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2018-05-30T19:10:11Z

Fayad: fixed typos.

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<div style="font-size:162%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000">Welcome to Free Software Community of India,</div>
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Free Software Community of India co-ordinates the FOSS related activities in India. Regular meeting are happening locally. Campaigns in colleges and schools to spread the awareness of FOSS are ongoing. [[About|More about FSCI]]

'''Note: Currently new registrations are closed, if you want an account contact us via our mailing list or contact any of the admins listed [[FOSS_Community_India:Administrators|here]].''' You can also reach us via [https://matrix.to/#/#wiki.fsci.org.in:poddery.com any matrix chat client].

'''This wiki has been down for months because of huge spam attacks, so if anyone is volunteering to fight spam, we can open up registrations again.'''

''If you are an admin, then click [[Special:UserLogin/signup|here]] to create a new account.''

[https://wiki.fsci.org.in/index.php?title=An_Open_Letter_to_Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology_India An open letter] to Government of India to enforce Free Software.

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=== [[IfYouAre|If you are ]] ===

Whatever be your role in the society, you can do your bit to build a good society where sharing knowledge becomes a virtue and not a vice. We are living in a society where sharing is discouraged, often called by derogatory names, such as for example 'piracy'. This campaign is to create a ready reckoner for any person who intends to promote free knowledge and free software. [[IfYouAre|Here]] you have some tips.

=== [[Contribute|I want to contribute, tell me how to start?]] ===

I like Free Software, I use it regularly and I want to contribute. I don't know where to start.

* [[Contribute|Learn More]]

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==[[High Priority Projects]]==
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We need to provide Free Software replacements to proprietary communication services which can match feature to feature with their proprietary counterparts.

* List of [[High Priority Projects]]

==[[Campaign for Document Freedom]]==

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* [http://www.noooxml.org/ Say NO to Microsoft Office broken standard]
* [http://fsfeurope.org/documents/msooxml-questions MSOOXML-QUESTIONS]

==[[Anti-DRM-Campaign|DRM elimination crew]]==

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Join the [[Anti-DRM-Campaign|DRM elimination crew]] which is determined to study the effects of DRM and educate the public. So if you wanna join this campaign, just sign your name on the crew list.

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*[[GNU Labs]]
*[[Challenges|Challenges to Indian FOSS Contributors]]
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*[[Contributors|List of Indian FOSS Contributors]]
*[[Hackers|Hacker Community]]

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'''IRC channel for Free Software Community of India is #fci on freenode. You can access this through the [http://irc.wikicities.com Wikia IRC Gateway] ([[Wikia:Wikia IRC channel|help]])
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'''Comment about the FCI logo [http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Image_talk:Wiki.png here]'''
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== See also ==
*[http://lists.fosscommunity.in/listinfo.cgi/community-fosscommunity.in Mailing list]
*[https://www.loomio.org/g/esPoQ4S0/fosscommunity-in Loomio]

== Initiatives Planned ==
#[[Free Software Contribution 101 with j4v4m4n]]
#[[FOSS in Schools]] - to discuss and implment FOSS in schools.
#[[Unsupported Hardware]] - to collect data on unsupported hardware and offer them as projects to college students.
#[[Supported Hardware Configurations Database]] - to collect Hardware configuration details for Laptops, Desktops and other accessories which fully support Free Software
#[[FOSS project identification and indexing]] by Swathanthra Software users Group, [[Malappuram]]
#[[Campaign to promote free software in Karnataka]]
#Foss Community of India is celebrating [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org Software Freedom Day] on September 16. [[SFD | List of participating communities]]
#Celebrate February as [[Bangalore/FOSS_Month-2006|FOSS Month 2006]] (Feb 17th at [[Bangalore/MCC|MCC]] and 20th at [[Bangalore/SCE| Saptagiri]])
#Initiation of Student projects at various institutions in association with RedHat India. More focus on to make students comfortable in handling FOSS projects
#Formation of [[KDE|KDE Developer Community]] in India to be known as kde.in in association with Sirtaj Singh Kang

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Poddery - Diaspora, Matrix and XMPP

2016-03-07T11:30:09Z

Fayad: /* Maintenance history */

We run a diaspora service at [http://poddery.com poddery.com]

== Environment ==

* Username - diaspora
* Path - /home/diaspora/diaspora

We use screen to keep the process running. So look for any running instances within screens using screen command.

* Stopping - "screen -ls" will list the running screens. Switch to a screen using "screen -x <screen-name>. Press Control + C to stop the diaspora process and press Control + A D to detach screen)

* Starting - Make sure Diaspora is not running in any screens. If yes then follow above steps before proceeding. "./script/server" will start Diaspora.

* [https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Updating Steps to follow on updating]

a rough indicator of the progress when running migrations, compare SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tags; to SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tags WHERE taggings_count > 0;

Note: You can run the update while diaspora is running.

== Homepage ==

Homepage and other static pages are maintained on a github repo [https://github.com/savepoddery/poddery.com/ here]. You can change it directly or send pull requests.

== Statistics ==

* [https://poddery.com/statistics.json live statistics]

== Coordination ==

* [https://www.loomio.org/g/2bjVXqAu/fosscommunity-in-poddery-com-maintainer-s-group loomio group]

== Contact ==

You can contact admins at poddery at autistici.org

[[Category:Services]]

== Maintenance history ==
This section holds maintenance/issue history for future tracking.

1. Prosody error - Failed to load private key

certmanager error SSL/TLS: Failed to load '/etc/letsencrypt/live/poddery.com/privkey.pem': Previous error (see logs), or other system error. (for poddery.com)
tls error Unable to initialize TLS: error loading private key (system lib)
certmanager error SSL/TLS: Failed to load '/etc/letsencrypt/live/poddery.com/privkey.pem': Check that the permissions allow Prosody to read this file.

This error is usually when ssl certificate in freshly installed or renewed. Prosody user is unable to access the key file due to lack of privileges.

Note that Poddery uses Letsencrypt for ssl.

Fix:

* Make sure that prosody user is in 'certs' group (this group may also be called ssl-certs as setup by Letencrypt)
* /etc/letsencrypt/ is the ssl directory.
* Prosody user should have permissions to all folders importantly archive and live folders in /etc/letsencrypt. Permissions to each folder must be 750.
* Troubleshoot by checking if you can switch to each folder in /etc/letsencrypt as prosody user and cat the files.

Poddery - Diaspora, Matrix and XMPP

2016-03-07T11:28:32Z

Fayad:

We run a diaspora service at [http://poddery.com poddery.com]

== Environment ==

* Username - diaspora
* Path - /home/diaspora/diaspora

We use screen to keep the process running. So look for any running instances within screens using screen command.

* Stopping - "screen -ls" will list the running screens. Switch to a screen using "screen -x <screen-name>. Press Control + C to stop the diaspora process and press Control + A D to detach screen)

* Starting - Make sure Diaspora is not running in any screens. If yes then follow above steps before proceeding. "./script/server" will start Diaspora.

* [https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Updating Steps to follow on updating]

a rough indicator of the progress when running migrations, compare SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tags; to SELECT COUNT(*) FROM tags WHERE taggings_count > 0;

Note: You can run the update while diaspora is running.

== Homepage ==

Homepage and other static pages are maintained on a github repo [https://github.com/savepoddery/poddery.com/ here]. You can change it directly or send pull requests.

== Statistics ==

* [https://poddery.com/statistics.json live statistics]

== Coordination ==

* [https://www.loomio.org/g/2bjVXqAu/fosscommunity-in-poddery-com-maintainer-s-group loomio group]

== Contact ==

You can contact admins at poddery at autistici.org

[[Category:Services]]

== Maintenance history ==

* Prosody error - Failed to load private key

certmanager error SSL/TLS: Failed to load '/etc/letsencrypt/live/poddery.com/privkey.pem': Previous error (see logs), or other system error. (for poddery.com)
tls error Unable to initialize TLS: error loading private key (system lib)
certmanager error SSL/TLS: Failed to load '/etc/letsencrypt/live/poddery.com/privkey.pem': Check that the permissions allow Prosody to read this file.

This error is usually when ssl certificate in freshly installed or renewed. Prosody user is unable to access the key file due to lack of privileges.

Note that Poddery uses Letsencrypt for ssl.

Fix:

* Make sure that prosody user is in 'certs' group (this group may also be called ssl-certs as setup by Letencrypt)
* /etc/letsencrypt/ is the ssl directory.
* Prosody user should have permissions to all folders importantly archive and live folders in /etc/letsencrypt. Permissions to each folder must be 750.
* Troubleshoot by checking if you can switch to each folder in /etc/letsencrypt as prosody user and cat the files.

Friends of FOSS

2016-02-06T06:15:27Z

Fayad: /* Thiruvananthapuram */

== What is it? ==

Even now, an age of relatively better Internet speed and availability, there are many in need of installation media of Free Softwares and support for installing them. The community once uplifted the sharing culture of hackers, which not only made sure everyone had access to the softwares, but also enabled new bonds and connections between members of the community, thus helping the community grow. So, it is the responsibility of the community to make sure that those in need of Free Software, has a pain-free way to access it.

Friends of FOSS project is an old-school project to list out resource persons throughout the nation, who can act as provides of Free Softwares in their locality. Yes, this is not a new idea and was in practice in earlier times. But somehow, mainly with the advancement in Internet availability, it ceased to exist. This project not only makes sure everyone has access to Free Software, but also paves a platform where community members can meet those-in-need and discuss with them the advantages of FOSS and connect them to the rest of the community. So, it satisfies a sharing + caring + talking + growing blend of purposes.

Find below a list of resource persons, categorized by State, whom may be contacted to get a CD/DVD/Image of Free Softwares (or to get information about whom to contact)

== Resource Person Information ==

=== Kerala ===
==== Kochi ====
# '''Balasankar C'''
#* Mail : balasankarc AT autistici DOT org
#* XMPP : bsc@poddery.com
#* Softwares Available :
#** Debian GNU/Linux Jessie (v8.3.0)
#** Ubuntu 15.10
#** Ubuntu 14.04.3
#** Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bit)
#** Elementary OS
#** GnewSense 3.1
#** IT@School (32 bit)
#** Ubuntu
#** Linux Mint 17.1
#** Trisquel 7.0,

==== Thiruvananthapuram ====
# '''Fayad Fami'''
#* Mail : fayad AT riseup DOT net
#* XMPP : fayad@poddery.com
#* Softwares Available :
#** Debian 8 Jessie
#** Debian 7.7 Wheezy
#** Linux Mint Debian Edition - Betsy
#** Crunchbang 11
#** Trisquel 7.0
#** Linux Mint KDE 17.2
#** Kubuntu 14.04
#** Kubuntu 15.10
#** Lubuntu 14.04
#** Xubuntu 14.04
#** Xubuntu 15.04
#** Ubuntu Mate 15.04
#** Fedora Workstation 22
#** CentOS 6.6
#** KaOS 2015.04
#** Manjaro Gnome 0.8.9
#** Manjaro Xfce 0.8.12
#** Gparted live disk 0.18

=== Maharashtra ===

=== Goa ===

=== Karnataka ===

Poddery - Diaspora, Matrix and XMPP

2015-12-24T12:31:21Z

Fayad: /* Environment */