Foss lect 15 1 11: Difference between revisions
Notes from the FOSS session of 15th January 2011. Conducted by Pravin A. |
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languages for use in OpenOffice. This feature is currently not directly avail- | languages for use in OpenOffice. This feature is currently not directly avail- | ||
-able in OO for Indian Languages. Therefore SMC has started this project. | -able in OO for Indian Languages. Therefore SMC has started this project. | ||
[[File:oo_project.jpg]] | |||
So there is an SMC (Swatanthra Malayalam Computing) Community as well as a | So there is an SMC (Swatanthra Malayalam Computing) Community as well as a | ||
hyphenation project community inside it. This can be considered a representa- | hyphenation project community inside it. This can be considered a representa- | ||
tive of Free Software Project Communities. Like most communities, the SMC | tive of Free Software Project Communities. Like most communities, the SMC | ||
community: | community as shown in fig.: | ||
- Consists of volunteer developers | - Consists of volunteer developers | ||
- Has its own website/wiki to provide information on its activities | - Has its own website/wiki to provide information on its activities | ||
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Since Ubuntu bases itself on Debian, this transfer from Debian to Ubuntu community | Since Ubuntu bases itself on Debian, this transfer from Debian to Ubuntu community | ||
is called 'downstream'. | is called 'downstream'. | ||
Whole concept can be understood by fig below. | |||
[[File:debain_comm.jpg]] | |||
- Distributions : | - Distributions : | ||