Hello Sreedharan You are always welcome to the meeting, which happens on the 4th sunday of every month (next meeting on May 27). And we would like to know more about your awareness activities in Chinese colleges.
Thank You Regards Sameer Mohamed Thahir sreedharan modon valappil wrote: > I have been promoting open source software OS and Programming > languages in > China's university colleges. Want to attend your meeting if i get time. > > sreedharan > > > > */Sameer Thahir <sameerthahir at yahoo.com>/* wrote: > > Warm Greetings To The FOSS Community, > > The Meeting for the month of April (27/04/2008) was conducted > successfully. > The were 20 people who attended the meeting, which gave way for great > interactive sessions. This was one meeting were we had female > attendees as well. > > Date: 27-04-2008 > Time: 2pm - 5.30pm > Venue: Internet Club, IInd Floor, AMI Trust Building, Broadway > Enclave, Broadway, Ernakulam > > The meeting started of at 2:15pm with an introduction to Free > Software, Open Source Software > , GNU Movement, GNU GPL License etc. After that the attendees > introduced themselves. > With a few questions from the attendees the discussion was wound up. > > The session shifted to the main agenda. The concept of "Free > Software Compatible Hardware" > was discussed, the need for Free Software Compatible Hardware was > explained. The attendees > agreed on the point that the new users were constantly concerned > with compatibility issues for > hardware while using Free Software. > > There was a small discussion on concepts like device drivers and > firmware. > There was a discussion on communication between the hardware and > device drivers taking > the example of a keyboard by which the attendees got a clear idea > to the purpose of device > drivers. > > The moderator put forward several issues that was faced while > using proprietary drivers. > The moderator also provided some information on the aspects of how > a hardware evolves > from an idea to a final finished product. The discussion mainly > concentrated on the aspect > of the Freedom required while using hardware without any vendor > lockin problems. The > aspects of reverse engineering was also mentioned. > > Several examples were put forward by the attendees citing issues > faced while using the proprietary > drivers and how free software drivers sometimes provided better > quality. > > The speaker talked about how anyone with a basic knowledge of > programming and a logical > understanding of hardware details can develop device drivers. This > encouraged several of the > attendees to try their hands at device driver programming. > > The discussion moved on the aspect of how to configure a new > hardware in free operating > systems. Another valid point discussed was of how to go about > purchasing new hardware and laptops > that are free software compatible. > > The moderator presented a flowchart that explained the entire > process of how a new > user will purchase hardware and try to deal with it. > > The discussion also focussed on the importance of documentation > and how to compromise > on HIFI features for free software compatibility. > > Finally the meeting concluded with important action items for the > community to encourage > Free Software compatible hardware. The main points were > - Using Free software and spreading awareness about it > - Create a database of Free Software Compatible Hardware available > in local market > - Awareness activities to promote Free Software Compatible Hardware > - Learn Device Driver programming and hardware concepts and start > writing drivers. > - Maintain documentation. > - Help developers by testing new drivers on specific hardware models. > > > After the discussion the members moved on to have Tea. > > After the tea break it was time for the technical session > "Multimedia on GNU/Linux" by Sreenadh > > The objective of the session was to introduce the attendees to the > multimedia capabilities of the > GNU/Linux OS. The speaker started of with talking about the > various multimedia applications > starting with "Mplayer" and "Audacity". He also showed the audio > and video playback > capabilities of mplayer,xine and vlc. The technical presentation > was cut short due to the ill > health of the speaker. > > Another person who continued the presentation, talked about other > multimedia alternative applications in GNU/Linux also answering > few queries from the attendees. > The trailer of the Open Movie "Big Buck Bunny" was screened along > the Open Movie > "Elephants Dream". There was a brief explanation of the concept of > an Open Movie. > > Concluding session > > The concluding session discussed the OOXML issue in the context of > the Candle Vigil conducted > at Bangalore. Several attendees were of the opinion that a similar > event needed to be conducted > at Kochi. The discussion evoked several responses, concluding on > the note that there needs to > an awareness campaign initially before an aggressive one. > > Also as usual there were discussions on how each one could > volunteer for ILUG activities. > > The members explained one by one what they planned to do after the > meeting. Several people > talked about trying new distributions. Most importantly many of > them talked about trying their hand at > device driver programming, which was indeed encouraging. The > meeting concluded at 5:40 with > a vote of thanks. > > 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 request all the > attendees to put in their feedback > for the meeting on the Mailing List so we can improve future meetings. > > And hope the next meeting is bigger and better. > > Attendees > > R.Geetha > Shilpa P Maskara > Anoop Viswanath > Arun Kumar K.C. > Sudeep S > Shibin K Reeny > R. Satheesh > Kurian Mathew Thayyil > Vineeth T.V. > Fr.Thomas V.V. > Raneez > Sanjai > Sreenadh > Devaraj K.P. > Binny V.A. > Bilal M.K. > Sabir > Jay Jacob > G.Venkata Subramahmanian > Sameer M Thahir > > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. 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