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* [[/Invitation|Invitation letter]] | |||
* Event Website: '''http://www.fossmeet.in/nitc/''' | |||
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glugc Share your experiences...] | |||
[[Image:NITC_FOSS_MEET_2007.jpg |thumb]] | |||
==Highlights== | |||
'''The Honorable Chief Minister of Kerala ''Shri V S Achuthanandan'' will be the chief guest''' | |||
(''but unfortunately he couldnt due to ongoing budget session'') | |||
The schedule is avialable [http://www.foss.nitc.ac.in/fossschedule/FOSSscheduleVersion3.4.pdf here] | |||
===Day 1=== | |||
= | * FOSS in Professional Life By Atul Chitnis | ||
* Unconference by [http://www.kiruba.com Kiruba Shankar] | |||
* Hack the badge contest - [http://pramode-ce.livejournal.com/45508.html] [http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33494] Pramode CE | |||
* Zope Component Architecture - Baiju M | |||
* MySQL Storage Engine Architecture - Ramkumar Lakshminarayanan | |||
===Day 2=== | |||
* Internationalisation and Localisation (workshop/hands-on) - Praveen A | |||
* [http://shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/embedded-howto/ Alliance VLSI CAD tools HOWTO] - Shakthi Kannan | |||
* Internationalisation and Localisation workshop - Praveen A | * Embedded Systems by Aanjan | ||
* | * How to choose open source cms - Vivek Khurana [[:Image:How_to_choose_open_source_cms.pdf| Slides (pdf)]] | ||
* | * [http://shakthimaan.com/downloads/glv/presentations/ Careers with GNU/Linux] - Shakthi Kannan | ||
* | * OpenPCD demo/hacking - Kushal Das | ||
* | * RTAI (RealTime Application Interface for Linux) workshop - Sreejith N | ||
** | * Phoenix workshop - Pramod CE | ||
* | * From Seeds to Software: Culture of Copying - Anivar Aravind, GAIA | ||
* Session on Dhvani Malayalam Text-to-speech engine - Santhosh Thottingal | * Session on Dhvani Malayalam Text-to-speech engine - Santhosh Thottingal | ||
* Lets Play with the wiki (tutorial/hands-on ) - Hiran Venugopalan | |||
* FOSS Business models By Atul Chitnis [http://atulchitnis.net/talks/nitc-biz.pdf Slides (pdf)] | |||
===Day 3=== | |||
* Panel Discussion - Involving students in FOSS development (Pramod CE, Hiran V, Shakthi Kannan, Aanjhan R) | |||
* Font development workshop - Hussain KH, Suresh P | |||
* caching for web applications - Vivek Khurana [[:Image:Cahing_for_web_applications.pdf| Slides (pdf)]] | |||
* [http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/decorators-in-python/ Decorators in Python] - Parthan S R, NRCFOSS | |||
* And a lot more...(''a free lunch from the great "A MESS"'') | |||
==='''FOSS Projects Demo'''=== | |||
''Got an exciting FOSS project to show off? Tell us what you require and be there! You can reach us [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/foss_meet_nitc here]''. | |||
* Akshara Malayalam OCR - Antony FM, MES Kuttippuram | |||
* Village Office Automation Software - Jinesh K.J, Mohd. Suhail Rehman, MES Kuttippuram | |||
==Community Meetups== | ==Community Meetups== | ||
* [[ സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിംഗ്/ഒത്തുചേരലുകള്/മാര്ച്ച് 2-4 2006| Swathanthra Malayalam Computing]] | * [[ സ്വതന്ത്ര മലയാളം കമ്പ്യൂട്ടിംഗ്/ഒത്തുചേരലുകള്/മാര്ച്ച് 2-4 2006| Swathanthra Malayalam Computing]] | ||
* [http://www. | * [http://hurd.in/bin/view/Hurd/FOSS_Meet_At_NITC_07 hurd.in] | ||
==Blogs/Comments== | |||
* [http://t3.dotgnu.info Gopal V] | |||
[...] I've got fond memories of last year - preparing the slides at the last minute, walking about in that big campus, spending time at Calicut beach. We had a lot of fun and I mean, A LOT. And the conference is really good, the kids do use Fedora on the desktop in their labs. The XGL demos were a particular attraction last year. | |||
** [http://t3.dotgnu.info/blog/conferences/no-foss-nitc.html No Calicut for me] | |||
* [http://atulchitnis.net/ Atul Chitnis] | |||
[...] NITC's FOSS event has grown in stature, and is quickly becoming one of the recognized FOSS events in India, along with Gnunify, Freedel and of course FOSS.IN.[...] | |||
** [http://atulchitnis.net/diary/showentry/420 In Calicut this weekend] | |||
* [http://pradeepto.livejournal.com/ Pradeepto] | |||
[...]Today, I was supposed to leave for Calicut to attend FOSS.NITC which starts tomorrow. I should be in Netravati at the moment but I am not thanks to certain issues that cropped up in the morning and I realised that I can't go today :/, I immediately booked tomorrow's flight tickets to Calicut as I didn't want to miss the conference.[...] | |||
** [http://pradeepto.livejournal.com/3192.html Good service is appreciated.] | |||
* [http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com Parthan] | |||
[...] The organizers, students belonging to various branches in NITC, did a very nice job. This is their 3rd year of conducting the FOSS meet and they did show signs of maturity.[...] | |||
** [http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com/2007/03/03/first-day-of-talks-at-fossnitc/ First day of talks at FOSS.NITC] | |||
** [http://technofreakatchennai.wordpress.com/2007/03/05/fossnitc-field-report/ FOSS.NITC Field Report] | |||
* [http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/?p=33 Aanjhan] | |||
[...] It still amazes me “How in such a short span of time these NITC Folks have managed to make FOSS.NITC a nationwide Community event”. Keep it up guys.[...] | |||
** [http://www.tuxmaniac.com/blog/?p=33 FOSS.NITC - Filled with Fun and Learning] | |||
* Vivek Khurana | |||
[...] I attended recently concluded foss.nitc in Calicut. Conducted in fluctuating weather of Kerla, foss.nitc was hosted inside beautiful NIT Calicut campus, few kilometers away from civilization. [...] | |||
** [http://article.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi/14748 foss.nitc] | |||
==Photos== | |||
* [http://flickr.com/photos//tags/foss.nitc on flickr (tag - foss.nitc)] | |||
* [http://flickr.com/photos/tuxmaniac/sets/72157594571226878/ Aanjhan] | |||
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/techno_freak/ Parthan] | |||
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