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FossNews Weekly
Issue : 10
Team : T.Shrinivasan ( tshrinivasan@gmail.com ) , K.Balavignesh ( kbalavignesh@gmail.com )
Date : 03102008
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Contents
1. Software Freedom Day 2008 Celebrations at Jaya Engg College, Chennai
2. Free Software Shouldn't Mean You Can't Make a Buck
3. Installing VirtualBox 2.0.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop
4. Turn your machine into enterprise storage with Openfiler
5. Financial Crisis Offers Opportunity for Linux, Open Source
6. Shaastra at IIT Madras 15 Oct 2008
7. A Freedom Walk from Kasargode to Trivandrum to spread Software Freedom
1. Software Freedom Day 2008 Celebrations at Jaya Engg College, Chennai
Software Freedom Day 2008 was celebrated at Jaya Engineering College, Chennai on 21 sep, 2008.
Here is a Report.
Link: http://goinggnu.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/softwarefreedomday2008celebrationsatjaya
enggcollegechennai/
2. Free Software Shouldn't Mean You Can't Make a Buck
Why does the GNU General Public License have to be the definitive license for Free and Open Source
Software? Consider the BSD license type a more businessfriendly variety that allows for
businesses to make a profit while preserving the public interest, writes columnist Jeremiah T. Gray.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/64518.html
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3. Installing VirtualBox 2.0.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop
http://www.howtoforge.com/installingvirtualbox2.0.0onubuntu8.04desktop
4. Turn your machine into enterprise storage with Openfiler
Openfiler is a Open Source Storage Management System for Enterprises. Normally all the big
enterprises go for proprietary storage products from vendors such as EMC, Dell, HewlettPackard, and
EqualLogic. Many of these devices work just like ordinary servers with multiple hard disks and an
operating system. Some use Unix and Linux as base operating systems. So, here is Openfiler, which
supports most storage protocols and can save you $5,000 or more by providing enterpriselevel storage
absolutely free for any box that meets the minimum requirements.
http://www.linux.com/feature/146861
5. Financial Crisis Offers Opportunity for Linux, Open Source
Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, says technologies such as Linux and open
source software can help enterprises cut costs during tough economic times. Zemlin says users should
look to open source and Linux, systems management tools, and virtualization technology to keep
budgets in line.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/LinuxandOpenSource/FinancialCrisisOffersOpportunityforLinux
OpenSource/
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6. Shaastra at IIT Madras 15 Oct 2008
Shaastra, Annual technical festival of IITMadras, is starting from Wed Oct 1st 2008 and ending on
Sun Oct 5th. Lot of technical events, talks and video conference are organized as the part this festival.
FOSS Workshop Speakers *
Guido van Rossum (Creator of Python)
Dr Kapil
Sudharshan
Akash
Arun Chaganty
Shreyas Srinivasan (Bglr)
For more info visit: http://www.shaastra.org/
http://www.shaastra.org/Events/FOSSConference
http://www.shaastra.org/Events/Hackfest
7. A Freedom Walk from Kasargode to Trivandrum to spread Software Freedom
Wishes to the volunteer team.
http://www.freedomwalk.in/
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