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2009-10 Linux User Group Bikaner

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'Free software' is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should 
think of 'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'.”

-Richard M.Stallman
 Linux User Group Bikaner

On their Way To Build Their Enjoyment With Scratch To Scale Heights Of  
Open Source.
It’s a matter of rejoice and exhilaration to inform you that LUG, 
Bikaner is prominently exercising the objective and design; we had laid 
for dispersing the Open Source movement!
We are the geeky ingenious students of engineering college Bikaner 
society. LUGB was established last year after successful completion of 
FOSS GN’09 meet, and since then LUGB waving its flag for spreading 
the kindle of Open source and comparting social aspects from time to 
time. As the brisk was ignited for open source, we started laying our 
plans, and a year crossed and we have been bringing home the bacon, 
to a great extent!
LUGB had witnessed a year developing its goals into reality, and all 
through   the   year   LUGB   had   been   guided   with   its   senior   batch,   who 
marched its initial requisite. It all started from mission of our seniors to 
initialize   the   spark   of   Open   source   at   the   Golden   sandy   Campus   of 
college, which first stepped with carving of FOSS GN’09.
 FOSS GN'09:

A   four   days   privy   event   was   scheduled   from   28   Oct.   to   31   Oct. 

2009,   for   the   undergrad   students   across   the   country   at   Engineering 
College   Bikaner   spreading   the   magic   &   fire   of   open   source   at   an 
alarming rate. Talks were delivered over lighting open source software 
like   Fedora,   Drupal,   Sahana,   NUI(multitouch)   and   through   the  
midnight   hackfest,   talk   sessions  
and installfest. 
The prominent eye  catching  
moment was two days  talks   by  
Mr.   Niyam   Bhushan,   well  
known   technology   editor   and  
columnist. 
All a four days  triumphed the  
flavor of relishment  and   fervor   for  
open source between  the 
students   originated   across   India,   which   number   added   upto   300 
students.

Detailed report: http://www.scribd.com/doc/22469857/FOSS­GN09­Report

At the last day dusk arrived the geeks and the learners got on the 
stage   to   candle   the   blooming   spark   for   nascence   of   LUGB   under 
guidance of  Mr. Niyam Bhushan  with an aim to polarize the waves of 
Open source in Rajasthan concluding a high note with declaration of 
annual FOSS event to be hosted by Team LUGB as RajasFOSS. This is 
the   way   of   transferring   the   torch   from   one   hand   to   other   and 
enlightening with the Free and Open Source Movement.

1.
 <<
skbohra explains sahana implementation

>>
Hands on multitouch DIY

Setting up of LUG Bikaner by Niyam

Bhushan and Open source
enthusiasts in front of a crowd of
2000 students On-stage. We lit up
candles to spread the open source fire
and passed it to all FOSS team
members.

Team members with the POP tux prepared by the art team

2.
 The   exhilaration   was   waving   and   sooner   we   embarked   the   initial 
requisite like:

 We started a Google Groups for the group, an IRC channel (#lugb 
on freenode)
 We organized successful install fest of fedora, ubuntu at various 
hostels, covering around 250 PCs.
 Setup a LUGB registration form using Google forms.
 We   got   hosting   for   our   website  www.lugb.in,   from   sakshay   web 
technologies.
 An educational trip to FOSS.IN (venue: Bengaluru ) was archived 
with 40 students participating.
 LUGB   ­   week   to   integrate   more   &   more   students   to   the   group. 
Members   took   various   small   sessions   in   college   campus.   As   the 
Website got into action we started stimulating our projects through 
discussion and online meet at irc (#lugb).

3.
 A glimpse into the happenings of LUGB activities

Website:

LUGB website is drupal based, where a registered user can share 
their   projects   with   the   whole   world,   we   can   have   active   discussion 
through forum and a user can create issues and blogs.
Idea/knowledge   sharing   is   the   key   point.   The   website   was   made   to 
provide   a   common   platform   where   anyone   can   come   together   share 
ideas,   views   and   work   on   some   projects   keeping   inside   the   college 
boundaries, now through some connections we are getting other traffic 
from outside the college too, some alumnus and other outsiders have 
also   joined   and   they   discuss   things.

We   also   have   some   competitions   like   currently   the   logo   making 

competition where students can also show their talents and  promote 
FOSS which is out prime consideration.

IRC Channel #lugb:

Contribute as early and often as possible. The sooner you establish  
yourself as one of the 0.05%, the easier (and more fun!) time you’ll have. 
With  this concept in mind we drove towards populating  IRC channel. 
Folks added on to heap & LUGBians helping out the newbie’s to getting 
started   with   open   source.   IRC's   traffic   kept   on   increasing   with   each 
passing day.

Mailing List:

LUGB's mailing list was set up. Open source lovers & other Linux 
User   Groups   across   the   country   became   its   part.   It   really   proved 
amazing   to   post   &   share   ideas   individually   &   plan   for   the 
implementation of same. Truly cool to keep LUG updated.

4.
 Geeky chicks switching to Open Source Operating Systems:

Prior to all it was the need of the hour to awake girls in the whole 
scenario & ask them to participate and contribute to the open source 
community reason being.

Driving   away   women   means   driving   away   contributors. 

Both women and men:

We conducted a midnight install fest in the girls hostel compound 
knocking from door to door & expounding them the importance of FOSS 
(Free   open   source   software).   We   linuxified   approx   45   systems   with 
different flavours Fedora 11 (Leonidasl), Fedora 12(Constantine), Fedora 
13 (Goddard) UBUNTU 8.10 & 9.10 along with their installation steps in 
detail. We taught them to use terminal window and mostly used linux 
commands   on   it.   We   installed   certain   packages   using   YUM   (Update 
Manager). Internet Connection was established too.

This way we managed to give away windows & spread the fire of open 
source & set up a benchmark to the geek feminism.

FOSS.IN Bengaluru:

From 1st Dec to 5th Dec at FOSS.IN, one of the best & the biggest 
free   &   open   source   conference   we  
opportune to attend (40 in number from 
college). 
A   real   community   feel.   Talks,  
workouts, workshops, techtalks and bofs 
all in one. The concept of contribution, 

5.
distribution,   modification,   hacking   coding   &   freedom   brought   to   the 
forefront. 
A real experience of interaction with geeks. Mozilla weave, Jetpack, KDE 
desktop environment, Fedora, Sahana, CreativeCommons, Maemo 
geared us all. 

GSoC meetup

LUGB members with Pradeepto, on some

motivational topic

We had a special meetup with Pradeepto from KDE, who motivated 
us   to   deeper   extents   &   shared   his   experiences   &   troubles   he   faced 
initially; encouraging contribute to KDE. Last day Raghu Dixit's band 
refreshed our spirits.

6.
 NSS DATA INTREGATION:

As the timed excel we adhere LUGB with social responsibilities, NSS, 
A  body   under   the   Ministry   of   Youth   Affairs   &  Sports,   Government   of 
India, responsible for social services towards society and nature. LUGB 
conjuncted with NSS with the efforts of Mr. Shyam Sundar Jyani, for 
the digital documentation of the data for plantation in the villages under 
scheme   “VRAKSHAROPARN”.   As   for   smoothly   functioning   of   any 
organization, its prior requirement that the data should be bundled in 
digital format. Since then we have added the entries upto 11274 at the 
LUGB   site.   LUGB   availed   NSS   for   imparting   its   social   activities   and 
initiatives to be properly documented.
                 For more detail u can visit:  www.lugb.in

OLPC TRAINING ­1

One   Laptop   Per   Child   (OLPC)   is   a   scheme   where   NGOs   and 

government   across   the   world   joining   hands   to 
distribute   free   educational   laptops   to   the 
underprivileged   students.   In   India   it   first 
happened   at   Kikarwaali,   Rajasthan,   where   40 
laptops were distributed, laptops work on Open 
OS Fedora Sugar.  
A   team   of   9   students   from   LUGB 
contributed   for   a   week   training   Session   to   the 
students at Kikarwaali School in the beginning of May 2010, where the 
students were taught the basic practical  use  of computers like paint, 
write, Wikipedia, camera etc.

7.
OLPC TRAINING ­2

A visit of honorable Chief Minister of Rajasthan Mr. ASHOK 
GEHLOT was scheduled to kikarwaali village, where the OLPC gallery 
was introduced to the CM. On 
account of which the CM tested the 
students capability of working on 
the laptops and there by visioning 
further distribution of such OLPC 
tablets in Rajasthan Government 
School.
For the second round training 
a  team  of   3  members   from   LUGB  
CM of Rajasthan at OLPC gallery visited   the   place   to   revise   the 
training   to   the   students,   which   they   had   to   project   to   the   CM,   the 
mission melted to be successful.

8.
 LUGB­WEEKs:

Meanwhile   LUGB   sustained   the   kaleidoscopic   revolution   across 

college campus and encouraging the new batches to follow open source 
movement,   for   this   we   organized   a  LUGB   week  telecasting   the 
importance and use of Open Software.
Likewise   LUGB   has   been   assisting   several   projects   and   brainy 
contributing to promote the spirit of open Source. Now we are in a stage 
of   hosting   an   Annual   event   for   promoting   FOSS   nominated   as 
RajasFOSS. 

9.
Forget this world and all its troubles and if possible its multitudinous 
Charlatans, every thing in short but the Enchantress of Numbers.

LUGB Report: 2009-10

Content: Prateek Jain, Srishti Sethi
Edit & Design: Vivek Anand, Ashish Soni
Tux Logo: Kavita Panwar

Software/Tools used: GIMP, OpenOffice.org 3.1

Operating System: Fedora 13

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