vnr G.N.U/LINUX USERS' GROUP

Press Coverage on Dr.Richard Stallmans visit to Hyderabad on 22-12-08

2008-12-24T21:25:00.001+05:30

Linux Workshop Day1 (19-12-08)

2008-12-20T11:06:00.003+05:30

Hi delegates/participants of the Linux Workshop being conducted on 19-12-08 @ Vector08 hosted by V.N.R Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology.

The day1 sessions went well,though we had few technical snags during the event we have overcome them on the day2 of the event. We are uploading the presentations of the Day1(both session1 & session2) given by Mr.Karthik,Mr.Sridhar. Both the Speakers are members of the Swecha Movement and have been working for Sreenidhi Institute of Engineering & Technology.

The topics that were covered on Day1 of the event are:
• Free software and career
• Free softwares in electronics and communications

The below link contains the presentations of both sessions being given on Day1.
http://www.esnips.com/web/linuxworkshopvector2k8/

We would like to have your feedback and any other photos that you have taken during the event.Pls do spare some time sending us your feedback which will help us organise much more better events in the future.
( pls do send ur feedback to:vglug@vnrvjiet.ac.in)

GNU\LINUX WORKSHOP

2008-12-15T00:16:00.005+05:30

Hi friends ,

vGLUG proudly annouces GNU\LINUX Workshop @ Vector2k8

Vector2k8 is a National Level Technical Symposium Conducted by ISTE Student Chapter,VNR VJIET .This year vGLUG in colloboration with ISTE has planned to organise a workshop on

1)FreeSoftware in career,

2)Free Software tool in Electronics,

3)Free Software in Embedded Linux,

4)Free Software in MicroControllers.

The Duration of the workshop is for 2days , the event is on December 19&20 2008.

The Registration fee is very nominal Rs.200/- per delegate.All necessary arrangements will be made by the organisers.Out station particpants can contact us or the event organisers for necessary accomodation.

pls do mail us at vglug@vnrvjiet.ac.in for online registrations and as well u can register ur self on the spot.

Contact details:

Abhishek :+919949739355

Srujan Kumar:+919866922811

we are well very much sure that it wud be 100% advantageous to every participant / delegate attending the workshop pls do not miss this opportunity.

To read more about other events and other details about our workshop pls do visit:

Linux Workshop->http://vector2k8.com/index-2.html

Speakers for the Workshop are from Academic and Industry Background.

foss.in

2008-10-16T22:13:00.004+05:30

the most awaited events in india for all the linux users
registrations are open now!!!
pls visit FOSS.IN
subscribe rss for more details
delegate registrations are open now:http://foss.in/register/delegate-registration
people who are interested in working as volunteers will not be charged even a pie, so come forward and contribute to the event...

national convention'08

2008-09-16T22:17:00.002+05:30

ForIT

2008-07-31T23:21:00.004+05:30

Whither the Inflation?

Inflation event

Topic: "Whither the Inflation?"

Speaker :Dr. K. Nageshwar

Professor of Journalism, OU
Member of Legislative Council (MLC)

Venue :Chandanagar Community Hall,Opp. Hotel Swagath, Chandanagar

Date & Time:Saturday 2^nd August, 2008 ,10:00 AM to 01:00 PM

About ForIT(FORUM FOR I.T)

A group of IT employees flocked together with an aim to bring about a change for a better tomorrow. This is a group formed by the IT employees who have readily taken up initiatives in order to solve the problems faced by the IT employees and bring about a change.

The seeds for this thought were first planted in the form of our “Better MMTS for Hyderabad” initiative. The group was noticeably successful in campaigning among the IT employees and convincing the Transport Ministry and the RTC authorities in providing public transport. The result- A number of RTC buses plying between Hi-Tech City railway station and VBIT. Along these lines there are many other issues, which we intend to address and try finding a solution.

mukt.in

2008-07-31T23:17:00.004+05:30

mukt.in - wings of freedom.

mukt is derived from the word mukti, meaning the experience of being free from bondage.

Composed of a body of individuals who love Free/Open Source Software (FOSS), the mukt.in team organizes series of events to promote the same.
It aims to collaborate skill levels from complete novice to expert; collaborate to share knowledge and experiences.

mukt.in first started in 2007, aug 24,25,26th. It featured discussions, speeches, presentations, and intense interactions.

This year we are gearing up for:

Student talks
Dedicated open source programming & gaming sessions
Project exhibitions
Stalls on open source technologies
BOF's
Sponsors stalls
Free and Open Source Software giveaways

and more, since ideas are pouring in.
pls do visit this page to know abt what's happening here at mukt.in

recovering ubuntu after installing windows

2008-03-18T18:51:00.002+05:30

this would be the common problem that many GNU\Linux users must be encountering ,try reading the detailed instructions given in the site and fix ur bootloader........
click here for more info...

unite ubuntu and windows in a sigle click

2008-03-18T18:42:00.002+05:30

hey guys the latest tweak u can just try .............
making both ubuntu and windows work on a single desktop.........
this is being posted to users who feel difficult using ubuntu for the first time...though using ubuntu wouldn't have been too difficult to new user's but i guess this would be much helpful for u ppl top try it on ur desktop's.......
to try this clickhere

interested to know about the research work??

2008-03-08T19:14:00.002+05:30

are u interested to know about the research work?? research work in the areas of Free Softwares and its application to the society here are some links that would take you to understand more about the Free Softwares ....pls click the below links .....
Free /Open Source Research

Books On Free Softwares

Free Hardware

finally "the solution" for ur doubt's....

2008-03-08T18:45:00.003+05:30

we mostly think that what would we do when one swithes over to linux after using windows /mac for a long time... i mean to say that the availability of the mostly used software's like office suite or any other important software...dont worry my friends here is a list of alternatives that would give a wholesome info about the alternatives available for GNU\LINUX some may be Free softwares and some may be Open Source Softwares but finally altogether serve your purpose...
to browse the list of alternatives.. pls click here... alternatives

G.N.U\LINUX based Multimedia workshop

2008-02-25T22:17:00.003+05:30

vGLUG comes up with a multimedia workshop for students who have creative ideas and want them to be done differently,comeon friends its time to show ur talent and learn more which haven't yet....come to VNR attend the workshop and get to know the other side of using the creativeness using Free Softwares
for more info on Workshops pls click here

Stallman on handing over GNU Emacs

2008-02-25T22:07:00.002+05:30

here is a small conversation between Paul McNamara and R.M.S regarding the handing over of GNU EMACS ,
to read the conversation pls click here

ubuntu guide for newbies

2008-02-25T22:02:00.003+05:30

this is a guide which would take ubuntu users feel easier with all the support available
click here
and for more help on ubuntu fiesty fawn/7.10 click here

mounting ntfs and fat32 partitions on debian

2007-12-24T11:40:00.000+05:30

Below is a clear description of downloading the packages, installing
them and configuring them in fstab
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*Installation On Debian Etch
First, download NTFS-3g. 2 packages are needed here: ntfs-3g and libntfs-3g. You can use wget to download them:
step 1: open the terminal and type the below lines ,if u are connected to the internet they will be automatically downloaded

wget http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/03/01/debian/pool/main/n/ntfs-3g/libntfs\
-3g0_0.0.0+20061031-6_i386.deb
wget http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/03/01/debian/pool/main/n/ntfs-3g/ntfs-3g\
_0.0.0+20061031-6_i386.deb

step 2:Then install the dependencies, type the below line in the terminal
sudo apt-get install fuse-utils libfuse2

step 3:Finally you can install ntfs-3g (using the 2 Debian packages you just downloaded) ,type the below lines in the terminal
sudo dpkg -i libntfs-3g0_0.0.0+20061031-6_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i ntfs-3g_0.0.0+20061031-6_i386.deb

step 4:Mounting partitions ,before mounting partitions you have create the points i.e you have to create a seperate folders in the /media for your partitions (for example /media/softwares )
To create folders for
eg. /media/softwares type mkdir /media/softwares in the terminal
Mounting partition is done quite simply.
For example, this command (one line):
sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/hda1 /media/windows -o umask=0,nls=utf8
In the above line /dev/hda1 indicates the hard drive which you are mounting ,be careful and type the correct drive with the correct mount point

step 5:Once you have established that this command work fine on your system, you can add an entry for it in /etc/fstab: type gksudo gedit /etc/fstab in the terminal the fstab file will be opened in write mode and u can edit the file... the fstab contains information of the hard drives which have to be mounted while booting.. add these lines at the bottom of the fstab file
(the below lines may vary according to ur partitions be careful
about that)
/dev/hda1 /media/softwares ntfs-3g umask=0,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/hda2 /media/windows ntfs-3g umask=0,nls=utf8 0 0
add all the windows ntfs partitions here

*** For adding fat(vfat in linux) partitions in the fstab file
/dev/hda5 /media/music vfat iocharset=utf8,umask=000 0 0
If you wish, you can unmount that partition in the standard way:
sudo umount /dev/sda1
* Tips
The output of
sudo fdisk -l | grep -i ntfs
will tell you the location of your windows partition.

using wine on redhat or fedora versions of linux

2007-12-24T11:29:00.000+05:30

Wine is an open source implementation of the windows api ontop of X and opengl. The official homepage is located at http://winehq.org. The packages I maintain are split up to allow for smaller installations. Normal users utilizing the Fedora Extras repository should be able to use yum to install the packages.

  the following link provides you the process and steps to be followed to acheive the installation of
 wine on ur desktop
   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AndreasBierfert/Wine

working on the latest 3-d desktop environment!!!!

2007-12-24T11:03:00.000+05:30

Project Looking Glass (LG3D) is the latest desktop environment developed by the SUN microsystems
makes you feel very much comfortable and makes you work easier on the desktop or ur notebook ........
the following link provides you the entire info abt the installation and the way to work on this software.....
https://lg3d.dev.java.net/lg3d-getting-started.html

vGLUG PROUDLY CELEBRATES 2ND ANNIVERSARY

2007-10-19T17:12:00.001+05:30

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vnr GNU\LINUX USERS GROUP celebrates its 2nd anniversary
celebrations.........
the event was a grand success and we wish this continues ...........

chief guests:
1) Dr.Vinay Babu garu (prof J.N.T.U)
2) Pratap reddy garu (prof J.NT.U)
Principal VNR VignanJyothiEnggCollege :K.Vizaya kumar garu ,
I.T Dept H.O.D :D.Vijayalakshmi garu
and
technical sessions were given by:
Mr.Siddharth (alumni)-spirit of vglug and the motto of free software
perspective
Mr.Bhuvan (F.S.F)-gnu\linux and their alternatives
Mr.Rasinesh (F.S.F) -gcc compiler and many other editors present on
linux distros
Mr.Pramod (F.S.F)
Mr.Sudheer(vGLUG)-Beryl and its features
we thank all who have participated and spent their valuable time , have presented and
shared their valuable & precious knowledge.........
and finally we thank all the members of vGLUG core committee and all the
volunteers who have made the event a grand success and we wish all the
members of F.S.F on behalf of vGLUG for comin all the way from F.S.F A.P Chapter
and taking technical sessions and by enlightening our college students of
of VNR VignanJyothiEnggCollege
------(note:F.S.F:FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION)

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What is GNU/LINUX ?

2007-10-19T16:58:00.002+05:30

" In the early days of computing, it was a standard practice for programmers to share software. However since the 1960s, software has been trapped in a battle of ownership and users have been prevented from sharing or modifying programs. By the 1980s, proprietary software became the norm and the software freedom was lost.
" The owners of software had erected walls to divide us from each other." These are the words of Richard M Stallman (RMS)., a celebrated programmer and an accomplished hacker. RMS quit his job at MIT's AI lab, to zealously campaign for safeguarding software freedom. In 1984, he launched the free software movement and started the GNU project to develop a free operating system called GNU (a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix"). The next year, he founded Free Software Foundation ( FSF) to promote free software. FSF promotes the use of GNU/Linux (oftenly mistakenly called 'Linux') based on the kernel developed by Linus Torvalds. ".

Moglen says "Free software is a fundamental requirement for a democratic and free society in which we are surrounded by and dependent upon technical devices. Moglen is closely involved with the Free Software Foundation, serving as general counsel since 1994 and board member from 2000 to 2007. He was responsible for drafting version 3 of the GPL. He has called on lawyers to help the Free Software movement, saying: "Those who want to share their code can make products and share their work without additional legal risks."

--Eben Moglen

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