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Eenadu

2018-09-07T21:32:18Z

Pavithran: /* Signed by */

ఈనాడు the leading telugu newspaper in its online edition www.eenadu.net is using proprietary fonts . This is hurting the users of web where many online editions use unicode fonts while eenadu prefers using proprietary font.

I mailed them asking them to use free fonts.
===Reply given by eeenadu ===

Hi pavithran,

Thanx for ur concern towards eenadu.net...

Pls follow the below given steps to see EENADU FONT in Linux Operating System:
If you want to see Eenadu Font in Linux OS...
1. Download the Eenadu Font from :
http://www.eenadu.net/eenadu.xyz
2. Rename "eenadu.xyz" to "eenadu.ttf"
3. Create a folder with name .fonts in the home folder. ( If its already there no need to create. If its in hidden mode in view menu select “show hidden files”.)
4. Place eenadu.ttf in .fonts folder.
5. Go to terminal (APPLICATIONS-SYSTEM-TERMINAL)
6. Run the command fc-cache from the command prompt.
7. Restart Browser.
8. You will be able to read the content in Telugu (may be some hyphens in between the letters may appear in some browsers...)

<hr>
The [[తెలుగు|తెలుగు (Telugu)]] team of fci wikia protests agnaiist their decision to use proprietary fonts.
Here is a '''petition''' to make them use free fonts

===Signed by ===

*pavithran s
email: pavithran-dot-s-at-gmail-dot-com

SFD/Khammam

2018-09-07T21:24:04Z

Pavithran: /* Co-ordinators */

'''Software freedom day at khammam'''
[[Image:KSfd-logo-06.png|left|thumb|447px|software freedom day khammam]]

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We organised software freedom day at Khammam on 17th september 2006.

----

Its location is at Jammi Banda Near ZP Centre,
----

== Campuses ==

The event will have people from these colleges (check each link for more details)

#[[Khammam/VSCE|VSCE - vazir sultan College of Engineering]] -- katta vijay,waseem
#[[khammam/SKEC| Sree Kavitha Engineering College]] -- pavithran ,sandeep,raj

==Co-ordinators==
'''
1. Pavithran S
2. Katta Vijay:
== Event ==[[Image:Abc.jpg|left|thumb|259px|back side view of sfd khammam]]
We had balloons and a nice banner! ( check pics )
afterwards...we waited for chief guest madame bhavani who had been using Comps for more than 18 Years while GNU/Linux is only 15 years!
I discussed the disadvantages of using propreitary softwares!
explained what free means?
and all other stuff like GNU linux,Histoy,sco batle,DRM,GPL,various distros..in linux..
The n after Five star chocolate and Ubuntu cds to everyone we had a practicl session where I showed them various alternate softwares ...
Stated with eclipse ...gone until ppl are bored showed some games,played mp3,divx in mplayer .
Then after some office ubuntu presentations..
I closed ubuntu.
Then after some sweets and snacks and cool drinks.
We started fedora ...and showed gnome ,kde merits and demerits.
showed yum and showed how command line of yum is better than synaptic of ubuntu.
well google ppl will like how we ended.
We showed the pics of the day in PICASA.
Then we showed the place where we are standing by google earth but they are dissapointed in seein the low clarity of khammam a district head quarter...while they liked hyderrabad ...they are angry that badhrachalam a small own in khammam district has more zoom level..had to cool them a bit by saying that 6 months before nothin was available...we must be happy
Finally said adios to ppl and started uploading pics and writin blogs!

[[Category:Events|2007/09/17]]
[[Category:Khammam Events]]

SFD/Khammam

2018-09-07T21:23:43Z

Pavithran: /* Co-ordinators */ removed numbers

'''Software freedom day at khammam'''
[[Image:KSfd-logo-06.png|left|thumb|447px|software freedom day khammam]]

----

We organised software freedom day at Khammam on 17th september 2006.

----

Its location is at Jammi Banda Near ZP Centre,
----

== Campuses ==

The event will have people from these colleges (check each link for more details)

#[[Khammam/VSCE|VSCE - vazir sultan College of Engineering]] -- katta vijay,waseem
#[[khammam/SKEC| Sree Kavitha Engineering College]] -- pavithran ,sandeep,raj

==Co-ordinators==
'''
1. Pavithran Shakamuri
2. Katta Vijay:
== Event ==[[Image:Abc.jpg|left|thumb|259px|back side view of sfd khammam]]
We had balloons and a nice banner! ( check pics )
afterwards...we waited for chief guest madame bhavani who had been using Comps for more than 18 Years while GNU/Linux is only 15 years!
I discussed the disadvantages of using propreitary softwares!
explained what free means?
and all other stuff like GNU linux,Histoy,sco batle,DRM,GPL,various distros..in linux..
The n after Five star chocolate and Ubuntu cds to everyone we had a practicl session where I showed them various alternate softwares ...
Stated with eclipse ...gone until ppl are bored showed some games,played mp3,divx in mplayer .
Then after some office ubuntu presentations..
I closed ubuntu.
Then after some sweets and snacks and cool drinks.
We started fedora ...and showed gnome ,kde merits and demerits.
showed yum and showed how command line of yum is better than synaptic of ubuntu.
well google ppl will like how we ended.
We showed the pics of the day in PICASA.
Then we showed the place where we are standing by google earth but they are dissapointed in seein the low clarity of khammam a district head quarter...while they liked hyderrabad ...they are angry that badhrachalam a small own in khammam district has more zoom level..had to cool them a bit by saying that 6 months before nothin was available...we must be happy
Finally said adios to ppl and started uploading pics and writin blogs!

[[Category:Events|2007/09/17]]
[[Category:Khammam Events]]

Hyderabad/

2012-06-19T19:13:52Z

Pavithran: moved Hyderabad to Hyderabad/

Welcome to the Hyderabad page. This page will enlist the Communities, Events etc. in and around Hyderabad.

FOSS Communities

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*[[Hyderabad/VGLUG | VGLUG]] - Vnrvjiet Gnu/Linux Users Group
*[[Hyderabad/JNTUGLUG |JNTUGLUG]] - JNTU Gnu/Linux Users Group

[[Category:Communities in Andhra Pradesh]]

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2011-08-23T16:15:40Z

Pavithran: save

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#[[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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2010-07-05T12:30:19Z

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2010-06-30T08:52:49Z

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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.

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[[Image:Liberate.svg|centre|140px]]

* [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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*[http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=21249585 orkut Community]
*[http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/global/uncorkers Uncorkers]
== Initiatives Planned ==

#[[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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2010-06-30T06:06:12Z

Pavithran:

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<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 95%">meeting point of Indian FOSS Communities.</div>
<div id="articlecount" style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:85%;">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles in English and other Indian Languages. Arranged in ''[[Special:Categories|Categories]]''</div>
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*[[l10n| L10N Teams]]
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*[[IRC]]
*[[Stuffs]]
*[[GSoC List]]
*'''[[FAQ]]'''
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FOSS Community 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 FOSS Community, India]]

=== [[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.

{{box2 start}}
==[[Campaign for Document Freedom]]==

[[Image:Liberate.svg|centre|140px]]

* [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]] ===

[[Image:DBD_eliminate.Small.jpg|centre|140px]]
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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*[http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=21249585 orkut Community]
*[http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/global/uncorkers Uncorkers]
== Initiatives Planned ==

#[[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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2010-06-30T04:35:23Z

Pavithran:

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<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 95%">meeting point of Indian FOSS Communities.</div>
<div id="articlecount" style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:85%;">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles in English and other Indian Languages. Arranged in ''[[Special:Categories|Categories]]''</div>
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*[[SFD|SFD Teams]]
*[[l10n| L10N Teams]]
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*[[IRC]]
*[[Stuffs]]
*[[GSoC List]]
*'''[[FAQ]]'''
|}
FOSS Community 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 FOSS Community, India]]

=== [[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.

{{box2 start}}
==[[Campaign for Document Freedom]]==

[[Image:Liberate.svg|centre|140px]]

* [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]] ===

[[Image:DBD_eliminate.Small.jpg|centre|140px]]
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.

{{boxes end}}

{|style="width:100%;margin-top:+.7em;background-color:#fcfcfc;border:1px solid #ccc"
|style="width:56%;color:#000"|
*[[GNU Labs]]
*[[Challenges|Challenges to Indian FOSS Contributors]]
|style="width:56%;|
*[[Contributors|List of Indian FOSS Contributors]]
*[[Hackers|Hacker Community]]

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'''IRC channel for FOSS Community India is #fci on freenode. You can access this through the [http://irc.wikicities.com Wikia IRC Gateway] ([[Wikia:Wikia IRC channel|help]])
'''

'''Comment about the FCI logo [http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/Image_talk:Wiki.png here]'''
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== See also ==
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*[http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=21249585 orkut Community]
*[http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/global/uncorkers Uncorkers]
== Initiatives Planned ==

#[[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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2010-06-27T08:10:59Z

Pavithran: reverting again

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<div style="font-size:162%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000">Welcome to FOSS Community India,</div>
<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size: 95%">meeting point of Indian FOSS Communities.</div>
<div id="articlecount" style="width:100%;text-align:center;font-size:85%;">[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles in English and other Indian Languages. Arranged in ''[[Special:Categories|Categories]]''</div>
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*[[:Category:Campaigns|Campaigns]]
*[[SFD|SFD Teams]]
*[[l10n| L10N Teams]]
|style="width:11%;font-size:95%"|
*[[IRC]]
*[[Stuffs]]
*[[GSoC List]]
*'''[[FAQ]]'''
|}
FOSS Community 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 FOSS Community, India]]

=== [[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.

{{box2 start}}
==[[Campaign for Document Freedom]]==

[[Image:Liberate.svg|centre|140px]]

* [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]] ===

[[Image:DBD_eliminate.Small.jpg|centre|140px]]
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*[http://www.orkut.com/Community.aspx?cmm=21249585 orkut Community]
*[http://softwarefreedomday.org/teams/global/uncorkers Uncorkers]
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#[[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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File:Appaiah.jpg

2010-06-26T14:23:39Z

Pavithran: uploaded "File:Appaiah.jpg"

File:DBD eliminate.Small.jpg

2010-06-26T14:14:55Z

Pavithran: uploaded "File:DBD eliminate.Small.jpg"

Template:Featured-contributor

2010-06-26T14:07:43Z

Pavithran: reverted to praveens edition

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Every month we will focus on a contributor and will capture information about the projects they work on; comments from friends, colleagues and other members of the project. [[Contributors/Featured|Featured Contributor]] for [[Contributors/Featured/2008/April|April 2008]] is Kumar Appaiah. He contributes to [[Debian]] project and is a [[:Category:Debian Developers|Debian Developer]]. He is located in Chennai, India. More information about him is available [[Kumar Appaiah|here]]. You can add to it as well.

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Places using foss

2010-06-26T14:05:21Z

Pavithran: Added some places

Here is a list of places which use FOSS . It can be an extensive list covering all the regions of India .

==Tamilnadu==
===Chennai===
*CGHS- Central Govt Health Scheme clinic in KK nagar.

Observation : computer running GNU/Linux ( probably redhat)

* Dr Mehta's Hospital in chetpet
Observation: *nix distro .
*EB offices :
Observation:GNU/Linux
*Kaplan Centres
Observation: USing CENTOS
===Madurai===
*Govt EB Offices
Observation: Using GNU/Linux for billing and Record maintenance.
*Nearby browsing centre
Observation: Using Ubuntu for browsing needs of the centre and is getting nice feedback :)
==Delhi==
*Police stations
Observation: Have been using Ubuntu and kubuntu . Also use konqueror for lodging NCR .
*A stall in DLF mall
Observation: Running Ubuntu

Main Page

2010-06-26T13:45:09Z

Pavithran: revert to hirans edition

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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.

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=== [[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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== Initiatives Planned ==

#[[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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Django/తెలుగు

2010-06-15T20:22:34Z

Pavithran: /* Django తెలుగు Localisation Team */

== '''డ్జాంగో''' తెలుగు పేజి ==

'''Django''' is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.

[http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/conf/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES ఇక్కడ తెలుగు డ్జాంగొ దస్త్రాలు లభిస్తాయి]
== ''' Django తెలుగు Localisation Team''' ==

*పనిత్రన్ శాఖమూరి (pavithran.s@gmail.com)
*Tejaswi Puthrawa

Projects

2010-06-15T20:17:36Z

Pavithran: reverted to 2008 praveens version

This page has a list of FOSS projects co-ordinated by various FOSS groups.

*[[Education]]
*[[LibRediff]]

==Tasks==

Small tasks which any newbie could do to get started on contribution to FOSS.

* [[/TaskList|List ideas for projects]]

==Mentors==

If you have some experience with FOSS community and can help some students to start contributing to FOSS by doing small projects, then it is for you.

* [http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/FellowshipMentors List of mentors at NRCFOSS]

Localization and Internationalization

2010-06-15T20:11:54Z

Pavithran: reverted to 2007 version of santosh

''Now the whole earth had one language and few words. And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. And they said to one another,"Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly", And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar. Then they said said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth"''

''And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the sons of men had built. And the Lord said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language;and this is only the beginning of what they will do; and nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech"...''

-[[wikipedia:Genesis|Genesis]]

==Introduction==
The Software industry started in US,and traditionally software that allows only English input and output has been forced upon global users. This is based on this question from developers: "Why can't they all speak English?". However if a user is given two software products that offer same features, most people would choose one in their native language.
Now a days software development centers are concentrated in countries like India, Australia, Mexico and Israel. As software is developed in different parts of world, successful companies believe that it is critical that their software products interact with their users in their native language and local conventions. Monolingual and mono cultural software products are not competitive.

Let us illustrate the problem of monolingual programming practice by an example.
Below given is a program to check the valid inputs from a user.
char c;
//Get user input
if((c>='A' && c<='Z') || (c>='a' && c<='z')){
//Accept the input
}else{
//Error Handling
}
What is the problem with this code? This code is wriiten in the assumption that users are going to input english text and letters are between A to Z. The above code will not work in Danish. Danish alphabet has 3 more letters after Z. This will frustrate Danish users. Now imagine what would happen if a chinese user tried to enter data?

Converting an American software package into a multi-lingual product or "Americanizing" foreign software entails more than translation. A properly localized software package allows the local user to exploit the software's power to do exactly the same things that the original software does for the original user, but according to the local user's own rules and conventions. The local user will not be distracted by imprecise or ambiguous features that can result from inadequate attention to cultural and linguistic differences, nor from the nature of the software and engineering constraints on equipment.

Around the world local conventions exist for number formatting, currency, dates, times, names, addresses, measurement, calendar. Besides local conventions software developer must consider cultural diversity issues related to numbers and colors. In Asian countries white denotes death in general but in western countries it is black. In Latin America death is denoted by purple. In US 13 is considered unlucky, 69 has sexual connotations, and 666 is the sign of the devil. In Hong Kong the number 7 is unlucky, while in India some people consider 7 as lucky number.

Even English is not same across the world. See the following examples:
''' US english''' ''' UK english'''
Aluminum Aluminium
Center Centre
Internationalization Internationalisation
Flavor Flavour
Tire Tyre
Elevator Lift
Hood Bonnet
Mutual Fund Unit Trust
Pavement Road
Sidewalk Pavement
Trunk Boot

Mere translation of the strings will not solve the problem. See the following examples.

Here are signs from hotels around the world showing what can happen if you don't have knowledgeable translators:

''Please leave your values at the desk'' - France
''You are invited to take advantage of the chambermaid''- japan
''Ladies are requested not to have children at the bar''- Norway

==Customized Localization==
Developing multiple versions of the same software for different languages/cultures is known as Customized Localization. Many companies actually do this and it is very expensive to maintain. Any bug fix, feature addition requires replication of the same among all versions. Then all these versions should be tested independently. Definitely this would be a nightmare.

==Internationalization==
This is an alternative to customized localization, where the software is made in such a way that it supports all languages all over the world and same version can be sold anywhere in the world.

Internationalization is commonly known as I18N(Eye-Eighteen-En) in software industry.Internationalization begins with I and ends with N , and 18 characters in between.
"Internationalization is not a feature"-Tom McFarland,HP

Usually people wont ask for internationalized softwares, but they expect that the software follows their local conventions correctly.

'''Gettext'''
* Get text is the tool which is used for runtime internationalisation.
* Internationalisation is achieved in gettext through the following phases:
## Preparing source code for internationalisation
## Extraction process
## Translation Process
## Compilation of translation
## Retrieval of translation

==Localization==
The process of adjusting internationalized software to a particular locale is called localization.A common acronym for this term is L10N(10 characters in between L and N). You can think of software internationalization as a prerequisite for localization.
The product is first localized for the market where the software is developed. Through localization, you are creating versions of the softwares without modifying source code or binary. This is achieved through externalization of text messages and locale specific images/bitmaps. People working on localization changes these texts/images according to their local language/conventions.
A very simple example is given below in java(Technical details skipped for simplicity).

public class HelloWorld{
public static void main(String args[]){
System.out.println("Hello world")
}
}
output: Hello world
In the above code "Hello world" is hard coded. We need to externalize that string for localizing the application. Now see the internationalized code:
import java.util.*;
public class HelloWorld{
public static void main(String args[]){
ResourceBundle resources;
try{
resources=ResourceBundle.getBundle("messages");
System.out.println(resources.getString("Hello world"));
}catch(MissingResourceException e){
//error handling code..
}
}
}
And the resourcebundle messages_ml(ml is the ISO language code for Malayalam) contains the following text:

Hello world=ലോകമേ നമസ്കാരം

Now the output changes to

ലോകമേ നമസ്കാരം

==Globalization==
The term globalization (G11N) is often used synonymously with internationalization. But usually it encompasses both Internationalization and Localization. It is a process which involves design, implementation and localization.

== The Importance of Localization ==
Currently, people who want to use computers must first learn English. In a country with low [[w:Literacy|literacy rates]], this blocks access to [[w:Information technology|information and communications technologies]] (ICTs), especially for the rural poor and women who do not have equal access to education. Even after having learnt English, users must pay hundreds of dollars to license foreign software, or resort to widespread illegal copying of software, in order to gain access to ICTs. In short, access to information technology is one of the keys to development, and localized FOSS applications remain a crucial missing link in communications infrastructure.

[[w:Localization|Localization]] brings the following benefits:

# Significantly reduces the amount of training necessary to empower end-users to use a computer system.
# Facilitates the introduction of computer technology in [[w:Small and medium enterprises|Small and Medium Enterprises]] (SMEs).
# Opens the way for the development of computer systems for a country's national, provincial and district level administration that will allow civil servants to work entirely in the local language and manage databases of local language names and data.
# Facilitates the decentralization of data at provincial and district levels. The same applies to utility companies (electricity, water, telephone), who will develop local language databases, thereby reducing costs and giving better service to citizens.
# Allows citizens to communicate through e-mail in their own language.
# Empowers local software development companies to work for the administration, the public sector and private companies.
# Provides the local design industry with good fonts.
# Helps universities train more software engineers.

The beneficiaries of this multi-stakeholder project are:
# Directly, all local computer users, who will have easier access to the use of computers as they will not have to learn English first.
# Indirectly, through improvements in governance using native computer systems, all local citizens in the quality of their dealings with the administration.
# The local government who will have the opportunity to develop databases and applications in the local language. Sufficient technology and empowered local development companies will be available. The government will also have the tool to coordinate applications among similar administrations (e.g., provinces), so that IT-based improvements in governance can be made at the lowest possible cost.
# The [[w:Software industry|software industry]]. The government's use of standards-compliant computer technology encourages software companies to start developing compatible computer systems that will be used by the different bodies of the administration, thereby creating a stable software industry in the country. Once this expertise is developed (using FOSS), these companies will be empowered to undertake similar projects for foreign companies at extremely competitive prices, facilitating sales beyond the local market.

Source: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Localization/Introduction

==Culturally Biased wrong Assumptions==
* '''All letters are between A and Z''': Does not hold good for non-English words
* '''All scripts contains upper and lower case letters''': Chinese, Indian, Korean, Japanese scripts does not have the concept of case.
*'''Words are seperated by space''':Korean and Thai don't have the concept of word separation
*'''Punctuation is same''':English uses ? for question mark. Spanish uses same sign, but upside down.
*'''Text is written left to write''': Arabic and Hebrew are bidirectional. Mongolian is written vertically from left to right. Chinese can be written left to right horizontally or right to left vertically.
*'''All calendar systems are Gregorian''': Thai government allows only Buddhist calendar for business.
*'''Characters are eight bit''': 8 bit character representation cannot hold all characters in the world.Usually 16 bit-Unicode is used
*'''Words contains consonants and vowels''':Arabic and Hebrew don't require vowels.

==Rules of Thumb for Software Internationalization==
Internationalized software must enable easy porting to other locales. A locale defines language and specific cultural conventions. The process of adjusting internationalized software to a particular locale is called localization (a common acronym for this term is L10N). You can think of software internationalization as a prerequisite for localization. Localization consists of more than just translating the user interface. Consider North America and Britain, for instance. Seemingly, they use the same language. However, not only do these locales differ in spelling (program vs. programme, realize vs. realise, color vs. colour etc.), certain cultural conventions such date formatting (in Europe the date format is DDMMYYY whereas in north America it's MMDDYYYY), currency, and measurement system. Other locales exhibit additional cultural differences. In Germany and other European countries, the sign of a decimal fraction (also called radix) is a comma, e.g., 10,5. In North America, the radix is called "decimal point", and as the name suggests, it's represented as follows: 10.5.

Locales use different character codesets (7-bit ASCII, EBCDIC, Unicode) and fonts (Latin, Hebrew, Cyrillic). There are a few basic guidelines to follow in order to ensure easy software localization:

* Avoid any hard code literal text in your code. Instead, use string tables or environment variables.
* Use wide characters instead of narrow characters. C and C++ support the wchar_t datatype. C++ also Compose decimal numbers and dates from dynamic lexical units. Such lexical units are strings that contain a locale-specific representation of a fraction sign, currency symbol, and date format separators.
* Don't assume anything about text directionality. Semitic languages such as Arabic and Hebrew are written right-to-left, as opposed to European languages. Consequently, menus, frames and pages are aligned differently in such languages. Some Asian languages are written bottom-up.
* Be ready to deal with several calendars. Other calendars such as the Muslim, Chinese and Hebrew calendars may be used in addition to the Gregorian calendar in certain locales.
* Avoid any assumption about religious matters and holidays. For example, in non-Christian countries, December 25 is usually an ordinary business day and so is Sunday. An internationalized banking system should be ready to process transactions from foreign branches on Sunday, for example.

==Locale==
A locale denotes a specific language along with its conventional information such as date, currency, calendar, number format etc.It also includes the following:
# Names of the months
# Days of the week
# First day of the week
# Collation sequencing (Sort order)
# Time Zone information

==Writing Sytems==
A writing system, or script is not a language; it is a means of conveying information through written language.They can be classified as follows.

===Script Type===
'''Alphabetic''':
Individual units for writing are composed of consonants, and in some cases vowels. When combined they spell out words phonetically. Eg: Indic, Arabic, Latic, Greek etc.

'''Syllabic''':
The individual units for writing are composed of syllables. Eg: Japanese kana and Korean Hangul

'''Ideographic''':
A writing system which uses pictures or symbols to represent words. Eg: Chinese

===Context dependent Glyph Shaping===
'''Positional''':
The shape of the character changes depending on the position in the word. Eg: Arabic greek.

'''Ligatures''':
Characters combine to form a different shape when they appear next to one another. In Indic scripts ligatures are mandatory.

'''Cursive''':
The letters are joined while writing.
Arabic is an example.But English is not of this kind.
===Text Direction===

'''Left to right''':
Text is written left to right horizontally. Eg: Indic, English

'''Bidirectional''':
Examples are Arabic and Hebrew.Text is written right to left while numbers and latin words are written left to right.

'''Vertical''':
In Chinese and Japanese text is written vertically

===Other Characteristics===

'''Diacritics''':
Special marks used for accents, tones, and vowels, or to uniquely identify a character. In some writing systems such as Indic and Thai, diacritics can span multiple characters.

'''Word seperator''':
Most of the languages use space as word separator. Exceptions are Chinese, Thai , and Japanese

'''Punctuation''':
Marks are inconsistent across writing systems

'''A detailed description of above writing systems can be found at [[wikipedia:writing system|Wikipedia page on Writing Systems]]'''

==Unicode==

'''Unicode''' is an industry standard designed to allow text and symbols from all of the [[wikipedia:writing systems |writing systems]] of the world to be consistently represented and manipulated by computers. Developed in tandem with the Universal Character Set standard and published in book form as ''The Unicode Standard'', Unicode consists of a character repertoire, an encoding methodology and set of standard character encodings, a set of code charts for visual reference, an enumeration of character properties such as upper and lower case, a set of reference data computer files, and rules for normalization, decomposition, [[wikipedia:collation|collation]] and rendering.

The Unicode Consortium, the non-profit organization that coordinates Unicode's development, has the ambitious goal of eventually replacing existing character encoding schemes with Unicode and its standard Unicode Transformation Format (UTF) schemes, as many of the existing schemes are limited in size and scope and are incompatible with multilingual environments. Unicode's success at unifying character sets has led to its widespread and predominant use in the internationalization and localization of computer software. The standard has been implemented in many recent technologies, including XML, the Java (programming language)|Java programming language and modern operating systems.

More details at
#[[wikipedia:Unicode | Wikipedia page on Unicode]]
#[http://unicode.org Unicode.org]

==Internationalized Resource Identifiers==

Internationalized Resource Identifiers (IRI) is also known as Multilingual Web Addresses.
Currently Web addresses are typically expressed using Uniform Resource Identifiers or URIs. This restricts Web addresses to a small number of characters: basically, just upper and lower case letters of the English alphabet, European numerals and a small number of symbols. Recent developments enable you to add non-ASCII characters to Web addresses.

Detailed information is available from [http://www.w3.org/International/articles/idn-and-iri/ An Introduction to Multilingual Web Addresses]

==Input Methods==
Input methods are applications or software components that convert users key strokes into symbols, characters or words.

An '''input method editor''' ('''IME''') is a program or operating system component that allows computer users to enter characters and symbols not found on their [[wikipedia:Keyboard layout|keyboard]]. This, for instance, allows the user of a Western keyboard to input [[wikipedia:Chinese character|Chinese]], [[wikipedia:Japanese character|Japanese]], [[wikipedia:Hangul|Korean]] and [[wikipedia:Indic_script|Indic]] characters.

This is intended as a non-exhaustive list of [[wikipedia:input method editor|input method]]s for UNIX platforms.

{|class="wikitable"
! Name !! Languages supported !! Implementations supported
|-
|[[wikipedia:SCIM|SCIM]]
|Multiple languages, including CJK
|GTK+ , Qt and XIM
|-
|[[wikipedia:uim|uim]]
|Multiple languages, including CJK
|GTK+, Qt, XIM, Leim, Tty (Unix) and TSM (Mac OS X)
|-
|[http://xcin.linux.org.tw/ xcin]
|Mainly for traditional Chinese; adapted for use for simplified Chinese.
|XIM
|-
|[http://www.inputking.com/ InputKing]
|Traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese.
|Browser based.
|-
|[http://im-ja.sourceforge.net/ im-ja]
|Japanese
|GTK+ and XIM
|-
|kinput2
|Japanese
|XIM, kinput2 protocol
|-
|ami
|Korean
|XIM
|-
|[http://kldp.net/projects/imhangul/ imhangul]
|Korean
|GTK+
|-
|[http://nabi.kldp.net/document_en.html Nabi]
|Korean
|XIM
|-
|[http://kldp.net/projects/qimhangul/ qimhangul]
|Korean
|Qt
|-
|[http://xvnkb.sourceforge.net/ xvnkb]
|Vietnamese
|XIM
|-
|[http://www.unikey.org/linux.php x-unikey]
|Vietnamese
|XIM
|}
Source: [[wikipedia:input method editor|wikipedia page on Input Method Editor]]

==Appendix==
===ISO codes for languages===

Refer http://www.unicode.org/unicode/onlinedat/languages.html

===Unicode Ranges===
Refer the Unicode charts http://unicode.org/charts/

==References==
* ''Java Internationalization'', Andrew Deitsch and David Czarnecki, O'Reilly, First Edition,2001,p 1-15

==Related Links==
*[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Localization FOSS Localization]
*[http://developer.gnome.org/doc/tutorials/gnome-i18n/developer.html Gnome L10N Guidelines for Developers by Christian Rose]
*[[wikipedia:Date and time notation by country|Date and time notation by country]]
*[[wikipedia:List of languages by name|List of languages by name]]
===Indian Localization Efforts===
*[[IndLinux]] - Indic Localization project
*[[മലയാളം| മലയാളം (Malayalam)]] - FOSS Malayalam Community
*[[ಕನ್ನಡ| ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)]] - Kannada FOSS Team
*[[తెలుగు|తెలుగు (Telugu)]] - Telugu FOSS Team

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-07-28T18:40:02Z

Pavithran: Added Event1

[[Khammam/khammamglug | Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]] is meeting for the first time !!

==Venue==
Proposal by pavithran : My House at Jammibanda,Khammam welcomes free software enthusiasts. [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

'''Venue Confirmation :''' 8-5-109/2 , Opp Jammi Banda,Near ZP centre, Khammam town .

'''Available resources:''' One AMD 3200 + PC with BSNL BB connection ( 512 Kbps approx )

'''Contact Person :''' Sreeram sakamuri, +91-9490072300

== Date ==
Propose a Date here.
* Any day between 06/14/2009 - 06/30/2009 ---[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

'''Date Confirmation :''' 2nd July 2009 ---[[User:habeebnu|Habeeb]] 16:00, 20 June 2009 (UTC)

==People==
=== Geeks ===

*Pratyush - Current No: 9177088060

*Habeeb

*Katta vijay -9346462165

*Pavithran

*Ravindra Raj - 9885985377
mohan---9848754134

=== Newbies ===
*Mohan

=== About ===
====[[User:Neverstable|Pratyush Kotturu ]]====
I am An Ethical Hacker, Robot Enthusiast, Freelancer and an Amateur Radio Technician. Presently Pursuing Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences in Texas A&M University-Commerce. Just came to INDIA on 2 months trip. I am staying in Khammam. You can reach me via pratyush |AT| pratyush |DOT| in, Mobile:9177088060.
====Pavithran Sakamuri ====
I am pavithran . I did my undergraduation in CS at [[Khammam]] in [[Khammam/SKEC|Sree Kavitha Engineering College]] . I was the founder of [[Khammamglug]] and [[Khammam/SKECFOSS]] . I am currently studying at University of Southampton, England . Hence I cant come to the meet but will be attending it virtually :D [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 20:37, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
====[[User:Habeebnu|Mohammed Habeebuddin]]====
Haven't been in touch with the group for quiet some time, trying to come back & refresh myself. Currently working in a 24x7 support project in Bangalore for Satyam & couldn't get offs/leaves on a short notice, hence I too can't make it to Khammam (this time) but will attend the meet virtually. You can reach me via habeebnu@gmail.com or +919901522889

===Mohan===
I am a newbie. I would like to take active participation in this meet, get me on 9848754134

==Activities Proposed==

Shall we have the same boring installation session .. or are we planning '''anything new'''?

Please give your ideas .

*Demo KDE4 [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
* Security - a new paradigm in Web 2.0 --[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
==Event1==
This was just a small gathering . This was attended by sandeep and Ravindra raj at pavithran's house with pavithran particpating online.
The meet was very informal because all of the members were from [[Khammam/skecfoss]] .
Some of the activities at the meet were
*Ubuntu 9.04 installation
*Installing filezilla FTP client
*Connecting motorola phone to Ubuntu 9.04 and uploading the pics to gallery2 via Filezilla FTP
*Explaining basic usage to newbie(who is a school teacher)
==See Also==
*[[Khammam]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglug]]
*[[Khammam/SKEC]]
*[[Khammam/VSCE]]
*[[Khammam/skecfoss]]
==ExternalLinks==
*Yahoo group - [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam glug Yahoo group]
*Orkut Community - [http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=12939260 Khammam glug orkut community ]
[[Category:Khammam Events]]

Khammam/skecfoss

2009-07-28T18:34:06Z

Pavithran: /* External Links */ corrected links

'''SKEC FOSS team'''

----
==History==
This was formed when NRCFOSS organised a 1 week workshop on GNU/Linux,LAMP and UI design at SKEC .

Active volunteers are ravindra raj and thejaswi

==External Links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/foss-skec SKEC FOSS group at Google ]
*[http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=21436888 SKEC GLUG at Orkut]
[[Category:Campus Communities]]
[[Category:Communities in Khammam]]

Khammam/skecfoss

2009-07-28T18:33:27Z

Pavithran: Added links and sections

'''SKEC FOSS team'''

----
==History==
This was formed when NRCFOSS organised a 1 week workshop on GNU/Linux,LAMP and UI design at SKEC .

Active volunteers are ravindra raj and thejaswi

==External Links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/skec-foss SKEC FOSS group at Google ]
*[http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=21436888 SKEC GLUG at Orkut]
[[Category:Campus Communities]]
[[Category:Communities in Khammam]]

Khammam/khammamglug

2009-07-28T18:29:35Z

Pavithran:

'''Khammam GNU/Linux Users Group'''
[[Image:khammamglug.jpg|thumb|[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]]]
Started as a yahoo group with three volunteers

*pavithran sakamuri from [[Khammam/skecfoss]]
*vijay katta from [[Khammam/VSCE]]
*shanti katta from [http://redhat.com Redhat USA]

Also expanded to orkut community .
Pavithran and vijay katta organised[[SFD/Khammam| Software Freedom Day]] on september 2006.
Khammam GLUG as a part of campus initiatives has expanded to two campuses of well established engineering colleges. One Was at [[Khammam/SKEC|Sree Kavitha Engineering College]] and the other is at [[Khammam/VSCE|Vazir Sultan College of Engineering]].

A active volunteer, Ravindra raj has joined the group , currently is the admin of FOSS@SKEC group. Pratyush Kothuru and Chava Kiran who were the old members of the community also have started actively participating and the mailing list is now very active .

==Events==
*[[SFD/Khammam | Software Freedom Day 2006]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009 | Khammam GLUG meet 2009 ]]
==See Also==
*[[Khammam]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009]]
*[[Khammam/SKEC]]
*[[Khammam/VSCE]]
*[[Khammam/skecfoss]]
==ExternalLinks==
*Yahoo group - [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam glug Yahoo group]
*Orkut Community - [http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=12939260 Khammam glug orkut community ]
[[Category:Communities in Khammam]]

Khammam/khammamglug

2009-07-28T18:27:55Z

Pavithran: added links and names

'''Khammam GNU/Linux Users Group'''
[[Image:khammamglug.jpg|thumb|[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]]]
Started as a yahoo group with three volunteers

*pavithran sakamuri from [[Khammam/skecfoss]]
*vijay katta from [[Khammam/VSCE]]
*shanti katta from [http://redhat.com RedhatUSA]

Also expanded to orkut community .
Pavithran and vijay katta organised[[SFD/Khammam| Software Freedom Day]] on september 2006.
Khammam GLUG as a part of campus initiatives has expanded to two campuses of well established engineering colleges. One Was at [[Khammam/SKEC|Sree Kavitha Enginnering College]] and the other is at [[Khammam/VSCE|Vazir Sultan College of Engineering]].

A active volunteer, Ravindra raj has joined the group , currently is the admin of FOSS@SKEC group. Pratyush Kothuru and Chava Kiran who were the old members of the community also have started actively participating and the mailing list is now very active .

==Events==
*[[SFD/Khammam | Software Freedom Day 2006]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009 | Khammam GLUG meet 2009 ]]
==See Also==
*[[Khammam]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009]]
*[[Khammam/SKEC]]
*[[Khammam/VSCE]]
*[[Khammam/skecfoss]]
==ExternalLinks==
*Yahoo group - [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam glug Yahoo group]
*Orkut Community - [http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=12939260 Khammam glug orkut community ]
[[Category:Communities in Khammam]]

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-15T16:19:51Z

Pavithran: /* About */

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-15T16:17:52Z

Pavithran: /* Newbies */

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-15T16:11:46Z

Pavithran: /* Date */ date confirmation

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-15T16:09:21Z

Pavithran: /* Venue */

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-15T16:07:45Z

Pavithran: /* Venue */ confirms venue

SFD/Khammam

2009-06-13T21:08:30Z

Pavithran:

'''Software freedom day at khammam'''
[[Image:KSfd-logo-06.png|left|thumb|447px|software freedom day khammam]]

----

We organised software freedom day at Khammam on 17th september 2006.

----

Its location is at Jammi Banda Near ZP Centre,
----

== Campuses ==

The event will have people from these colleges (check each link for more details)

#[[Khammam/VSCE|VSCE - vazir sultan College of Engineering]] -- katta vijay,waseem
#[[khammam/SKEC| Sree Kavitha Engineering College]] -- pavithran ,sandeep,raj

==Co-ordinators==
'''
1. Pavithran Shakamuri Email: pavithran --dot-- s --at-- gmail --dot-- com
Mobile:9885272195
2. Katta Vijay: katta -- dot-- vijayk--at--gmail -- dot -- com
Mobile:9346462165'''
== Event ==[[Image:Abc.jpg|left|thumb|259px|back side view of sfd khammam]]
We had balloons and a nice banner! ( check pics )
afterwards...we waited for chief guest madame bhavani who had been using Comps for more than 18 Years while GNU/Linux is only 15 years!
I discussed the disadvantages of using propreitary softwares!
explained what free means?
and all other stuff like GNU linux,Histoy,sco batle,DRM,GPL,various distros..in linux..
The n after Five star chocolate and Ubuntu cds to everyone we had a practicl session where I showed them various alternate softwares ...
Stated with eclipse ...gone until ppl are bored showed some games,played mp3,divx in mplayer .
Then after some office ubuntu presentations..
I closed ubuntu.
Then after some sweets and snacks and cool drinks.
We started fedora ...and showed gnome ,kde merits and demerits.
showed yum and showed how command line of yum is better than synaptic of ubuntu.
well google ppl will like how we ended.
We showed the pics of the day in PICASA.
Then we showed the place where we are standing by google earth but they are dissapointed in seein the low clarity of khammam a district head quarter...while they liked hyderrabad ...they are angry that badhrachalam a small own in khammam district has more zoom level..had to cool them a bit by saying that 6 months before nothin was available...we must be happy
Finally said adios to ppl and started uploading pics and writin blogs!
Pavithran's blog http://look-pavi.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html
[[Category:Events|2007/09/17]]
[[Category:Khammam Events]]

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-13T21:06:26Z

Pavithran: added events

[[Khammam/khammamglug | Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]] is meeting for the first time !!

==Venue==
Proposal by pavithran : My House at Jammibanda,Khammam welcomes free software enthusiasts. [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== Date ==
Propose a Date here.
* Any day between 06/14/2009 - 06/30/2009 ---[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

==People==
=== Geeks ===
*Pratyush - Current No: 9177088060
*Habeeb
*Katta vijay
*Pavithran

=== Newbies ===
hi iam mohan i would like to take active participation in this meet, get me on 9848754134

=== About ===
====Pratyush Kotturu ====
I am An Ethical Hacker, Robot Enthusiast, Freelancer and an Amateur Radio Technician. Presently Pursuing Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences in Texas A&M University-Commerce. Just came to INDIA on 2 months trip. I am staying in Khammam. You can reach me via pratyush |AT| pratyush |DOT| in, Mobile:9177088060.
====Pavithran Sakamuri ====
I am pavithran . I did my undergraduation in CS at [[Khammam]] in [[Khammam/SKEC|Sree Kavitha Engineering College]] . I was the founder of [[Khammamglug]] and [[Khammam/SKECFOSS]] . I am currently studying at University of SOuthampton, England . Hence I cant come to the meet but will be attending it virtually :D [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 20:37, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

==Activities==

Shall we have the same boring installation session .. or are we planning '''anything new'''?

Please give your ideas .

*Demo KDE4 [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
* Security - a new paradigm in Web 2.0 --[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
==See Also==
*[[Khammam]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglug]]
*[[Khammam/SKEC]]
*[[Khammam/VSCE]]
*[[Khammam/skecfoss]]
==ExternalLinks==
*Yahoo group - [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam glug Yahoo group]
*Orkut Community - [http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=12939260 Khammam glug orkut community ]
[[Category:Khammam Events]]

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-13T20:46:32Z

Pavithran:

[[Khammam/khammamglug | Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]] is meeting for the first time !!

==Venue==
Proposal by pavithran : My House at Jammibanda,Khammam welcomes free software enthusiasts. [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== Date ==
Propose a Date here.
* Any day between 06/14/2009 - 06/30/2009 ---[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

==People==
=== Geeks ===
*Pratyush - Current No: 9177088060
*Habeeb
*Katta vijay
*Pavithran

=== Newbies ===
hi iam mohan i would like to take active participation in this meet, get me on 9848754134

=== About ===
====Pratyush Kotturu ====
I am An Ethical Hacker, Robot Enthusiast, Freelancer and an Amateur Radio Technician. Presently Pursuing Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences in Texas A&M University-Commerce. Just came to INDIA on 2 months trip. I am staying in Khammam. You can reach me via pratyush |AT| pratyush |DOT| in, Mobile:9177088060.
====Pavithran Sakamuri ====
I am pavithran . I did my undergraduation in CS at [[Khammam]] in [[Khammam/SKEC|Sree Kavitha Engineering College]] . I was the founder of [[Khammamglug]] and [[Khammam/SKECFOSS]] . I am currently studying at University of SOuthampton, England . Hence I cant come to the meet but will be attending it virtually :D [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 20:37, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

==Activities==

Shall we have the same boring installation session .. or are we planning '''anything new'''?

Please give your ideas .

*Demo KDE4 [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
* Security - a new paradigm in Web 2.0 --[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
==See Also==
*[[Khammam]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglug]]
*[[Khammam/SKEC]]
*[[Khammam/VSCE]]
*[[Khammam/skecfoss]]
==ExternalLinks==
*Yahoo group - [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam glug Yahoo group]
*Orkut Community - [http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=12939260 Khammam glug orkut community ]

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-13T20:37:39Z

Pavithran: /* About */ added myself

[[Khammam/khammamglug | Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]] is meeting for the first time !!

==Venue==
Proposal by pavithran : My House at Jammibanda,Khammam welcomes free software enthusiasts. [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== Date ==
Propose a Date here.
* Any day between 06/14/2009 - 06/30/2009 ---[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

==People==
=== Geeks ===
*Pratyush - Current No: 9177088060
*Habeeb
*Katta vijay
*Pavithran

=== Newbies ===
hi iam mohan i would like to take active participation in this meet, get me on 9848754134

=== About ===
====Pratyush Kotturu ====
I am An Ethical Hacker, Robot Enthusiast, Freelancer and an Amateur Radio Technician. Presently Pursuing Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences in Texas A&M University-Commerce. Just came to INDIA on 2 months trip. I am staying in Khammam. You can reach me via pratyush |AT| pratyush |DOT| in, Mobile:9177088060.
====Pavithran Sakamuri ====
I am pavithran . I did my undergraduation in CS at [[Khammam]] in [[Khammam/SKEC|Sree Kavitha Engineering College]] . I was the founder of [[Khammamglug]] and [[Khammam/SKECFOSS]] . I am currently studying at University of SOuthampton<ref>s </ref> England . Hence I cant come to the meet but will be attending it virtually :D [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 20:37, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

==Activities==

Shall we have the same boring installation session .. or are we planning '''anything new'''?

Please give your ideas .

*Demo KDE4 [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
* Security - a new paradigm in Web 2.0 --[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
==See Also==
*[[Khammam]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglug]]
*[[Khammam/SKEC]]
*[[Khammam/VSCE]]
*[[Khammam/skecfoss]]
==ExternalLinks==
*Yahoo group - [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam glug Yahoo group]
*Orkut Community - [http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=12939260 Khammam glug orkut community ]

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-13T20:32:45Z

Pavithran: Links

[[Khammam/khammamglug | Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]] is meeting for the first time !!

==Venue==
Proposal by pavithran : My House at Jammibanda,Khammam welcomes free software enthusiasts. [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

== Date ==
Propose a Date here.
* Any day between 06/14/2009 - 06/30/2009 ---[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:51, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

==People==
=== Geeks ===
*Pratyush - Current No: 9177088060
*Habeeb
*Katta vijay
*Pavithran

=== Newbies ===
hi iam mohan i would like to take active participation in this meet, get me on 9848754134

=== About ===
====Pratyush Kotturu ====
I am An Ethical Hacker, Robot Enthusiast, Freelancer and an Amateur Radio Technician. Presently Pursuing Ph.D. in Cognitive Sciences in Texas A&M University-Commerce. Just came to INDIA on 2 months trip. I am staying in Khammam. You can reach me via pratyush |AT| pratyush |DOT| in, Mobile:9177088060.

==Activities==

Shall we have the same boring installation session .. or are we planning '''anything new'''?

Please give your ideas .

*Demo KDE4 [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
* Security - a new paradigm in Web 2.0 --[[User:Neverstable|Neverstable]] 03:43, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
==See Also==
*[[Khammam]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglug]]
*[[Khammam/SKEC]]
*[[Khammam/VSCE]]
*[[Khammam/skecfoss]]
==ExternalLinks==
*Yahoo group - [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam glug Yahoo group]
*Orkut Community - [http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=12939260 Khammam glug orkut community ]

Khammam/khammamglug

2009-06-13T20:32:17Z

Pavithran: image,links

'''Khammam GNU/Linux Users Group'''
[[Image:khammamglug.jpg|thumb|[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]]]
Started as a yahoo group with three volunteers

*pavithran sakamuri
*vijay katta
*shanti katta

Also expanded to orkut community . Pavithran and vijay katta organised[[SFD/Khammam| Software Freedom Day]] on september 2006.
There are 2 new communities formed ,one is at Sree Kavitha Enginnering College and the other is at Vazir Sultan College of Engineering.

A active volunteer, Ravindra raj has joined the group , currently is the admin of FOSS@SKEc group.

==Events==
*[[SFD/Khammam | Software Freedom Day 2006]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009 | Khammam GLUG meet 2009 ]]
[[Category:Communities in Khammam]]
==See Also==
*[[Khammam]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009]]
*[[Khammam/SKEC]]
*[[Khammam/VSCE]]
*[[Khammam/skecfoss]]
==ExternalLinks==
*Yahoo group - [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/khammamglug/ Khammam glug Yahoo group]
*Orkut Community - [http://www.orkut.com/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=12939260 Khammam glug orkut community ]

File:Khammamglug.jpg

2009-06-13T20:13:28Z

Pavithran: Khammam GNU/Linux Users Group Logo

== Summary ==
Khammam GNU/Linux Users Group Logo
== Licensing: ==
{{GFDL}}

Khammam/khammamglug

2009-06-13T20:11:19Z

Pavithran: /* Events */

'''Khammam GNU/Linux Users Group'''

Started as a yahoo group with three volunteers

*pavithran sakamuri
*vijay katta
*shanti katta

Also expanded to orkut community . Pavithran and vijay katta organised[[SFD/Khammam| Software Freedom Day]] on september 2006.
There are 2 new communities formed ,one is at Sree Kavitha Enginnering College and the other is at Vazir Sultan College of Engineering.

A active volunteer, Ravindra raj has joined the group , currently is the admin of FOSS@SKEc group.

==Events==
*[[SFD/Khammam | Software Freedom Day 2006]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009 | Khammam GLUG meet 2009 ]]
[[Category:Communities in Khammam]]

Khammam/khammamglug

2009-06-13T20:10:22Z

Pavithran: /* Events */

'''Khammam GNU/Linux Users Group'''

Started as a yahoo group with three volunteers

*pavithran sakamuri
*vijay katta
*shanti katta

Also expanded to orkut community . Pavithran and vijay katta organised[[SFD/Khammam| Software Freedom Day]] on september 2006.
There are 2 new communities formed ,one is at Sree Kavitha Enginnering College and the other is at Vazir Sultan College of Engineering.

A active volunteer, Ravindra raj has joined the group , currently is the admin of FOSS@SKEc group.

==Events==
*[[SFD/Khammam | Software Freedom Day 2006]]
*[[Khammam/Khammamglugmeet2009 | Khammam GLUG meet 2009 ]]
[[Category:Communities in Khammam]]

Khammam/khammamglug

2009-06-13T20:08:55Z

Pavithran: Added events

'''Khammam GNU/Linux Users Group'''

Started as a yahoo group with three volunteers

*pavithran sakamuri
*vijay katta
*shanti katta

Also expanded to orkut community . Pavithran and vijay katta organised[[SFD/Khammam| Software Freedom Day]] on september 2006.
There are 2 new communities formed ,one is at Sree Kavitha Enginnering College and the other is at Vazir Sultan College of Engineering.

A active volunteer, Ravindra raj has joined the group , currently is the admin of FOSS@SKEc group.

==Events==
*Software Freedom Day 2006
*Khammam GLUG meet 2009
[[Category:Communities in Khammam]]

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-10T08:26:14Z

Pavithran: /* Venue */

[[Khammam/khammamglug | Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]] is meeting for the first time !!

==Venue==
Proposal by pavithran : My House at Jammibanda,Khammam welcomes free software enthusiasts. [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:26, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

==People==
===geeks===
*Pratyush
*Habeeb
*Katta vijay
*Pavithran
===newbies===
==Activities==

Shall we have the same boring installation session .. or are we planning '''anything new'''?

Please give your ideas .

*Demo KDE4 [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-10T08:25:29Z

Pavithran: /* Activities */

[[Khammam/khammamglug | Khammam GNU/Linux Users group]] is meeting for the first time !!

==Venue==
Proposal by pavithran : My House at Jammibanda,Khammam welcomes free software enthusiasts.
==People==
===geeks===
*Pratyush
*Habeeb
*Katta vijay
*Pavithran
===newbies===
==Activities==

Shall we have the same boring installation session .. or are we planning '''anything new'''?

Please give your ideas .

*Demo KDE4 [[User:Pavithran|Pavithran]] 08:25, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-10T06:31:01Z

Pavithran: added link for khammamglug page

Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009

2009-06-10T06:29:22Z

Pavithran: Created page for khammam glug meet

Khammam GNU/Linux Users group is meeting for the first time !!

==Venue==
Proposal by pavithran : My House at Jammibanda,Khammam welcomes free software enthusiasts.
==People==
===geeks===
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*Pavithran
===newbies===
==Activities==

Khammam

2009-06-10T06:24:53Z

Pavithran: Added some links

Welcome to Khammam, A district in North Andhra Pradesh .
This page lists out some of the communities interested in using/spreading FOSS.
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==Groups==
*[[Khammam/khammamglug | KhammmamGLUG]] - Khammam Gnu/Linux Users Group
*[[Khammam/skecfoss | SKEC foss team]] - Sree Kavitha Engineering College FOSS Team.
==Events==
*[[SFD/Khammam | Software freedom day 2006 ]]
*[[Khammam/khammamglugmeet2009 | Khammam GLUG meet 2009 ]]
[[Category:Communities in Andhra Pradesh]]

Eenadu

2008-12-26T03:43:57Z

Pavithran:

Eenadu

2008-12-26T03:39:35Z

Pavithran: /* This was the reply given by eeenadu */

ఈనాడు the leading telugu newspaper in its online edition www.eenadu.net is using proprietary fonts . This is hurting the users of web where many online editions use unicode fonts while eenadu prefers using proprietary font.

===This was the reply given by eeenadu ===

Hi pavithran,

Thanx for ur concern towards eenadu.net...

Pls follow the below given steps to see EENADU FONT in Linux Operating System:
If you want to see Eenadu Font in Linux OS...
1. Download the Eenadu Font from :
http://www.eenadu.net/eenadu.xyz
2. Rename "eenadu.xyz" to "eenadu.ttf"
3. Create a folder with name .fonts in the home folder. ( If its already there no need to create. If its in hidden mode in view menu select “show hidden files”.)
4. Place eenadu.ttf in .fonts folder.
5. Go to terminal (APPLICATIONS-SYSTEM-TERMINAL)
6. Run the command fc-cache from the command prompt.
7. Restart Browser.
8. You will be able to read the content in Telugu (may be some hyphens in between the letters may appear in some browsers...)

<hr>
The [[తెలుగు|తెలుగు (Telugu)]] team of fci wikia protests agnaiist their decision to use proprietary fonts.
Here is a '''petition''' to make them use free fonts

===Signed by ===

*pavithran sakamuri
email: pavithran-dot-s-at-gmail-dot-com

Eenadu

2008-12-26T03:31:48Z

Pavithran:

ఈనాడు the leading telugu newspaper in its online edition www.eenadu.net is using proprietary fonts . This is hurting the users of web where many online editions use unicode fonts while eenadu prefers using proprietary font.

===This was the reply given by eeenadu ===

Hi pavithran,

Thanx for ur concern towards eenadu.net...

Pls follow the below given steps to see EENADU FONT in Linux Operating System:
If you want to see Eenadu Font in Linux OS...
1. Download the Eenadu Font from :
http://www.eenadu.net/eenadu.xyz
2. Rename "eenadu.xyz" to "eenadu.ttf"
3. Create a folder with name .fonts in the home folder. ( If its already there no need to create. If its in hidden mode in view menu select “show hidden files”.)
4. Place eenadu.ttf in .fonts folder.
5. Go to terminal (APPLICATIONS-SYSTEM-TERMINAL)
6. Run the command fc-cache from the command prompt.
7. Restart Browser.
8. You will be able to read the content in Telugu (may be some hyphens in between the letters may appear in some browsers...)

<hr>

Here is a '''petition''' to make them use free fonts

===Signed by ===

*pavithran sakamuri
email: pavithran-dot-s-at-gmail-dot-com

తెలుగు

2008-12-26T03:25:31Z

Pavithran:

భారత దేశంలో ఎక్కువగా మాట్లాడే ద్రవిడ భాష. ఆంధ్రపదేశ్ రాష్ట్ర రాజ భాష. "త్రిలంగ" పదము నుంచి "తెలుగు" పదం వెలువడిందని అంటారు. తేనె వంటిది కనుక "తెనుగు" అనాలని కొందరు అంటారు.

క్రీస్తు పూర్వం 200 నాటి శిధిలాలలొ తెలుగు భాష ఉండటంబట్టి ఈ భాష ప్రాచీనత మనకి తెలుస్తుంది.

*[[Debian/తెలుగు | డెబియన్ తెలుగు (Debian Telugu)]]
*[[KDE/తెలుగు | కెడిఇ తెలుగు (KDE Telugu)]]
*[[django/తెలుగు | డ్జాంగో తెలుగు (Django Telugu)]]
*[[eenadu | ఈనాడు]]

Eenadu

2008-12-26T03:22:53Z

Pavithran: New page: ఈనాడు the leading telugu newspaper in its online edition www.eenadu.net is using proprietary fonts . This is hurting the users of web where many online editions use unicode fonts...

ఈనాడు the leading telugu newspaper in its online edition www.eenadu.net is using proprietary fonts . This is hurting the users of web where many online editions use unicode fonts while eenadu prefers using proprietary font.

This was the reply given by eeenadu :

Hi pavithran,

Thanx for ur concern towards eenadu.net...

Pls follow the below given steps to see EENADU FONT in Linux Operating System:
If you want to see Eenadu Font in Linux OS...
1. Download the Eenadu Font from :
http://www.eenadu.net/eenadu.xyz
2. Rename "eenadu.xyz" to "eenadu.ttf"
3. Create a folder with name .fonts in the home folder. ( If its already there no need to create. If its in hidden mode in view menu select “show hidden files”.)
4. Place eenadu.ttf in .fonts folder.
5. Go to terminal (APPLICATIONS-SYSTEM-TERMINAL)
6. Run the command fc-cache from the command prompt.
7. Restart Browser.
8. You will be able to read the content in Telugu (may be some hyphens in between the letters may appear in some browsers...)

Here is a petition to make them use free fonts

Signed by :

pavithran sakamuri
email: pavithran-dot-s-at-gmail-dot-com

KDE/తెలుగు

2008-12-26T03:13:13Z

Pavithran: /* KDE తెలుగు Localisation Team */

== '''KDE తెలుగు Localisation Team''' ==
విజయ్ కిరన్ కాముజు (infyquest@gmail.com)

పనిత్రన్ శాకమూరి (pavithran.s@gmail.com)

=='''గ్ను లినక్స్ తెలుగు లో ==

Set your GNU/Linux system to use Telugu Language, use this link [[http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:Setting_up_your_browser_for_Indic_scripts Configuring_on_Linux]]

A Quick way is to simply install the fonts from kavya nandanam and update fonts cache.
Here is the link to [http://www.kavya-nandanam.com/ kavya nandanam]
<ol>
<li>Unzip the font package file and find Pothana2000.ttf
<pre>
unzip Pothana2k.zip
</pre>

<li>Copy this file to ".fonts" directory in your home directory
<pre>
mkdir ~/.fonts
cp Pothana2000.ttf ~/.fonts
</pre>

<li>Update the font cache
<pre>
fc-cache
</pre>
</ol>
You will need to restart an application after installing the font to see the newly installed font in that application. Although the instructions are given for Pothana2000 font, other fonts can be installed in the same fashion.

====Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu====
On Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu the ttf-telugu-fonts package has Pothana2000 and Vemana2000 fonts.
<ol>
<li>Install ttf-telugu-fonts using apt-get
<pre>
apt-get install ttf-telugu-fonts
</pre>
</ol>

====Fedora Core 6====
On Fedora Core GNU/Linux.
<ol>
<li>Install fonts-telugu using yum
<pre>
yum install fonts-telugu
</pre>
</ol>

=='''తెలుగు కెడిఇ దస్త్రాలు'''==
The telugu files for KDE are available in 2 branches .
One is stable branch.
The other is trunk (Trunk contains the latest testing files)
The links for stable is [http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable/te/index.php stable kde page]
and for trunk is [http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/trunk/te/index.php Trunk kde page]

=='''కెడిఇ చిత్రాలు'''==
[[Image:Kde-telugu1.jpg]]
[[Image:Klicketty-telugu.jpg]]
[[Image:Konsole-telugu.jpg]]

KDE/తెలుగు

2008-12-26T03:12:03Z

Pavithran: /* లినక్స్ తెలుగులో */

== '''KDE తెలుగు Localisation Team''' ==
విజయ్ కిరన్ కాముజు (infyquest@gmail.com)

పనిత్రన్ శాఖమూరి (pavithran.s@gmail.com)

=='''గ్ను లినక్స్ తెలుగు లో ==

Set your GNU/Linux system to use Telugu Language, use this link [[http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:Setting_up_your_browser_for_Indic_scripts Configuring_on_Linux]]

A Quick way is to simply install the fonts from kavya nandanam and update fonts cache.
Here is the link to [http://www.kavya-nandanam.com/ kavya nandanam]
<ol>
<li>Unzip the font package file and find Pothana2000.ttf
<pre>
unzip Pothana2k.zip
</pre>

<li>Copy this file to ".fonts" directory in your home directory
<pre>
mkdir ~/.fonts
cp Pothana2000.ttf ~/.fonts
</pre>

<li>Update the font cache
<pre>
fc-cache
</pre>
</ol>
You will need to restart an application after installing the font to see the newly installed font in that application. Although the instructions are given for Pothana2000 font, other fonts can be installed in the same fashion.

====Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu====
On Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu the ttf-telugu-fonts package has Pothana2000 and Vemana2000 fonts.
<ol>
<li>Install ttf-telugu-fonts using apt-get
<pre>
apt-get install ttf-telugu-fonts
</pre>
</ol>

====Fedora Core 6====
On Fedora Core GNU/Linux.
<ol>
<li>Install fonts-telugu using yum
<pre>
yum install fonts-telugu
</pre>
</ol>

=='''తెలుగు కెడిఇ దస్త్రాలు'''==
The telugu files for KDE are available in 2 branches .
One is stable branch.
The other is trunk (Trunk contains the latest testing files)
The links for stable is [http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable/te/index.php stable kde page]
and for trunk is [http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/trunk/te/index.php Trunk kde page]

=='''కెడిఇ చిత్రాలు'''==
[[Image:Kde-telugu1.jpg]]
[[Image:Klicketty-telugu.jpg]]
[[Image:Konsole-telugu.jpg]]