is to deliver some keynotes, arrange for some tutorials, a big GNU/
Linux install-fest, and for the finale we'll watch Revolution OS, a
documentary on FOSS. If we're lucky (subject to availability) we may
get sponsored goodies: Ubuntu CDs, SFD Tees/Stickers, DVDs for
everyone :D
Cheers,
Rohit Yadav
On Saturday, Sep 17, we'll be celebrating Software Freedom Day 2011 @
ITBHU. For that we'll need a room, possibly G-14 and a projector. We
need volunteers and perhaps our various group leaders from ACM-ITBHU,
IEEE etc. may want to help. So, please feel free to volunteer for this
event and contact me soon. I've got our team registered at SFD's
website: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/India/Varanasi/ITBHU
So, go ahead, submit your ideas on wiki page or contact me. The plan
is to deliver some keynotes, arrange for some tutorials, a big GNU/
Linux install-fest, and for the finale we'll watch Revolution OS, a
documentary on FOSS. If we're lucky (subject to availability) we may
get sponsored goodies: Ubuntu CDs, SFD Tees/Stickers, DVDs for
everyone :D
Cheers,
Rohit Yadav
Rohit Yadav
Aug 26, 2011, 6:13:41 AM8/26/11
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Hey folks!
Hope you're all doing great.
Would it possible for any member here to write a short article about
Free & Open Culture and SFD (Software Freedom Day) for Computer
Engineering department's upcoming magazine whose deadline I think is
this Sunday. Software Freedom Day is on 17th September.
Please reply on this group, no private emails :)
Volunteers please reply here with your ideas and how you can help.
For the event we'll need:
- A room with speaker/projector, possibly G14 or one of departments'
- Speakers for the event, if anyone wants to give a talk on something
- Organizers (T-shirts for 'em, but you're needed to identify yourself
at least 2 weeks before the event so I can order your size) for the
event (also put your name here: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/India/Varanasi/ITBHU)
- IEEE/CES/ACM group leaders pl. contact me so we can arrange the
event with your help.
- Hi-def Cameras to capture the moments
- And of course your suggestions and participation
Lastly, good NEWS! We've been selected
Goodies are a nice way to attract crowd for any event and on behalf of
FOSS-ITBHU I've received SDF team pack goodies from SFD (more info
here: softwarefreedomday.org), which includes T-Shirts, stickers, CDs,
gigantic banner and balloons for the participants. I'm sharing iso
images of the CDs I've received for you to check 'em out, locally:
http://10.8.48.1/SFD/
Cheers!
Rohit Yadav
Hope you're all doing great.
Would it possible for any member here to write a short article about
Free & Open Culture and SFD (Software Freedom Day) for Computer
Engineering department's upcoming magazine whose deadline I think is
this Sunday. Software Freedom Day is on 17th September.
Please reply on this group, no private emails :)
Volunteers please reply here with your ideas and how you can help.
For the event we'll need:
- A room with speaker/projector, possibly G14 or one of departments'
- Speakers for the event, if anyone wants to give a talk on something
- Organizers (T-shirts for 'em, but you're needed to identify yourself
at least 2 weeks before the event so I can order your size) for the
event (also put your name here: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2011/India/Varanasi/ITBHU)
- IEEE/CES/ACM group leaders pl. contact me so we can arrange the
event with your help.
- Hi-def Cameras to capture the moments
- And of course your suggestions and participation
Lastly, good NEWS! We've been selected
Goodies are a nice way to attract crowd for any event and on behalf of
FOSS-ITBHU I've received SDF team pack goodies from SFD (more info
here: softwarefreedomday.org), which includes T-Shirts, stickers, CDs,
gigantic banner and balloons for the participants. I'm sharing iso
images of the CDs I've received for you to check 'em out, locally:
http://10.8.48.1/SFD/
Cheers!
Rohit Yadav
Rohit Yadav
Sep 15, 2011, 8:34:31 PM9/15/11
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Hi folks,
Vishwakarma Pooja is on 17th, the same day we're planning to arrange SFD so we won't be able to conduct a keynote in one of the dept rooms besides we were turned down. Nevertheless, we'll arrange a Linux installation/administration workshop (or anything else you would like us to arrange) in the common room of Vivesvarayya Hostel (Or, if you've any idea, shoot!). Timings will be after 11 AM.
Cheers,
Rohit
Vishwakarma Pooja is on 17th, the same day we're planning to arrange SFD so we won't be able to conduct a keynote in one of the dept rooms besides we were turned down. Nevertheless, we'll arrange a Linux installation/administration workshop (or anything else you would like us to arrange) in the common room of Vivesvarayya Hostel (Or, if you've any idea, shoot!). Timings will be after 11 AM.
Cheers,
Rohit
ankit its me
Sep 16, 2011, 12:53:15 AM9/16/11
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I think the workshop should also contain some points regarding how LINUX different from Windows and what are its advantages over that. Some thing like some sort of quiz round and something related to what's going on in the outside world, i.e. a short intro about latest technologies happening around.
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Vidit Sinha
Sep 16, 2011, 1:37:07 AM9/16/11
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Hi Rohit,
A piece of advice here for this workshop:
As a newbie, people are unaware of a few things in linux, they think its just a platform for coding and high level technical stuff. This is a prime reason people are hesitant to switch from windows to linux. So you can include following points in your training agenda:
how to make proxy settings
how to install KMPlayer
how to install DC++
how to install common softwares, which are used on a daily basis
Just show them, that linux can be used for every damn thing that windows can do.
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Ted
A piece of advice here for this workshop:
As a newbie, people are unaware of a few things in linux, they think its just a platform for coding and high level technical stuff. This is a prime reason people are hesitant to switch from windows to linux. So you can include following points in your training agenda:
how to make proxy settings
how to install KMPlayer
how to install DC++
how to install common softwares, which are used on a daily basis
Just show them, that linux can be used for every damn thing that windows can do.
--
Ted
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Atul Aggarwal
Sep 16, 2011, 2:49:40 AM9/16/11
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I think Vidit has raised a very valid question. Maybe we should try to learn why can't student switch to linux for daily routine and then try to address them in the training.
I have created a basic form https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG5WSGtvRXhORUllVHAyaTVTZlNMemc6MQ to understand the usage of linux in the campus.
Any suggestion regrading this form? If this forms looks good enough, can everybody float this form in the campus before the training day and we can schedule the activities accordingly. I will share the doc file with this google group once we finalize the form.
-atul--
Regards,
Atul Aggarwal
I have created a basic form https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG5WSGtvRXhORUllVHAyaTVTZlNMemc6MQ to understand the usage of linux in the campus.
Any suggestion regrading this form? If this forms looks good enough, can everybody float this form in the campus before the training day and we can schedule the activities accordingly. I will share the doc file with this google group once we finalize the form.
-atul
Regards,
Atul Aggarwal
Kumar Abhinav
Sep 16, 2011, 9:26:14 AM9/16/11
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This is indeed a great idea and there is no real suggestion apart from what Vidit and Atul has to say but I would like to say keep things simple for starts sake and move things gradually.
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Kumar Abhinav
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Rohit Yadav
Sep 16, 2011, 2:23:19 PM9/16/11
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I'm just so happy to see posting things on FOSS-ITBHU. Thanks everyone
for your suggestions!.
Good NEWS first:
- pk, Satyarth, Himanshu and l33t hackers here have hacked up iptables
for everyone to access free Internet under WMG/Prof. NS Rajput, we're
using Squid for the time being (this won't be the case in future,
besides proxy s**ks and we've convinced Prof Rajput): connect to
10.3.31.50:9090 (no user/pass). This is our slow start fast deployment
of our own version of CC (because of the IIT thing).
- Right now, we've at our dispense an Internet connection of 1Gbps
(actually 100 Mbps, blame it on the RailTel switches) b/w and 2^8-1
global IPs. We used one for TPO: http://14.139.59.2/
- New servers will be here by the next week. NVidia is probably going
to donate around 270 servers (yeah, you read it right! two hundred
seventy!), enough to create a powerful Beowulf/Hadoop cluster.
- Feel free to download stuff, use torrent or whatever, we kill (-9)
for Internet freedom -> 10.3.31.50:9090!
As for SFD tomorrow, we're focusing on 2nd year students (we can
arrange another one like this for anyone who missed it for any reason
later).
And we've planned:
- Give them a brief history of computing, os, networking, hacker
culture and Linux. Ask them to join FOSS-ITBHU. Something about GSoC.
- Distribute Ubuntu CDs, teach to install and configure their system.
- Open source, in s/w and h/w... Introduce them to: Torvalds, RMS, and
other cool guys
- Let them know the awesome things people do and they can too on
Linux.
- Teach them a brief tour of things (to install and use): VLC, Firefox/
Chrome, Flash, DC++ (eiskalt++), Apache, vim, guake, Compiz, GIMP,
OpenOffice, Pidgin/Empathy, Skype, Brasero, Pitivi,
- Introduce them: gcc, g++, python, apt-get, and basic linux commands
- How to: Code and compile, make web pages & serve them via a web
server, etc.
- Troubleshoot: proxy, gfx drivers, sound/network/wifi/camera/usb
issues
Give away SFD goodies (balloons, stickers, t-shirt, banner, CDs etc)!
Ideas welcome!
Cheers,
Rohit Yadav
for your suggestions!.
Good NEWS first:
- pk, Satyarth, Himanshu and l33t hackers here have hacked up iptables
for everyone to access free Internet under WMG/Prof. NS Rajput, we're
using Squid for the time being (this won't be the case in future,
besides proxy s**ks and we've convinced Prof Rajput): connect to
10.3.31.50:9090 (no user/pass). This is our slow start fast deployment
of our own version of CC (because of the IIT thing).
- Right now, we've at our dispense an Internet connection of 1Gbps
(actually 100 Mbps, blame it on the RailTel switches) b/w and 2^8-1
global IPs. We used one for TPO: http://14.139.59.2/
- New servers will be here by the next week. NVidia is probably going
to donate around 270 servers (yeah, you read it right! two hundred
seventy!), enough to create a powerful Beowulf/Hadoop cluster.
- Feel free to download stuff, use torrent or whatever, we kill (-9)
for Internet freedom -> 10.3.31.50:9090!
As for SFD tomorrow, we're focusing on 2nd year students (we can
arrange another one like this for anyone who missed it for any reason
later).
And we've planned:
- Give them a brief history of computing, os, networking, hacker
culture and Linux. Ask them to join FOSS-ITBHU. Something about GSoC.
- Distribute Ubuntu CDs, teach to install and configure their system.
- Open source, in s/w and h/w... Introduce them to: Torvalds, RMS, and
other cool guys
- Let them know the awesome things people do and they can too on
Linux.
- Teach them a brief tour of things (to install and use): VLC, Firefox/
Chrome, Flash, DC++ (eiskalt++), Apache, vim, guake, Compiz, GIMP,
OpenOffice, Pidgin/Empathy, Skype, Brasero, Pitivi,
- Introduce them: gcc, g++, python, apt-get, and basic linux commands
- How to: Code and compile, make web pages & serve them via a web
server, etc.
- Troubleshoot: proxy, gfx drivers, sound/network/wifi/camera/usb
issues
Give away SFD goodies (balloons, stickers, t-shirt, banner, CDs etc)!
Ideas welcome!
Cheers,
Rohit Yadav
ankit its me
Sep 16, 2011, 9:18:00 PM9/16/11
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It's just a great news.... and it works very well...
Heartiest thanks to all the seniors and alumni...
Heartiest thanks to all the seniors and alumni...
Rohit Yadav
Sep 17, 2011, 10:58:57 AM9/17/11
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SFD '11 went well, explore some photos here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/rohityadav89/SoftwareFreedomDay2011
Many thanks to the organizers, esp Tabrez, and the awesome students
who attended the event. Hope they will continue the legacy and use of
Linux in their day to day life.
A gist for your reference:
- Brief history of UNIX, FSF/GNU and Linux, why Linux?
- Distributed Ubuntu CDs, Goodies
- Students tried to partition/Install/Try-Ubuntu
- People inclined towards Windows, can try Ubuntu on VirtualBox
- Gave them tour of Gnome and shell, some basic commands. [1]
- How to install s/w [2]
- Things to install:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc g++ build-essential vim guake eiskaltdcpp
libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools wine flashplugin-installer
- Learn C/C++ and Python; possibly try to develop GUI based apps, use
C/Gtk+ or C++/Qt4 [3]
- Learn more about Linux/FOSS -> Google and dweller of rooms 3-7/
Saraiya are your friends ;-)
Reference:
[1] http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php
[2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto
[3] http://www.zetcode.com/ or http://www.zetcode.com/tutorials/qt4tutorial/
or http://www.zetcode.com/tutorials/gtktutorial/
https://picasaweb.google.com/rohityadav89/SoftwareFreedomDay2011
Many thanks to the organizers, esp Tabrez, and the awesome students
who attended the event. Hope they will continue the legacy and use of
Linux in their day to day life.
A gist for your reference:
- Brief history of UNIX, FSF/GNU and Linux, why Linux?
- Distributed Ubuntu CDs, Goodies
- Students tried to partition/Install/Try-Ubuntu
- People inclined towards Windows, can try Ubuntu on VirtualBox
- Gave them tour of Gnome and shell, some basic commands. [1]
- How to install s/w [2]
- Things to install:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc g++ build-essential vim guake eiskaltdcpp
libqt4-dev qt4-dev-tools wine flashplugin-installer
- Learn C/C++ and Python; possibly try to develop GUI based apps, use
C/Gtk+ or C++/Qt4 [3]
- Learn more about Linux/FOSS -> Google and dweller of rooms 3-7/
Saraiya are your friends ;-)
Reference:
[1] http://linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php
[2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto
[3] http://www.zetcode.com/ or http://www.zetcode.com/tutorials/qt4tutorial/
or http://www.zetcode.com/tutorials/gtktutorial/
Atul Aggarwal
Sep 17, 2011, 2:43:21 PM9/17/11
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Congratulation for making this event a successful event.
Hopefully, everybody will start using linux as their main OS.
-atul
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Hopefully, everybody will start using linux as their main OS.
-atul
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Shivang Mittal
Sep 18, 2011, 10:15:38 AM9/18/11
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Which is the best substitute for ipmsg in linux??
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Srijan Mishra
Sep 18, 2011, 10:16:35 AM9/18/11
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ip tuxSrijan Mishra
Nishant Jain
Sep 18, 2011, 10:32:36 AM9/18/11
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Yeah,Srijan is Right.!!
are you aware of wine or not??
It also helps you
are you aware of wine or not??
It also helps you
Nishant Jain
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Shivang Mittal
Sep 18, 2011, 11:00:37 AM9/18/11
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Yeah now i am using ipmsg with the help of wine...
Thanx for suggestions..
Thanx for suggestions..
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Rohit Yadav
Sep 18, 2011, 11:38:37 AM9/18/11
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Hey Shivang and folks,
Yeah right, about IPMsg... I'm not sure if this message will have any
effect on anyone, coz the world resists change (read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better). The problem is it
(IPMsg and your LAN games) screws your LAN (uses UDP broadcast for
peer discovery, so on and so forth), it's a bad s/w by design.
Consider this, 600 people living in Saraiya, total 2^8 * 4 -2 = 1022
possible IPs, when your IPMsg does a UDP broadcast, it can generates
1022+1 = 1023 packets and if every one decides to refresh their IPMsg
list, total generate packets will be 1023 * 600 = 613800 and same
number of the response packet are sent; brining a total of 1227600
packets. Given the fact that IPMsg automatically refreshes after a
timeout, you're just flooding the network over and over again. And
there are two more problems; firstly, the packets have long time-to-
live (ttl is the time after which only the packets are removed from
the network) values and UDP packets are big in sizes, thus screwing
with your network; secondly, we use switches here not routers (there
is only one or two, and they are at CC-BHU) and the warden room's L2/3
switches has only one VLAN (virtual LAN, google it). *pfew* I'm just
saying the network is deigned to kill itself, this should briefly
explain why we get so high speed Internet connection in our hostels.
*sigh*
If you care, try out Empathy/Pidgin at least once (Pidgin is also
available for Windows/Mac), it supports bonjour (for LAN) which
supports multiple-protocol (fb, gtalk, yahoo), has a nicer chat style
interface, file transfer, buddy list, avatar and even voice/video
(requires an unstable plugin to be installed) chat. Btw, if you've
started using Ubuntu Linux, and have set your computer's name as
'antrix' (like in my case) trying pinging antrix.local (ping
antrix.local)... see that's not magic... your computer announces
itself in a totally non-flooding manner via mDNS/avahi and that's how
Empathy (and other ZeroConf apps and devices) connects to nearby
people using a non-flooding method.
I already see some of your local friends on Empathy, join us!
Cheers.
Yeah right, about IPMsg... I'm not sure if this message will have any
effect on anyone, coz the world resists change (read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better). The problem is it
(IPMsg and your LAN games) screws your LAN (uses UDP broadcast for
peer discovery, so on and so forth), it's a bad s/w by design.
Consider this, 600 people living in Saraiya, total 2^8 * 4 -2 = 1022
possible IPs, when your IPMsg does a UDP broadcast, it can generates
1022+1 = 1023 packets and if every one decides to refresh their IPMsg
list, total generate packets will be 1023 * 600 = 613800 and same
number of the response packet are sent; brining a total of 1227600
packets. Given the fact that IPMsg automatically refreshes after a
timeout, you're just flooding the network over and over again. And
there are two more problems; firstly, the packets have long time-to-
live (ttl is the time after which only the packets are removed from
the network) values and UDP packets are big in sizes, thus screwing
with your network; secondly, we use switches here not routers (there
is only one or two, and they are at CC-BHU) and the warden room's L2/3
switches has only one VLAN (virtual LAN, google it). *pfew* I'm just
saying the network is deigned to kill itself, this should briefly
explain why we get so high speed Internet connection in our hostels.
*sigh*
If you care, try out Empathy/Pidgin at least once (Pidgin is also
available for Windows/Mac), it supports bonjour (for LAN) which
supports multiple-protocol (fb, gtalk, yahoo), has a nicer chat style
interface, file transfer, buddy list, avatar and even voice/video
(requires an unstable plugin to be installed) chat. Btw, if you've
started using Ubuntu Linux, and have set your computer's name as
'antrix' (like in my case) trying pinging antrix.local (ping
antrix.local)... see that's not magic... your computer announces
itself in a totally non-flooding manner via mDNS/avahi and that's how
Empathy (and other ZeroConf apps and devices) connects to nearby
people using a non-flooding method.
I already see some of your local friends on Empathy, join us!
Cheers.
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