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Linux-Announce Digest #296
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Linux-Announce Digest #296, Volume #4 Wed, 22 Jan 2003 16:13:02 EST
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[Announce] iLUG-Cal@COMPASS 2003 (Sayamindu Dasgupta)
QUERY: From India... Puffin project underway... (Frederick Noronha)
The way WUW is going ... (Frederick Noronha)
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From: Sayamindu Dasgupta <unmadindu@Softhome.net>
Subject: [Announce] iLUG-Cal@COMPASS 2003
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:02:10 CST
Hi,
We are pleased to announce that the the Indian Linux Users' Group,
Kolkata Chapter (www.ilug-cal.org) is going in a big way for COMPASS
2003, one of the largest IT shows in Eastern India (to be held from 24th
to 27th January). It has obtained a 18 sq-metre stall (9x2) (stall nos
26, 27, 28) at Sangam Hall in Park Street, one of the largest stalls in
the event. The stall has been sponsored by the parent body of the group,
Linux India.
The group has decided that it will use this oppurtunity as a platform
for the introduction of GNU/Linux and Free/Libre/Open Source Software
(FLOSS) to the people of Kolkata, and to demonstrate and educate that
GNU/Linux and Free/Open Source Software can be a viable alternative to
Microsoft Windows and proprietary software.
Atul Chitnis from Exocore Consulting, Bangalore will be speaking at the
the Software Summit in COMPASS on "Open Source Solutions and
eGovernance" where he will discuss how Open Source Software can be
effectively implemented in eGovernence, along with pratical cases,
requirements and matching solutions. He will be also speaking on "The
Open Source Corporate Desktop", where he will highlight the migration
process, and the comparative advantages.
Moreover, Arvind Yadav from the Goa Linux Users' Group will be talking
on "Case study: Linux adoption by schools in Goa" where he will describe
how the Goa Computers for School Project (GSCP) took Linux to the
schools.
The members of the group will also be giving eighteen one-hour talks (40
pre-registered participants per slot) on getting computers up and
running with GNU/Linux, using home computers (multimedia, entertainment,
games, communication -surfing/chatting/email etc, Productivity Suites -
i.e. Micosoft Office replacements), replacing the office desktop with a
GNU/Linux based alternative, the GNU/Linux based File/Print and
Internet/Intranet Servers, computer/network security, Scientific
Computing with GNU/Linux, miscellaneous hi-end stuff like CAD/CAM tools,
Localization (Bangla GNU/Linux) etc. The full list of talks is available
at http://www.ilug-cal.org/compass/index.php?op=lectures
The website for the ILUG-Cal activities in this event is at
http://www.ilug-cal.org/compass/
A PDF version of the Press Release may be downloaded from
http://www.ilug-cal.org/compass/pr/press-release.pdf
-regards-
Sayamindu Dasgupta
Webmaster - iLUG-Cal
www.ilug-cal.org
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From: Frederick Noronha <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: QUERY: From India... Puffin project underway...
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 22:56:25 CST
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1. Puffin Project at Mahiti (Sunil Abraham)
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From: Sunil Abraham <sunil@mahiti.org>
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Date: 21 Jan 2003 20:57:06 +0530
Subject: [PRC] Puffin Project at Mahiti
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Dear All!
3 Student are working on their final year MCA project at MAHITI. They
are
a> Basalingamma [Gulbarga University]
b> Fatima Sultana [Gulbarga University]
c> Arun Philip [Madras University]
They are working on a web front-end for the Puffin Automation Framework
- www.puffinhome.org. Puffin is a testing tool for web applications
writing in Python 2.2.
Puffin reads XML files and then send requests to the Web Server. It then
collects the resultant pages - and parses them for certain keywords and
creates HTML reports.
Basalingamma, Fatima and Arun will be create a web based GUI for
configuring the input XML files. En route they may have some hardcore
python questions - are there any Python mentors on the list who will be
sympathetic. Please respond.
Thanks,
Sunil
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Sunil Abraham, CEO
MAHITI Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
'Reducing the cost and complexity of ICTs'
314/1, 7th Cross, Domlur
Bangalore - 560 071 Karnataka, INDIA
Ph/Fax: +91 80 4150580. Mobile: 98441 01150
sunil@mahiti.org http://www.mahiti.org
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From: Frederick Noronha <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: The way WUW is going ...
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 22:57:02 CST
This note is from Cesar Brod in Brasil. FN
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Here is the introductory page of the revamped WUW project. Take a look
and see where we are going:
What is WUW
WUW stands for Who Uses What. It was primarily intended to be an auxiliary tool for the so called Helsinki Project, a research sponsored by the Finnish Minister of Development Aid in order to find out Free and Open Source sofware projects that could help emerging economies.
WUW aims to be a database of findings about webservers, in a certain way similar to Netcraft, although built entirely on top of free software and being a free software itself, released under the GNU GPL.
The simplest way to find what WUV is all about is to query the system for a given host, for instance: wuv.codigolivre.org.br. If the host have been categorized and crawed before, you will see a page with results, with the possibility for you to add your comments, anonymously or not. If the host have not yet been crawled, you will see a page with a couple more fields you may wish to fill, and the host you have added will be crawled in no more than 48 hours. Our WUW administrator can act upon the host information, further categorizing it.
WUW also provides statistics on the data it has already gathered. You will be able to see for a specific country or type of host what are the most used web servers, mail servers, etc. You can also use the "advanced research features", where you will be able to add your own type of research. For instance, you want to know which webserver is the most used by a specific group of companies: create a research called "TOP 100 Coal Mining Companies", and add the host addressess. We intend to build "wizards" to help you set up this kind of research.
You may also do a "bulk submit" of hosts if you want to, just follow the instructions regarding the layout of the file you will submitt with your host names. The simplest way is to provide all of your hosts, each one in a separated line:
www.brod.com.br
www.univates.br
www.codigolivre.org.br
and so on.
Please note special regulations may apply depending on where the host you wish to get some information is located. We will comply to all pertinent regulations and will remove data from our database if we find this is recquired by any specific regulation.
You can host your own WUW site if you want to. Click here to download the WUW program and installation instructions. WUW is a work in progress! Make sure you know what you are doing when installing it. Comments, suggestions and bugfixes are welcome. WUW requires PHP, Apache and has only been tested in a Linux server.
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