[PLUG] will pune join the fun? campaign for document freedom?

2008-04-15 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, have you see the buzz grow? 01. it started off with NITC hammering this open letter to TCS, Infosys, Wipro. these students, (and potential future employees of these companies?) demanded not just openness in software, but transparancy in software business dealings. read the letter here:

[PLUG] rajmathur gnunified!

2008-02-20 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, clicked a photo of raj mathur in a gnunify 08 teeshirt, that friji brought him from pune. http://www.flickr.com/photos/niyam/2280124036/in/set-72157603947953432/ this was at the daily freed.in managers' meet we've been holding this week, at the JNU campus. regards niyam bhushan --

[PLUG] gnunify 08 photos by niyam

2008-02-16 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, please do check out photos of gnunify 08 on my account. could not click as many photos as i wanted to this time, so hope to group tag with your individual photos. http://flickr.com/niyam regards niyam -- niyam bhushan --

[PLUG] teeshirt sharing idea

2008-02-14 Thread Linux Lingam
actually, jokes apart, you guys are stumbling across a great idea. why don't you publish the source files of the design of the teeshirt on your site. so anyone can paint or print or iron-on the design to their teeshirt wherever they like? ok, since you've started me on this (your fault) tell me,

[PLUG] foss.in 2007 at niyam's flickr with some PLUGGIES

2007-12-12 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, photos from foss.in 2007 at my flickr account. you'll find quite a few pluggies who turned up for the event. loved catching up with you guys in bangalore. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sets/72157603443744145/ :-) niyam bhushan -- niyam bhushan --

RE: [PLUG] Xara Extreme

2007-12-11 Thread Linux Lingam
[manas typed:] http://www.xaraxtreme.org/ I like it. It would be great if someone who does graphics for a living / knows about such stuff made a comment. It can greatly aid conversations. Cheers, Manas hi manas, i installed xara xtreme 8 to 10 months ago on my ubuntu and played with it. also

[PLUG] Happy DiwaLinux !

2007-11-09 Thread Linux Lingam
Glowing Lamps, Goddess Lakshmi, and GnuLinux http://www.niyam.com/gnulinux/lfy/fy/FY-monthly-col.php?dec2k4 :-) niyam -- __ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: (plug-mail@plug.org.in) List Information:

[PLUG] PLUG M.O.A suggestion

2007-11-06 Thread Linux Lingam
dear friends in pune, just discovered this wonderful document by all of you: http://www.plug.org.in/plugmemo.php great stuff! wish to make some small suggestions, given the changing nature of our community worldwide. i hope you consider these suggestions in the right spirit, please feel free

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-31 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, so looks like the community has gravitated towards upcoming.yahoo.com and that solves our problem. one final issue: exactly what is the url for discovering all foss and foss-related events in dinai at upcoming.yahoo.com for instance, when i visit the site, it naturally defaults to

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-30 Thread Linux Lingam
On 10/30/07, Philip Tellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30/10/2007, Linux Lingam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and linux-india.org recommended by kishore bhargava. I'd suggest just adding events to upcoming.org and tagging them with foss and india (optional). I could write up a pipe that gets

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-30 Thread Linux Lingam
Ok, I second the vote, and here are your feeds: JSON: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=4jphZveG3BG0fLa9jknRlg_render=json RSS: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=4jphZveG3BG0fLa9jknRlg_render=rss And if all you want is a simple HTML unordered list that you can stick into

[PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-29 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all, am googling since two days, can't find a complete and/or comprehensive list of foss or foss-related events scheduled for 2008. i know the number of events are growing. we have: 1.mashups, 2.OSSCamps, and similar 3.CII-partnered events, 4.leading national events 5.LUG-created regional

Re: [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-29 Thread Linux Lingam
http://www.linuxjournal.com/xstatic/community/events is one road to take, nah! too generic. would be great to have an india or india-centric list to which ilnuxjournal could link. upcoming and/or facebook is another. facebook? i think they got bought over by microsoft. also wonder how easy

Re: [LIG] [ilugd] [PLUG] [x-post] foss events list in india 2008?

2007-10-29 Thread Linux Lingam
we've got two shortlisted sites: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/calendar/ It might be best to keep add to it, than re-invent the wheel. [snip] Kingsly and linux-india.org recommended by kishore bhargava. the nrcfosshelpline site is more populated but alas, no way for anyone to log in and

[PLUG] [x-post] 211 photos of pune mashup by niyam

2007-10-18 Thread Linux Lingam
dear all at PLUG, thank you for such a wonderful foss-community event at the 'pune mashup + more'. great buzz and excitement! as always, the full-credit for the event goes to the untiring efforts of the pune linux users group volunteers, making this event a success. check out some pixels