[Event Report] National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, India
by Shakthi Kannan
Hi!
I had conducted a Fedora workshop ("GNUtsav") at National Institute of
Technology (NIT), Agartala [1], Tripura, India on July 18-19, 2009.
I would like to thank the Fedora project for sponsoring the event.
Special thanks to the student volunteers who worked hard in organizing
the event. Mention must be made for the support of the faculty, Prof.
Swapan Debbarma, Prof. Anupam Jamatia ("ajnr" on freenode), and Prof.
Dwijen Rudrapal.
My presentation sessions included:
* i-want-2-do-project. tell-me-wat-2-do-fedora.
* Badam Halwa of Embedded Systems
* di-git-ally managing love letters
* Fedora Electronic Lab (demo)
* Packaging RPM -- Red hot, Paneer (butter) Masala
The presentations are available from:
http://www.shakthimaan.com/downloads.html
It has only been two years since this Institution has started. It is
25 km from Agartala city. The Institute has 50% reservation for State
students, and 50% for students coming through an All India Engineering
Entrance Examination. People speak Hindi, English, Bengali, and
Kokborok.
Guwahati, Assam is the main connectivity for this part of the world,
or, flying from Kolkatta, West Bengal is the other option. Subsidized
rate flights are available from major domestic carriers in India.
Helicopter service between North-Eastern States is also available,
but, is expensive. Bus journey from Guwahati, Assam to Agartala,
Tripura is very tedious, and might take atleast 24 hours. When passing
through the dense forests, CPRF [3] escort is required due to
insurgency problems in forest areas.
Students have access to distros at the labs, as well as in the hostel.
Power cuts are quite common here. Mobile cell coverage is nil or works
at only few places. Internet connectivity is nil or very slow on
campus. Hence, we have provided them with an offline Fedora 10
repository (around 24 GB) that they can use in their computers or in
the LAN. Special thanks also goes to dgplug user group from Durgapur,
West Bengal for the offline repos [2]. There are few browsing centers
in the city that students can use, but have to travel the distance
from the campus. Work is in progress to provide students with a Fedora
11 repository.
Agartala is a very scenic, lush green, and very peaceful place.
Hopefully when the construction work on campus is completed in the
next six months, they will be better equipped with Internet access for
communicating online, and for VoIP sessions.
As customary, here are few photos that I took during the trip:
http://www.shakthimaan.com/Mambo/gallery/album57
Best regards,
SK
[1] NIT, Agartala, Tripura user group mailing list.
http://groups.google.co.in/group/nitalug
[2] Durgapur, West Bengal user group. http://dgplug.org/intro/
[3] CRPF. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force
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Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com
14 years, 11 months
REMINDER French Meeting today 1830UTC #fedora-meeting
by Thomas Canniot
This mail is a reminder for today´s meeting for French ambassadors and
_every_ interested people.
2009-07-19 / 18:30 UTC
IRC: freenode
#fedora-meeting
Ce mail est un rappel pour la réunion des ambassadeurs francophones,
qui aura lieu ce dimanche (19 juil.) à 20h30 heure de Paris sur
IRC (freenode) #fedora-meeting .
L'ordre du jour est disponible depuis cette page :
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/FrenchTeam/Reunions
N'hésitez pas à le modifier pour rajouter des sujets qui vous semblent
intéressants.
Merci de répondre à ce message en cas d'indisponibilité.
Thomas Canniot
14 years, 11 months
F11 CDs/DVDs from FUDCon Berlin
by Max Spevack
We gave the leftover CDs & DVDs to Ambassadors for use at various events
in EMEA.
Who has them, and how many do you have?
Thanks,
Max
14 years, 11 months
Heads up please: Ambassadors map is now online.
by susmit shannigrahi
Hi,
I am happy to let you know that finding out the nearest ambassadors,
which was once a tedious task, is now as simple as viewing a map.
Basically it is a backend script, which takes out the location data
out of FAS and render it to a map. The map is here[1], it looks ugly.
We shall soon apply the fedora css to it, and patch the markers with a
nice icon. It will look nice then.
What is more important, a few people have got their location wrong.
Please correct it. Also, many have not set their locations at all. I
request you all to do it, as this will be the point of reference for
people outside the project from now on. You will find the instructions
here.[2]
If you have any problem, please let me know.
Thanks.
[1] https://fedoraproject.org/membership-map
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_ambassadors_map
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Regards,
Susmit.
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14 years, 11 months
Event in SRM
by Salvadesswaran P.S.
Hi,
I got a mail from a student in SRM asking for help regarding an event
in his college tech fest:
"Hello Sir,
I am a student of SRM University, Chennai. We are having Our College
Annual Tech Event in September 2009. I am organising a event "Think
Linux" A Linux Workshop!! At present no much attention is given to
Open Source In our college!! As you are Campus Ambassador Of Fedora
Could you please provide some support for this event!! To make this
event a Success We would be in need of supporters like you!! so that
we could use fedora logo in posters, Banners and
certificate for participation!! The event details i am mailing with
this email as attachment!! hope you would consider my request
positively!!"
I've asked a day or two to reply back. I've also told him to post the
event on our events wiki, or I'll do it. A main thing is that they
have to confirm the event first. I replied him back thus:
"Hi Deppak,
I'm sure I'll be able to help you. You register your name on
fedoraproject.org, and add your event there. I'll talk with my fellow
Ambassadors and help you out. Fedora logo can be used, yes. But take
care not to distort it, colors or shape. If you post your event on the
events wiki at fedoraproject.org you can get help from people around
the world. You can also sign up to become a Fedora Campus Ambassador."
Can anyone else guide me, this is the first time that I've had such a
request, and I want to fulfill it.
Regards,
Salvadesswaran Srinivasan
Fedora Ambassador
Mozilla Campus Representative
SSN College of Engineering
14 years, 11 months
