Hi Everyone again.... SK - I've really not decided on the exact quote, the figure given earlier was for assumption. I'll require all your suggestion to come to a reasonable quote tagging. How much do you think should be OK ???
Vardharajan - You idea is really good, but it is completely different from what I'm projecting. My idea is for providing Infrastructure for Workshops and Classes whereas your idea is for Individuals. Satya - Rightly said, more can be figured out only after the concept evolves further based on requirement. On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:32 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send ilugc mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ilugc digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. [JOB] Project on FOSS adoption in Indian education > (Bharathi Subramanian) > 2. Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (Nishant Prakash Kashyap) > 3. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (Karanbir Singh) > 4. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (Shakthi Kannan) > 5. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (varadarajan narayanan) > 6. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (satyaakam goswami) > 7. Re: Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] (varadarajan narayanan) > 8. Configuring squid to block the systems on a network > (Balaviswa nathanv) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 03:57:16 +0530 (IST) > From: Bharathi Subramanian <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ilugc] [JOB] Project on FOSS adoption in Indian education > To: Indian Linux Users Group - Chennai <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > Mail from Dr Prabhu (Ex. Co-ordinator of ILUGC and Prof in IITB) > > Project positions are open at IIT Bombay for a new government funded > project on adoption of Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in Indian > science and engineering education. Applicants may email their resumes > along with a one page writeup on why they think they are well suited > for the project to: admin.foss[at]iitb.ac.in > > News, announcements and details regarding the project are available > here: > http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu/Projects/FOSSEducation<http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/%7Eprabhu/Projects/FOSSEducation> > > Overview of the project > ----------------------- > > The eventual goal is to replace the use of commercial tools in Indian > science and engineering education at the college level. Towards this > we are working on the following broad themes: > > - Python for scientific computing. > - Scilab (http://www.scilab.org, http://www.scilab.in). > - Multimedia authoring tool suited for Indian languages with a LaTeX > backend. > - Other projects related to the above. > > I will be personally involved with the "Python for scientific > computing" component. This will broadly involve: > > - NumPy (http://numpy.scipy.org), > - SciPy (http://www.scipy.org), > - matplotlib (http://matplotlib.sf.net), > - Sage (http://www.sagemath.org), > - Mayavi (http://code.enthought.com/projects/mayavi), > - ETS (http://code.enthought.com/projects), > - SymPy (http://code.google.com/p/sympy), > > and various other packages of interest. > > As part of the project you will have opportunity to work with the core > developers of these major projects. > > Requirements > ------------ > > The positions are all for a maximum duration of 3 years. The initial > appointment will be for a period of 1 year which will be extended > based on performance. > > - Project manager: 1 position > - Technical writer: 1 position > - Software Developers/content generators: > - Python: 4 positions > - Scilab: 3 positions > - LaTeX: 2 positions > > You will need to stay on campus or commute to IITB. Accommodation > will be provided if available, otherwise HRA will be provided. > > Qualifications > --------------- > > Project manager: > - Good knowledge of programming and open source software community > - People management > - Communication > - Organizational skills > > Technical writer: > - Excellent language and communication skills (spoken and written) > - Familiarity with computers > - Willingness to learn > > Programmers/content generators: > - Willingness to learn > - Good programming skills > - Passion for FOSS > - Experience with FOSS > - Good math and science skills > > System administration and web development skills are also required so > strong applications with those skills would also be considered. > Experience with Python/Scilab/LaTeX is a plus. Experience with > working on a FOSS project is a big plus. > > Job description > --------------- > > As part of this project you will work towards creating material for > adoption of the various existing FOSS tools in the science and > engineering curriculum. This will involve generation of a significant > amount of documentation in the form of tutorials, audio/video > demonstrations, written material, and lectures. The material will > often go towards augmenting existing courses. The project will > involve working with several well known packages and improving them > both in terms of documentation and code to add features or fix bugs. > > We will be hosting several workshops, sprints and conferences where > you will get to meet the developers of many important packages. > > Remuneration > ------------- > > The pay will be in the range Rs. 10000 to 30000 depending on the > qualifications and experience. For extra-ordinary people the upper > limit is flexible. Accommodation will be provided on campus if > available. > > Why you should apply > -------------------- > > - You get paid to improve and write FOSS. > - You get to do really meaningful work -- your work will influence > generations of future students all over India and potentially > elsewhere. > - You get to work on some of the most important projects that will > influence the future of science and engineering. > - You get to meet and work with the authors of various important > packages. > - You will be at IIT Bombay and will have best of both worlds -- > good pay and an academic environment. > > Thanks. > Prabhu Ramachandran > http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/~prabhu <http://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/%7Eprabhu> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 17:53:42 +0530 > From: Nishant Prakash Kashyap <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Everyone, > > I am planning to setup a Infrastructure with 15-20 Computers, Router, > Internet and Complete Network. I wish to promote this Infrastructure to be > used by anyone from ILUGC to conduct Workshops at very reasonable fee > structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. Anyone > interested in conducting workshop can use this facility for the said price > and may be can charge extra from the participants for the workshop. The > said > charge would be all inclusive, including electricity, rent, use of > computers, internet, etc. > > I shall provide complete library of all flavours and versions of Linux that > can be used for the workshop. Apart from Linux, it will also have other > useful applications and OSS usually not found in Distros like Vyatta, > Asterisk, vTiger, SugarCRM, Tiny ERP, Bravo, Callweaver, Mono, etc. > Anything > named will be provided(downloaded) in the library. > > I conceived this Idea after going through the Digest that someone wanted to > conduct Workshop on LAMP but was not sure about the place to conduct it. > > Do you people think that this Idea will work out ????? > > > > -- > Warm Regards, > Nishant Prakash Kashyap > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 14:27:37 +0100 > From: Karanbir Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Nishant Prakash Kashyap wrote: > > I am planning to setup a Infrastructure with 15-20 Computers, Router, > > Internet and Complete Network. I wish to promote this Infrastructure to > be > > used by anyone from ILUGC to conduct Workshops at very reasonable fee > > structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. > > Some example use-cases would be good to see from your side, exactly what > problems are you going after > > -- > Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522...@icq > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 19:10:00 +0530 > From: Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, > > --- On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Nishant Prakash Kashyap > <[email protected]> wrote: > | structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. > \-- > > Is this minimum quote fixed or variable? > > SK > > -- > Shakthi Kannan > http://www.shakthimaan.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 09:43:38 -0400 > From: varadarajan narayanan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > > I am planning to setup a Infrastructure with 15-20 Computers, Router, > > Internet and Complete Network. I wish to promote this Infrastructure to > be > > used by anyone from ILUGC to conduct Workshops at very reasonable fee > > structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. Anyone > > interested in conducting workshop can use this facility for the said > price > > and may be can charge extra from the participants for the workshop. The > > said > > charge would be all inclusive, including electricity, rent, use of > > computers, internet, etc. > > > > I shall provide complete library of all flavours and versions of Linux > that > > can be used for the workshop. Apart from Linux, it will also have other > > useful applications and OSS usually not found in Distros like Vyatta, > > Asterisk, vTiger, SugarCRM, Tiny ERP, Bravo, Callweaver, Mono, etc. > > Anything > > named will be provided(downloaded) in the library. > > > > I conceived this Idea after going through the Digest that someone wanted > to > > conduct Workshop on LAMP but was not sure about the place to conduct it. > > > > Do you people think that this Idea will work out ????? > > > > Hi ! > > I would like to extend this idea to a virtualised setup where anyone can > log > in to their virtual linux boxes from anywhere. > I have a server and anyone can try out the virtual desktop. Few Ilugc > members have tried out the virtual desktop and found it very responsive and > usable even for reasonably low badwidths. If anyone wants a test run then I > can set up account for them. > > Cheers > > Varadarajan > > www.cloudversity.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 19:27:13 +0530 > From: satyaakam goswami <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Karanbir Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Nishant Prakash Kashyap wrote: > >> > >> I am planning to setup a Infrastructure with 15-20 Computers, Router, > >> Internet and Complete Network. I wish to promote this Infrastructure to > be > >> used by anyone from ILUGC to conduct Workshops at very reasonable fee > >> structure something like Rs. 500 per participant for 2 Days. > > > > Some example use-cases would be good to see from your side, exactly what > > problems are you going after > > i think he is trying to solve issue of administrative or logistical in > nature , what you encounter while getting access to a lab or > classroom in short term. > > it can also be used for Coworking http://wiki.coworking.info/FrontPage > > @Shakti asked in the mail about fixed as well as variable cost , i > think the models will evolve over time depending on the demand for > such a facility , like service offerings on A la carte basis. > > there must be lots of spaces for people who can afford but not many at > the rate which you mentioned we can call these spaces FOSSLand :-) > > > > -Satya > http://www.linkedin.com/in/satyaakam > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 10:01:46 -0400 > From: varadarajan narayanan <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Infrastructure for FOSS [Commercial] > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > > > > > > it can also be used for Coworking http://wiki.coworking.info/FrontPage > > > > there must be lots of spaces for people who can afford but not many at > > the rate which you mentioned we can call these spaces FOSSLand :-) > > > > > Hi ! > > I am talking about a free virtual desktops for members to play with or work > on a project. > > Cheers > > Varadarajan > > www.cloudversity.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 20:31:34 +0530 > From: Balaviswa nathanv <[email protected]> > Subject: [Ilugc] Configuring squid to block the systems on a network > To: ILUG-C <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi All, > > Please help me configure squid in a way that all the systems on my > network should not access those websites which are in the block list. > How can I do it IP wise. Please guide me to do that task > > Thanks and Regards > > V.Balaviswanathan > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ilugc mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > > > End of ilugc Digest, Vol 60, Issue 7 > ************************************ > -- Warm Regards, Nishant Prakash Kashyap _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
