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Fri, 09 May 2008 00:56:02 -0700

Wiki URL is http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Syllabus_Review
2008/5/9 Nishan Naseer <nishan.naseer at gmail.com>:

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> From: Anivar Aravind <anivar at movingrepublic.org>
> Date: 2008/5/7
> Subject: [smc-discuss] [Fwd: Syllabus Change drive]
> To: സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങ് <smc-discuss at googlegroups.com>,
> freeknowledge at freelists.org
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> Anyone Interested?
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Syllabus Change drive
> Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 15:03:17 +0530
> From: Venkatesh Hariharan <venky at redhat.com>
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> Dear Anivar,
>
> We are looking for volunteers who can go through the web sites of Indian
> educational institutions, review them and identify all those instances
> where the syllabus mentions proprietary software programs.
>
> We can pay a stipend/consulting fee to those who are working on this but
> would like to create a comprehensive database of violations and present
> it to the education minister and other policy makers in the next few
> months.
>
> Let me know if you or your friends would be interested.
>
> Venky
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Fri, 09 May 2008 00:55:33 -0700

---------- Forwarded message ----------From: Anivar Aravind <anivar at movingrepublic.org>
Date: 2008/5/7
Subject: [smc-discuss] [Fwd: Syllabus Change drive]
To: സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങ് <smc-discuss at googlegroups.com>,
freeknowledge at freelists.org

Anyone Interested?

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Syllabus Change drive
Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 15:03:17 +0530
From: Venkatesh Hariharan <venky at redhat.com>

Dear Anivar,

We are looking for volunteers who can go through the web sites of Indian
educational institutions, review them and identify all those instances
where the syllabus mentions proprietary software programs.

We can pay a stipend/consulting fee to those who are working on this but
would like to create a comprehensive database of violations and present
it to the education minister and other policy makers in the next few
months.

Let me know if you or your friends would be interested.

Venky

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സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിങ്ങ് - എന്റെ കമ്പ്യൂട്ടറിന് എന്റെ ഭാഷ
പിരിഞ്ഞു പോകാന്‍: smc-discuss-unsubscribe at googlegroups.com
സംരംഭം: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/smc
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Free Software is Final Solution - IT Advisor

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:44:59 -0700

Hi Everbody,
This are the Excerpts from Madhyamam daily dated 29th april 2008,reported by
E.Basheer about the need for Free Software and
two IT specialists in goverment Authority commenting on Software policy.

To Avoid Software piracy and license issues from American Companies,The best
Strategy is to switch over to Free Software .
This was the suggestion Forwarded by Joseph C. Mathew who is the IT Advisor
of Kerala to the news report in
Madhyamam Daily about "Indian Software Companies must be Monitered -American
policy".After Allowing Software piracy
and again bargaining for loss on piracy in the name raid and monitering
software companies in india for them there is an hidden Agenda.
Software piracy can be blocked with programs not to copycat it.In kerala
SPACE and IT mission are promoting Free software
in goverment level.He hopes the future is safe in hands of Free Software.

Anwer Sadath,Executive Director of IT at school commented that in state there
should be long time plan in software policy
which must implemented by Goverment and IT industries in kerala that must be
on the platform of Free Software So that we can avoid
Threats from American Companies.For this we have to develop Software based
on free software and opensource,where it has dual
advantage ,first a software license in our own hands and secondly price is
low compared to american companies.

At last the report ends by microsofts deminishing sales in OS.which is due
to software piracy.To avoid this the monitering will be
tighten in india and other south asian countries.So its High time for Free
Software which is always an good option to fight this threat.

Thank you
raneez
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A new wave of freedom

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:43:11 -0700

Hi all,
V.Sasi Kumar, Board of Directors, FSF India, has written an article about
Freedom in Software in FrontLine (Hindu). The article explains what Free
Software is. It goes though the various aspects of Free Softwares.

http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/stories/20080523251008900.htm

Regards
Sreenadh
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Article in Frontline on Free Software

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:10:52 -0700

Hi,
An article about Free Software in a renowned magazine like 'Frontline'
is a big one. And I am glad that the message and the theme is getting
spread around with the help of people like Mr. Sasi Kumar. I really take
this opportunity to thank the support, media is providing. And, how can
we reach more???

Regards,

Kurian Mathew Thayil.

On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 22:54 +0530, Sameer Mohamed Thahir wrote:
> Hello ILUG Members
>
> Frontline(May edition) carries an article on Free Software and Free knowledge by V Sasi Kumar.
> *
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> " The new freedom movement , in software, knowledge, publishing and
> commerce, will change the way we think, do things and interact.*
>
>
> /Any action that is dictated by fear or by coercion of any kind ceases
> to be moral. /
>
> – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi imperialism broke free.
>
> Politically, that is. We still do not enjoy certain freedoms that we
> deserve. A new wave of freedom movements, to achieve these freedoms, is
> now sweeping the world – a movement that is bound to change the way we
> think, the way we do things and the way we interact. It started in the
> United States and aims to free people from the clutches of monopoly
> corporations. And the role of Gandhiji is being played by an
> extraordinary person with long hair and a long beard; a man called
> Richard Mathew Stallman, who vehemently rejects any comparison with
> Gandhiji or Nelson Mandela. ....."
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Read the rest at
> http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20080523251008900.htm
>
>
> Thank You
> Regards
> Sameer Mohamed Thahir
>
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Moving to ext4

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:55:42 -0700

Hi all,
A detailed description of ext4, comparison with ext3, advantages,
disadvantages, features, how to use ext4 are explained in the following page

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-ext4/?ca=dgr-lnxw01LinuxFSext4&S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR

Regards
Sreenadh
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Article in Frontline on Free Software

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:54:49 -0700

Hello ILUG Members
Frontline(May edition) carries an article on Free Software and Free knowledge by V Sasi Kumar.
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" The new freedom movement , in software, knowledge, publishing and
commerce, will change the way we think, do things and interact.*

/Any action that is dictated by fear or by coercion of any kind ceases
to be moral. /

– Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi imperialism broke free.

Politically, that is. We still do not enjoy certain freedoms that we
deserve. A new wave of freedom movements, to achieve these freedoms, is
now sweeping the world – a movement that is bound to change the way we
think, the way we do things and the way we interact. It started in the
United States and aims to free people from the clutches of monopoly
corporations. And the role of Gandhiji is being played by an
extraordinary person with long hair and a long beard; a man called
Richard Mathew Stallman, who vehemently rejects any comparison with
Gandhiji or Nelson Mandela. ....."

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Read the rest at
http://www.frontlineonnet.com/stories/20080523251008900.htm

Thank You
Regards
Sameer Mohamed Thahir

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Switching from Windows to Ubuntu

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:42:37 -0700

Hi guys
here is a good article describing about switching in a simple manner. Good
for newbies

http://www.tkarena.com/Articles/tabid/59/ctl/ArticleView/mid/382/articleId/29/Default.aspx

Regards
Anoop Viswanath
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Top 20 Free Software Multimedia Applications

Tue, 06 May 2008 02:51:15 -0700

Checkout this. Top 20 Free Software Multimedia Applications.
http://www.hackosis.com/index.php/2007/10/29/top-20-free-linux-multimedia-apps/

Regards
Sreenadh
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Installing an all-in-one printer device in Debian

Mon, 05 May 2008 23:47:34 -0700

Hi,
The following page will explain how to install an all-in-one printer device
in Debian.

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/installing_all_one_printer_device_debian

Regards

Sreenadh
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