Worlds' widely used Free Software needs MONEY

Linux Foundation launches branded credit cards. I dont think this is just another marketing plan for Linux. Its their marketing strategy to get money..

For each Credit Card activated, the Linux Foundation gets $50, and some amout for each transaction in those cards... Many Linux enthusiast will apply...

 

Speaker s  for FOSS. IN ( Linux Bangalore / LB ) 2005

FOSS. IN announces its speaker list for the forthcoming FOSS. IN 2005 event. We have unexpected set of people... Thanks Atul for making it.

The Key speakers are :

 

He is the co-author of what could probably be called "The Bible of Linux Development", in which he uses his keen knowledge of the Linux kernel and its design to show people how to develop device drivers. No one in India would even *think* of trying this without referring to his book, now in the third edition.         He is Jonathan Corbet, co-author of "Linux Device         Drivers", and editor of LWN.NET, aka "Linux Weekly News".
His code safeguards millions of networks across the world, and can be found in virtually every consumer router these days. And when he isn't writing code, he makes the world a safer place for the GPL, by relentlessly tracking down and exposing corporations who "don't get it" when they use GPL'd code without following the rules of the game, and provided the first precedent of the GPL standing up in court - and winning. From Germany comes the chairman of the netfilter/iptables project, and the man behind GPLviolations.org - Harald Welte.
He speaks Japanese, German, English and a variety of other languages, but most importantly speaks Geek as well. He had a knoppix CD before people knew what that was, and can lie in the sun for hours without getting a tan or a sunburn. He is Mr.Wizards-of-OS - Volker Grassmuck.
Every time you go to the web to access information, you are using technology that this man has had his eager fingers in. His work is one of the first instances of a FOSS project almost completely demolishing the proprietary competition, and is used in a majority of all web servers across the Internet. The man behind the Apache project, COLLAB.NET's Brian Behlendorf.
He started off writing something to make it easier to maintain his personal home pages, and ended up changing the way the world created websites. He is Mr.PHP - Rasmus Lerdorf.
When she speaks, people sit up and listen. She was behind the open sourcing of the project that today gives FOSS a place in every office and in every home, and is also part of the organization that decides what's Open Source, and what is not - literally. The Diva of Open Source - Danese Cooper.
As one of the world's best known bloggers, he has played a vital role in getting his highly influential organization to play nice with FOSS. He loves to dabble with things ranging from Linux servers, databases, to PCs, gliders and now powered aero planes. He is Yahoo's Jeremy Zawodny.
The world of sound and music is a fascinating one, and there has always been a deep connection between code-hacking geeks and music. It is, therefore, hardly surprising that a lot of effort goes into making FOSS platforms "music compatible" - not just in the playback department, but in the music creation and recording department. The man behind Linux Sound and Audio - Dave Phillips.
He is probably one of the most recognizable faces in the FOSS world, and at the same time one of the most respected names, as well. His contributions to Linux rank with those of all the greats out there, and that includes Linus Torvalds. He has been the official kernel maintainer, and little happens in the Linux kernel today without him having some say in it. He is Alan Cox.

 

Evolution : Amoeba(cell), fish...... monkey, then a human & atlast a Penguin (TUX). Get the SWF(flash) version.

Many TUXs are locked, and another TUX(Army man) helps them.....  Get the SWF(flash) version.

Linux can be fun... Anywhere. Even in a meditation hall.... Get the SWF(flash) version.

Passion : Two TUX roams around. May be like any Linux flavour of LINUX will be interoperable... :)  Get the SWF(flash) version.

Last but not the least . Penguin + Einstein = Penguinstein Get the SWF(flash) version.

Download all the files in a zip format.

Why is IBM supporting Linux?
Because we admire it, we believe in it, we need it and it's good for customers. And, well...it's a lot of fun.

We've invested a billion dollars in Linux, we've made every IBM eServer® Linux-enabled, and now we've made a little
investment in some Linux fun. We created these animated features for your enjoyment - take a look, have a laugh."

IBM, the industry giant is advertising its IBM eServer® with these nice animation  saying their servers run on Linux. More info. here. Thanks, Manigandan for forwarding it.

The old Logo representing Linux Bangalore



The new name FOSS(Free & Open Source Software) 2005 - Logo

Tomorrow, it is scheduled for BLUGers meet, in Ashraya Hotel, so im taking off tomm'& leaving for bangalore tonight. I missed the last meet & hopefully, we will have more things to discuss about the coming FOSS.in/2005 event (which was called Linux Bangalore before).

The SIMPUTER – a Simple, Inexpensive, Mobile ComPUTER – was co-developed in 1998 by Encore Software Ltd and scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Bangalore. I have heard about this Simputer before. But not seen till this Linux-Bangalore 2004. Encore was the Silver Sponsor for the event. So they had a stall. And gave a talk in the event about the Sathi.

 "Are you from the country where Simputer was born ?", somebody asked Atul once in Singapore it seems, he said in the LB2004 event.

Really its cool. I had chance to work in that for few minutes. Great work by a Indian Company. It was fast enough to take my inputs. Myself and Prady were in their stall. They explained well about the device. They deliver Simputer with Linux, but previously they had a option of giving it with WinCE.Net :)

Once I read a article in PCQuest, " Honey I shrunk the Kernel". This suits them well. 
 

Hardware Specifications:
 » Intel Strong ARM Processor-SA1110 @ 206 MHz  
 » 240x320 Monochrome/Color TFT Panel with backlight Touch Screen used with Stylus Pen  
 » 16MB-64MB of DRAM 
 » 08-32 MB of Flash for Permanent Storage 
 
Connectivity/ Interfaces:
 » Internal V.90 Data Modem 
 » SmartCard Reader/Writer 
 » RJ-11 Telephone Jack 
 » USB Master Interface 
 » IrDA (Infrared) Interface 
 » Internal Speaker/Microphone/Voice Recorder 
 » Connector to External Speaker/Microphone 
 » Connector to Expansion Cradle  
 
 Power Supply:
 » Internal power management system 
 » Operates with External AC Adapter 
 » Operates with 6V-12V Solar-Power Kit 
 » Two AA-sized NiMh rechargeable batteries with internal battery charger 
 
Systems Software:
 » Linux Kernel 2.4.18 
 » TCP/IP, FTP, Telnet, PPP, HTTP, etc. 
 » GTK+, glibc Library, J2ME 
 
Applications:
 » Address Book, HTML 
 » Browser, E-mail, MP3 Player, Memo Pad, Calculator, Image Viewer, File Transfer  
 
Application Development Software Support:
 » GNU/Linux ARM Cross-development Tool Chain on Linux PC 
 » X Windows Library 
 » GTK Toolkit 
 » Encore's Application Development Framework 
 » ADB Mobile Framework

My Idea : I feel this great one. If they add a mobile unit(supporting GSM Mobile Kit), then it can be marketed as a PDA (World's Feature Rich PDA!!!!)

[Encore Simputer]