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FOSS Community India

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[]

  1. Publicity - To let the news reach all nook and corner of Thrissur
  2. GNU/Linux DVD - Linux CD/DVD's are needed to be distributed during the event.
  3. 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.