It all started with the need to print address labels that had to be stuck on the A4 size mailing covers. We had to send InCTF ’11 posters to colleges and universities around India as a part of campaigning. I somehow got the university list in a spreadsheet (unfortunately, I got the .xlsx format when requested). Anyways, i wanted to get this list printed somehow. Manually copying each address into a table in the OpenOffice Writer and then printing ain’t [...]
After the Success of FOSSTER ’09 that was conducted on 28th and 29th of March, 2009; FOSSTER ’10, the National Level FOSS Conference at Amritapuri Campus is back. It will be held on 20th and 21st of February, 2010. FOSSTER now has an official website http://fosster.co.in [we we not able to reserve fosster.in - which is really sad ] Keep yourself updated. Follow us: Twitter: amritafoss Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/fosster.co.in Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=67901011425 Web: http://fosster.co.in and also on: http://foss.amrita.ac.in For any [...]
Partitioning your hard disk using GParted GParted is THE BEST Gnome Partition Editor application. Before attempting to use it, here is some basic background information. Let me give you a brief insight as to why it is the best partition manager: FEATURES: It is a GNOME based partition editor It is OpenSource It is based on Debian The size is just 95MB!! Since it is OpenSource, it is free to download and use The images and files are hosted on [...]
April 6, 2009 Amritapuri Campus When NASA decided to build Mars Exploration Rovers at a cost of several hundred million dollars, it chose free and open source software to power the robots. Launched on the Martian surface in 2003, the rovers are still going strong today. When Amrita decided to build a complex ERP software solution for its 1300-bed specialty hospital AIMS, the decision was taken to use a free and open source operating system and database. Free and open [...]
Article from: http://foss.in/news/fossin2009-event-announcement.html Team FOSS.IN is happy to announce that, with the help of the community, we have been able to finalise the dates (and hence the venue) for FOSS.IN/2009. FOSS.IN/2009 will be held on December 1-5, 2009 (Tuesday through Saturday) at Bangalore’s largest and most modern conference venue – the NIMHANS Convention Centre. The dates and the choice of venue have interesting backgrounds: The Dates Unlike in the past, we decided not to second-guess fate, and let the community [...]
The Sun Club at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus conducted the first ever fossquiz ’09, a college wide FOSS contest. To start with, we had the registration on 21st and 22nd of January. Registration desks were placed in the College corridors. The first day, we had 50 teams registered and on the second day, it shot up to 96 registrations. The registration was in teams of two. The contest has three rounds: 1. The Preliminary Round – 29th January 2009 [...]
1. Proponent of free software gets marching orders! 2.. Tax returns! Kerala IT policy envisions an inclusive knowledge society, but it still remains just words. There is no effort to implement the policy in any of the initiatives the government is taking. The recent incident is the tax filing application which mandates use of Microsoft Excel fomat for tax filings and the macro does not work with Free Software replacements like Open Office Calc. More over the site is designed [...]
The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement has brought about a remarkable change in the way software applications, and computer operating systems are developed; by actively engaging the end user in the process. The success of FOSS has spawned a number of interesting experiments such as the development of open content through sites like Wikipedia, open access and constructive approaches to the creation of knowledge, the growth of open hardware, and various other projects aimed at applying the ideals [...]
Here are my photos from the FOSS.IN Conference. Photos from the FOSS.IN conference held at JN TATA Auditorium, Bangalore. Conference held over the period: 4th Dec to 8th Dec. Website: http://foss.in/ FOSS.IN Sponsor list Archana, Anil Gulecha, Avinash CSE 2005 batch My Clasmates Amrita Students with Simon Phipps Nagarajan Sir, Faculty Accompanied Firefox Some Posters Amrita Students with Naba Kumar
