Warm Greetings To The FOSS Community,
The Meeting for the month of March (23/03/2008) was conducted successfully.
The were 23 people who attended the meeting, which gave way for great
interactive sessions.
Date: 23-03-2008
Time: 2pm - 5.30pm
Venue: Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building, Broadway Enclave,
Broadway, Ernakulam
The meeting started with the customary introduction after which the discussion
started with the moderator giving a brief introduction to Free Software, the
GNU Movement and Open Source Software. The concept of Software License and
copyleft was explained with relevance to the GNU GPL. With a few questions
from the attendees the discussion was wound up.
The session shifted to the main agenda. The concept of File formats, Document
Formats was initially discussed. The importance of an Open Document Format was
discussed. An introduction to the OASIS ODF and the Microsoft OOXML was
provided by the moderator.There was a brief discussion of the technical
differences between the two.
The discussion mainly concentrated on the aspect of the Freedom required for
Document Formats and how Open Formats will help the community and business.
Several arguments were raised for and against the same. The interaction on the
whole was very active and encouraging.
After the discussion the members moved on to have Tea.
After the tea break it was time for the technical session "Gimp in Daily Use"
by Arun
The objective of the Technical session was to create an awareness about the
Basic Operations in GIMP and to make an impact that GIMP is not only mean for
the top designers/Artists bust also for normal users.
The sessions dealt with the following important topics :
- History of GIMP
- How we can utilize GIMPs features in our day today activities :
a) How to make your photos looks more attractive in a few clicks
b) How to take, format, and prepare your own passport photos.
c) How to change the background color of the photographs
The GIMP session was well received by all and provided the much needed
encouragement to the attendees .
The concluding session discussed about the further activities of the attendees
and listed out a few action items. The main focus was given on spreading
awareness and educating people ( neighbourhood groups ).
Further details of the meeting and photos will be available on the website in a
few days.
We thank all the attendees for coming.
And hope the next meeting is bigger and better.
Thank You
Regards
Sameer Mohamed Thahir
Co-ordinator (Indian Linux Users Group - Cochin / Kochi Chapter(ILUG-Cochin))
sameerthahir at yahoo.com
Website : www.ilug-cochin.org
IRC : #ilugkochi on irc.freenode.net
ML : mailinglist at ilug-cochin.org
Sameer Mohamed Thahir
(sameerthahir at yahoo.com)
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