Re: [ilugd] Fwd: NIIT and Adobe
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:32 AM, Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we have anything equivalent to the Ad*be Creative Suite in the FOSS arena? the short answer: equal = no. equivalent = no. similar = no. what we have: a smattering of independent tools, organically developing. gimp. inkscape. scribus. kino. dvd-styler. littlecms. with lots of gaping holes in terms of products, and yawning gaps in terms of features. the tools have disparate levels of interop. conclusion (msoffice=openoffice.og) (adobe creativesuite4 [gimp+inkscape+scribus+kino+littlecms+dvd-styler]) you also seem to forget, adobe has more than 7,500 opentype fonts. professional-quality stuff. regards niyam bhushan ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Fwd: Songbird 1.0 is Released!
-- Forwarded message -- From: Songbird [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:28 PM Subject: Songbird 1.0 is Released! Songbird 1.0 is Released! Download Songbird 1.0 We set out to build an open, customizable music player. Today, we're launching with dozens of integrated services, hundreds of add-ons, and a growing developer community. We'll be the first to admit that there's plenty left to do. And, while we're not ready for everyone, 160k users a month are expressing their vote for an alternative music player. New Features GStreamer We now use GStreamer as our main media playback system, across all platforms - giving us higher performance, better reliability, and a platform for much more media-related functionality in the future. Improved mashTape When you listen to music in Songbird you'll have the option to see Flickr photos, YouTube videos, last.fm biographies, google news (and more) for the currently playing artist. Improved Album Art Support The album artwork feature now supports drag and drop of images, as well as, toggling between Now Playing and Currently Selected tracks. Complete Keyboard Shortcuts We've cleaned up our Keyboard Shortcuts this release (and added some new ones for power users). Updated Linux Installer We've created a single archive that has all the necessary dependencies so that Linux users can run Songbird without having to install any additional dependencies. Re-usable Smart Playlists By popular request we've implemented the ability to use a smart playlist as a rule within another smart playlist. Reveal Original Files We've added the ability to expose the media items in Songbird as files in your filesystem by right clicking and choosing Show File. Recommended Add-ons Updater A new update mechanism ensures that all upgraded users have an option to install the latest Recommended Add-ons. Hide Show Display Panes We were inspired by Atrieu's Pane Button add-on and decided to add a few buttons to allow you to toggle between showing hiding Display panes. Simpler Column Headings We've refined the column heading property list and made it easier to enable the properties you care about. Performance Enhancements We made some substantial gains this release: Drastically Faster Search: Searching in Songbird is now anywhere from 10x faster for small libraries to 1000x for large ones. Reduced RAM Usage: There's a 70% reduction in RAM usage when importing and using large (100,000 track) libraries. Faster Media Importing: Importing media into Songbird is now 2-4x faster. Reduced Startup Times: Large library users (10,000 tracks or more) will notice that Songbird startup times are now twice as fast. Efficient Scrolling: Scrolling through your library now uses half the amount of CPU. Snappier Sorting: Sorting your library is now 3-4x faster, which adds up to significantly smoother browsing when scrolling and filtering. Optimized DB Size: We've optimized the database in Songbird and reduced its size by, on average, 60%. This leads to a variety of performance improvements throughout the application. Fewer Crashers: We've worked hard to identify and fix 11 of the most common crashes in Songbird. For Developers We've created a simple guide for updating 0.7.0 Feathers to be 1.0 compatible. For extension developers, we've created a similar guide for updating extensions to be 1.0 compatible. We updated the Media Core APIs to take advantage of GStreamer. This allows for more power and flexibility in controlling playback. We've documented how developers can add support for additional playback formats by packaging GStreamer plugins as Songbird add-ons. Early Feedback on 1.0 Songbird is improving at a rapid pace - Ryan Pau - Ars Technica the program runs and feels faster - Seth Rosenblatt - CNET [Songbird] has much to offer and is an improvement over the betas we looked at earlier - Scott Gilbertson - webmonkey We are very excited about our parternship with Songbird because it integrates a rich deskop media player with our database of concerts and tickets. While listening to my music library, I can see when my bands are on tour. The integration was painless and an example of the open and extensible platform Songbird have built. - Ian Hogarth, Founder CEO of Songkick concert ticketing service Songbird brings the limitless, often fan-created context of the Web to your desktop media player, and put media playing innovation in the hands of any web developer. - Ian Rogers, Topspin Media and Former GM, Yahoo Music What's Next Our goal is to continue to focus on building a world-class, open music player. Our next release will consist of continued focus on performance and stability gains, implementing additional audio features on top of GStreamer, and much more. Stay tuned to the blog to keep up to date, or if you like to live dangerously check out one of our nightly builds and see the progress for yourself! Best A. Mani -- A. Mani
Re: [ilugd] Linux Lecture @ Sikkim Manipal
Hi All..!! I am sorry for being away due to sem exams.! The workshop is scheduled in 3rd week of Jan. I had a chat with my HOD and he shall be happy if any of you specialists would kindly make it to Sikkim .! On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:06 PM, Goldwyn Rodrigues [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 6:37 PM, amar akshat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All..!! I am sorry for being away due to sem exams.! The workshop is scheduled in 3rd week of Jan. I had a chat with my HOD and he shall be happy if any of you specialists would kindly make it to Sikkim .! Okay let me know the details, of what I should be covering etc. What is the usual route of travel? BTW, you sent the previous mail only to me, and not the ilugd group. I had sent you a private mail, and perhaps you replied to that. I am not sure if that was intentional. -- Goldwyn -- V.P , AGE No More a Certified Ethical Hacker, Dept. Of Computer Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute Of Tech. Where You See a Feature I See a Flaw.. ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
[ilugd] Enlarging the Global Commons
Knowledge Commons presents Collaborative Innovation for Development: Enlarging the Global Commons 6th December 2008, India Habitat Center, Magnolia, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003 With 1.4 billion people connected, the Internet is the greatest collaborative network that humankind has experienced. One of the consequences of the growth of this network is a shift in the way knowledge is being created and distributed. As we move to an interconnected world, the balance of power is shifting from old, proprietary models of knowledge creation to the Free and Open Source (FOSS) models that emphasize collaboration and sharing. From management gurus to consulting firms to leading business schools, everyone is taking note of this new phenomenon that goes by various names like Collaborative Innovation, Open Innovation, Distributed Co-creation, User-Driven Innovation, Creative Commons etc. The FOSS movement has pioneered the Collaborative Innovation trend, and it is no surprise that the rapid growth of the Internet and the equally rapid growth of the open source community has mirrored each other. Gnu/Linux and Wikipedia are examples of free and open source projects that embody the ideals of Collaborative Innovation, which is now spreading to scientific publishing (Public Library of Science), flexible copyrights (Creative Commons), medicine (Open Source Drug Discovery), biotechnology (Bioforge) and others. The Collaborative Innovation for Development workshop will explore how this powerful new trend can be harnessed for socio-economic development to address challenges in the areas of education, health, literacy, science and others. It will also take stock of Bayh Dole Act and its possible impact on countries like India. Some of the questions that this conference will address are: 1. What is the potential economic impact of the FOSS, collaborative innovation model on the Indian economy? 2. How should India look at Patents and Copyright Laws in view of emerging open and collaborative models? 3. How should India look at university and public science institutions and their research? Should a Bayh Dole like Act help or harm India's interests?Can a freely distributable Wikipedia like framework be used for creating tools for the education sector?How can flexible copyright models like Creative Commons encourage creativity and empower the artistic/ creative community? How can projects like Open Source Drug Discovery and others help combat diseases like malaria, tuberculosis and others that affect Indians? How can Collaborative Innovation be leveraged to improve the speed and efficiency of e-government deployments? 3. What are the appropriate policy changes that need to be made to enable India to harness the benefits of Collaborative Innovation? The focus of this one day workshop will be on the practical applications of Collaborative Innovation for India's development. This workshop is open to practitioners and policy makers who are interested in leveraging the power of Collaborative Innovation. About Knowledge Commons: Knowledge Commons is a not-for-profit organization that aims to increase public access to knowledge through free and open source software, open standards for data and open access to content. Programme: Collaborative Innovation for Development: Enlarging the Global Commons India Habitat Centre, Magnolia, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003 on 6th December 2008 Time SessionSpeakers 9.30 AM – Inaugural Session Chairperson: Prof. Abhijit Sen, Member, Planning 11.15AM Commission Welcome Address: Nandu Pradhan, President and Managing Director, Red Hat Keynote Address: Prof. Eben Moglen, Professor of Law and Legal history at Columbia University, and founder, Director- Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Centre Special Address: N.N. Prasad, Jt. Sec., Ministry of Commerce* 11.15AM – 11.30Tea Break AM 11.30 AM - 1PM Collaborative Chairperson: Professor K.Srinath Reddy, President Public Innovation Health Foundation of India and former Head, Department of Cardiology, AIIMS Keynote Speaker: Dr. Samir Bramhachari, Director-General, CSIR* Open Source Drug Discovery: A new model for medical research and drug production Other Speakers: Shri Zakir Thomas, OSDD,
