GNU Linux Users Group - Trivandrum

FSF India and IT Mission are organizing the "International Conference on Freedom in Computing Development and Culture" here in Trivandrum , from Dec 9 to 11 [http://fsfs.in]. The speakers include such luminaries as Richard Matthew Stallman (RMS), Jimmy Wales(Founder of Wikipedia) and George Greve(President, FSF-Europe). The talks will be held at Mascot Hotel Trivandrum and it will be restricted to registered participants because of space constraints.

SPACE, Free Software Foundation of India and GNU/Linux users group, Thiruvananthapuram are organizing a host of programs to mark the Software Freedom Day on 20 th September 2008 at
Press Club Hall, Thiruvananthapuram.

Programme Schedule

Morning Session (10.00 am ­ 1.00 pm)

Objective:
The purpose of this assignment is to help you learn about how standard
GNU/Linux shells work and to demystify the working behind any standard shell.
The presentation will cover basic introduction to the following topics:

• GNU autotools (autoconf, automake, not libtool)
• subversion
• diff utility
• patch utility

Prerequisites
Knowledge in C programming.

Date: 20th September 2008
Time : 4.00pm ­ 6.00 pm
Venue: Press Club Hall, Thiruvananthapuram.

As a continuation of the two successful install fests conducted this year we are planning to conduct a week-long install fest in Technopark. Trivandrum. The event is scheduled from Sep 1 to Sep 5 and will be conducted at the Park Center, Technopark, Trivandrum.