As usual inspiring effort. ~ Ananth
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Shakthi Kannan <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi! > > I had conducted a Fedora workshop ("GNUtsav") at National Institute of > Technology (NIT), Agartala [1], Tripura, India on July 18-19, 2009. > > I would like to thank the Fedora project for sponsoring the event. > Special thanks to the student volunteers who worked hard in organizing > the event. Mention must be made for the support of the faculty, > Prof.Swapan Debbarma, Prof. Anupam Jamatia ("ajnr" on freenode), and > Prof. Dwijen Rudrapal. > > My presentation sessions included: > * i-want-2-do-project. tell-me-wat-2-do-fedora. > * Badam Halwa of Embedded Systems > * di-git-ally managing love letters > * Fedora Electronic Lab (demo) > * Packaging RPM -- Red hot, Paneer (butter) Masala > > The presentations are available from: > http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads.html > > It has only been two years since this Institution has started. It is > 25 km from Agartala city. The Institute has 50% reservation for State > students, and 50% for students coming through an All India Engineering > Entrance Examination. People speak Hindi, English, Bengali, and > Kokborok. > > Guwahati, Assam is the main connectivity for this part of the world, > or, flying from Kolkatta, West Bengal is the other option. Subsidized > rate flights are available from major domestic carriers in India. > Helicopter service between North-Eastern States is also available, > but, is expensive. Bus journey from Guwahati, Assam to Agartala, > Tripura is very tedious, and might take atleast 24 hours. When passing > through the dense forests, CRPF [3] escort is required due to > insurgency problems in forest areas. > > Students have access to distros at the labs, as well as in the hostel. > Power cuts are quite common here. Mobile cell coverage is nil or works > at only few places. Internet connectivity is nil or very slow on > campus. Hence, we have provided them with an offline Fedora 10 > repository (around 24 GB) that they can use in their computers or in > the LAN. Special thanks also goes to dgplug user group from Durgapur, > West Bengal for the offline repos [2]. There are few browsing centers > in the city that students can use, but have to travel the distance > from the campus. Work is in progress to provide students with a Fedora > 11 repository. > > Agartala is a very scenic, lush green, and very peaceful place. > Hopefully when the construction work on campus is completed in the > next six months, they will be better equipped with Internet access for > communicating online, and for VoIP sessions. > > As customary, here are few photos that I took during the trip: > http://www.shakthimaan.com/Mambo/gallery/album57 > > Best regards, > > SK > > [1] NIT, Agartala, Tripura user group mailing list. > http://groups.google.co.in/group/nitalug > [2] Durgapur, West Bengal user group. http://dgplug.org/intro/ > [3] CRPF. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force > > -- > Shakthi Kannan > http://www.shakthimaan.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
