From gora at sarai.net Mon Sep 1 23:30:16 2008 From: gora at sarai.net (Gora Mohanty) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:00:16 +0530 Subject: [Freed] [X-Post][Commercial] FLOSS position available at Sarai Message-ID: <20080902120016.6f5cee28@mail.sarai.net> Hello everyone, Please note that this message is widely cross-posted, and be careful of follow-ups. The FLOSS programme at Sarai, CSDS is looking for a senior person to work with us, as per the description in the advertisement below. While we would prefer someone well-versed in Indian-language computing, we would also be happy to consider strong candidates with other backgrounds. Also, while we need a senior person in light of the job duties, it might also be possible to offer a junior-level position for a talented candidate. So, please do not hesitate to send in a resume. The last date for receiving submissions is midnight Sun., 28th Sep., 2008. For any questions, please contact me off-list, or send email to floss at sarai.net . You can also call me at +919868527992. Please also feel free to circulate this announcement, and the link at Regards, Gora -------------------------------------------------------- Senior FLOSS position available at Sarai, CSDS -------------------------------------------------------- The Sarai programme of the Centre for Studies of Developing Societies (CSDS), is pleased to announce the availability of a position for a senior person for one year, with renewal subject to performance, and to the availability of funding. The FLOSS programme at Sarai is involved primarily in Indian language computing, and one of the focal points of the work this year will be (a) putting together customised versions of popular Linux distributions like Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu that are specialised to Indian language computing, and (b) organising documentation to cover the installation, and usage of applications on these distributions in Indian languages. The goal is to have Indian language computing on free operating systems become at least as easy as it is with English. Besides, we also work on various open-source technologies including mobile computing (especially, the use of Indian languages on mobiles), GPS, GIS, electronics, embedded devices, and robotics. The successful candidate is also strongly encouraged to have open-source interests of their own, and they can be allocated time to work on these. A brief description of the responsibilities of the position include: o Coordinating with major Linux distributions for ensuring up-to-date Indian language packages for fonts, input methods, etc. o Coordination with major applications like OpenOffice, Mozilla, and Scribus for incorporation of Indian language packs, and the building of releases. o Facilitating development work in Indian language computing by working with various external developers such as Scribus, aspell, desktop publishing, and semantic analysis folk, etc. o Driving documentation by making an outline of the documents needed for installing and using Indian languages on FLOSS operating systems and applications. o Keeping abreast of new technology, and facilitating the development of cutting-edge technologies for Indian languages, such as speech-to-text, optical character recognition, etc. o FLOSS Evangelism, and support for people seeking to deploy FLOSS Indian language solutions. Besides this, the person will also be expected to take up part of the managerial tasks associated with the current FLOSSINCLUDE projects, and other ongoing FLOSS projects at Sarai. Some infrastructural, and travel funds will also be made available. It is possible for the selected candidate to work largely from outside the physical environs of Sarai, though someone from the Delhi NCR region would be strongly preferred. If interested, please email a (max.) one-page statement of interests, in light of the above expectations of the position, and a current resume to floss at sarai.net . Potential candidates are also encouraged to visit Sarai beforehand, and can set up a time by sending email to the above address. All submissions for the position should reach us by midnight IST, on Sun., the 28th of September. Please direct any further queries to floss at sarai.net . -------------------------------------------------------- From gora at sarai.net Tue Sep 9 22:45:24 2008 From: gora at sarai.net (Gora Mohanty) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:15:24 +0530 Subject: [Freed] Possibility of a workshop on free media through FOSS tecnology Message-ID: <20080910111524.2d66c533@mail.sarai.net> Hi, We have been contacted by an organisation called the G.I.S.S. committee, which is dedicated to the distribution of free media through FOSS streaming technologies. Some of these folk will be in India from mid-Sep. to mid-Oct., and had originally planned to do a free media workshop at Dahanu near Mumbai. However, the Indian organisation that they were working with will not be able to hold the event, as they have become involved in the Bihar flood relief effort. Thus, they were interested in visiting people in Delhi, and maybe holding a workshop here. The plan for the original workshop is at: http://giss.tv/wiki/index.php/Workshop_India It looks interesting to me, though I have told them that we can probably only do a two-day workshop, rather than the proposed four days. Can people do me a favour, and (a) Evaluate the workshop schedule at the above link, and see if it looks reasonable. I am out of my depth here. (b) Follow up here with a note if they think that they would be interested in attending such a workshop at the end of Sep./1st week of Oct. I would like to gauge the level of interest. Regards, Gora From gora at sarai.net Tue Sep 9 23:44:57 2008 From: gora at sarai.net (Gora Mohanty) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:14:57 +0530 Subject: [Freed] Reminder: Project proposals for 2008 Sarai FLOSS due 14th Sep. Message-ID: <20080910121457.24b16bd9@mail.sarai.net> Hello all, Just a gentle reminder that proposals for the 2008 Sarai FLOSS fellowship programme are due at midnight IST on the coming Sun., Sep. 14th, 2008. As I might be going out of town this weekend, this date might get extended by a week, but please do not depend on that. Anyone who has sent in a proposal should have received an acknowledgement. If you haven't please contact me immediately. It is to your advantage to send in a proposal as soon as possible, so that we can give you any required feedback before the final deadline. The announcement is online at and a PDF copy of the announcement is available at http://www.sarai.net/fellowships/floss/sarai-floss.pdf Please feel free to circulate these far and wide. Regards, Gora From linuxlingam at gmail.com Wed Sep 10 07:47:53 2008 From: linuxlingam at gmail.com (Linux Lingam) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:17:53 +0530 Subject: [Freed] Possibility of a workshop on free media through FOSS tecnology In-Reply-To: <20080910111524.2d66c533@mail.sarai.net> References: <20080910111524.2d66c533@mail.sarai.net> Message-ID: <68ddcb070809100747w275ab57brc45b4ddf20db3a3c@mail.gmail.com> On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: > Hi, > We have been contacted by an organisation called > the G.I.S.S. committee, which is dedicated to the > distribution of free media through FOSS streaming > technologies. [snip] sounds interesting. > Thus, they were interested in visiting people in > Delhi, and maybe holding a workshop here. The plan > for the original workshop is at: > http://giss.tv/wiki/index.php/Workshop_India the objective is not too clear. is it focussed on the individual, or a community, or media companies? > It looks interesting to me, though I have told them > that we can probably only do a two-day workshop, > rather than the proposed four days. > two days? hmm.. will all depend on who they wish to address. > Can people do me a favour, and (a) Evaluate the > workshop schedule at the above link, and see if it > looks reasonable. I am out of my depth here. > (b) Follow up here with a note if they think that > they would be interested in attending such a workshop > at the end of Sep./1st week of Oct. I would like to > gauge the level of interest. in any case, i'd like to attend. it's about time more people started to think about being muft and mukt beyond software. regards niyam -- niyam bhushan From gora at sarai.net Sat Sep 13 03:46:39 2008 From: gora at sarai.net (Gora Mohanty) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:16:39 +0530 Subject: [Freed] Deadline for Sarai FLOSS fellowships extended to midnight, 21st Sep. Message-ID: <20080913161639.4124d9fd@mail.sarai.net> Hi all, As I will be pretty pressed for time the coming week, and as I have received several frantic last-minute requests, the date for submissions to the 2008 Sarai FLOSS fellowship programme has been extended to midnight IST, Sun., the 21st of Sep. If you have sent me a proposal over the last 2-3 days, I will be getting back to you by tomorrow (Sun., 14/9). The original announcement is online at and a PDF copy of the announcement is available at http://www.sarai.net/fellowships/floss/sarai-floss.pdf Please feel free to circulate these far and wide. Regards, Gora From hemant.saraf at gmail.com Sun Sep 14 08:50:45 2008 From: hemant.saraf at gmail.com (Hemant Saraf) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:20:45 +0530 Subject: [Freed] Possibility of a workshop on free media through FOSS tecnology In-Reply-To: <20080910111524.2d66c533@mail.sarai.net> References: <20080910111524.2d66c533@mail.sarai.net> Message-ID: Hi, I will also be keen.... and as Niyam said, I would like to knw the scope and wks obj better... I am keen about podcasting, and create a few of podcasts of my... am competent with windows based tools... Would be keen to know more about personal studio setup, and other post-production intricacies... thanks, Hemant On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Gora Mohanty wrote: > Hi, > We have been contacted by an organisation called > the G.I.S.S. committee, which is dedicated to the > distribution of free media through FOSS streaming > technologies. Some of these folk will be in India > from mid-Sep. to mid-Oct., and had originally > planned to do a free media workshop at Dahanu near > Mumbai. However, the Indian organisation that they > were working with will not be able to hold the event, > as they have become involved in the Bihar flood > relief effort. > > Thus, they were interested in visiting people in > Delhi, and maybe holding a workshop here. The plan > for the original workshop is at: > http://giss.tv/wiki/index.php/Workshop_India > It looks interesting to me, though I have told them > that we can probably only do a two-day workshop, > rather than the proposed four days. > > Can people do me a favour, and (a) Evaluate the > workshop schedule at the above link, and see if it > looks reasonable. I am out of my depth here. > (b) Follow up here with a note if they think that > they would be interested in attending such a workshop > at the end of Sep./1st week of Oct. I would like to > gauge the level of interest. > > Regards, > Gora > > _______________________________________________ > Freed mailing list > Freed at lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/freed > -- Hemant Saraf Chandigarh [Permanent] 092-165-22771 0172-6535026 PS : Join my yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hi-hemant to stay in touch with me and network with my other friends... 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URL: http://frodo.hserus.net/pipermail/freed/attachments/20080914/5070cfdf/attachment.html From linuxlingam at gmail.com Sun Sep 14 10:09:59 2008 From: linuxlingam at gmail.com (Linux Lingam) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 22:39:59 +0530 Subject: [Freed] Possibility of a workshop on free media through FOSS tecnology In-Reply-To: References: <20080910111524.2d66c533@mail.sarai.net> Message-ID: <68ddcb070809141009g3321d79mc09b93bb2ce05239@mail.gmail.com> dear hemant, and others, you know, there is a growing interest among general people, and those who use foss, towards media, new media, multimedia, digital creativity, and more. so here's an idea: why don't a few of us just get together to kick some tyres? if three of us get together, that's a crowd already. we could even meet for just an hour or two. think small. think different. think foss. think bliss. whatever. let's do such meets more often. there is actually so much more to explore just within this vertical of foss, it's beyond our collective imaginations. i would love to learn, share, grow, inspire, be inspired, by all those interested. venue? date? time? who all is interested? initial agenda? topics smorgasboard: color, typography, graphic design, digital photography, pixel-pushin', 3d, user-interface, digital sound, sound-editing, music-authorin', internet radio, podcasting, web-tv, dvd-ripping, codecs, gnash, librivox, and well, anything else you'd like to share. level: newbies. i insist on this one, please. sharing simple stuff like what is amarok, how does it work, what you can listen to, how to tune into bhangra-hip-hop, will always have a greater cultural impact than how to create a low-latency sound-server. speakers? i volunteer kishore bhargava to share how he handles raw-files and dSLR photography. ankur rohtagi to share what's next with his internet radio fetish. rajmathur on his divx transcoding. andrew has friends at jnu who do video-edits. there is small and growing community of blender3d in delhi, too. kishore mentioned he had a friend who runs an entire digital sound studio on foss. could we get someone to talk from there? finally, some inspiration from bollywood for us? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JZoo30zUxc hehe regards niyam From hemant.saraf at gmail.com Mon Sep 15 06:32:29 2008 From: hemant.saraf at gmail.com (Hemant Saraf) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:02:29 +0530 Subject: [Freed] Possibility of a workshop on free media through FOSS tecnology In-Reply-To: <68ddcb070809141009g3321d79mc09b93bb2ce05239@mail.gmail.com> References: <20080910111524.2d66c533@mail.sarai.net> <68ddcb070809141009g3321d79mc09b93bb2ce05239@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: This sounds great.... but just keep in mind that I will be travelling from Chandigarh for this meeting... not available this weekend, unless it is on a Sunday.... Being based out of Chandigarh imposes the following other constraints : - Can reach delhi railway only by 10:30 am by shatabdi. So all will need to schedule it accordingly. Would request you all for the same. - Will need to catch the evening train back which is at 5:15pm. - the plan to meet should not be tentative and may be we can discuss the agenda on this forum or offline. thanks in advance... Hemant On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Linux Lingam wrote: > dear hemant, and others, > > you know, there is a growing interest among general people, and those > who use foss, towards media, new media, multimedia, digital > creativity, and more. > > so here's an idea: why don't a few of us just get together to kick some > tyres? > if three of us get together, that's a crowd already. > we could even meet for just an hour or two. > think small. think different. think foss. think bliss. whatever. > let's do such meets more often. > > there is actually so much more to explore just within this vertical of > foss, > it's beyond our collective imaginations. > i would love to learn, share, grow, inspire, be inspired, > by all those interested. > > venue? > date? > time? > who all is interested? > initial agenda? > > topics smorgasboard: > color, typography, graphic design, digital photography, pixel-pushin', > 3d, user-interface, digital sound, sound-editing, music-authorin', > internet radio, podcasting, web-tv, dvd-ripping, codecs, gnash, > librivox, and well, anything else you'd like to share. > > level: newbies. i insist on this one, please. > > sharing simple stuff like what is amarok, how does it work, what you > can listen to, how to tune into bhangra-hip-hop, will always have a > greater cultural impact than how to create a low-latency sound-server. > > speakers? > i volunteer kishore bhargava to share how he handles raw-files and > dSLR photography. > ankur rohtagi to share what's next with his internet radio fetish. > rajmathur on his divx transcoding. > andrew has friends at jnu who do video-edits. > there is small and growing community of blender3d in delhi, too. > kishore mentioned he had a friend who runs an entire digital sound > studio on foss. could we get someone to talk from there? > > > > finally, some inspiration from bollywood for us? > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JZoo30zUxc > > hehe > > > regards > niyam > > _______________________________________________ > Freed mailing list > Freed at lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/freed > -- Hemant Saraf Chandigarh [Permanent] 092-165-22771 0172-6535026 PS : Join my yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hi-hemant to stay in touch with me and network with my other friends... If you are not the intended receiver of this message, I will appreciate if you drop me an email and inform me and delete the message. thanks. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://frodo.hserus.net/pipermail/freed/attachments/20080915/4f651f05/attachment.htm From gora at sarai.net Mon Sep 22 03:30:23 2008 From: gora at sarai.net (Gora Mohanty) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:00:23 +0530 Subject: [Freed] [X-Post][Commercial] FLOSS position available at Sarai In-Reply-To: <20080902120016.6f5cee28@mail.sarai.net> References: <20080902120016.6f5cee28@mail.sarai.net> Message-ID: <20080922160023.3a7a7f6b@mail.sarai.net> (Please note the wide cross-posting, and trim follow-ups as appropriate.) Hi, This is a reminder that the last date for receiving applications for the senior FLOSS position at Sarai, CSDS, is midnight the coming Sun., 28th Sep., 2008. It might also be possible for us offer a junior-level position to a talented candidate. So, please do not hesitate to send in a resume. For any questions, please contact me off-list, or send email to floss at sarai.net . You can also call me at +919868527992. Please also feel free to circulate this announcement, and the link with job details at Regards, Gora From gora at sarai.net Mon Sep 22 03:38:58 2008 From: gora at sarai.net (Gora Mohanty) Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:08:58 +0530 Subject: [Freed] [X-Post][Commercial] FLOSS position available at Sarai Message-ID: <20080922160858.2be7b864@mail.sarai.net> (Please note the wide cross-posting, and trim follow-ups as appropriate.) Hi, This is a reminder that the last date for receiving applications for the senior FLOSS position at Sarai, CSDS, is midnight the coming Sun., 28th Sep., 2008. It might also be possible for us offer a junior-level position to a talented candidate. So, please do not hesitate to send in a resume. For any questions, please contact me off-list, or send email to floss at sarai.net . You can also call me at +919868527992. Please also feel free to circulate this announcement, and the link with job details at Regards, Gora