CETEX 2010 Action Plan

Fsug-tvm's plan for CETEX 2010

Discussions

Ideas

1. Toaster
2. Install Desk
3. One page install pamphlets + Replacement pamphlets
4. Banners, Posters, Stickers
5. demoes, including open movies
6. Seminars
7. quizzes - gifts
8. Games
9. Compiz
10. Distro Demonstration
11. Remastered DVDs
12. Pxe boot install
13. Open wifi connection from toaster for Ubuntu and F12 updates (mirrors)
14. Projector & Speaker
15. OpenStreetmaps mapping party?

Things to Do

• Toaster

1. Update toaster with latest Distros - DONE Thu
2. Configure toaster for Netboot install Ubuntu net install - DONE Fri
3. Configure toaster for Multiple OS Install - Volunteers invited to work on it.
4. Configure toaster with wireless connectivity - DONE Fri
5. Configure toaster with apt-cacher for Ubuntu 9.10 - In progress
6. Configure toaster with fedora 12 i386 mirror - Volunteers invited to work on it.

• Banners, Posters, Stickers

1. Seven 6x2 banners are available four vertical banners (ubuntu,opensuse,mandriva,fedora), three horiz banner (ubuntu,linuxMint,install-fest)
2. 10-15 install fest A3 banners are available
3. Big FSUG banner is Available
4. Posters are missing need to reprint i think
5. 500+ different stickers available
6. 10-15 Fsug CD-labels
7. 10-15 canonical pamphlets available
8. 20 Canonical Ubuntu9.10 shipit cds available for distribution

• Seminars

Short seminars to be conducted (duration of 5-10mts) with 5-10 slides per topic. Please post in such topics which will be interesting to students and General Public. The slides needs to be prepared, some in malayalam too.

1. Philosophy
2. Difference b/w Free and Open
3. Freedoms

• Quizzes - gifts

Participants can choose from Ubunutu Ultimate 2.5, Linux Mint 8, Sabayon 5.1, Fedora 12 as gifts before answering the questions.

• Games

Four PCs loaded with Games for the viewers to experience it hands-on. (Provide extra USB Keyboard and Mouse in case of laptops)

• Distro Demonstration

Four PCs loaded with different distros to try out and then get back home with their favorite distro from toaster.

• Projector & Speaker

For Big screen gaming, compiz demos, Seminar slides

• Populate the GNU/Linux for Engineers toolkit DVD

We're giving out an aptoncd for with software specific for Engineers , Please suggest the softwares to be included in the disk.

GNU/Linux Software For Engineers

Text Editors

   *   vi/vim
   *   GNU Emacs
   *   Pico / Nano
   *   Kate
   *   Kwrite
   *   gedit
   *   Eclipse
   *   Glade

Compilers

   * g++
   * llvm

Math Tools

   *   Scilab
   *   r-project
   *   pspp
   *   IT++
   *   GSL
   *   GNU Octave
   *   gnuplot
   *   LabPlot
   *   LaTeX

Electronics

   *  Alliance
   *  FEL 
   *  gEDA
   *  PCB Tool
   *  EE Tool
   *  KTechLab

   *  TkGate
   *  XCircuit
   *  gerbv
   *  gputils
   *  vlsi

Simulator/ Emulator

   *   DOSBox
   *   Bochs
   *   xmame
   *   PearPC
   *   MESS
   *   MAMEoX
   *   gsim51
   *   qucs
   *   GNUsim8085
   *   sicvm

Virtualisation

   * virtualbox

Database

   * Postgre

Multimedia

   *   vlc
   *   ubuntu-restricted-extras