Aaron Seigo: india: foss.in
bangalore is a beautiful city if you keep your eyes on the right bits of architecture, the trees and plants that grow wherever they aren't discouraged from doing so and the people going about their daily business. there's an obvious lack of infrastructure, which i'm told hasn't kept up with the growth the city has seen in the recent past, which leads to insane traffic (at least from a canadian's perspective) and poor air quality at times. but these were minor distractions as i jetted about the city in an autorickshaw, ate breakfast overlooking a tiny jungle in the hotel's courtyard and spent my days at the foss.in event.
the foss.in event itself was really well put together. this year it was kept highly technical so the audience was correspondingly technical. they had both local talent presenting, such as ext4's Suparna Bhattacharya, as well as a good number of internationals. i opened the second day with a talk entitled "kde4 and you" which stirred up a lot of interest. you can download my slides in kpresenter format or as a pdf.
it's really nice to be able to present kde4 these days compared to, say, 6 months ago.
the kde india meeting (seen in the pictures to the right) was extremely productive as well.
- Login or register to post comments
- Printer-friendly version
- 1691 reads
- PDF version
More in Tux Machines
- Highlights
- Front Page
- Latest Headlines
- Archive
- Recent comments
- All-Time Popular Stories
- Hot Topics
- New Members
digiKam 7.7.0 is releasedAfter three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release. |
Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
|
Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future TechThe metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world. Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility. |
today's howtos
|
PC software on your key chain!
At the 6th Annual Conference of Free and Open Software Systems (FOSS.in) that concluded here last week, Sun's pavilion showcased another useful extension — developed by a young local student — Anil Gulecha: With Moinak's help, he tweaked Belenix so that it can be carried and booted from a thumb drive — the new breed of portable Flash memory sticks, that are small enough to be carried on a key chain and can be plugged into the Universal Serial Bus (USB) port of a PC or laptop. Visiting Sun executives, Diann Olden and Chris Ames were happy to highlight how students in India were adding value to their international flagship products.
Link.
----
You talk the talk, but do you waddle the waddle?