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Basic course on Linux by PLUG – Oct 6

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What: A basic course on Linux conducted by Pune Linux Users Group (PLUG)

When: Monday, 6th October. 4pm to 6pm. 

Where: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), 7th floor, Atur Center, Model Colony, Pune, India (Map)

Registration and Fees: The event is free for all. No registration required.

Details
This is a very basic GNU/Linux course. The aim is to provide some hands on experience to the user so as to make him aware of all the different features and flavors of a GNU/Linux OS. At the end of the course, a user should be able to connect to and browse the internet, send receive mails, create rich text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, administer personal system etc. all using a GNU/Linux system and various free software available on the net.

Check out the detailed syllabus for this course.

Pune Linux Users Group Meeting – Oct 4

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What: Pune Linux Users Group (PLUG) monthly meeting

When: Saturday, 4th October. 4pm to 6pm. 

Where: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), 7th floor, Atur Center, Model Colony, Pune, India (Map)

Registration and Fees: The event is free for all. No registration required.

Details
The PLUG meeting is open to all, there are no charges or pre-requisites to attend the meeting. If you are intrested in FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) you are welcome to the meeting. If you want to give a talk or a demo, you are welcome.

This meeting happens on the first Saturday of every month, at the same place and time. Usually, a PuneJava talk organized by IndicThreads also happens immediately after the PLUG meeting, but apparently not happening this month. 

Symbiosis Institute of Telecom Management (SITM) is organizing a two day seminar on Telecom Management at their beautiful campus at Lavale village. Details of this meeting, and all other interesting tech events in Pune can be found at the PuneTech calendar.

Software Freedom Day – Sept 21

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What: Software Freedom Day – Celebrating GNU/Linux, PHP, etc.
When: Sunday September 21, 2008 from 11:00am – 3:00pm

Where: Bhaskaracharya Pratisthan
56/14, Damle Path, off Law College Road, Erandavane, Pune, 411 004.
Pune, Maharashtra

Program :
 1) Installation Demo: Fedora, Ubuntu, Open SuSE, Mandriva.
2) Install Fest: Bring your machine, we will install GNU/Linux on it.
3) Small Demo: Hands on Demo for c,php programming.

PS: Please give us your suggestions.
We want more Programs like talks, workshops.
So please come forward as speaker.
Also we want volunteers, who will help for this event.

For more information about – Software Freedom Day
http://softwarefreedomday.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_Freedom_Day

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Film restoration technology developed in Pune

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The Indian Express has an article about film restoration studio, Cameo, with technology developed entirely indegeneously:

Gujar, a graduate in engineering from VIT College came up with concept of developing an affordable film restoration software and studio when he was in college. “The requirement of film restoration was found out when we were studying imaging. We talked to people concerned, who endorsed the grave problem the industry was facing already. We went ahead built a few prototypes of what we thought could be done for the problem, and demonstrated it to various people in the film industry. And then we got down to the task of building the entire software required to put up a full fledged restoration studio, “elaborates Gujar.”

The technology allows tens or hundreds of computer-servers to work together, along with human assisted computers to remove damages from films. “It took us more than a year for the research and close to a year to build the technology. Pune, being a primary IT hub allowed us to find most of the required talent locally. We had IIT graduates and experts from imaging, computer vision, Linux and computer software coming together to make this first generation of the technology.

Read full article.

Groovy Grails Discussion (Linux and Java meet – Sept 6)

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What: Pune Linux Users Group (PLUG) meeting followed by a discussion on Groovy – Grails with Harshad Oak (part of the Java meet by IndicThreads.)

When: Saturday, 6th September. PLUG meeting 4pm to 6pm. Harshad’s talk from 6pm to 7:30pm

Where: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), 7th floor, Atur Center, Model Colony, Pune, India (Map)

Registration and Fees: The event is free for all. Register here.

Details: PLUG meeting
The PLUG meeting is open to all, there are no charges or pre-requisites to attend the meeting. If you are intrested in FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) you are welcome to the meeting. If you want to give a talk or a demo, you are welcome.

Details: Groovy – Grails Discussion
The Groovy language and the Grails framework have slowly but surely grown in prominence. Grails uses the best ideas from the Ruby on Rails world while still continuing to leverage the tried, tested and trusted Java platform as well as established frameworks like Spring and Hibernate. However there has been hardly any community behind Groovy and Grails in India. The Java meet for this month is an attempt to facilitate discussion amongst Groovy and Grails enthusiasts in Pune & India.

The Groovy – Grails meet will commence with a Grails introduction and demo by Harshad Oak. This will be followed by a discussion about the Groovy & Grails, it’s current state in India and its future prospects.

About the Speaker – Harshad Oak

Harshad is the founder of Rightrix Solutions and editor IndicThreads.com. He is the author of 3 books on Java technology and several articles. For his contributions to technology and the developer community, he has been recognized as an Oracle ACE Director and Sun Java Champion.

To initiate discussion prior to the meet or continue it after the meet, join these groups.

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Pune Java and Pune Linux monthly meet – August

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What: Pune Linux Users Group (PLUG) meeting followed by a Talk on “Design Patterns for Web Applications” by Shridhar Deshpande (part of the Java meet by IndicThreads.)

When: Saturday, 2nd August. PLUG meeting 4pm to 6pm. Shridhar’s talk from 6pm to 7:30pm

Where: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), 7th floor, Atur Center, Model Colony, Pune, India (Map)

Registration and Fees: The event is free for all. Register here.

Details: PLUG meeting
The PLUG meeting is open to all, there are no charges or pre-requisites to attend the meeting. If you are intrested in FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) you are welcome to the meeting. If you want to give a talk or a demo, you are welcome. Mandriva 2008.1 spring edition and Fedora 9 DVDs available with the organizers. You can book CD/DVDs and  collect them after the meeting.

Details: Contrasting Java and Dynamic Languages
Shridhar Deshpande would provide insights on some of the most commonly applicable design patterns for web based java applications.It would include introduction to design patterns, what they mean to the developers. how did they come into the picture and their impact on an application. Later some design patterns commonly applicable to web based applications would be discussed and assessed on various factors relating to the application. This session would also include inputs regarding some design patterns which could come into use in the future.

About the Presenter:

Shridhar Deshpande is a consultant at i-Flex Solutions

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Azingo to raise Rs 200 cr for acquisitions in India

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Azingo, a mobile platform development company, which provides a full Linux-based mobile stack, as well as services, (and which has a development center in Pune), is planning to raise Rs 200 cr in a Series-B funding from US-based private equity firm Garnett Helfrich Capital and a few other VCs.

Azingo, one of the core members of UK-headquartered LIMO Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to creating an open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices, helps the foundation’s 55 members, including nine tier-I operators like Verizon, Orange, SK Telecom and Soft Bank Mobile, to develop, integrate and tests its Mobile Linux software platform.

“Our Mobile Linux operating system is currently in the beta stage and we are in the process of commercialising the technology. The funds will be utilised to build applications for service and delivery to large operators and vendors, besides scaling up our workforce in India through the inorganic growth route,” Azingo’s chief executive officer Mahesh Veerina told Business Standard.

Veerina said they had identified a couple of companies in India and abroad that could bring in engineering talent, mobile application development, intellectual property IP or customer relations. It expected to wrap up the buyout deal in the next six to nine months. Azingo currently has 300 engineers working out of its Hyderabad and Pune centres. It will add close to 700 engineers in the country in the next one year.

Source Azingo to raise Rs 200 cr

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Upcoming Event: Python and Fedora Session

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What: A detailed day-long session consisting of an introduction to Python, and opportunities for contributing to the Fedora project. Organized by LinuxChix Pune.

When: Sunday, 13 July, 11am to 5pm.

Where: RedHat office, Kalyaninagar

Registration: The event is free, but open only to the first 15 participants who register

Details:

Python Session by Ramkrsna

  • Instant Python :: Basically Teaching all of Python in the first Hour, before going deeper.
  • Lexcial Conventions and Syntax
  • Types and Objects
  • Operators and Expressions
  • Control Flow
  • Functions and Functional Programming
  • Classes and Object Oriented Programming
  • Modules and Packages
  • Input and Output
  • Execution Environments

A session on opportunities for volunteering at the Fedora Project, by Rahul Sundaram.

For more details see:
http://linuxchix.org.in/wiki/index.php/PunePythonSession

Please note, since the room has a maximum capacity for 15 people do ensure that you have your name
within the first 15. The names can be enlisted in the above mentioned page.

For further assistance, please do contact any of the following:

Runa Bhattacharjee (runa.misc at gmail dot com)
Smriti Garg (smritigarg87 at gmail dot com)
Shubhra Samnani (shubhra.samnani at gmail dot com)

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Java Meet, PLUG meeting, and startup chat – 5 July

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What: Pune Linux Users Group (PLUG) meeting followed by a Talk on “Contrasting Java and Dynamic Languages” by Dhananjay Nene (as part of the Java meet by IndicThreads.) Also, check out the proto.in online startup chat event at 3pm.

When: Saturday, 5th July. PLUG meeting 4pm to 6pm. Dhananjay’s talk from 6pm to 7:30pm

Where: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), 7th floor, Atur Center, Model Colony, Pune, India (Map)

Registration and Fees: The event is free for all. Register here.

Details: PLUG meeting
The PLUG meeting is open to all, there are no charges or pre-requisites to attend the meeting. If you are intrested in FOSS (Free/Open Source Software) you are welcome to the meeting.

Details: Contrasting Java and Dynamic Languages
Given the increasing interest in dynamic languages such as Python, Ruby, PHP along with the increasing threat perception to Java, Dhananjay Nene talks about his experience with using these languages and how they distinguish themselves from Java. The session “Contrasting Java and Dynamic Languages” will also discuss the role of Java based scripting languages such as Groovy, JRuby and Jython.

About the Presenter:
Dhananjay Nene has been programming for 17 years and was associated with Citicorp Overseas Software Limited and AT&T and his last assignment was being the CTO and Head of Product Development for CashTech Solutions. He has worked on a number of domains including banking, telecom, network management, wireless networking and educational software. He is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, has worked in senior management positions and has managed large sized development teams.

In recent years he had focused on building very high performance java based frameworks and solutions. Currently he is developing software using Python. He blogs at http://blog.dhananjaynene.com

Proto.in’s online startup chat

If you don’t feel like leaving your house, you can check out the proto.in online start-up chat event that starts at 3pm.

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Pune engineer honored as RHCE of the year

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From Red Hat News:

The achievements of Red Hat Certified Engineers (RHCEs) from around the world will be honored for the third-consecutive year at the upcoming Red Hat Summit, June 18 – 20 in Boston, Mass. RHCE of the Year awards will be granted to five individuals – one each from the United States, Canada, Asia-Pacific, India and Europe.

The RHCE of the Year award gives Red Hat an opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of five extremely resourceful and capable individuals whose winning submissions highlight the value of the Red Hat certifications for the enterprise, the career and the community. The awards also recognize the contributions of our certified community as a whole. More than 500 RHCEs entered this year’s contest by answering the question: “why should you be considered RHCE of the Year?” in 1,000 words or less.

[…]

Anil Waychal, India’s winner, led his company’s efforts in migrating more than 350 systems to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The end result was a large cost savings and a significant boost for Suma Soft’s overall security.

Suma Soft is a Pune-based company that provides development and support services in web technologies and security.

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