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Call for Speakers: GNUnify – India’s Biggest Open Source Conference
(Sorry about the late notice. This CFP for GNUnify is open until Wednesday Feb 1st, so please hurry and register as a speaker.) GNUnify, organized by Pune Linux Users Group (PLUG) and SICSR is one of the biggest free and open source conferences in India. It will be held on 10th and 11th Feb in [...]
FUDCon – Conference for Fedora Linux Users and Developers – 4-6 Nov
Abhijit A.M. of CoEP writes: We are very pleased to invite you to FUDCON’11 (Fedora Users and Developers Conference) to be hosted in CoEP from 4th (Fri) to 6th (Sun) of Nov 2011. FUDCON is one of the world’s biggest Free and Open Source (FOSS) conferences. Fedora itself is one of the most popular GNU/Linux [...]
Python, Django, Git, Virtualization and more at Fedora Activity Day 1 – Sept 24
A Fedora Activity Day (FAD) is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, 2011, 1000 IST onwards at Red Hat office in Pune. The objective of this FAD is to get any beginner, particularly students, introduced to Open Source and Linux in general, and involved in Fedora in particular, in preparation of FUDCon, Pune. Agenda Since this [...]
Overview of Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Program in Pune
The Wikimedia Foundation has recently launched the India Education Program. The goal is to encourage professors in India to join a growing global community of educators who use Wikipedia as a teaching tool in their classes. Both teachers and students will receive guidance and support from Wikipedia experts as well as free educational materials developed [...]
Pune Students – Become a Wikipedia Campus Ambassador
Wikipedia wants lots of Indian students to be involved in contributing to the Wikipedia, and with this in mind they are starting an ambitious program in India. And this will start with a large-scale, high-impact pilot in Pune. The basic idea is to recruit “Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors” in Pune, who will find, recruit and train [...]
TechWeekend7 (#tw7): Mobile Application Development – 19 Feb
TechWeekend 7 (#tw7) will focus on Mobile Application Development, and we have these talks lined up: Application Development for Windows Phone 7 & Marketplace – by Mayur Tendulkar. With Nokia throwing all its weight behind Windows Phone 7 for all its smartphones, Windows Phone 7 has suddenly become a much more important platform than it [...]
What to expect at GNUnify – Pune’s biggest open source conference – 11/12 Feb
GNUnify is possibly India’s biggest open source conference and it is happening in Pune on 11th and 12th February. The schedule (day 1, and day 2) is up and there’s a lot of interesting stuff. There are workshops, talks, labs, and a wikipedia track. Here are what we believe are the highlights: Workshops: There’s one [...]
PHPCamp is back – Register to be a Speaker
India’s largest unconference, PHPCamp is back. PHPCamp 2011 will be on Saturday, 5th March, 2011. The venue is not yet decided but the call for speakers is out. If you’ve done any interesting work in PHP, this is your chance to show it off to 100s of PHP developers and students (actually the number has [...]
Talk about your work at Pune’s GNUnify open source conference – CFP open
Every year since 2003, Pune has been hosting GNUnify, a major open source conference, organized by the Pune Linux Users Group and SICSR (Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research). It attracts a number of students and professionals, not just from all over India, but also other parts of the world. It’s a two day [...]
Wikipedia 10th Anniversary Celebrations in Pune – 3 Events
15th January 2011 is the 10th Anniversary of the launch of Wikipedia. To celebrate, the wikipedians in the city have organized three events: two events this weekend, and then the “main” event on 15th January. The events are as follows: Marathi Wikipedia meetup 8th January, 1830 – 2000 hrs, SICSR, Atur Centre, Model Colony. Room [...]