Date and Location[]
- Date - 04-12-2008, 4th of December 2008
- Location - Sahithya Academy Hall, Thrissur
Inauguration[]
- Inauguration : M P Surendran Mathrubhumi
- Presided over by : Prof. Manoj Kumar, HOD, CSE Dept., Govt. Engg College, Thrissur.
- Talk on Politics in Free Software : K.Venu
Program schedule[]
It shall be a full day program with three sessions.
Session 1 - Introducing Free Software 09:30 AM - 01:00 PM
- Philosophy behind free and Open source Software ([hiran])
- Introduction to GNU/Linux (Mahesh, Student, MES College of Engineering)
- Troubleshooting in GNU/Linux (Krishnan Unni, Student, Govt. Engg College, Thrissur)
- SCIM,SMC tools and Localization (Suresh, Developer SMC)
- Introduction to commonly used GNU/Linux tools (Jain Basil, Student, Govt. Engg College, Thrissur)
- Compiz fusion and desktop environments (Aswin Sasidharan, Student, Govt. Engg College, Thrissur)
Session 2 - Installation 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
- Installation demo (Devidas and Alex, Students, Govt. Engg College, Thrissur)
- Distribute CD/DVD (BOSS, Ubuntu.)
- Troubleshoots
Session 3 - Unconference for the free software users in Thrissur
An install fest shall be there throughout the day. Whoever brings Laptops or CPU can get available GNU/Linux Distributions installed in them
All available Distros shall be burned and provided if the media is provided or media cost is reimbursed.
Participants[]
The program is Open for all who is interested in free software.
Sponsorship[]
Some organisation expressed their wish to support us.
- CostFord
- CenSE
- P G Center
- I C Software
To Do List[]
- Publicity - To let the news reach all nook and corner of Thrissur
- GNU/Linux DVD - Linux CD/DVD's are needed to be distributed during the event.
- Sponsorship - We need the support of some more organizations who can help us financially. Banners and stalls are invited from local stores and shops.
Expected cost[]
- Poster 50 No's (Rs 700)
- Participation Certificate 200 No's (Rs 1000)
- Hall Rent (Rs 1500)
- Sound (Rs 500)
- Generator (Rs 500)
- Brochure (Rs 1000)
- Sticker (Rs 500)
- DVD 200 No's
Pre Program Meetings[]
First meeting to decide on the event took place on 07-11-2008, Friday at P G Center, Thrissur. About 9 attended this program. The next meeting has been decided to be held on 14-11-2008
Second meeting took place on 14-11-2008 .
Third meeting took place on 21-11-2008.
Fourth meeting took place on 28-11-2008, Friday at P G Center, Thrissur. A final meeting shall take place on 3-12-2008.